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Mid-City slickers

Dr. Dog WED. MAY 16 | Citing a need to “blow it up” — after nine mod-classic albums in 15 years, split between former New Orleans-based indie Park the Van and Epitaph offshoot Anti- Records — Dr. Dog joined Thirty Tigers for April’s Critical Equation, a recognizable but no less radical lean into the groove. At 9 p.m. at the Joy Theater.

Bayou Boogaloo brings music, food and more to Bayou St. John

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Boukman Eksperyans

LEO NOCENTELLI, MARC BROUSSARD, DEACON JOHN AND THE IVORIES

and Samantha Fish are among local performers making their first appearances at Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo, which takes place May 1820 along Bayou St. John. The festival features local and visiting bands on three music stages and mixes up the lineup every year, says organizer Jared Zeller.

The festival changes a little every year, and this will be the first year it charges admission, although attendees entering before 3 p.m. get in free. But the festival still will have the same mix of music, artisan and craft vendors, boat races and people enjoying the event from canoes, improvised rafts and other flotation devices on the bayou.

Along with fellow members of The Meters, guitarist Leo Nocentelli accepted a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in January. He leads his band The Funkin’ Truth in the closing slot Saturday. Marc Broussard headlines Friday night. Born and raised in Acadiana, the guitarist fuses rock, blues, funk and soul-inspired vocals and is best known for his 2007 album S.O.S: Save Our Soul, an album of covers featuring songs by Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and others. Last year, he released Easy to Love, an album with more of an Americana and country feel. Guitarist Deacon John performed on many R&B hits produced by Allen Toussaint, but as a bandleader he’s carved out a niche in the blues genre as well. He and his band The Ivories close the festival on Sunday.

Also on the lineup is guitarist Samantha Fish, who last week won a Blues Foundation award for Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist.

Fish moved to New Orleans last year

WED. MAY 16 | David Longstreth spent much of the past two years assembling the pieces of his broken relationship — with ex-bandmate Amber Coffman — into a complicated, therapeutic mosaic (2017’s self-titled LP). He’s back to his Cheshire-cat ways on “Break Thru,” an ear-to-ear grin of a single from Dirty Projectors’ forthcoming reboot Lamp Lit Prose (Domino). At 9 p.m. at Republic.

FRI. MAY 18 | Celebrate Haiti’s Flag Day with Haiti’s Grammy-nominated mizik rasin stars performing alongside the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, expanding the breadth of its jazz connections and reveling in Haitian music this past Carnival with its Krewe du Kanaval and in Cuban-inspired jazz on 2017’s So It Is. At 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Music Box Village.

The Golden Girls and released two albums, Chills & Fever and Belle of the West. She joins Walter “Wolfman” Washington and the Roadmasters on Sunday.

The lineup includes a variety of New Orleans sounds. There’s Mardi Gras Indian-based music from both Cha Wa and 101 Runners with Big Chiefs Monk Boudreaux and Juan Pardo. Cha Wa just released the album Spyboy, which features traditional Indian songs arranged with the band’s horn section and guitar. There’s new music in old jazz styles by Bon Bon Vivant, saxophonist Martin Krusche and his modern jazz outfit Magnetic Ear and jazz bassist Roland Guerin with his band. There’s funk from Naughty Professor and the jazz-funk blend of Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes. Trumpeter Eric Bloom leads Sonic Bloom.

Visiting performers include Paa Kow, a native of Ghana who now lives in Colorado. His world beat style is based in African drumming. North Carolina’s Toubab Krewe combines West African percussion instruments and styles with guitar-driven American genres.

There’s also a kids’ stage, and performers include the Mudlark Puppeteers, Fly Circus Space artists,

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several youth and school bands and more.

Other annual events are paddle boat races Saturday morning and a bicycle pub crawl later that day.

Festival food vendors include restaurants and food trucks such as Ajun Cajun, Boswell’s Jamaican Grill, Boucherie, Bratz Y’all, Crepes a la Cart, Empanola, Felipe’s Mexican Taqueria, Food Drunk, Gulf Tacos, Mona’s Cafe, Praline Connection, Quintin’s Ice Cream and others. There also are daiquiris, specialty cocktails and beers from Urban South Brewery, Port Orleans Brewing Company and Pacifico.

FRI.-SUN. MAY 18-20 | Back in new parodies of episodes of the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls are Varla Jean Merman (Blanche), Ricky Graham (Sophia), Brooklyn Shaffer (Rose) and Bob Edes Jr. (Dorothy).

At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Cafe Istanbul.

James McMurtry FRI. MAY 18 | Before embarking on tour with Jason Isbell in January, Austin troubadour James McMurtry issued his “State of the Union” about a family whose members separately put their faith in guns, religion and Golden Corral: “We’re all in a hell of a mess / We’re all in the family, the cursed and the blessed.” At 8 p.m. at Chickie Wah Wah.

Tech N9ne MON. MAY 21 | Planet, the 20th album from hip-hop’s antisocial impresario, finds the MC leaving Earth to spit his rapid-fire rhymes over Newcleus-inspired beats, epic metal and more earthbound R&B sounds. At 7 p.m. at House of Blues.

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Cure and Chef Nina Compton each received a James Beard

Award for excellence last week.

Compton, head chef at Compere Lapin and Bywater American Bistro, received the award for Best Chef: South, while the cocktail bar Cure won for Outstanding Bar Program. The James Beard Foundation annually honors chefs and others who make America’s food culture “more delicious, diverse, and sustainable for everyone,” according to the foundation’s mission statement.

The New Orleans Pelicans

had the team’s most successful season to date, advancing to the Western Conference semifinals.

The Pels swept the Portland Trail Blazers 4-0 in the initial playoff round before falling to the Golden State Warriors 3-1. The team not only played well, but also proved it can put on a top-flight halftime show at home games, with acts like Trombone Shorty keeping the hometown crowd entertained.

ESPN’s Tim Keown wrote a

column suggesting basketball fans in general appreciate the New Orleans Pelicans more than hometowners do — a dubious proposition — as was his assertion that the Pels’ Anthony Davis is the “rare superstar who is known and appreciated more nationally than locally.” His “proof” was that only one local newspaper sent a beat writer to Oakland, California to cover the team’s playoffs against the Golden State Warriors. In reality, both daily papers and three local TV news stations sent reporters.

Visitors to New Orleans in 2017.

P H O T O B Y A L E X W O O D WA R D

CANTRELL: ‘I BELIEVE WE’VE PREPARED OURSELVES AS BEST AS POSSIBLE’ After her inauguration May 7, Mayor LaToya Cantrell briefly listed several upcoming challenges for her administration and the city, including climate change, infrastructure, chronic issues at the Sewerage & Water Board, the opioid crisis and racial disparity, particularly in city contracts. Her first tasks in office are “meeting with staff and those I hired that keep government running, like right now,” she told Gambit after she paraded around Armstrong Park with a brass band and a number of social aid & pleasure clubs. Those meetings entail “setting that vision, having them understand the points of command within the Cantrell administration, who they need to call, make sure those are in place so there’s direct lines of communication — people know what the expectations are — but again, us working together.”

That morning, Cantrell also emailed city employees asking for their feedback after working for a City Hall that “has been doing some things the same way for a long, long time.”

Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration spent its final weeks enumerating its accomplishments, hailing its more than $2 billion in capital projects over the last several years as one of its biggest success stories, seemingly ensuring that infrastructure projects and major capital investments were in the pipeline as the administration handed over the keys. “You don’t know until you get in,” Cantrell told Gambit, “but I believe we’ve prepared ourselves as best as possible and we’re ready to receive what is the existing conditions and get to work.”

Moments before people lined up to enter Cantrell’s inaugural ball at Mardi Gras World, a barge on the Mississippi River struck a nearby wharf, a portion of which collapsed. A few dozen attendees in tuxedos and ball gowns waited on the gravel, wood planks and a slim piece of red carpet near the entrance until the New Orleans Fire Department gave the all-clear.

Quote of the week “If a Louisiana girl can nail down this guy, great!” — Art gallery manager Ginette Bone, outside the Penthouse Club in the French Quarter May 9. Bone and hundreds more were there to see Baton Rouge-born porn star and director Stormy Daniels, who was making a personal appearance and dancing onstage in between filing lawsuits against PAGE 8

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Entergy New Orleans claims that paid actors who appeared at public hearings to support construction of a gas-fired power plant in New Orleans East were hired “without Entergy’s knowledge or approval.” The New Orleans City Council nonetheless is moving toward its own “independent” investigation of astroturfing in support of the controversial plant.

A report from the local investigative news outlet The Lens found that dozens of supporters who appeared at City Council hearings concerning Entergy’s construction of the $210 million plant were paid through Crowds on Demand, a company that does what its name implies.

According to a statement from Entergy, Crowds on Demand was hired by the public relations firm that Entergy hired to organize “local grassroots support” for the plant.

That firm, The Hawthorn Group, was contracted to mobilize “up to 75 grassroots supporters, 10 of whom would speak, for the Oct. 16, 2017 public meeting and up to 30 grassroots supporters, including 10 speakers, for the Feb. 21, 2018 public meeting.” According to the local utility, the contract with Hawthorn “did not contemplate or authorize that any of these supporters would be paid for their attendance.”

Actors were paid $60 for showing up to meetings and $200 for “speaking roles,” according to The Lens, whose reporting exposed a questionable but legal practice known as astroturfing.

The City Council — which has five new members as of last week — is poised to hold Entergy accountable for what critics say is a compromise of the public hearing process.

At-Large council members Jason Williams and Helena Moreno issued a joint statement saying that while they appreciate Entergy’s internal review, the council should lead its own investigation as the regulatory body for the city’s utilities and make those findings public. District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer told Gambit that Entergy’s admission “casts a pallor on council proceedings in general and how that looks” and wants to ensure the public is heard and part of that process.

Louisiana nursing home reimbursements could face the axe if budget cuts pass The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) began mailing notices last week to 37,000 people enrolled in Medicaid to warn that some of their health care coverage could end July 1 due to proposed state budget cuts.

The state operating budget approved by the House could gut four programs covering nursing care patients, people with developmental disabilities and patients receiving at-home care.

“You are getting this letter because you or someone in your household is currently enrolled in Louisiana Medicaid through the Provisional Medicaid, Medically Needy, Medically Needy Spenddown or Long-Term Care Special Income level program,” the letter stated. “Because of possible budget cuts, these programs may end as of July 1, 2018, but the federal government must first approve ending the programs.”

House Republicans said the letter, was an alarmist political move by Gov. John Bel Edwards, who opposes the cuts. GOP lawmakers called the letters “premature nursing home eviction notices” after Health Secretary Rebekah Gee and Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne announced the potential cuts.

People affected by the cuts include more than 7,000 people receiving home health coverage and 2,700 people with developmental disabilities, as well as more than 19,000 nursing home patients across the state — including 1,959 people in New Orleans, according to the LDH. Sixty-two percent of U.S. nursing home residents are covered under Medicaid, according to a 2017 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

That number is nearly 75 percent in Louisiana. Roughly 31,000 nursing home patients qualified for Medicaid-assisted nursing home care last year, according to the LDH. Managers of nursing homes operated by the Archdiocese of New Orleans told WWL-TV that the cuts could force their closure, as “70 to 75 percent of the residents” are on Medicaid.

The letter says the state will review each patients’ information to determine whether they qualify for another Medicaid program.

New council off and running — in unison The newly inaugurated New Orleans City Council— which includes its first-ever Hispanic and Vietnamese members — previewed its priorities at its first meeting May 7, immediately following its swearing-in ceremony alongside Mayor LaToya Cantrell. The City Council addressed

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Medical marijuana gets more support in Baton Rouge The Louisiana Senate agreed last week to expand the use of medical marijuana in Louisiana to treat several more health conditions in addition to the list of medical conditions already approved for treatment.

House Bill 579 from state Rep. Ted James authorizes medical marijuana in the treatment of glaucoma, severe muscle spasms, intractable pain, PTSD and Parkinson’s disease.

House Bill 627 from state Rep. Rodney Lyons allows medical marijuana to treat autism spectrum disorder.

The current law allows for medical marijuana to treat cancer, HIV/AIDS, cachexia, seizure disorders, epilepsy, spasticity, Crohn’s disease, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis.

The law doesn’t allow for smokable pot but for THC-less medicine processed from plants grown within the state university systems.

The Senate voted 25-9 to support James’ bill and 21-10 to support Lyons’ bill. Both bills head back to the House for final approval. “In my opinion it takes care of some things that should have been in there in the first place,” said state Sen. Norby Chabert, who introduced HB 579 on James’ behalf.

Louisiana’s medical marijuana program has been relatively slow to get going two years after lawmakers approved a legal infrastructure for it. The university systems that are responsible for growing pot that will be processed into oil- and creambased medicines (LSU and Southern) haven’t started growing yet, and the state Pharmacy Board just recently approved licenses for nine pharmacies that will be allowed to sell the products.

State Sens. Dan Claitor and Jack Donahue, both Republicans, said their position on marijuana for med-

ical use has changed over the years.

“I’ve consistently voted against it,” Claitor told the Senate. “But I can tell you from personal family experience [that I’ve] seen folks suffer greatly from cancer and get some relief as it relates to this. ... I’ve come to a different place now.”

Bill complicates Planned Parenthood’s bid to be abortion provider in Louisiana A bill passed by the Louisiana Senate May 9 further complicates Planned Parenthood’s efforts to become an abortion provider in Louisiana. The organization’s efforts also are the subject of a lawsuit it filed against the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH). Senators voted 28-5 to approve House Bill 891, which is meant to clarify existing law prohibiting public funding for entities that perform abortions in Louisiana.

The bill’s provisions include a prohibition on public funding for organizations which provide Medicaid services in the same facility as a licensed abortion provider and — in perhaps its most consequential language — prohibits the LDH from entering into a Medicaid provider agreement with entities that are blocked from receiving public funds on abortion-related grounds.

Without naming the organization directly, the bill seems to target Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) — a Medicaid provider that recently applied for an abortion license for its Claiborne Avenue facility, the first such license it would hold in Louisiana.

“Planned Parenthood is affected — if they provide abortions,” said state Sen. Danny Martiny, R-Metairie, who presented the bill to the Senate for Rep. Frank Hoffman, R-West Monroe, author of the measure.

It sets up what Michelle Erenberg, executive director of reproductive rights group Lift Louisiana, dubbed a “Faustian choice” between Planned Parenthood servicing its Medicaid patients and being able to offer abortion care in the state.

The legislative roadblock could further delay PPGC’s ongoing efforts to add another abortion provider in Louisiana, where three clinics (in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport) serve more than a million women of reproductive age. “[It’s] very clear that this bill is intended to block women’s access to abortion by clearly targeting Planned Parenthood’s ability to obtain an abortion license,” Rochelle Tafolla, PPGC vice president of communications and marketing, said in a statement. “Our lawsuit has already outlined the various ways that the state is already blocking women’s access, and we would count this as further evidence of their efforts.”

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neighborhood challenges, from the increasing costs of living and housing and the proliferation of short-term rentals to transportation, infrastructure and the Sewerage & Water Board (S&WB) crisis. District A Councilman Joe Giarrusso III also initiated a letter to the S&WB last week reminding the agency that the council expects quarterly reports and outlining residents’ frustrations; the letter was signed by all seven council members.

Over the last few months, incoming council members met weekly to discuss policy and develop cohesive policy plans before entering City Hall. The new members say they built a united front and camaraderie well in advance of their inauguration.

“We’re gonna work together, work hard and bring this city back to the people,” said District E Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen.

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COMMENTARY The Pelicans, led by Anthony Davis, posted 48 wins this season.

Spring fever IT’S EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN WHAT’S WRONG WITH NEW ORLEANS at the expense

of what’s right about the city. Two things happened recently that should make us all happy — and grateful: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival had a spectacular run, and the New Orleans Pelicans had a truly great season, making it to the second round of the NBA playoffs.

According to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, 450,000 people attended the 49th annual Jazz Fest, making it a major success, with great weather and only a tiny bit of rain. Among the biggest hits was a new “Local Thursday” ticket for Louisiana residents ($50 instead of $80), along with the 8,500 passes that were distributed to local nonprofits, schools and organi-

zations that serve the needy.

New security measures (metal detectors at the gates) created few if any issues, and no major problems arose during performances. There’s always room for improvement, of course, and our main suggestion would be to enlarge the relatively small footprint reserved for wheelchair users near the major stages.

People may have crowded in for Lionel Richie, Rod Stewart, Aerosmith and other big-name acts, but locals know that some of the best music can be found in the Gospel Tent, on the Cajun-inflected Fais Do Do stage and in the Cultural Exchange Pavilion (which also featured an exhibit saluting New Orleans’ tricentennial). And for those who complain there isn’t enough jazz in Jazz Fest, the WWOZ Jazz Tent and

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the Economy Hall Tent featured the musical equivalent of an all-youcan-eat jazz buffet.

There often are bittersweet moments at Jazz Fest. This year it was the passing of longtime Neville Brothers saxophonist Charles Neville just days before the festival. Both Neville and Fats Domino (who died late last year) were given tributes in songs and words.

While everyone expects great things from Jazz Fest every year, the same isn’t always said of the New Orleans Pelicans. The team’s regular-season record this year was so spotty that just a few months ago some were predicting the ouster of head coach Alvin Gentry and

General Manager Dell Demps.

Then something miraculous happened. The team got good. Really good.

The Pels posted 48 wins, the best they’ve done since

rebranding from the Hornets, and they made it to the playoffs. They swept the Portland Trail Blazers in round one, leaving Blazers fans stunned and suddenly gaining the attention (and respect) of national sports media and basketball fans. The ridemay have been too good to last — the Pels fell to the perennially strong Golden State Warriors in the second round — but it gave us a glimpse of how good our team can be. Along the way, we got sold-out playoff games in the Smoothie King Center and a halftime performance by Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue that made the Blender look like the most fun place in town on a weekday night.

All in all, New Orleans has had a welcome case of spring fever in 2018. Let’s hope it lasts.

NOBODY HAS A STRONGER SURVIVAL INSTINCT THAN A POLITICIAN, so it’s surpris-

ing to see new Mayor LaToya Cantrell cling to an idea that threatens her political viability in an existential way. I’m talking about her refusal to abandon — publicly and unequivocally — the notion of hiring former New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley as her “director of homeland security and public safety.”

The title is a new one created by Cantrell. If it sounds like an amped-up police commissioner, well, that’s exactly how Cantrell describes it.

Which is what makes her continued talk of filling that position with Riley so surprising — and so dangerous to her own political survival.

Cantrell told The New Orleans Advocate on May 10 that the director would oversee the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), the New

Orleans Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services and the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness — in effect, a public safety czar, which probably suits Riley just fine.

Riley was not known for his light touch when he served as police chief under now-jailed former Mayor Ray Nagin. He is, however, remembered for claiming not to know anything about the police cover-up of the Danziger Bridge shootings. Danziger occurred days after Hurricane Katrina, before Riley became chief, but the cover-up happened right under his nose.

He claimed at the time not to have read the investigative report on the matter.

Several cops went to federal prison for their roles in the shootings and subsequent cover-up. The shootings left two people dead and four others wounded — and cost the city at least $11 million in

legal settlements. The cover-up scandalized NOPD and still haunts the victims’ families.

The Danziger scandal alone should disqualify Riley for any position in city government, particularly one that would put him over NOPD again. There are other reasons, all of them summarized in the $55 million federal consent decree that has governed many of NOPD’s standards and operations since Riley departed. To put it bluntly, Riley left NOPD in such bad shape that it took federal intervention to turn it around.

And a lot has turned around at NOPD, so much so that many were hoping U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan would soon consider lifting the decree — until Cantrell raised the specter of putting Riley

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CLANCY DUBOS Mayor LaToya Cantrell has floated the idea of hiring former NOPD Superintendent Warren Riley (pictured) as her director of homeland security and public safety.

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back in charge. No way now.

Despite the public outcry against hiring Riley, Cantrell can’t seem to let go of the idea. She tried to mediate meetings between Riley and the Danziger victims’ families, but such attempts only make matters worse, some family members say. The mayor dismissively called the hue and

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cry against Riley’s possible return an “uptick” that caused her to put his appointment on “pause.”

It is astounding that Cantrell, who once agonized (and flip-flopped) over renaming a street in her former District B council district, could be so tone deaf to the dangers of hiring Riley. Putting him over NOPD again would be a slap in the face to her core constituency, to the federal judge overseeing the consent decree and to the families of the Danziger victims.

It also seriously would call into question her judgment — and make people wonder if she has a political death wish.

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THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION PRESENTS

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Hey Blake.

Closing May 27!

ew Orleans THE FOUNDING ERA

An original exhibition and companion bilingual book marking the tricentennial of the founding of New Orleans Explore the kaleidoscopic array of cultures that gave rise to one of North America’s most diverse cities. In this original exhibition, rare artifacts, early maps and plans, archaeological finds, and visual art from THNOC’s holdings and from institutions across Europe and North America come together to tell the stories of New Orleans’s early days.

ON VIEW THROUGH MAY 27, 2018 533 Royal Street Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Admission is free.

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 6–8 P.M. “The Early French Mapping of Louisiana” A lecture by Dennis Reinhartz, emeritus professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington THNOC’s Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Admission is free. Visit www.hnoc.org for more information.

This exhibition is made possible with support from these following sponsors.

Follow us! www.hnoc.org (504) 523-4662 ABOVE: Le Missisipi ou la Louisiane dans l’Amérique Septentrionale (detail); ca. 1720; handcolored engraving by François Chéreau; THNOC, 1959.210 RIGHT: Le commerce que les Indiens du Mexique font avec les François au port de Missisipi (detail); between 1719 and 1721; copperplate engraving with watercolor by François-Gérard Jollain; THNOC, 1952.3

One of my fondest memories as a kid was to sit with my grandfather on his backyard swing and watch him light his cigars with wooden matches.

I seem to recall the boxes said the matches were made in New Orleans. Did the city ever have a wooden match manufacturing company?

DAVID

Dear David, In the 1950s, the Delta Match Company, a subsidiary of the internationally known Swedish Match company, spent $2 million to build a wooden match factory on 35 acres of land on River Road near the Jefferson-St. Charles Parish line. The match company, based in Sweden, welcomed the Swedish ambassador to the United States to its local factory for a dedication ceremony in December 1952.

The factory, the first large wooden match manufacturing plant in the South, produced 1.6 million boxes of matches daily, according to a 1952 story in The New Orleans Item.

By the time of a June 1972 story in The Times-Picayune, the match company had changed its name to Trans-Match Inc. and was said to be the second largest wooden match factory in the U.S., producing 60 million matches a day. “One might say the match business in Kenner has caught fire,” reporter

Swedish Match produced wooden matches at a factory in Kenner from 1952 to 1991.

Merikaye Presley wrote. The factory used wood from cottonwood trees grown in Louisiana to make its matches, which were marketed under many different names.

Swedish Match bought Universal Match Corp. in 1981, and the factory continued to operate locally under that name until it closed in 1991.

The general manager told the media that the popularity of the disposable cigarette lighter and a growing anti-smoking movement both cut the demand for matches and affected profits.

BLAKEVIEW WITH THE MID-CITY BAYOU BOOGALOO TAKING PLACE THIS WEEKEND along

Bayou St. John, we look at the history of another major factory in this area — the American Can Company, whose building still sits near the bayou’s banks. The New York company, incorporated in 1901, announced in 1905 that it planned to build a factory in New Orleans, partly because of the state’s seafood industry. A July 1905 article in The Times-Picayune announced that the company “is now convinced that Louisiana oysters are to take rank with the most delicious bivalves in the world and it will erect a factory in New Orleans for the manufacture of tin cans to provide the canneries that are springing up all along the coast from Mississippi to Texas.” When the factory opened a few years later, it was one of 34 across the U.S. owned by the company. At the peak of its operation here, the Orleans Avenue plant (a complex of six buildings spread over 7 acres) employed three shifts of 1,400 people each and produced 600 million cans a year for different uses. After the plant closed in 1988, the building sat vacant for several years. It was heavily damaged in an eight-alarm fire in December 1989. In the 1990s, developers Pres Kabacoff and Edward Boettner and their company Historic Restoration Inc. led a $44.5 million project (financed in part with city and federal money) to convert the factory into more than 250 residential units. The development, with retail space on the ground floor, opened in 2001.

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HE 2018 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL had a mix of rock stars, jazz icons, international visitors, local musicians who’ve hit the national stage, traditional Louisiana bands, tributes to New Orleans legends and more. Here’s a look back at the memorable moments from seven days of the festival.

GRAY MATTER

Holding a plastic brain, David Byrne sat barefoot on the Gentilly Stage at a small table, addressing the universe with “Here” in a Hamlet-esque introduction to a set that lent curious theater to a playful and often funny standout performance. His band emerged — all wearing nearly identical gray suits — playing wireless instruments that allowed them to float around stage and make robotlike movements for Talking Heads classics “This Must Be the Place,” “Once in a Lifetime,” “Burning Down the House” and others, alongside newer tracks like “Every Day Is a Miracle” from his 2018 album American Utopia. His closing encore was an amended, percussive version of Janelle Monae’s “Hell You Talmbout,” a tribute to victims of police violence and a powerful dose of grounding realism from the man with his “feet on the ground, head in the sky.”

UNCOMMON

Rapper Common embraced the raw power of a stripped-down set, a tribute to the pillars of hiphop and a prayer to black America. DJ Metrik cut up on turntables while Common pounced across the stage in time with his rhymes, often improvising and keeping the sea of bobbing heads hanging on every word. In “Time Travelin’ (A

Tribute to Fela)” from his breakthrough fourth LP Like Water for Chocolate, he transforms the Afrobeat artist’s music into an autobiographical essay linking past, present and future — his soul-sampled beats propelling philosophical rhymes examining personal struggle and politics, race and romance.

Common invited the crowd to raise fists in solidarity with the deaths of unarmed black men and women, leading a sermon against the “epidemic that’s been going on since the start of America” and the impacts of mass incarceration and racism. In “Black America Again,” his gut-punch reclamation of black history against white supremacy, fame and violence, he raps, “Now we slave to the blocks, on ’em we spray shots / Leaving our own to lay in a box / Black mothers’ stomachs stay in a knot / We kill each other, it’s part of the plot.”

and a pair of dancers in shimmery leotards. Ball shapeshifted from poet to comic to gospel singer to soul queen within the range of a few bars, and the set had dark, psychedelic space jams, blissful personality-flipping flow, twists, dips and turns through a groove-spiked catalogue of references to early ’90s rap and rock. Ball and her singers wove epic stories about the characters coming and going on St. Claude Avenue, and the band’s brassy, funk-meets-rock vibe matched Ball’s quick-witted swagger. There was an extended section of music and rhyme that had all the roller coaster ebullience of The Pharcyde, followed by a gentle ballad in which Ball reigned in her vocal power and channeled Butterfly from Digable Planets. Taken together, the songs were drawn into connected narratives that made them feel like one long sermon.

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SMOKEY AT THE WHEEL

Tarriona “Tank” Ball boomed through a rumbling, keytar-infused intro to announce, “I am Lena Horne, Nina Simone, Betty Shabazz,” her hot pink cape waving in the breeze behind her.

It’s been quite a journey since Tank and the Bangas won an NPR Tiny Desk contest last year.

Back in town for Jazz Fest, the band was bolstered by the horn section from Naughty Professor

In case anyone had forgotten, Smokey Robinson reminded the audience at the Congo Square Stage that he has written some hits. He opened with “Being With You,” “I Second That Emotion,” “You Really Got a Hold on Me” and “Quiet Storm.” At 78 years old, Robinson still sings in a velvety high voice and slips in some sultry looks and gestures.

He told the crowd that in 2010 he

Dianne Reeves was recently named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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finished his third year of celebrating the 50th anniversary of Motown, which he helped found.

The label put out his music and many hits he wrote for other performers, whom he listed: The Temptations, Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas, Diana Ross, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye and others. Robinson then sang all or parts of “Get Ready,” “I Got Sunshine” and other songs. And if that wasn’t enough of a contribution, he shared that in the label’s early days, band members toured by car and took turns driving. He was taking his turn at the wheel one night when he came up with a song for The Temptations, “The Way You Do the Things You Do.”

BACK IN THE SADDLE Aerosmith was Jazz Fest’s 2018 requisite classic rock band headlining the Acura Stage on a Saturday. Leathery, greasy, loud as hell, it reveled in its 40-year span of ludicrously massive hits, from Armageddon cheese “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” to the honk of “Dude (Looks Like a Lady),” to spirit of ’89 MTV staple “Cryin’” to Toys in the Attic and Fleetwood Mac jams. Steven Tyler, 70, draped in a sheer black top and

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white jeans, slithered around the stage and alongside guitarist Joe Perry, whose screeching guitar could be heard throughout the surrounding area. Their scarf-draped rock ’n’ roll filth oozed from every song, kicking off with “Toys in the Attic” and sprinting through a 90-minute set with crowd favorites “Janie’s Got a Gun” and “Sweet Emotion” leading to a “Dream On” finale, with Tyler atop a white piano.

MASTER CLASS Dianne Reeves recently was named an NEA Jazz Master, and in the WWOZ Jazz Tent she put her beautiful deep voice, elegant phrasing and commanding stage presence on impressive display.

She opened with Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” nimbly scatted through some segments, sang slow contemplative love songs with minimal accompaniment, offered emotional laments such as “Cold,”

Every Jazz Fest, New Orleans bounce star Big Freedia assembles a stage show bigger than the year before, embracing the hometown platform to put on a performance to match the energy of her music. Freedia entered the Congo Square Stage wearing Rod Stewart performed a gold top and shimmering at Jazz Fest. tuxedo jacket with tails and PHOTO BY followed by a 10-person SCOTT SALTZMAN choir, each member wearing a letter in “Big Freedia,” and Freedia’s seven dancers, balancing the intense choreography of an hourlong Freedia show.

Freedia’s explosive set kicked off with a sprinting ballet dancer twirling with a parasol and moved through hits “Explode,” “Y’all Get and then delivered a joyous renBack Now,” and “Rock Around dition of “Nine,” which extolls the the Clock,” which morphed into simple wonders of childhood. She Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You.” even sang extended biographical Freedia invited a dozen people introductions to her band memfrom the crowd onstage for “Azz bers, and it’s hard to imagine her Everywhere,” including comedisinging anything that wouldn’t an and Claws and Reno 911 star wow an audience.

Niecy Nash, who twerked like a pro in a sundress. The dancers took over for an interlude of Beyonce’s CHARLIE’S ANGELS “Formation” (which they nailed to Charlie Wilson and four dancers a T) and Drake’s “Nice for What,” in brightly colored short dresses two massive pop hits on which chugged onto Jazz Fest’s Congo Freedia’s voice appears. Eventually Square Stage to the tune of the the show U-turned into a euphorGap Band’s “Party Train” and set ic gospel maestroed by Freedia, the tone for an energetic show — a former choir director. Within full of costume changes and syncominutes, Freedia seamlessly transipated dance moves. But Wilson is tioned from directing ass claps to going strong in his solo career, and directing a gospel choir’s gorgeous he highlighted hits from his 2017 rendering of “hallelujah.” album In It to Win It. Flanked by dancers wearing long white gowns HOT ROD and feathered wings, he launched into an extended version of his Rod Stewart bracketed his set gospel hit “I’m Blessed,” and later with his lusty tunes “Infatuation” sang “Chills,” which recently spent and “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy,” and

there was a Vegas-y largesse to his stage show, which included six dancers and a giant golden harp.

And while the dancers switched to schoolgirl-like plaid skirt outfits for “Forever Young,” they also spent much of the set playing instruments, including the harp, violins, mandolin and percussion.

Stewart’s stellar band also includes saxophonist Jimmy Roberts, who delivered a brilliant solo interlude on Tom Waits’ “Downtown Train,” which was a hit for Stewart on his Vagabond Heart album. But Stewart showed his voice doesn’t need to be dressed up with gimmicks, which he proved singing “Some Guys Have All the Luck,” “Tonight’s the Night,” a quiet version of “The First Cut is the Deepest,” “You’re in My Heart,” “Have I Told You Lately” and “Maggie May.”

SWEET SURRENDER

One of the festival’s biggest surprises was the ecstatic set presented by The War and Treaty at the Lagniappe Stage. The band features former soldier and the armed forces’ “Military Idol”-winner Michael Trotter Jr. and Tonya Blount-Trotter. They’re married and have big, barreling voices that shook the Grandstands from the paddock area. The band mixes rock, blues and soul, and once the Trotters get going, their voices don’t seem to have a ceiling. They sang original tunes, and the couple got playful together on “Jeep Cherokee Laredo.” As they feigned canoodling together behind a tiny hand towel, they sang “It ain’t nobody’s business what we do in the back of our Jeep Cherokee Laredo.” Michael Trotter also got playful with the audience, asking if he could “play his horn.” He mimicked the sounds of a trumpet and trombone with his voice. After that went

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well, he said he was going to bring a guest to the stage. Or a ghost. He mimicked Louis Armstrong, with a deep, gravelly voice and scatted like Satchmo.

PREGNANT PAUSE Multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla is pregnant with twins, so this set may have been one of the last opportunities for a while to hear her live. She led her ensemble, turning the relative serenity of the Lagniappe Stage into a piece of theater, with all eyes fixed on her, loosening the drama of her gorgeous, sometimes playful, sometimes heartbreaking songs.

The performance served as a reminder of the emotional, powerful music she’s made during her time in New Orleans and her gentle rendering of it, from folk poetry to calypso, cello-driven Haitian music to irreverent blues and discordant rock ’n’ roll. She closed with “A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey,” the title track from her acclaimed 2016 album and inspired by Haitian refugees’ journeys — a two-chord first-person narrative that builds into a swaying rhythm, knocking against the tides. The song now resonates against the waves of anti-immigrant xenophobia and racism. “I sing it now in the spirit of that,” she said.

STOMPING GROUNDS With a raucous introduction from some dancing 610 Stompers, Sturgill Simpson and his ace band — complete with the slapping command of his bassist — melded the EDM on the programmed PA into a foot-stomping “Brace for Impact (Live a Little)” opener. Waves of audible appreciation swept through the opening-day Jazz Fest crowd, which soon heard about the

devil and his horns and the sultry saxophone mastery of Brad Walker, who came on for a five-song suite.

With the heart-tugging space-pirate paean to his son, “Welcome to Earth,” Simpson maintained the emotional urgency and kept the show full of surprises, weaving in a deft “I’m on Fire” tease into “Long White Line” before closing it all down with a take on Freddie King’s anthem “Going Down.”

BUTTERFLIES Terrace Martin helped produce and arrange Kendrick Lamar’s last three albums, played alto sax on Kamasi Washington’s new EP and will be featured on Herbie Hancock’s forthcoming full-length record. At Jazz Fest, he took the WWOZ Jazz Tent stage as the headliner, along with a band of heavy hitters: Prince collaborator-cum-Instagram’s first celebrity bassist MonoNeon, Snarky Puppy drummer and founder of Ghost-Note Robert “Sput” Searight, and James Francies, recent Blue Note signee and frequent keyboardist for The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Martin added sax flourishes to an instrumental version of “For Free,” from Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly. The band played his rendition of Hancock’s “Butterfly,” Lamar track “untitled 05,” and Martin welcomed Nicholas Payton to the stage for a song. Martin said he’d like to move to New Orleans. “But I can’t,” he said. “I love the smog and the traffic too much.”

AMAZING GRACE Aaron Neville’s stage performances seem to be getting quieter as the years go by, but his ability to tap into an audience’s need for spiritual fulfillment is as strong as ever. His Gentilly Stage set was

informed, in part, by the April 26 death of his brother, saxophonist Charles Neville, whose smiling face watched over the set in the form of a photo edited into a video image playing alongside Aaron’s performance. While the show had its tepid moments, things started to gel after the “Three Little Birds / Stir It Up” Bob Marley medley. People age, change and have different sentiments to express. A fluttery and heartfelt version of “Tell It Like It Is” had fans swaying. By the time Neville sang the first few notes of “Amazing Grace,” the set, along with the crowd, was directed back to church.

BECK AND CALI At the Acura Stage, Beck sounded strong and seemed inspired by New Orleans as he shared his experiences hanging out in the Big Easy for a few days before the festival.

His band was brilliant as it built a soundscape tour of his previous recordings, cycling through tunes such as “Devil’s Haircut,” a lovely version of “Lovesick Blues” and a heartfelt rendition of “Raspberry Beret.” Unfortunately, he also interrupted his own show to complain that he could hear the 808 track coming from LL Cool J’s set at the Congo Square Stage.

SPACE PROGRAM Jupiter & Okwess from the Democratic Republic of Congo hit the Jazz & Heritage stage (as well as the Cultural Exchange Pavilion tent) with two guitarists, a bassist, a drummer and singer Jupiter Bokondji occasionally playing congas. The band mixes Afro-pop, folk music from Congo and rock, and its energetic set was full of propulsive rhythms with strains of funk and blues and guitar-driven space jams.

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PORCHELLA

Near the Kids’ Tent, it was easy to hear a joyous noise of banging sounds, chimes and stomping feet.

Children batted flip flops against an array of marimba-like pipes, swung from an oversized porch swing below it, tickled a porch door filled with bells, and ascended and descended steps connecting two floors of musical architecture, with Quintron’s weather-sensitive synthesizer whirring above it all like a crow’s next. The structure is the latest from art collective Airlift and its Music Box Village project. Titled “Porch Life,” it was created by Alita Edgar, Christian Repaal, Delaney Martin, Marshall Hawks and Taylor Lee Shepherd, with assistance from Leah Hennessy, Jay Pennington and instrumentation by Quintron, Meschiya Lake and Lindsay Karty.

The semi-collapsible, sort-of-portable structure sits on a trailer and will be hauled to the Eaux Claires Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin this summer, followed by performances in Detroit and New York.

STEP BACK

Savion Glover is a once-in-a-generation tap dancer. He finished the day in the WWOZ Jazz Tent, improvisationally tapping with an accompanying quintet. Often he worked his phenomenally fast steps in rhythmic exchanges with band members he singled out. At the end of the set, the band played “My Favorite Things,” and Glover tapped through the first half before getting behind the drum kit to finish the song. He played drums before learning to tap, and he’s got impressive chops there as well.

WHITE NOISE

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Detroiter Smokey Robinson, Jack White’s fuzz- and sweat-covered set was jammed up with messy, disorienting nosedives from his confusing 2018 album Boarding House Reach to frenzied, festival-sized runs through White Stripes hits like “Fell in Love with a Girl,” “Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground,” “My Doorbell” and closer “Seven Nation Army.” New Orleans singer Esther Rose joined him for a song, a colorful contrast to the literal black-andwhite look of the stage broadcast on the festival screens.

DON’T MESS WITH MY SONG

On the Acura Stage, Irma Thomas spent much of her set singing songs about love and lost loves from her early catalog, including “Don’t Mess With My Man,” “It’s Raining” and “Two Winters Long.”

Then she indulged in another one of her pastimes — reminding listeners that she sang some songs before certain Brits did (see “Time is on My Side” and the Rolling Stones). This time, the British technology and paranoia-driven series Black Mirror has used her 1964 song “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)” in several episodes. Thomas was happy to remind the audience what her version sounds like.

STAR TURN

In the WWOZ Jazz Tent, Quiana Lynell’s set had a self-help and motivational-speaker tone. She’s been on a roll since she won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in November 2017, and she’s been recording music for an album to be released on Concord Records. She opened with “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die,” followed it with a song about chasing one’s dreams, and then told the crowd, “Ask for what you want, because a closed mouth doesn’t get fed.” The highlight of the set was her version of Nina Simone’s “Be My Husband,” accompanied only by Jamison Ross drumming gently with mallets, and she turned the tune from an earnest plea for love to one of breathy desire.

VICE PRESIDENT

In the Blues Tent, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton seems to have found his voice and vices simultaneously, celebrating and lamenting drinking and cheating in the styles of 1930s and ’40s blues. Paxton switched from violin to guitar, banjo and piano, and saluted alcohol, “the source

COUNT BASIN™ HIGHLIgHTS FROM JAZZ FEST of and solution to all problems,” singing “If whiskey were a river and I were a duck, I’d dive to the bottom and never come up.” On a slightly more serious note, he tossed out some wisdom: “You can marry for money, but you’ll earn every cent.”

STEVE MILLER BLUES BAND

In between blocks of Steve Miller Band hits (“The Stake,” “Swingtown,” “Abracadabra,” “Take the Money and Run”), ’70s rocker Steve Miller said he wanted to dedicate a song to Fats Domino. But first he offered his take on the development of rock ’n’ roll, starting with blues “moving from the Delta to New Orleans” and helping to create jazz. The blues also moved to Texas, and Miller wanted to talk about T-Bone Walker, arguing that Texas blues went to Chicago, thus triangulating the birth of rock between New Orleans, Texas and Chicago.

He played “Mercury Blues” and Walker’s “T-Bone Shuffle,” and then got to the song he wanted to dedicate to Domino, slide guitarist Elmore James’ “Stranger Blues.”

Acknowledging that he had talked for a while, he said, “This will put you in a coma” and sang “Wild Mountain Honey.”

ON A CLEARY DAY

Jon Cleary took to the Gentilly Stage with Derwin “Big D” Perkins on guitar and Lettuce funksters Nigel Hall (keyboards) and Eric “Benny” Bloom (trumpet, tambourine) for a big-band sound more than capable of pulling off a killer take on The Meters’ “Just Kissed My Baby.” The set closed with Cleary’s New Orleans party anthem “Get Out the Way” and its bold “What we got / More hipper than what you got” bravado.

WALKIN’ YOU HOME

An all-star lineup paid tribute to Fats Domino on the Acura Stage.

Among the highlights was Irma Thomas’ bluesy version of “I Hear You Knocking,” and her answer for what to do when one’s partner goes looking for companionship elsewhere: “I went blueberry picking,” she said as the band began “Blueberry Hill.” Jon Batiste covered “Ain’t That a Shame” and “I Want to Walk You Home.” Bonnie Raitt was joined by Jon Cleary on piano for “All By Myself,” which she dedicated to Domino and Charles Neville. Performers also included Davell Crawford, Deacon John and Al “Lil Fats” Jackson, who closed the show with “When the Saints Go Marching In.”

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LOCAL Two Day Estates Auction 1330 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans; (504) 529-5057 www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com Crescent City Auction Gallery (CCAG) is one of New Orleans’ premier auction houses for fine art and antiques. This September will mark CCAG’s 10-year anniversary, and there will be a special auction in celebration. CCAG is proud of its participation in the rich history and tradition of the New Orleans auction culture.

CCAG concentrates on auctioning local estates, fine art, bric-a-brac, pottery, silver, jewelry, porcelain, American, English and Continental furniture, chandeliers and sconces, oriental carpets, etc., The next auction will be May 19 and 20 and will feature items from the estates of Dr. Charles “Tony” Currier of Baton Rouge, art deaccessioned from the private collection of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. and a private collection of a local antiquarian. Bidding takes place live, online, by telephone and absentee. The office can answer any questions about bidding or consigning.

Once Upon a Party

Central City BBQ, Saturday, May 19 Benefit for Communities in Schools Support students in the community by attending Once Upon a Party on Saturday, May 19 at Central City BBQ. Proceeds from this all-ages event benefit Communities In Schools (CIS) of Greater New Orleans.

CIS empowers more than 6,500 students to stay in school and achieve in life. Join CIS for barbecue, kids’ activities, raffles and more. Children (and parents) are invited to come dressed as their favorite book character. Tickets are $45 for adults, $15 for kids (ages 3-12), and children 2 and younger are admitted free. Family of four packages are available for $100.

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open their own restaurant, the Kitchen Table Cafe, they looked to an up-and-coming stretch of St. Claude Avenue in Arabi, an area that still felt like a bit of a gamble but beckoned with potential. It was early 2016, and the couple had just relocated to Holy Cross from their longtime home in Bywater, where rising housing costs and the area’s rapid gentrification were rendering their neighborhood unrecognizable.

Just over the St. Claude Avenue Bridge and the Industrial Canal, the allure of cheaper rents and a welcoming neighborhood was strong, and Hackett realized they weren’t the only ones eyeing the small blue-collar community right across the parish line.

“We all kind of showed up here at the same time,” Hackett says, referring to the other bars, restaurants and artist studios that opened nearby. “We were always interested in Arabi because we loved the neighborhood feel of this area — it’s so close to the city and yet it really does feel like a small town here.

Someone who couldn’t necessarily afford to open a business up in the Marigny or Bywater could certainly do it down here, and yet still be drawing from the same clientele.”

Around the same time, bartender trio Kelly Sheeran, Lisa McCracken and Muriel Altikriti — who met while working at Bywater bars Markey’s Bar and BJ’s Lounge — had a similar idea. They jumped on a space across the street and opened Pirogue’s Whiskey Bayou, a casual bar with taxidermy accents and an

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“We pretty much just showed up in Arabi’s comfort zone and it just worked,” Sheeran recalls.

“We just started hearing more and more about what was going on down here. It was just a matter of introduction.”

THOUGH THE INFLUX OF NEW RESTAURANTS in St. Bernard Parish

is most concentrated in and around Arabi, just over the parish line from Orleans, throughout St. Bernard Parish a mix of newcomers and those who have called the area home for years have created a unique checkerboard effect that’s resulted in a multifaceted dining destination. The largely blue-collar parish once was home to rural, rustic communities of fishermen and trappers, then populated by

workers from the nearby sugar and oil refineries. Much of the parish was severely battered during Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed, but the neighborhoods and residents who returned have rebuilt their community in a spirit of stoicism that endures today.

And just as Bywater itself once was attractive to transplants for its then-cheap rents and bohemian atmosphere, Arabi now is attracting a similar crowd. The glassworks Studio Inferno moved from Bywater to Arabi a few years ago, and the Valiant Theater (which closed last month) are part of a nascent arts district on St. Claude Avenue near the Kitchen Table Cafe.

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Mary and John Nguyen serve fresh boiled crawfish at Banh Mi Boys Seafood in Chalmette.

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crawfish spot and a cluster of artist enclaves. At the Kitchen Table Cafe, Hackett — formerly the sous chef at Ian Schnoebelen’s Mariza — has crafted a menu of creative American fare, which includes a smoked Gulf fish spread, grilled pimiento cheese sandwiches and a grilled, bone-in pork chop special on Tuesday nights.

In the rear of Pirogue’s Whiskey Bayou, chef Scott Maki’s new pop-up kitchen, Chew Rouge, features a mashup of tasty bar food and creative dishes with international twists. Baby back ribs are slow-roasted and tempura-fried, then tossed in a ginger and soy glaze. Fresh jalapenos are stuffed with cream cheese, wrapped in bacon and drizzled in sweet pepper

jelly, and the Pho-Rench dip burrito is filled with heaps of braised beef, noodles, jalapeno, cilantro and cucumber and served with a pho-style broth for dipping.

The Arabi Food Store — tucked into a corner building on a sleepy residential street — is a good place to lay a serious foundation for the day with the $3.99 early bird special, served from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. A lunchtime crowd comes here for the potatoes and gravy and po-boys, and early dinner options include red beans and rice on Mondays with smoked sausage and a pork chop and a fried catfish dinner on Fridays.

No matter the time, there always will be someone at the counter at Gerald’s, the no-frills 24-hour

diner with locations on both St. Claude Avenue and Judge Perez Drive. In the early morning hours, workers from nearby refineries pop in for coffee and donuts (the maple-glazed bacon and Oreo versions are favorites) while late-night revelers come here to wind down with a burger fix.

The majority of restaurants occupy the mostly parallel thoroughfares of St. Bernard Highway and Judge Perez Drive, but a short stretch of Paris Road sandwiched between the two is home to several good spots. At Joey’s Grill (inside Joey Jeanfreau’s Meats), the sign outside this parish lunch-only mainstay (“You’ll Never Get a Bum Steer at Jeanfreau’s Meats!”) is a good indication of what’s in store. Part

butcher shop, part restaurant, meat is the main attraction.

The store is four generations in the making, says Joey Jeanfreau, who now runs the spot with the help of his daughter. Jeanfreau’s father opened the shop in 1974 and his grandfather ran Jeanfreau’s Supermarket in the 9th Ward before that.

“It’s just an old-type butcher shop — real New Orleans,” Jeanfreau says. A former U.S. Navy cook, Jeanfreau decided to launch the restaurant part of the business in 2000, using the fresh meats butchered on site as the source for his creations.

A steady lunchtime crowd still comes for the veal Swiss melt sandwiches with griddled onions, roast beef po-boys dripping with gravy

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Hanger steak with sauteed mushrooms is served with hand-cut fries and roasted market vegetables at The Kitchen Table Cafe.

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MeMe’s Bar & Grille in Chalmette serves contemporary regional fare with a creative twist.

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Chef Gadir Haider prepares a pan of kolaj, a Palestinian pastry, for customers at Stella Maris Cafe & Grocery in Arabi.

and the homemade hot Italian sausage sandwiches.

On the other side of the street and a couple of blocks toward the river, Cafe Aquarius takes a lighter, more health-focused approach, although part of this groovy Chalmette bakery and cafe’s appeal is its impressive selection of cakes and desserts. The menu has a strong lunchtime game with flatbread pizzas, wraps and salads along with creative grilled cheese sandwiches and burger specials.

TIME MAY AS WELL STAND STILL AT ROCKY & CARLO’S, the funky,

old-school Chalmette icon where the turquoise “Ladies Invited” sign on the front window still greets guests as they enter. For the past

53 years, the family-run institution on St. Bernard Highway has been piling plates high with macaroni and cheese topped with gravy, enormous portions of veal Parmesan and spaghetti with red sauce. After five decades in the business, the restaurant still buzzes with life and heaps of feel-good Italian comfort.

Driving down St. Bernard Highway past the parish jail and refineries, the winding route becomes more rural. The road passes sprawling green fields dotted with cows and horses grazing at the Docville farm before leading to the town of Violet and Charlie’s Restaurant, which occupies a corner building just off the highway. Chad Blanchard opened the restaurant in 1992 as a 22-seat diner. Since

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Fresh and boiled seafood is the specialty at Today’s Ketch Seafood in Chalmette.

then, the restaurant has expanded to include more than 160 seats, and the welcoming dining room features walls covered with Louisiana-themed artwork, including a colorful painting of a crawfish boil, with the crustaceans spread over local newspapers. The menu here followed a similar model, starting out small and expanding over the years to include eight pages of Blanchard’s creations, many of which push the limits of excess.

“When I started out, it was really small but it just kept growing,” Blanchard says. “I was cooking at a very young age and it was just something that I always wanted to do.”

Blanchard’s seafood gumbo — a dark roux version full of shrimp,

crab, oysters and sausage — has won multiple awards throughout the years. Creative, decadent twists on New Orleans classics have kept the restaurant busy: roast beef and fried seafood po-boys, pasta swimming in creamy crawfish gravy with paneed eggplant, fries tucked under a blanket of roast beef debris.

“We have people coming in sometimes three or four times a week,” Blanchard says. “St. Bernard is a small community — everybody knows everybody.”

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dining atmosphere is complemented by decor with plenty of Louisiana touches. Dishes like Delacroix seafood enchiladas or tamales on the bayou have a south-of-the-border ring, while the bang bang shrimp and the Buddha tuna hint at a Southeast Asian influence. At MeMe’s, oysters are served raw on the half-shell, or char-grilled, drizzled in all manners of styles, from the New Orleans butter-and-Parmesan classic to a sweet and spicy version topped with chili peppers.

Further down the road, boaters heading toward the Gulf of Mexico might stop by the appropriately named Last Stop Food Mart for a breakfast biscuit filled with oozing cheese, sausage, bacon and eggs, fuel for a morning of fishing. Restaurants throughout the parish reflect the bounty of seafood found in the surrounding waters in a casual and laidback manner. There’s Today’s Ketch Seafood, which sits in a blue building off Judge Perez Drive. It specializes in fresh and boiled seafood and is a local favorite for crawfish. Diners pack the handful of tables inside for stuffed crab and peppers, crawfish etouffee, seafood gumbo and potato salad. And at the Vietnamese-run Banh Mi Boys Seafood, the focus is on fresh seafood, in particular Gulf shrimp and crawfish.

Platters and crawfish pies round out a short and simple selection of boiled and fried seafood.

THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY DOESN’T HAVE AS STRONG A FOOTHOLD HERE as it does in neighboring

parishes, something Chung Quach realized when she took over the lease at Beignets & More in the Chalmette Cinema Shopping Center. Noting a lack of Vietnamese food in the area, Quach took the opportunity to revamp the

entire menu to reflect her roots, while keeping the beignet offerings intact.

Quach now runs the family business with the help of her son, Nicky Ta, and her husband.

“The closest place to get Vietnamese food used to be New Orleans East,” Ta says. “We didn’t have any restaurant experience in our family, but this is what she would cook at home.”

The name of the restaurant belies the fact that the real draw is steaming bowls of pho piled high with fresh herbs, evidenced by the scent of anise-flavored broth wafting throughout the petite space.

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes are what bring diners to the grocery and restaurant Stella Maris.

Especially good are the kebabs and the Stella Maris Special combination plate with hummus, baba ghanouj, dolmas, tabouleh, falafel and eggplant salad. For Japanese fare, there’s Asakusa, which opened a few months ago and serves an extensive menu of sushi, hibachi and other dishes, including some eccentric-sounding creations such as smoked salmon bits, which are wrapped around cream cheese, tempura-battered and fried.

And tucked into the rear of the Perez Latin Grocery, a Honduran-run kitchen provides a wide selection of Central American specialties ranging from beef tongue and carnitas tacos, to Honduran balleadas, Mexican tortas and crispy Salvadoran pupusas, which come oozing with beans and cheese.

Whether it’s taking a few steps across the parish line from Bywater or a longer excursion to one of the fishing camps that instills a need to replenish and refuel — there is plenty here to explore.

Eateries

Arabi Food Store 650 Friscoville Ave., Arabi, (504) 277-2333; www.arabifoodstore.com Asakusa 1913 E. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 962-9365; www.asakusajapanese.com

Banh Mi Boys Seafood 113 E. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4619 Beignets & More 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 459-9233; www.beignetsandmore.com Cafe Aquarius 2101 Paris Road, Chalmette, (504) 510-3080; www.facebook.com/ eataquarius

Joey’s Grill 2324 Paris Road, Chalmette, (504) 271-8216; www.jeanfreausmeats.com Kitchen Table Cafe 7005 St. Claude Ave., Arabi, (504) 301-2285; www.facebook.com/ kitchentablearabi The Last Stop 4513 Highway 46, St. Bernard, (504) 301-1511 MeMe’s Bar & Grille 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www.memesbarandgrille.com

Charlie’s Restaurant 6129 E. St. Bernard Highway, Violet, (504) 682-9057

Perez Latin Grocery 9219 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 475-5545

Chew Rouge (inside Pirogue’s Whiskey Bayou) 6940 St. Claude Ave., Arabi, (504) 314-9342; www.chewrouge.com

Rocky & Carlo’s 613 W. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, (504) 279-8323; www. facebook.com/rockyandcarlos

Crave 3201 E. Judge Perez Drive, Meraux, (504) 676-3697; www.facebook. com/cravestb

Stella Maris Cafe & Grocery 7555 W. Judge Perez Drive, Arabi, (504) 400-4004

Gerald’s 6901 St. Claude Ave., Arabi, (504) 277-0030; 2101 E. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 252-9498; www.geraldsdonuts.com

Today’s Ketch Seafood 2110 E. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 279-6639; www.todaysketch.com

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2015 NAMORIO ALBARINO Rias Baixas, Spain Retail $17-$20

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of the Rhone river is known as Cotes de Provence. Agriculture is the main industry in the region, but it is in viticulture that Provence truly shines. Rose wines made with grenache and syrah grapes set the world standard because of the delicacy and expression of the region’s style.

Chateau D’Orsay produces one of the area’s top-rated wines, and drinking it begins on the nose with a rush of wildflower aromas.

On the palate, taste strawberry and raspberry notes and a hint of anise. It is dry and crisp with 13 percent alcohol content. Serve it chilled with a wide range of dishes or drink it on its own. Buy it at: Grande Krewe Fine Wine & Spirits, Vieux Carre Wine & Spirits, Breaux Mart on Severn Avenue, many Robert Fresh Markets, Lakeview Grocery, Rouses on Gen. DeGaulle Drive and in Gretna, Dorignac’s and Saia’s Super Meat Market. Drink it at: The Backyard, The Munch Factory, La Madeleine and Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar.

Atlantic Ocean provides a distinct climate for raising quality wine grapes. Albarino is the grape most closely associated with the region, and it also is used to make fine white wines in northern Portugal, where it’s called alvarinho. The Galicia region has five sub-zones along Spain’s coast.

Rias Baixas, a Denominacion de Origen-classified zone, is Galicia’s most prominent, due to the work of progressive producers who have implemented modern winemaking techniques and focused on the region’s signature varietal. Rias Baixas is named after the coastal inlets, or estuarine inlets, which flow as far as 20 miles inland. Cooling ocean influences on the vineyards help maintain the distinct aromatics and crispness of the wine. Granite soils help infuse it with an intense mineral character. In the glass, it is very aromatic — though chilling the wine too much mutes its elegant bouquet. On the palate, the velvety, golden-colored wine has a pronounced flavor of stone fruits such as apricot and peach. Drink it with seafood, pasta, arugula salad and appetizers. Buy it at: The Wine Seller and Nesbit’s Markets.

2017 LAGO CERQUEIRA VINHO VERDE ROSE Oporto, Portugal Retail $10-$11

VINHO VERDE DOES NOT MEAN

“green wine” but rather “young wine.” Still, there is confusion over

whether Vinho Verde is a grape, a style of wine or a place. It’s a place with a distinct style. The place is northern Portugal in the town of Porto, bounded by a river and the ocean.

Vinho Verdes are usually made from Portuguese varietals that aren’t familiar to most wine drinkers.

The wines also are typically low in alcohol at around 12 percent, and many of them are a little spritzy, which makes them good for quenching a thirst on a warm day. The light carbonation in Vinho Verde usually is added at the end of the fermentation process via a small amount of carbon dioxide. This rose is made from the sturdy Portuguese varietal souzao, a thick-skinned dark grape.

On the palate, taste cherry and good acidity. Serve chilled and drink it with salads, seafood, Asian dishes and other foods. Buy it at: Lakeview Grocery, Rouses on Carrollton Avenue and Nesbit’s Market at Poeyfarre Street.

2016 MAISON LES ALEXANDRINS VIOGNIER Vin de France Retail $15

ITS ORIGINS are mysterious, but the viognier varietal produces wines that are aromatic, fleshy and delightfully elegant.

The grape likely dates to the days of the Roman Empire, and its home in France is in the northern Rhone region. Viognier is the only white grape permitted in the area surrounding the town of Condrieu, and this wine is a prime example of what the region is capable of producing.

It also is the result of an international partnership — an alliance joined in rescuing the grape from extinction after World War II. In 2012, three renowned winemakers from the northern Rhone were concerned about the loss of viognier’s French identity after viognier projects in Australia and California gained attention. Nicolas Jaboulet is the sixth generation of a family that has been making wine since 1834 in Tain l’Hermitage. Guillaume Sorrel is the son of Marc Sorrel, famous for his Domaine Marc Sorrel. Alexandre Caso is a Rhone Valley-based soil and climate specialist. They teamed up to produce a wine that defines

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the viognier grape, full of stone fruit qualities such as aromas of apricots and peaches, as well as flowers. On the palate, there is a hint of honey. Buy it at: Martin Wine Cellar. Drink it at: The Bombay Club, Red Fish Grill and Cafe Amelie.

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ington State produces more wine than any U.S. state except California. An abundance of free-draining silt and sandy soils are nature’s gift to Washington viticulture, along with an average of 17 hours of sunlight per day in the growing season — two hours more than California. Among the 70 varietals planted in the state, Washington wineries have had success with sangiovese, the signature wine from Italy’s Tuscany region. It is used in this delicious rose from winemaker Charles Smith, and is indicative of his style of bright, fresh roses. It has flavors of melon, cherry, herbs and orange zest. Serve chilled and drink it as an aperitif or with snacks and light fare. Buy it at: Breaux Mart on Magazine Street, Rouses on Tchoupitoulas Street and Power Boulevard in Metairie and Gretna, Dorignac’s, Canseco’s Markets, Langenstein’s in Metairie, Lakeview Grocery, Quartermaster Deli, Robert Fresh Market and Simone’s Market. Drink it at: Drago’s Seafood Restaurant, La Thai Cuisine, Fulton Alley, Cloud 9 Bistro, Rendezvous Tavern and The Tchoup Yard.

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from France’s Loire Valley offers quality, diversity and a good price. The region is one of France’s most varied, producing a wide range of wines. The Loire’s dynamic climate gets most of the credit, with weather wavering from Continental to Mediterranean. Loire is best known for its sauvignon blancs, but it also is praised for its chenin blancs and cabernet Francs.

Many expressive Loire wines are naturally high in acidity and can age gracefully.

For Champalou, Vouvray’s sustainably farmed chenin blanc vineyards have clay and limestone soils. After an early morning harvest, the must was fermented in stainless steel and crafted in the methode traditionelle: a secondary fermentation happens in the bottle, and the wine ages on its lees for two years. In the glass, it offers floral notes and aromas of lemon and orange zest. On the palate, taste complex flavors of pear and citrus, good acidity and minerality. Drink it with seafood, charcuterie, roasted or fried chicken and other foods. Buy it at: Spirit Wine.

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2017 KIM CRAWFORD ROSE Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand Retail $14-$20 KIM CRAWFORD IS RENOWNED for

his New Zealand sauvignon blanc wines, which influenced the nation’s current generation of winemakers.

Kim and his wife Erica sold his name and the brand 15 years ago, and while the couple are no longer involved, their vision and direction have been preserved by the new owner, Constellation Brands. From the historic Hawke’s Bay area on the eastern edge of the North Island, this surprisingly good rose is made from merlot grapes. The wine’s pale color is achieved by limiting its contact with grape skins.

In the glass, the wine offers floral aromas. On the palate, taste strawberry, raspberry, cherry, tropical fruit and watermelon. Buy it at: Brady’s

Wine Warehouse, Canseco’s Market on Esplanade Avenue, Breaux Mart; Langenstein’s in Metairie; Lakeview Grocery, Robert Fresh Markets, most Rouses, A&M Food Store, Unique General Store, Red Zone and The Wine Market in Slidell. Drink it at: Drago’s Seafood Restaurant, Aloft New Orleans Downtown, Charles Seafood and Heads & Tails Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar.

2016 PLANET OREGON PINOT NOIR Willamette, Oregon Retail $21 IN THE EARLY 1960S, at about

the same time the California wine industry began producing better quality grapes and wines, the same thing happened in the cool, moist climate of Oregon’s expansive Willamette Valley. Oregon’s prized grape became pinot noir, which is difficult to cultivate in many regions. Pinot has helped Oregon’s wine industry grow to more than 400 wineries with more than 20,000 acres of vineyards. A product of the highly regarded Soter Vineyards, this Planet pinot noir is pure Oregon in its character. It can please red wine enthusiasts but is light enough to drink all summer long. Dark berries yield a dominant cherry character thanks to the long growing season. There is a scent of lavender on the bouquet. On the palate, taste the subtle presence of cinnamon, black pepper, blood orange and cherry cola. The long finish is defined by good acidity which means the wine goes well with a variety of cuisines. Buy it at: Martin Wine Cellar. Drink it at: Brigtsen’s, Trenasse, Zea Rotisserie & Bar on Metairie Road and Pontchartrain Expressway and The Delachaise.

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This color-coded, illustrated deck of cocktail recipes features libations for one, four or a crowd, along with detailed instructions on how to prepare each and a list of vendors of the featured items. You’re going to want the giraffe-shaped swizzle sticks on page 10. Mrs. Lilien’s Cocktail Swatchbook, $18.99 at Brady’s Wine Warehouse.

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CHAMPAGNE SHOOTERS FOR TWO It’s not easy to shoot sparkling wine directly from the bottle without serious carbonation blowback, but the makers of Chambong have it figured out. Fill the flute-like end of each glass and imbibe from the tapered side — voila! Your drinking games just got classier. Chambong glasses, $34.99 at Brady’s Wine Warehouse.

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An insulated tote with a removable center partition is a must for outdoor festivals and beach trips, and a handy covered spigot opening on the bottom of the bag makes dispensing boxed wine a breeze.

Tote bag by Blush, $39.99 at Pearl Wine Co.

Created in New Orleans in the early 19th century, the Sazerac is arguably the oldest American cocktail. Pay tribute to history with a Sazerac cocktail kit that includes all the necessary ingredients. Sazerac cocktail kit, $79.99 at Martin Wine Cellar.

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When absinthe was outlawed, wormwood vermouth was added to anise-flavored liqueurs and spirits to mimic absinthe’s flavor. Whether filled with a licorice-inspired concotion or the real deal, a Green Fairy-approved absinthe fountain and traditional sugar spoons turn a serving into an experience.

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he and wife Rose (who is related THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS didn’t to Scottish whiskey maker William work out well for the British, but that Grant) established the 90-acre bit of history isn’t stopping the British Simpsons Wine Estate (www. wine industry from trying to find a simpsonswine.com) in Barham, Kent, place among the French and Ameriwhere they make sparkling wine in can sparkling wines in New Orleans. the traditional French method.

A handful of British bubblies are “We would like to say that we are available at New Orleans restauon the ‘cutting edge’ whereas our rants and stores. Spirit Wine (3500 predecessors were on the ‘bleedMagazine St., 504-309-8744; www. ing edge,’” Simpson says. “We owe spirit-wine.com) sells a Nyetimber a debt of gratitude to the early bottling. The Wine Seller (5000 Prypioneers like Nyetimber, Ridgeview, tania St., 504-899-6000; www.faceChapel Down and Camel Valley. They book.com/winesellernola) has the discovered and proved to the world Gusbourne Brut Reserve. Pearl Wine what was possiCo. (3700 Orleans ble in England.”

Ave., Suite 1C, Simpson says 504-483-6314; finding the right www.pearlwinelocation for his co.com) sells estate was key. one from Bolney The Simpsons Estate. Grande looked for Krewe Fine Wine chalk soils, & Spirits (2305 south-facing Decatur St., 504slopes with 309-8309; www. good drainage, grandekrewe. trees for wind com) has Hattingprotection ley Valley Rose and abundant and Ridgeview sunshine.

Bloomsbury. PricSeveral grapes es range from $45 used in the to $66 per bottle.

Charles and Rose Simpson are Champagne Crystal Hinds, making sparkling wine at their region grow owner of French winery in Kent, England. well in Britain, Quarter ChamCOURTESY SIMPSONS WINE and many pagne bar winemakers Effervescence believe Britain will improve as a (1036 N. Rampart St., 504-509-7644; grape-growing region as climate www.nolabubbles.com) was excited to add British bottles to her list. “I was change makes it warmer.

Simpson also credits the arrival of begging distributors for more English noted French Champagne makers sparklers ever since I opened last in Britain for helping to improve the year,” she says. nation’s winemaking profile. British The bar offers a tasting flight sparkling wines also have won medcalled The British Are Coming, and it als in international competitions in includes 2013 Gusbourne Brut, 2014 recent years.

Camel Valley Brut Rose and 2014 The Simpsons harvested their Ridgeview Bloomsbury Brut. Three British estate’s first fruit in 2016. The half-glasses cost $30, and the fullfirst sparkling wine release will be a glass flight is $60. rose made from pinot noir grapes. In “We sell more flights initially as spring 2019, they will release a claspeople are skeptical to spend around sic cuvee blend of chardonnay and the same price as they would on pinot noir, and in late 2019, they will Champagne for something they are unfamiliar with tastewise,” Hinds says. release a blanc de noir made from pinot noir.

At Grand Krewe, co-owner Bob “Our U.S. agent for our French Heaps sees similar skepticism. property is a New Orleans resi“The prices are a little crazy, yet dent and is keen to represent our once someone tastes it, it’s as wonEnglish brand,” Simpson says. derful as Champagne,” he says.

“It is our intention to launch Charles Simpson spent 16 years these sparkling wines in spring [or] making wine at Domaine de Sainte summer 2019.”

Rose in southern France. In 2014,

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in making New Orleans dry, but it was long after repeal before a distillery opened. Old New Orleans Rum (2815 Frenchmen St., 504-945-9400; www.oldneworleans.com) broke that ground when it opened in Gentilly in 1995, and now there are several distillers around the city. Changes to state laws in 2012 allow distilleries to sell spirits directly to customers, give visitors tours, host tastings and more.

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Wednesday. On weekends, Lula offers a bottomless vodka bar option for $20. Lula’s spirits also are available by the bottle.

Lula was opened by Bear Caffery and Jess Bourgeois, formerly of Commander’s Palace. The menu combines Gulf seafood and Southern and Louisiana ingredients, sometimes in creative items such as boudin egg rolls.

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Similar to a brewpub, Lula Restaurant Distillery (1532 St. Charles Ave., 504-267-7624; www.lulanola.com) is a microdistillery and full-service restaurant and bar, and it became the first of its kind in the state when it opened early last year. It uses sugarcane from Belle Rose, Louisiana to produce small batches of vodka, gin and rum. The space has an expansive dining room in front and the microdistillery’s large copper and stainless steel tanks are visible in back. Short tours are offered as well. Patrons can sample the house liquors, purchase tasting flights or try the spirits in signature cocktails, some of which are available on tap. There are daily happy hours from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and a late-

com) spirits can be found at many local restaurants and stores, and the distillery is open to visitors on weekends and by appointment.

The building is under the Broad Street overpass and the entrance is on the 3900 block of Euphrosine Street. Jedd Haas founded the distillery in 2011, and it produces Euphrosine gin, Orphan Street brandy, Buck 25 Vodka, Riz Louisiana rice whiskey and two absinthes — Toulouse Green and Toulouse Red. Toulouse Green is inspired by 19th-century French recipes and uses Louisiana wormwood, while Toulouse Red is a new American style and gets its color from hibiscus. The distillery is open to visitors on weekends, when it offers samples and customers can purchase bottles.

When Old New Orleans Rum opened in a Gentilly warehouse, it became the first rum distiller in the continental United States. Ownership has changed, but it focuses exclusively on rum and makes several styles. The namesake Old New Orleans Rum is aged in white oak casks.

Bottlings also include its white rum named Crystal, bourbon barrel-aged Amber, spice-steeped Cajun Spice and its 20th anniversary, limited-release King Creole. Old New Orleans Rum also sells Gingeroo, a zesty ginger-flavored bottled rum drink. The warehouse is a fairly raw space filled with barrels of aging rum, and there’s a tasting room and gift shop. For $7.50, visitors can taste several rums, and there are several tours daily for $15. A free shuttle to the distillery departs from the French Market, but visitors should call to arrange pickup.

Roulaison Distilling Co. (2727 S. Broad St., Suite 103, 504-517-4786; www.roulaison.com), founded in 2016 by Andrew Lohfeld and Patrick Hernandez, also makes local rum.

At its location in Broadmoor, it uses a pot still and pre-industrial production methods — with longer fermentation times — to make a white rum, a Navy strength rum and a rum liqueur. Visitors can sample its small-batch releases and buy bottles at its welcome center, which is open 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday. A distillery tour is offered at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Seven Three Distilling Co. (301 N. Claiborne Ave., 504-265-8545; www. seventhreedistilling.com) is building itself on local neighborhood identity.

The number 73 refers to a count of local neighborhoods, and bottlings are named for some of them, such as Gentilly Gin, St. Roch Vodka, Marigny Moonshine and Irish Channel Whiskey. Seven Three — founded by Sal and Eileen Bivalacqua and Jeff and Mary Ann Rogers in 2016 — both distills spirits and blends acquired spirits, such as the combination in Irish Channel Whiskey. Some of the spirits get local flavor from ingredients such as the persimmon used in Gentilly Gin and the lemon grass and cucumber in St. Roch Cucumber vodka. Visitors can take a 45-minute tour through the distillery, tasting room and gift shop for $15. Every Thursday, Seven Three hosts a happy hour from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The space can be rented for events.

In 2010, Kenneth and Edward Haik opened Cajun Spirits Distillery (2532 Poydras St.; www.cajunspirits.com), which makes Crescent Vodka, Tresillo Rum and 3rd Ward Gin with sugarcane from New Iberia. Cajun Spirits offers tours by appointment.

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Bamboula’s 514 Frenchmen St., www.bamboulasnola.com

Live music, great food, weekend brunch .

Black Box Spirits www.blackboxspirits.com

Introducing “Spirits on Tap” – Tequila, Whiskey, Vodka.

Chais Delachaise 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise.com

Five great wines by the glass for $3 each, everyday 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. .

Coast Roast Coffee & Tea St. Roch Market and Auction House Market.

The Carousel Bar & Lounge in the Hotel Monteleone

214 Royal St.; www.hotelmonteleone. com/carouselbarentertainment Spinning craft cocktails since 1949.

Deuce McAllister’s Ole Saint Kitchen & Tap 132 Royal St., (504) 309-4797; www. olesaint.com

Emeril’s New Orleans 800 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 528-9393; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerilsnew-orleans

Fine Dining Happy Hour — small plates expertly paired with award winning wine, Monday-Friday, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.; weekly menu items featured at $5 each.

Joey K’s 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com

Wine Not Wednesdays – half price bottles of wine and $10 carafes of sangria.

Josephine Estelle 600 Carondelet St., (504) 930-3070; www.josephineestelle.com Weekday Happy Hour.

Martin Wine Cellar New Orleans, Metairie, Mandeville, Baton Rouge; www.martinwine.com

Happy Hour Monday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. — $4 wines by the glass, small plates.

Martine’s Lounge 2347 Metairie Rd., Metairie, (504) 831-8637

New Orleans Wine & Food Experience May 23-27 — Tastings, wine dinners & experiences.

Nirvana 4308 Magazine St., (504) 894-9797; www.insidenirvana.com

New wine list includes wines by the glass and bottles under $20 .

Pal’s Lounge 949 N. Rendon St., (504) 488-PALS Seasonal Summer cocktails.

Patrick’s Bar Vin 730 Bienville St., (504) 200-3180; www.patricksbarvin.com

Happy Hour – $3 domestic beers, $4 well liquors, $5 Patrick’s Best-Kept-Secret wine, Monday-Thursday, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Pearl Wine Co. 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com

Patio now open, live music May 17-19, full bar and bottle shop .

Rue 127 Every Tuesday

25% off wine bottles above $50 & 50% off wine bottles below $50.

The Rusty Nail 11 Constance St., (504) 525-5515; www.therustynail.biz

Multiple areas can be sectioned off as private for parties for 10 to 500 .

Salon Restaurant by Sucré 622 Conti St.; www.restaurantsalon.com

Brunch and Spring tea Thursday-Monday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. with $18 bottomless mimosas; Happy Hour Thursday-Monday, 4-7 p.m. with $6 drinks.

St. James Cheese Company 641 Tchoupitoulas, (504) 304-1485; 5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737; www.stjamescheese.com

Happy Hours: Warehouse District — $10 3-cheese board, $6 glass house wine, $1 off drafts, Monday - Saturday, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.; Uptown — $10 3-cheese board, $1 off wine & beer, $4 off bottles of wine .

Happy Hour — $1 off doubles, $3.50 well drinks, $2 domestics, $2 shot with any beer purchase; daily 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Theo’s Pizza Every Wednesday

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Hotel, Patrick’s Bar Vin at Hotel Mazarin, VIVE! at Hotel Le Marais, Bistreaux at Maison Dupuy, Jung Bar at The Jung Hotel .

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Flour power

Bearded NINA COMPTON AND CURE were

winners at the 2018 James Beard Awards in Chicago May 7. The James Beard Foundation’s annual awards are the Oscars of the food world.

Nina Compton was named Best Chef: South. She was voted fan favorite for the season of Top Chef filmed in New Orleans, and together with husband Larry Miller runs the Warehouse District restaurant

Echo’s Pizza keeps it simple

BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund AT 1000 FIGS, Theresa Galli and Gavin Cady provide a simple and fresh take on Mediterranean cuisine.

In many ways, the approach at their new Mid-City restaurant, Echo’s Pizza, feels like a similarly thoughtful exercise in restraint.

Echo’s Pizza eschews excess on the plate and in the dining room, where the minimalist decor features clean lines and blonde wood banquettes. In back, there’s a romantic patio surrounded by flower beds and hanging pendant lights.

Echo’s menu is centered on baker Kate Heller’s pizzas, which are prepared in a wood-burning oven.

Heller made a name for herself as the solo force behind Leo’s Bread, a small-batch bakery that supplies breads to 1000 Figs.

Heller’s thin-crust pies are akin to Neapolitan versions, made with a flour mix including freshly milled whole-grain flour from Bellegarde Bakery. Individually portioned, the pies serve as a canvas for just a few ingredients. Each pizza has a rustic feel; these aren’t perfectly uniform pies, and that’s what makes them beautiful.

The edges are puffy and raised, freckled with uneven pockets of char and dough bubbles. The centers tend to give under the weight of the toppings.

The burrata pie is a model of simplicity and proof that much can be done with just a few fresh ingredients. It delivers a sweet, summery pop from crushed tomatoes, pillowy knobs of burrata, heaps of fresh basil and a drizzle of olive oil.

A hearty mix of mushrooms and wilted red onion petals top a pie

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3200 Banks St., (504) 267-3231; www.echospizza.com

that substitutes a red miso base for tomato sauce, and the effect is umami-rich and almost buttery, balanced by the slightest tinge of lemon. Lamb sausage adds earthiness and a Mediterranean feel to a pie topped with salty nibs of kefir feta cheese, softly roasted onions and a sprinkle of fresh oregano.

My favorite is the pork sausage pizza, arguably the most decadent of all. The crust is topped with braised greens in cream, garlic, salty Grana Padano cheese, bits of sausage and dollops of fiery fermented chilies, which help cut through the pie’s richness.

Takeout pizzas didn’t travel well as crusts seemed to lose their crunch in the box.

Heller’s pies are the heart and soul of the operation, but her breads accompany a number of smaller dishes, charcuterie and cheese selections. Chewy, crusty and with just the slightest bit of tang, the bread serves as a base for tomato crostini, which have a garlicky herb

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A mushroom pizza emerges from a wood-burning oven at Echo’s Pizza.

Nina Compton won the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef: South.

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spread and juicy cherry tomatoes.

Whole loaves are available for purchase at the counter.

The pizza seems to take most of its inspiration from Naples, but the rest of the menu is drawn from across Italy. Golden suppli, the Roman-inspired snack of fried rice balls, ooze mozzarella with each bite, and a warming dish of creamy white beans with sauteed kale and sharp Parmesan seems Tuscan-inspired. There’s a more local feel to grilled shrimp tossed in a rich and sweet roasted tomato butter sauce.

Echo’s Pizza is a delightful and welcoming restaurant. A hybrid operation from friends, chefs and bakers, it also feels uniquely of this time in New Orleans.

Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

WHAT DOESN’T

crusts tend to lose their crunch on takeout orders

CHECK, PLEASE

Mid-City pizzeria charms with a thoughtful approach, highlighting simple and fresh ingredients

Compere Lapin (Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery, 535 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-599-2119; www.comperelapin. com), which has garnered accolades since opening in 2015. The duo recently partnered with former Compere Lapin sous chef Levi Raines to open Bywater American Bistro (2900 Chartres St., 504-6053827; www.bywateramericanbistro. com) earlier this year.

In recent years, New Orleans has dominated the Best Chef: South category, which last year went to chef Rebecca Wilcomb of Herbsaint, and before that Justin Devillier (La Petite Grocery) and Alon Shaya (Saba).

This year’s nominees included New Orleans contenders Slade Rushing of Brennan’s and Kristen Essig and Michael Stoltzfus of Coquette.

Freret Street cocktail lounge Cure (4905 Freret St., 504-3022357; www.curenola.com) won Outstanding Bar Program, which last year went to Arnaud’s French 75. Cure was founded in 2009 by Neal Bodenheimer, Kirk Estopinal and Matthew Kohnke and has been a finalist for the award for the past three years.

There were nine local finalists in all for the prestigious awards.

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Willa Jean chef Kelly Fields was nominated for Outstanding Pastry Chef, which went to Dolester Miles of Highlands Bar & Grill in Birmingham, Alabama. Bacchanal Wine was up for the Outstanding Wine Program, which went to Charleston’s FIG. Other nominees included Upperline’s JoAnn Clevenger for Outstanding Restaurateur, and Donald Link, who was nominated for Outstanding Chef.

Also honored were recipients of the James Beard Foundation’s American Classics awards, which included the Vietnamese bakery Dong Phuong (14207 Chef Menteur Highway, 504-254-0214; www. dpbakeshop.com). The foundation’s list of Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America inducted Lally Brennan and Ti Adelaide Martin of Commander’s Palace, Cafe Adelaide and SoBou. — HELEN FREUND

Maypole dancing DEUTSCHES HAUS (1023 Ridgewood Drive, Metairie; www.deutscheshaus.org) celebrates Volksfest, the traditional German welcome to summertime, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. May 19. There’s Maypole dancing, music

by Prost and Disco Amigos. Traditional dishes include bratwursts and knackwursts with mustard and pumpernickel bread, kohlrouladen (cabbage rolls), blaukraut (braised red cabbage), Bavarian-style sauer-

Goldbagels IT ISN’T EASY to get a New Yorkstyle bagel in New Orleans. With the opening of Goldbergs Fine Foods (925 Common St., 504-2673564; www.goldbergbagel.com) in the Central Business District, the local bagel game is looking up.

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The New York-style deli and restaurant opened this week next to The Roosevelt New Orleans hotel.

Goldberg’s is an Atlanta-based chain founded by Wayne Saxe and Howard Aaron, and there are nine restaurants in the Atlanta area and now the New Orleans location.

The 6,500-square-foot space includes a large dining room with red leather booths, a bar and a counter for ordering bagels and sandwiches to go.

The expansive menu includes breakfast items available all day, deli sandwiches, wraps, flatbreads, burgers, salads and desserts. More than 26 bagel varieties are served, including cinnamon-raisin, salt, jalapeno-cheddar, sesame, poppyseed, whole wheat and gluten-free.

Flavored cream cheese options, Nova lox and other toppings also are available.

Goldbergs Fine Foods is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

— HELEN FREUND

owner of the long-running Fat City restaurant Crazy Johnnie’s Steak House, has died at 76. She passed away in her Metairie home May 7 following a long illness.

The news was shared by Bart Sevin, whose father, Barry Sevin, was Schram’s partner of 25 years and helped run Crazy Johnnie’s until it closed in 2014.

“Johnnie led one of those interesting lives, which was more common in the past, which included younger days at Ole Miss where her father, Johnny Cain, coached Archie Manning, and years of adventurous globe trotting before opening her signature restaurant,” Sevin said in a statement.

Schram was born in Lafayette and in 1986 opened Crazy Johnnie’s Steak House as a bar that later became a popular restaurant known for bargain steaks and filet mignon po-boys. The Metairie mainstay was open for nearly three decades before closing four years ago when rising meat costs forced the business to shutter.

A service for Schram will be held 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. May 19 at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Metairie.

— HELEN FREUND

EAT+DRINK Nick Detrich BARTENDER AT THE FRENCH QUARTER BAR AND CAFE

Manolito (508 Dumaine St., 504-603-2740; www.manolitonola.com), bartender Nick Detrich and his team specialize in Cuban cocktails. Detrich spoke with Gambit about the bar.

What is the inspiration for a Cuban-themed bar?

DETRICH: I started going to Cuba about three years ago. Having the opportunity was a big deal for me, and being able to go back as frequently as I have is kind of how this all came about. (Manolito co-founder) Chris (Hannah) was with me on more than half of those trips.

In the early 1920s, Cuban bartenders were looked upon in the same way as Japanese bartenders are today as far as being pillars of technique and hospitality.

We wanted to build a place that really honored what these Cuban bartenders were doing. Because the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba is largely outside of the scope of American bartending, we wanted to make sure we used a lot of techniques they still practice in Cuba.

Last year, unfortunately, our friend Manuel Carbajo Aguiar passed away suddenly, so this past summer, when we were talking about the bar, we knew we should name if after him, Manolito, for his nickname.

The layout of the bar really reminded me of this bar in (Old Havana) called O’Reilly (304), where you walk in and the kitchen and bar are under a gallery seating area. It’s a room that’s set up very much like a Caribbean room should be, which is why I also wanted to sink my teeth into this space.

What sets apart Cuban bar practice and culture?

D: They refer to bartenders as cantineros, and in order to become a cantinero, you have to go through a fair amount of schooling and an apprenticeship. It’s still a very highly regarded profession there; it’s considered a highly skilled craft. Manuel — whom we named the place for — had been at El Floridita for 20 years. Hospitality is paramount for them; it’s

the first thing that they learn.

Also, no one does blended drinks the same way that Cubans do, and yet we have such a rich daiquiri culture in New Orleans.

It’s more about the texture. The flavors are there, the balance is there, but the first point of reference is the texture. It’s unique in that it goes against a lot of what bartenders have learned in the last 20 years during the cocktail revival and cocktail movement, where it’s so pedantic and it’s all based on recipes and exacting measure.

This puts that whole bottle on its head.

What techniques are you using at the bar?

D: We’re practicing these techniques that are more geared toward texture. We use Hamilton Beach blenders on a low setting, add all of the ingredients except for the rum, measure out the ice, start the blender and then slowly add the rum until we get a smooth, sort of rotation or a vortex in the blender where we can read the consistency. It shouldn’t be super slushy. Frozen drinks are really popular right now, but a lot of them are too frozen. If they’re coming out of a machine, usually the texture is too dense. We’re looking for something that is more on the frappe end, as far as blended drinks go, which is what you would have seen in the early days, after (Fred) Waring introduced the blender.

We also throw cocktails as well, which is something that was very popular in Cuba. You take two glasses, or tins, and put ice in one and the drink in the other and you basically pour it from a height of at least 2 or 3 feet, so you get a lot of big bubble aeration. It’s not as violent as shaking, and you don’t get the tiny bubbles. You get a much bigger, silkier and airier texture.

We don’t do a lot of shaking and stirring. We do a lot more blending and throwing than anything.

— HELEN FREUND

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Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise. com — The eclectic menu includes bouillabaisse, grilled Caribbean lobster, jerk shrimp and more. Reservations accepted. L Sat-Sun, D daily, late Fri-Sat. $$

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Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — The constantly changing menu features dishes such as pan-fried Gulf flounder with kumquat-ginger sauce, crispy Brussels sprouts and sticky rice. Reservations accepted for large parties. D Wed-Sun, late Wed-Sun, brunch Sat-Sun. $$

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Riccobono’s Panola Street Cafe — 7801 Panola St., (504) 314-1810; www. panolastreetcafe.com — A Sausalito omelet includes sautéed spinach, mushrooms, oysters, green onions, garlic and mozzarella cheese. No reservations. B and L daily. $ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — See Metairie section for restaurant description.

CHALMETTE Cafe Aquarius — 2101 Paris Road, Chalmette, (504) 510-3080 — The croque St. Bernard features roast beef debris, smoked Gouda cheese, caramelized onions, chive aioli and bechamel on focaccia. No reservations. L Tue-Fri, D Tue, brunch Sat-Sun. $

CITYWIDE Breaux Mart — Citywide; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart’s deli section features changing daily dishes such as red beans and rice or baked catfish. No reservations.

L, D daily. $ La Carreta — Citywide; www.carretarestaurant.com — Barbacoa tacos are corn tortillas filled with Mexican-style barbecued beef, red onions and cilantro and served with rice and beans. Reservations accepted for larger parties.

Lunch and dinner daily. $$

FAUBOURG MARIGNY Kebab — 2315 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3834328; www.kebabnola.com — The falafel sandwich comes with pickled beetsm cucumbers, arugula, spinach, red onions, hummus and Spanish garlic sauce. Delivery available. No reservations. L and D Wed-Mon, late Fri-Sat. $ Mardi Gras Zone — 2706 Royal., (504) 947-8787 — The grocery and deli serves wood-oven baked pizza, po-boys, sides such as macaroni and cheese and vegan and vegetarian dishes. No reservations.

Open 24 hours daily. $ Spotted Cat Food & Spirits — New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 371-5074; www.spottedcatfoodspirits.com — The Jam burger features two beef patties, onion jam, bacon jam, fried onions and mustard and on a Hawaiian bun. Reservations recommended. B, L daily, D Mon-Sat. $$

FRENCH QUARTER Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinai-

OUT TO EAT Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — The city’s oldest restaurant’s signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska.

Reservations recommended. L, D MonSat, brunch Sun. $$$ Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Chef Susan Spicer’s menu includes crispy smoked quail salad with pear and bourbon-molasses dressing. Reservations recommended. L Wed-Sat, D Mon-Sat. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Reservations accepted. B, L. D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce. Reservations recommended. B, L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola. com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis. Reservations recommended. B, L, D daily. $$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — The house filet mignon is served atop creamed spinach with fried oysters and Pontalba potatoes. Reservations recommended.

D daily. $$$ El Gato Negro — 81 French Market Place, (504) 525-9752; www.elgatonegronola. com — Ceviche Cabo San Lucas features yellowfin tuna, avocados, tomatoes, onion, jalapenos, cilantro, lime and sea salt.

No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. L, early D daily. $$ Green Goddess — 307 Exchange Place, (504) 301-3347; www.greengoddessrestaurant.com — Swedish meatloaf is made with Two Run Farms grass-fed beef and served with lingonberrry pepper jelly, creamed mushroom potatoes and Creole kale. No reservations. L, D Wed-Sun. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Panseared jumbo shrimp top a grit cake and are served with chipotle-garlic cream sauce and tomatoes. Reservations accepted. L, D Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Le Bayou Restaurant — 208 Bourbon St., (504) 525-4755; www.lebayourestaurant.com — Shrimp Ya-Ya features Gulf shrimp sauteed with Cajun pesto and served with garlic toast. No reservations.

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Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter and served over angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola. com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole.

No reservations. B, L, D daily. $$ NOLA Restaurant — 534 St. Louis St., (504) 522-6652; www.emerilsrestaurants. com/nola-restaurant — A 14-ounce grilled Niman Ranch pork chop is served with brown sugar-glazed sweet potatoes, toasted pecans and a caramelized onion reduction sauce. Reservations recommended. L Thu-Mon, D daily. $$$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Creative Creole dishes include crabmeat cheesecake topped with Creole meuniere. Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations recommended. B, L, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. Reservations recommended. D daily. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp, redfish courtbouillon, gumbo and catfish and shrimp dishes. Reservations accepted. B daily, D Tue-Sun. $$ Salon Restaurant by Sucre — 622 Conti St., (504) 267-7098; www.restaurantsalon.com — Croque Benedict features a soft-boiled egg, Raclette cheese, Mornay sauce and Crystal hollandaise over applewood-smoked ham, poached chicken or heirloom tomatoes and a chive biscuit. Reservations accepted. brunch and early D Thu-Mon. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter. com — Tableau’s contemporary Creole cuisine includes marinated crab claws in white truffle vinaigrette and pan-roasted redfish Bienville with frisee, fingerling potato salad and blue crab butter sauce.

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

GENTILLY Cafe Gentilly — 5339 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.thecafegentilly. com — The Morning Star features two eggs topped with Swiss and American cheeses and sauteed ham, peppers and onions served with hash browns. No reservations. B, L daily. Cash only. $

HARAHAN/JEFFERSON/ RIVER RIDGE Heads & Tails Seafood & Oyster Bar — 1820 Dickory Ave., Suite A, Harahan, (504) 533-9515; www.headsandtail-

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The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. L, D daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 7333803; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. No reservations. L, D daily. $

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KENNER The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. No reservations. B, L, D daily. $$ Ted’s Smokehouse BBQ — 3809 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 305-4393 — Ted’s special combination includes choices of three meats (sliced brisket, pulled pork, sausage, pork ribs) and two sides (baked beans, corn, coleslaw, potato salad). No reservations.

L, D daily. $$ Vista Buffet — Treasure Chest Casino, 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 4438000; www.treasurechestcasino.com — The buffet includes New Orleans and Southern favorites, barbecue, Asian and Italian dishes, carving stations, a salad bar and more. No reservations. L MonFri, D daily, brunch Sat-Sun. $$$

LAKEVIEW El Gato Negro — 300 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-0107; www.elgatonegronola. com — See French Quarter section for restaurant description.

Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with melted Monterey Jack and shredded Parmesan cheeses. No reservations.

B, L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $ NOLA Beans — 762 Harrison Ave., (504) 267-0783; www.nolabeans.com — The organic Argonne turkey sandwich features organic avocado, tomatoes, sprouts and Havarti cheese on choice of bread. No reservations. B, L, early D daily. $$ Sala Restaurant & Bar — 124 Lake Marina Ave., (504) 513-2670; www.salanola. com — Broiled Gulf fish is served with beurre blanc, grilled asparagus and new potatoes. Reservations accepted.

L and D Tue-Sun, brunch Sat-Sun, late Thu-Sat. $$ The Steak Knife Restaurant & Bar — 888 Harrison Ave., (504) 488-8981; www. steakkniferestaurant.com — Shrimp bordelaise features jumbo Gulf shrimp sauteed with mushrooms, white wine and garlic butter and flamed with brandy.

Reservations accepted. D Tue-Sat. $$$

METAIRIE Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce.

Reservations recommended. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$

Banh Mi Boys — 5001 Airline Drive, Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5360; www. bmbmetairie.com — The BMB combination banh mi features Vietnamese-style ham, pork belly, pork meatballs, pork pate and headcheese on a baguette.

Delivery available. No reservations. L and D Mon-Sat. $ Ben’s Burgers — 2008 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 889-2837; www. eatatbens.com — The menu features an array of charcoal-grilled burgers topped with cheese, chili, barbecue sauce and more. No reservations. 24H $ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Casablanca — 3030 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2209; www.casablancanola.com — House-made couscous can be topped with Moroccan-style chicken, lamb or beef and is served with vegetables. Reservations accepted. L Sun-Fri, D Sun-Thu. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — Stuffed gumbo features a hand-battered and fried catfish fillet atop chicken, sausage, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo. No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come from the Bronx. No reservations. L Sun-Thu, D Mon-Thu. $ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; www. martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. No reservations. B, L daily, early dinner Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ R&O’s Restaurant — 216 Metairie-Hammond Highway, Metairie, (504) 831-1248; www.rnosrestarurant.com — The roast beef po-boy is dressed with cheese and brown or red gravy and served on a toasted sesame loaf. No reservations. L, D daily. $$ Riccobono’s Peppermill — 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 455-2226; www. riccobonospeppermill.com — Veal Josephine is sauteed veal topped with lump crabmeat and shrimp and served with brabant potatoes. Reservations accepted. B and L daily, D Wed-Sun. $$ Rolls N Bowls — 605 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 309-0519; www.rollsnbowlsnola.com — Banh mi include roasted pork dressed with carrots, cucumber, jalapenos and cilantro on French bread.

No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $ Sammy’s Po-boys & Catering — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-0916; www.sammyspoboys.com — The Flickaletta is the muffuletta made with ham, salami, Swiss cheese and olive salad on French bread. No reservations.

L Mon-Sat, D daily. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572;

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Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Reservations recommended. L, D Tue-Sun. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — The menu features tandoori dishes with chicken, lamb, fish or shrimp; mild and spicy curries and spicy hot vindaloo dishes; and vegetarian dishes including palak paneer (spinach and cheese) and bhindi masala with okra. No reservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; www.theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description.

Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread cup. Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. $$

MID-CITY/TREME Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. L, D Tue-Sun. $ biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta. Delivery available Tue-Fri. No reservations. L, brunch daily. $$ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Smoked brisket is served with smoked apple barbecue sauce, Alabama white barbecue sauce, smoked heirloom beans and vinegar slaw. Reservations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, brunch Sat-Sun. $$

chokes and roasted garlic. No reservations. L, D, late daily. $ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil.

No reservations. L daily, D Mon-Sat, brunch Sun. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www. juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. No reservations.

L, D daily. $ Namese — 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 483-8899; www.namese.net — Shaken pho features bone marrow broth, flat noodles and a choice of protein (filet mignon, short rib, brisket, seafood, chicken, tofu) stir-fried with onions, garlic and bone marrow oil. Reservations accepted.

L, D Mon-Sat. $$ Ralph’s on the Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Reservations recommended. L Tue-Fri, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Rue 127 — 127 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 483-1571; www.rue127.com — Grilled Gulf fish is seasoned with tandoori spices and served over Brussels sprouts, smoked potato puree and apple and fennel slaw. Reservations recommended.

D Tue-Sat. $$$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description.

Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola.com — This neighborhood restaurant is known for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. No reservations. L Mon-Sat. $$ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Reservations accepted for large parties. L, D, late daily. $

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Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette.

Reservations accepted for large parties.

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Martin Wine Cellar — 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; www.martinwine.com — See Metairie section for restaurant description.

Cafe Navarre — 800 Navarre Ave., (504) 483-8828; www.cafenavarre.com — Capricciosa pizza topped with pepperoni, prosciutto, tomatoes, mushrooms, artichoke, olives, oregano, garlic and basil.

No reservations. B, L and D Mon-Fri, brunch Sat-Sun. $

Apolline — 4729 Magazine St., (504) 894-8881; www.apollinerestaurant.com — Stuffed quail is served with cornbread dressing, haricots verts, cherry tomatoes and rum-honey glaze. Reservations accepted. brunch, D Tue-Sun. $$$

Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery available.

Reservations accepted. L, D daily. $$ G’s Pizza — 4840 Bienville St., (504) 483-6464; www.gspizzas.com — The NOLA Green Roots pie features housemade sauce, mozzarella, black olives, mushrooms, onions, organic spinach, bell peppers, roasted red peppers, arti-

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Cafe Luna — 802 1/2 Nashville Ave., (504) 333-6833; www.facebook.com/ cafeluna504 — The menu includes locally roasted coffee, hand-rolled bagels and a variety of items cooked from scratch. No reservations. B, L, early D daily. $ The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — The menu offers Creole favorites such as gumbo and crab cakes. Reservations accepted. B daily, L Fri-Sat, D Mon-Thu, brunch Sun. $$ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise. com — The bar offers wines by the

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OUT TO EAT glass and full restaurant menu including mussels steamed with Thai chili and lime leaf. No reservations. L Fri-Sun, D and late daily. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Braised Niman Ranch pork cheeks are served with sauteed Southern greens, grit cakes, sweet potatoes and country gravy. Reservations recommended. D Wed-Sun. $$$ Emeril’s Delmonico — 1300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-4937; www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-delmonico — Paneed veal bordelaise is served with linguine, jumbo lump crabmeat, artichoke, mushrooms and charred tomatoes. Reservations recommended.

D daily. $$$ G’s Kitchen Spot — Charles Seafood (8311 Jefferson Highway, Harahan, 504-405-5263; Balcony Bar, 3201 www.charlesseafood14.com) serves an array of raw, boiled, fried and grilled seafood.

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PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER gskitchenspot.com — Brick-oven Margherita pizza includes mozzarella, basil and house-made Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., — Emeril Lagasse’s newest restaurant garlic-butter sauce. No reservations. L (504) 525-7437; www.slicepizzeria.com — offers an array of internationally inspired The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped Fri-Sun, D, late daily. $ dishes. Sofrito-marinated turkey necks with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced are tossed in Crystal hot sauce. ReservaJoey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full tions accepted. L, D daily. $$ 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — bar. No reservations. L, D daily. $ This casual eatery serves fried seafood Vyoone’s Restaurant — 412 Girod St., Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole (504) 518-6007; www.vyoone.com — Coq Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; www. favorites such as red beans and rice. No au vin is boneless chicken cooked with theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferreservations. L, D Mon-Sat. $$ red wine and root vegetables. Reserson section for restaurant description. vations accepted. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat, Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine brunch Sat-Sun. $$$ Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 5538 Magazine St., St., (504) 267-7612; www.titoscevi(504) 897-4800; www.juansflyingburrito. chepisco.com — Daily ceviche selections com — See Mid-City section for restauWEST BANK feature seafood such as tuna, snapper or rant description. other Gulf fish. Reservations accepted. D Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 MagaMon-Sat. $$ (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. zine St., (504) 522-3107 — Po-boy fillings com — Popular dishes include shrimp include everything from fried seafood Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked to corned beef. No reservations. B, L WAREHOUSE DISTRICT oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps Mon-Sat. $ and Italian seasonings. Reservations Capdeville — 520 Capdeville St., (504) Martin Wine Cellar — 3827 Baronne St., accepted. D Tue-Sat. Cash only. $$$ 371-5161; www.capdevillenola.com — The (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com rock ’n’ roll-themed gastropub serves Restaurant des Familles — 7163 Baratar— See Metairie section for restaurant burgers, sandwiches, entrees and sides ia Blvd., Marrero, (504) 689-7834; www. description. such as poutine and truffle macaroni desfamilles.com — The menu of Cajun and cheese.

Reservations accepted.

L, D Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakand Creole favorites includes gumbo, Mon-Sat. late Fri-Sat. $$ house — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410turtle soup, seafood platters and New El Gato Negro — 800 S. Peters St., 9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako Orleans barbecue shrimp, as well as sal(504) 309-8864; www.elgatonegronola. offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, ads, pasta and more. Reservations reccom — See French Quarter section for with specialties from the sushi or hibachi ommended. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ restaurant description. menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaSpecialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle ki, and tempura. Reservations accepted.

Emeril’s Restaurant — 800 TchoupiChasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ toulas St., (504) 528-9393; www. www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — Chickemerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-new-orNirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magen piccata is a paneed chicken breast leans — Cast-iron baked escargot are azine St., (504) 894-9797 — Serving topped with lemon-caper piccata sauce served with angel hair pasta tossed with mostly northern Indian cuisine, the served with angel hair pasta, salad and garlic-chili oil, bottarga fish roe and restaurant’s menu ranges from chicken garlic cheese bread. No reservations. L, Parmesan. Reservations recommended. to vegetable dishes. Reservations acD daily. $$ L Mon-Fri, D daily. $$$ cepted for five or more. L, D Tue-Sun. $$ Tavolino Pizza & Lounge — 141 DelarJuan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., Piccola Gelateria — 4525 Freret St., onde St., (504) 605-3365; www.facebook.

(504) 529-5825; www.juansflyingburrito.

(504) 493-5999; www.piccolagelatecom/tavolinolounge — Ping olives are com — See Mid-City section for restauria.com — The cafe offers 18 rotating fried Castelvetrano olives stuffed with rant description. flavors of small-batch Italian-style beef and pork or Gorgonzola cheese. gelatos and sorbettos. No reservations.

Reservations accepted for large parties.

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

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TUESDAY 15 Bamboula’s — Damn Gina, 3; Smoky Greenwell, 6:30; Michael Vincent, 10 Blue Nile — Water Seed, 9 BMC — Dapper Dandies, 8; Slick Skillet Serenaders, 11 Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters Quartet, 8 Cafe Negril — 4 Sidemen of the Apocalypse, 6 Check Point Charlie — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Chip Wilson & Marcello Benetti, 5:30; Lynn Drury, 8 Circle Bar — Alex McMurray & His Band, 7; Witchjail, 9:30 Columns Hotel — John Rankin & Friends, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — DinosAurchestra, 7; Treme Brass Band, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious, 9; The Jenna McSwain Trio, 9 Gasa Gasa — Geographer, So Much Light, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — New Orleans Guitar Night feat. Alex D’Onofrio, 9 House of Blues — Pouya, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — The James Rivers Movement, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Jason Bishop, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — Samantha Pearl Quartet, 7:30 Maple Leaf Bar — Rebirth Brass Band, 10:30 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation AllStars, 8, 9 & 10 Prime Example Jazz Club — Sidemen+1, 8 & 10 Ray’s — Bobby Love & Friends, 7 Republic New Orleans — Kimbra, Son Lux, 7 Santos Bar — Viva L’American Death Ray, Static Static, 9 Siberia Lounge — Casey McAllister (piano night), 9 SideBar — Brad Walker, Max Zemanovic, Raja Kassis, 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 The Starlight — DJ Fayard, 9

WEDNESDAY 16 Autocrat Social & Pleasure Club — TBC Brass Band, 9 Bamboula’s — Bamboula’s Hot Trio feat.

Giselle Anguizola, 2; Mem Shannon, 6:30; Gentilly Stompers, 10

Radar Upcoming concerts » POND, June 5, Gasa Gasa » BENT KNEE AND GATHERERS, June 15, Gasa Gasa » JESSE MCCARTNEY AND NINA NESBITT, June 16, House of Blues » LAKE STREET DIVE AND MADISEN WARD AND THE MAMA BEAR , July 16, House

of Blues » J. COLE WITH YOUNG THUG , Aug. 14, Smoothie King Center » TONY BENNETT, Aug. 25, Saenger Theatre » NATALIE PRASS AND STELLA DONNELLY, Oct. 14, Gasa Gasa » WHITE DENIM , Oct 19, One Eyed Jacks » CHRISTINA AGUILERA , Nov. 9, Saenger Theatre » TY SEGALL WITH EMMETT KELLY, Nov. 17, One Eyed Jacks » NINE INCH NAILS AND THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN , Nov. 23-24, Saenger Theatre

Christina Aguilera will perform at Saenger Theatre Nov. 9.

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THURSDAY 17 Armstrong Park — Jazz in the Park feat.

James Andrews, 6 Bamboula’s — Kala Chandra, 3; Jenavieve & the Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 6:30; Mofongo, 10 Bar Redux — Soul O’ Sam, 9 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 Bourbon O Bar — The Luneta Jazz Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Andrea Bohren, 5; Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand, 8 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Kermit Ruffins, 6 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Casa Borrega — Descarga Latina feat.

Fredy Omar, 7 Check Point Charlie — Pucusana, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil DeGruy, 6; Johnny Sansone, John Fohl, Papa Mali, 8 Circle Bar — Dark Lounge with Rik Slave, 7; Anne Elise Hastings, Kaycee, 10 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6

Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Derrick Freeman & James Martin (Soul album release), 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Carl Leblanc Trio, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Rapbaum, Khromethesia, Harbinger Project, 10 Gasa Gasa — Shane Smith & the Saints, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — TR3AL, Playboi L, TeeJay Foi, Bossman Beano, 9 The Jazz Playhouse — Ashlin Parker Trio, 6; Brass-A-Holics, 8:30 Little Gem Saloon — Monty Banks, 5; Dr. Michael White & Gregg Stafford feat.

Leroy Jones, 7:30 Maple Leaf Bar — The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich, 11 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Cha Wa, 6 Old Point Bar — Keith Stone & Red Gravy, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Duke Heitger & Crescent City Joymakers, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys, 8:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Amanda Ducorbier, 5:30 Siberia Lounge — Eastern Bloc Party feat.

G String Orchestra, 9 SideBar — Hildegarde Unhinged feat. Cliff Hines, Sasha Masakowski, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — NOCCA Jazz Ensemble feat. Michael Pellara, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Sarah McCoy, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 The Starlight — Funeral Parlour with DJ Mange, 9 Vaughan’s Lounge — Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 10

FRIDAY 18 Andrea’s Restaurant (Capri Blu Piano Bar) — Brogan, 8 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Les Getrez & Creole Cooking, 5:30; Sierra Green & Soul Machine, 10 Bar Redux — Slow Coyote, 9 Blue Nile — Kermit Ruffins, 11 BMC — Lifesavers, 3; Hyperphlyy, 9; La Tran-K, midnight Bourbon O Bar — The Doyle Cooper Jazz Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Phil the Tremolo King, 6; Soul O’ Sam, 9 Bullet’s Sports Bar — The Pinettes Brass Band, 8:30 Cafe Negril — Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Central City BBQ — Chris Broussard, 9 Check Point Charlie — Important Gravy, 8; Dirty Rain Revelers, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; James McMurtry, 8 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 7; BobbyRock, Spell Breaker, Gushers, 10 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 PAGE 34

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d.b.a. — Mainline, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Mark Braud Band, 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 — The Brevet, The Breton Sound, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — The River Dragon, 6 House of Blues — Dru Hill, Sisqo, 9 Howlin’ Wolf — Jim Jones, 9 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Ben Ricketts, The Noise Complaints, Nordista Freeze, Jack & the Jackrabbits, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — Joe Krown, 4:30; Shannon Powell, 7:30 Little Gem Saloon — Lilli Lewis, 5; Delfeayo Marsalis, 7:30 North Columbia Street — Sunset at the Landing feat. Thais Clark & the Jazzsters, Phil Degruy, 6 Oak — Burris, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Lakeshore Drivers, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Soulful Takeover with DJ Soul Sister, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Kevin Louis & Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — Ghastly, 10 Rivershack Tavern — Towdown, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — The Boogie Men, 9:30 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Sam Kuslan, 5:30; Amanda Ducorbier, 9 Siberia Lounge — Tumbling Wheels, Black Suzie, The Light Set, 10 SideBar — Brad Webb Making Faces feat.

Byron Asher, Matt Booth, Georgi Petrov, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Ellis Marsalis Quintet, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Andy Forest, 2; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30 The Standard — Phil Melancon, 8 The Starlight — Linnzi Zaorski, 7 Tipitina’s — The New Orleans Suspects, Noisewater, 10 Vaso — Bobby Love & Friends, 3

SATURDAY 19 Abita Springs Town Hall — Last Chance, Sheryl Cormier, Miss Sophie Lee, Daryl Daryl Daryl and My Cousin Daryl, 7 Andrea’s Restaurant (Capri Blu Piano Bar) — Margherita, 8 Bamboula’s — G & Her Swinging Gypsies, 2:30; Johnny Mastro, 7; Crawdaddy T’s Cajun Zydeco Review, 11:30 Bar Redux — Cumbia Calling with DJ Malaria Sound Machine, 10 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Soul Brass Band, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m.

BMC — The Jazzmen, 3; Willie Lockett, 5; Andre Lovett, 8; DK & the Jakes, midnight Bourbon O Bar — Marty Peters & the Party Meters, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Davis Rogan, 6; The Royal Rounders, 9 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7

PREVIEW Big Boi

BY NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS YOU CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT a hip-hop act by how they shake it. Kane & Abel?

Like a dog. Ying Yang Twins? Like a salt shaker. For the erstwhile rivals in OutKast — that teen-dream collision of all-universe talents Andre Benjamin (aka Andre 3000) and Antwan Patton (aka Big Boi, Daddy Fat Sax, Sir Lucious Left Foot [double aka The Son of Chico Dusty], General Patton, Hot Tub Tony, Mr. Pickles, et al.)

— it once was like a Polaroid picture, advice we all recognized as questionable but imitated just the same. The instructions were inescapable: “Hey Ya!” dominated from its release in late 2003 through the Mardi Gras marching bands of 2004, and no one dared let it go; Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, its trial-separation parent album, was pretty clearly the last huzzah from the best rap duo of its generation.

(We’re excluding Idlewild and the dozens of collective cameos since, all of which only whetted the appetite for one more elevator ride.) Solace is offered by the solo career of Big Boi, whose three albums under his own name(s) flaunt the delightfully eclectic side of an MC some considered the earthbound Abbott to Andre’s ATLien Costello. The first (and still best), 2010’s pseudo-eponymous Sir Lucious Left Foot (The Son of Chico Dusty), stands with Aquemini and Stankonia and offers an alternate way to shake it (like a tambourine, duh). But it features only a token Andre 3000 credit, for production on “You Ain’t No DJ” — a dare that, eight years later, remains unanswered. Tickets $27.50-$35. At 9 p.m. Saturday. The Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www.thejoytheater.com

Casa Borrega — Rites of Swing feat. Rick Perles, 7 Check Point Charlie — Hubcap Kings, 8; The Ubaka Brothers, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Alvin Youngblood Hart & Muscle Theory, 9 Circle Bar — Precubed, AF THE NAYSAYER, Klyph, 9:30 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Roamin’ Jasmine, 7; Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Vivaz!, 10 Gasa Gasa — Matron, Neon Mountain, Kuwaisiana, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Pink Room Project, 11 House of Blues (The Parish) — The Green, Iya Terra, DJ Green Thumb, 8 Jazz National Historical Park — West African Drumming and Dance, noon; Steel

Pans feat. Reynold Kinsale, 2 The Jazz Playhouse — Stefan Moll, 5; Luther Kent, 8 Joy Theater — Big Boi, 8 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 Marigny Brasserie & Bar — The Key Sound, 4 Oak — Jon Roniger, 9 Old Point Bar — Rebel Roadside, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — The Quickening, Mynah Bird, 9 Preservation Hall — Preservation Jazz Masters, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Republic New Orleans — UZ, Sfam, 11 RF’s Dining Music Cocktails — James Martin Band, 8:30 Rivershack Tavern — Carson Station, 9 Roosevelt Hotel (Fountain Lounge) — Amanda Ducorbier, 9

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SUNDAY 20 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Carl LeBlanc, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — Nicole & the Tempted, 3; Jazmarae, 7; Moments of Truth, 10 Bourbon O Bar — G & the New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Ben Batalla & Friends, 5; Steve Pistorius Quartet, 7 Bullet’s Sports Bar — Teresa B, 6 Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi, 9:30 Carousel Bar & Lounge — James Martin Band, 8:30 Casa Borrega — John Lawrence, noon Chickie Wah Wah — Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 8 Circle Bar — Micah & Marlin, 7 Columns Hotel — Heidi Melancon (Dusty Springfield tribute), 6 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Brass-A-Holics, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Troi Atkinson, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Gasa Gasa — Microwave, 8 Howlin’ Wolf (Den) — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 The Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 Old Point Bar — Tres Bien, 3:30 One Eyed Jacks — Marina Orchestra, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Mark Braud & Sunday Night Swingsters, 8 Preservation Hall — Preservation Legacy Band, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — The Key Sound, 10 Saenger Theatre — ZZ Top, 7:30 Santos Bar — Letters to a Liar, Until We Fall, Southern Brutality, Misled, 8 Siberia Lounge — Fawn, Casper Allen, Justin Dye, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Evan Christopher, 8 & 10 The Spotted Cat Music Club — Kristina Morales & the Inner Wild, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Linnzi Zaorski, 8

MONDAY 21 Bamboula’s — Co & Co Traveling Show,

3; G & the Swinging Three, 6:30; Gentilly Stompers, 10 Blue Nile — Jeff Chaz, 7; Brass-A-Holics, 10 BMC — Zoe K., 5; Lil Red & Big Bad, 7; Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, 10 Bourbon O Bar — Shake It Break It Band, 8 Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant — Arsene DeLay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; In Business, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Justin Molaison, 5:30; Alex McMurray, 8 Circle Bar — Dem Roach Boyz, 7 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — John Boutte, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Audiodope with DJ Ill Medina, 11 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party feat. Victoria Coy, Matt Slusher, Mark Andrews, 8 House of Blues — Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Just Juice, Joey Cool, King Iso, 8 House of Blues (The Parish) — Marcy Playground, Local H, 8 The Jazz Playhouse — Michael Watson, 8 Maple Leaf Bar — George Porter Jr. Trio, 10 One Eyed Jacks — Blind Texas Marlin, 10 Preservation Hall — Preservation Jazz Masters, 5 & 6; Preservation All-Stars, 8, 9 & 10 SideBar — Combsy feat. Chris Combs, Simon Lott, Dan Oestereicher, 9 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

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 5220276; www.trinitynola.com — The organist’s “Organ & Labyrinth” performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock, played by candlelight. Free.

6 p.m. Tuesday.

Atkinson Duo. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www. trinitynola.com — Pianist Benjamin Rollins joins the brother-sister harp-violin duo for a program of selections from Saint-Saens, Liszt and others. Free. 5 p.m. Sunday.

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orpheum Theater, 129 Roosevelt Way, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — The orchestra’s season closer includes performances of “Hominum: Concertro for Orchestra” by Gabriela Ortiz and Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” accompanied by the NOVA chorale. Tickets start at $20.

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EVENTS TUESDAY 15 Anne Abbott. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The master gardener discusses edible flowers. 6 p.m.

Magnolia Ball Kickoff Party. Bond Moroch, 3308-B Magazine St., (504) 897-0462; www.bondpublicrelations. com — Discounted tickets for the Ogden Museum’s summer gala are available at a cocktail party with free drinks. Email development@ogdenmuseum.org to register (required). 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 16 L.W. Grayhawk Perkins. St. Tammany Parish Library, Madisonville branch, 1123 Main St., Madisonville, (985) 845-4819; www. sttammany.lib.la.us — The educator, historian and tribal storyteller discusses the history, trials and economic contributions of Southeastern Native Americans. 1 p.m.

THURSDAY 17 Cat Cafe. NO Fleas Market, 4228 Magazine St., (504) 324-4727; www.nofleasmarketnola.com — Louisiana SPCA hosts the cat cafe benefit. Private kitten pods are available and refreshments are served. Visit www.la-spca.org/catcafe to register. Tickets $25. 6 p.m.

Krewe de Cure. Copeland Tower Landmark Hotel & Suites, 2601 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-9500 — The gala dinner raises funds for cancer research.

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PREVIEW Plaquemines Parish Seafood Festival

BY WILL COVIELLO THE PLAQUEMINES PARISH SEAFOOD FESTIVAL features live music, local seafood dishes, amusement rides, a Seafood Queen pageant, a sandbagging contest, helicopter rides, a 5K race and more. The music lineup features Aaron Foret on Friday night, Where Y’acht (pictured), Breland Brothers and the Heath Ledet Band on Saturday, and Boot Hill, MJ and the Redeemers and Nevaux Cajun on Sunday. Admission is $5.

Gates open at 6 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. 225 F. Edward Hebert Boulevard, Belle Chasse, (504) 343-7448; www.plaqueminesparishfestival.com.

Festive Mardi Gras attire encouraged.

Visit www.alcopelandfoundation.org for details. Tickets $150. 6:30 p.m.

There’s No Place Like Home. Audubon Clubhouse, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org — This gala benefits New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter. Caren Green & Cornbread performs. Visit www.nowcs.org for details. Tickets $100. 6 p.m.

FRIDAY 18 Brass N’ Glass. YAYA Arts Center, 3322 LaSalle St., (504) 529-3306; www. yayainc.com — The all-ages party features glass demonstrations, an art market and a performance by CoolNasty. Free admission. 6 p.m.

Jefferson Chamber of Commerce Crawfish Boil. Jefferson Chamber Office Building, 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., (504) 835-3880; www.jeffersonchamber.org — More than 2,000 pounds of crawfish are served at the boil, which doubles as a networking event. Participants are encouraged to bring business cards.

Admission $50-$60. 5:30 p.m.

Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo. Bayou St. John at Orleans Avenue — Three days of music along Bayou St. John draw thousands, who also shop for art, photographs, jewelry and more. The event includes paddle boat races, boat decorating awards and children’s activities. Visit www.thebayouboogaloo.com for details.

Admission $5 Friday, $10 after 3 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday. 4:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

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Plaquemines Parish Seafood and Heritage Festival. F. Edward Hebert Boule-

vard off Woodland Highway, Belle Chasse — There are lots of seafood dishes, an oyster drop, carnival rides, exhibits about Plaquemines Parish history and live music

by Where Y’acht, Boot Hill, Aaron Foret and others. Tickets $5, kids free. 6 p.m.

Friday, 10:30 a.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Seersucker and Sazeracs. Southern Hotel, 428 E. Boston St., Covington, (985) 871-5223; www.southernhotel. com — NOLA Jitterbugs performs at a seersucker-themed gala benefiting St. Tammany Art Association. Visit www. sttammanyartassociation.org for details.

Tickets $75-$100. 7 p.m.

Woman of Substance Luncheon.

Audubon Tea Room, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5301; www.auduboninstitute. org — There’s a silent auction, luncheon and awards ceremony at this fundraising event hosted by Bridge House/Grace House. Visit www.bridgehouse.org for details. Tickets $100. 11 a.m.

SATURDAY 19 Art Klub Market. Art Klub, 1941 Arts St., (504) 943-6565; www.artklub.org — More than 20 vendors sell crafts and other goods at the monthly market, and there are art workshops, kids’ activities and food pop-ups. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bugs & Brew for Drew. Fulton Street at Poydras Street — The crawfish and beer festival features a boiling competition and kids’ entertainment, plus music from Honey Island Swamp Band, Me and My Friends and Soul Project NOLA. Tickets $50-$60. 3 p.m.

Critter Cinema. Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., (504) 368-5191; www. la-spca.org — At a film screening, kids

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BY WILL COVIELLO WASHINGTON, D.C., POLITICS AND CIVIL UNREST are not usually as lurid or chaotic as they currently are, but many presidents have been at the center of dramatic tensions set against historic social change. In the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated himself to passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for which he had to corral support from liberal Democrats and conservative Southern Democrats. Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning play dramatizes the effort, as Johnson (played by Jason Kirkpatrick) in his Texas drawl cajoles some congressmen and twists the arms of others. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover spies on Martin Luther King Jr. (Dominique McClellan, pictured), who also is trying to build support, including from more confrontational activists such as Stokely Carmichael, the former Freedom Rider-turned-Black Panther. Southern Rep presents the show May 16 through June 3. Tickets $8-$45. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Marquette Theatre, Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 522-6545; www.southernrep.com.

snuggle up to kittens and puppies while enjoying pizza and popcorn. Registration $35. 6 p.m.

Disc Golf Tournament. Parc des Familles, 6101 Leo Kerner Lafitte Parkway, Marrero — The inaugural tournament features disc golf, food trucks and music by Bag of Donuts and Category 6. Noon to 6 p.m.

From Italy to NOLA: Prosciutto & Beer.

Southern Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — Prosciutto expert Francesco Lupo leads the discussion of the cured meat with beer pairings.

Free with museum admission. 2 p.m.

Madisonville Art Market. Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River at Water Street, Madisonville, (985) 871-4918; www. artformadisonville.org — The monthly market features works by local artists including paintings, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

OCH Recycled Art Market. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 827-5858; www. zeitgeistnola.org — There’s live music, entertainment, art and home furnishings crafted from reclaimed materials. Visit www.ochartmarket.com for details. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Once Upon a Party. Central City BBQ, 1201 S. Rampart St., (504) 558-4276 — An all-ages fundraiser for Communities in Schools features music, kids’ activities and food and drink. Visit www.cisneworleans. org for details. Tickets $50, kids $20. 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Portculture. Urban South Brewery, 1645 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 267-4852; www. urbansouthbrewery.com — The art market features works from illustrators, painters, photographers, collage artists and glass blowers, plus wood burning, live painting, live music and beer. Free admission. 5 p.m.

Royal Wedding Watch Party. Windsor Court Hotel, Polo Club Lounge, 300 Gravier St., (504) 522-1992; www.windsorcourthotel.com/polo-club-lounge — A British-inspired menu is served with mimosas

and wedding cake at a watch party for the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle. Tickets $60. 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Wild Nights and Insect Adventures.

Audubon Wilderness Park, 14001 River Road, (504) 581-4629; www.audubonnatureinstitute.org — Family-friendly summer learning events at zoo facilities focus on entomology, including dragonflies, ants and butterflies. Registration $70. 1 p.m.

SUNDAY 20 Battle of the Best Croissant. Southern Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www. natfab.org — Bakers compete for the title of “Best Croissant,” and jam, cheese and charcuterie are served. Tickets $25. Noon.

Bicycle Second Line. City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 482-4888; www.neworleanscitypark.com — Bike Easy leads the group ride, in which cyclists are joined by a rolling brass band. Free admission. 10 a.m.

Mr. Nude Orleans. Colette Club, 822 Gravier St., (504) 588-1517 — The all-male nude beauty pageant includes a swimsuit competition, stripping and a Q&A. Visit www.dworldnola.com for details. Tickets $20-$40. 11 p.m.

Sharing Smiles Day. Kool Smiles, 2222 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 5354179; www.mykoolsmiles.com — Free dental appointments are available for underinsured and uninsured children.

Registration required. 9 a.m.

Spring Home & Garden Tour. Washington Square Park, 700 Elysian Fields Ave. — Participants tour Faubourg Marigny homes. Tickets $25. Noon to 4 p.m.

Vajayjay Day. The Tigermen Den, 3113 Royal St.; www.facebook.com/tigermenden — The feminist event includes vagina-inspired artwork, tantra workshops, other activities and food. 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

MONDAY 21 Lee Leumas. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504)

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 at 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

New Orleans Jesters. City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 482-4888; www.neworleanscitypark.com — The New Orleans Jesters play the Greenville Football Club.

7 p.m. Saturday.

WORDS Alon Shaya. Hazelnut New Orleans, 5515 Magazine St., (504) 891-2424; www.hazelnutneworleans.com — The chef signs his new book Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel. 5 p.m. Monday.

Edith Sheffer. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — The author discusses Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Austria.

5 p.m. Thursday.

Edward Lee. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 8952266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — Chef Justin Devillier is in conversation with Lee about his book Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

FILM OPENING THIS WEEKEND Anything — A grieving new arrival to L.A. strikes up a romance with his neighbor, who is transgender. Zeitgeist Book Club (PG-13) — An ensemble cast features Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburg as women whose lives are changed by, ahem, Fifty Shades of Grey. Clearview, Elmwood, Kenner Deadpool 2 (R) — Sardonic superhero Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) returns for action, bons mots. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Ghost Stories — This out-of-season horror anthology features three dark tales. Chalmette Indian Horse — In 1950s Ontario, an Ojibwe kid attends a strict Catholic school. Zeitgeist Show Dogs — A police dog goes undercover at a Las Vegas dog show. Chalmette

NOW SHOWING Acrimony (R) — In this Tyler Perry thriller, a jilted Taraji P. Henson vows revenge on her cheating lover. Elmwood, West Bank 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, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Cinebarre

GOING OUT Tully (R) — Collaborators Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody (Juno, Young Adult) present this film about the complications of motherhood; Charlize Theron stars.

Elmwood, Broad, Cinebarre Wild Ocean 3-D — The ecology documentary explores marine life off the South African coast. Entergy Giant Screen A Wrinkle in Time (PG) — Middle-schooler Meg travels via tesseract; Oprah, Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon are her spirit guides. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS American Dream: Detroit — Commentators, including Aretha Franklin, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Bolton, opine on the future of Detroit. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Elmwood, West Bank, Cinebarre The Lady Vanishes — A young woman is baffled by the sudden disappearance of an older woman in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller. 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prytania Legend (PG) and Labyrinth (PG) — Fantasies are screened by the Greater New Orleans Pagan Pride Project. 7 p.m.

Friday. Bad Wolf Bar & Grill (5601 Fourth St., Gretna) NT Live: Macbeth — Out, damned spot. 7 p.m. Thursday. Elmwood, Regal, Cinebarre Porco Rosso — Fighter pilot-turned-pig Porco Rosso meets a lady mechanic in this Miyazaki film. 12:55 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m.

Monday. Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Psycho and The People Under the Stairs — Cult horror movies are screened. 9 p.m.

Wednesday. Bar Redux Racer and the Jailbird (R) — A gangster falls in love with an upper-class racing driver. 6 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Zeitgeist The Royal Wedding — This is a live telecast of the wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry to actress Meghan Markle. 10 a.m.

Saturday. Elmwood A Sense of Place — French-speaking Africans get caught up in the U.S. racial divide in this documentary. 6 p.m.

Monday. Zeitgeist The Snowman Trek — The documentary is about the perilous “snowman trek” mountain hike in Bhutan. 7 p.m.

Thursday. Elmwood The Sound of Music (G) — An Austrian woman brings new life to the home of a widowed naval captain and his seven children. 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday. Slidell Stalag 17 — American POWs smell a rat in their midst. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania Sunset Boulevard — A fading film star hires a screenwriter to launch her comeback. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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ON STAGE ON STAGE An Act of God. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com — Bryan Batt stars in the comedy, in which God explains a new set of Commandments.

Tickets $35. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Clearview, Chalmette, Kenner, Regal Black Panther (PG-13) — Chadwick Boseman (James Brown and Thurgood Marshall, in other recent movies) is the eponymous Marvel-universe superhero.

Elmwood, West Bank, Regal Blockers (R) — Buzzkill parents try to stop teens from swiping their V-cards on prom night. Slidell 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. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Slidell, Regal Breaking In (PG-13) — Two kids are held hostage in a high-tech mansion in this Mother’s Day release. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Hurricane on the Bayou — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands.

Entergy Giant Screen I Can Only Imagine (PG) — Based on the true story behind an apparently popular Christian rock song.

Chalmette, Regal 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, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Isle of Dogs (PG-13) — In Wes Anderson’s latest, a boy visits an island populated by pups. Regal Lean on Pete (R) — Working-class teen Charlie befriends a retired quarter horse. Cinebarre Life of the Party (PG-13) — A fish-out-ofwater comedy, with Melissa McCarthy as a middle-aged divorcee returning to college.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Nothing to Lose (PG) — Brazilian Edir Macedo defies public authorities in this documentary. Elmwood Overboard (PG-13) — In this comedy (a remake of the 1987 Goldie Hawn-Kurt Russell vehicle), a maid schemes against a yachting type. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell A Quiet Place (PG-13) — The slightest noise attracts hangry monsters in this horror/thriller film. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Cinebarre Rampage (PG-13) — A lab accident makes a gorilla, a wolf and a lizard go Godzillasize; Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson rides to the rescue. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal RBG (PG) — A documentary profiles the notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Elmwood, Broad, Cinebarre Ready Player One (PG-13) — Steven Spielberg directs the film about a race to find an Easter egg in a VR universe.

Elmwood, Regal Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (PG) — A stray dog goes on to an illustrious military career. Chalmette Super Troopers 2 (R) — The troopers patrol the hotly disputed U.S.-Canada border. Slidell Traffik (R) — A violent biker gang threatens a couple’s romantic mountain weekend. Elmwood, Slidell

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BY D. ERIC BOOKHARDT HAVE YOU EVER DREAMED you could fly over remote places that most people never see? Environmental photographer Ben Depp does that routinely in a flimsy motor-powered paraglider, soaring for hours above south Louisiana swamps in search of vivid views of our changing coastline.

The otherworldly and sometimes devastatingly revealing nature of his Bayou’s End images at A Gallery for Fine Photography betray no trace of the grueling endurance that went into their making. They simply appear as colorful visual revelations that fuse art and science into a new, poetically holistic kind of insight. Lafcadio Hearn, the 19th-century journalist and novelist, once described these swampy regions as places where “all things seem to dream,” but that beauty clearly has taken a disturbing turn in vast swaths of marshlands so riddled with industrial canals that they resemble delicate green lace ripped to shreds, rapidly dissolving into open sea. Traces of the old beauty remain, but palpable signs of a once-thriving coast are an inescapable presence.

Depp’s focus on environmental photojournalism for publications like Smithsonian Magazine and National Geographic lend a real-world depth to dreamy compositions like his Mother Cabrini (pictured) view of a wrecked fishing trawler amid dead marsh grasses near Venice, Louisiana. Here the view of a capsized vessel is so iconic that it could serve equally well as an illustration for a children’s story or an annotated scientific thesis. American Bay is an idyllic vision of the misty, mirrorlike sea lapping the shifting sands of Plaquemines Parish. Retreating Shoreline resembles an ecological crime scene for the way Elmer’s Island off Jefferson Parish appears ravaged by predatory human incursions. Depp’s boldly graphic compositional flair defines works like Cameron Parish, in which evenly spaced rock jetties transform Gulf waves into a watery baroque filigree lapping a fragile sandy shore, or Jeanerette, where slashes of blue sky reflected from a flooded cane field suggest an apocalyptic vision by a Cajun Anselm Kiefer. Here Depp’s photographs eloquently suggest that in Louisiana the boundaries between art and life are as shifting as the boundaries between the land and the sea. Through June. A Gallery For Fine Photography, 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www.agallery.com.

All the Way. Loyola University New Orleans, Marquette Theatre, Marquette Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave. — Southern Rep presents Robert Schenkkan’s play about LBJ’s efforts, with leaders including Martin Luther King Jr., to pass the Civil Rights Act. Visit www. southernrep.com for details. Tickets $8$45. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and Monday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

The Best of Sinatra. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — Spencer Racca portrays Frank Sinatra in this performance.

Tickets $39.99. 11:45 a.m. Wednesday.

Bustout Burlesque. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans/restaurant — The neo-classical burlesque performance is backed by a live band. Tickets start at $21. 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

FORGE Festival. Fortress of Lushington, 2215 Burgundy St. — Goat in the Road Productions’ micro-festival features four productions by local theater artists, plus an installation. Visit www.goatintheroadproductions.org for details. Tuesday-Sunday.

Gag Reflex. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 2185778; www.theallwayslounge.net — Neon Burgundy hosts the drag and variety show. Tickets $10. 11 p.m. Saturday.

The Golden Girls. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude

Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — Ricky Graham and Varla Jean Merman star in the adaptation of the ’80s sitcom. Tickets $30-$40. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Jubilee. Catapult, 609 St. Ferdinand St. — The immersive performance by NEW NOISE explores white Southern identity, personal ancestry and systematic white supremacy. Tickets $25. 8 p.m.

Wednesday-Sunday.

Little Shop of Horrors. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, (504) 461-9475; www.rivertowntheaters.com — Gary Rucker directs the sci-fi musical about a carnivorous plant. Tickets $36-$40. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Make Up. The AllWays Lounge & Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.net — The performance mixes drag and improv comedy.

Tickets $5. 8:30 p.m. Monday.

MOVEment for Change. Art Klub, 1941 Arts St., (504) 943-6565; www.artklub. org — Artivism Dance Theatre’s socially conscious performance includes dance, theater, poetry, comedy and other acts.

Tickets $15-$18. 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Murder on the High Seas. Teatro Wego!, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego, (504) 8852000; www.jpas.org — The dinner theater performance is a murder mystery set on a cruise ship. Tickets $52. 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

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DANCE Alice in Wonderland. Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-2000; www.jpas.org — The Tchaikovsky ballet adapts Lewis Carroll’s children’s story. Tickets $20-$75.

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

ART HAPPENINGS Hot Couture Late Night. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The museum stays open late to celebrate “A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes” with a lecture with Vogue digital editor Sally Singer, documentaries and tours. Tickets start at $20. 5 p.m. to midnight Friday.

Low Road Art Walk. 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street — Royal Street galleries stay open late. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Unity Redux. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — At the art night, there is live painting, drawing and body painting as well as music by The Somerton Suitcase, Toby O’Brien and Pucusana. Free admission. 7 p.m. Sunday.

OPENING Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — New work by current New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts students; opening reception 6 p.m. Friday.

Conapt Gallery. 1810 Laharpe St. — “When Is a Door,” cut photographs, paper and paintings by Brent Houzenga; opening reception with DJs and bands 6 p.m. Saturday.

Mexican Cultural Institute. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722; www. culturalagendaoftheconsulateofmexico. blogspot.com — “Impressions by New Perspectives: Works of Newman Students Inspired by Latin American Art,” group show of works by early childhood through

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Nunsense. National World War II Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — Five nuns put on a talent show in this musical comedy. Tickets $29.52$58.99. 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday.

Spotlight New Orleans with John Calhoun. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 940-1130; www.cafeistanbulnola.com — “Yakamein Lady” Linda Green, comedian Kamari Stevens and youth activist Alex Glustrom are the guests at the live talk show. TIckets $10. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Stripped into Submission. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www.hiholounge.net — The burlesque performance is influenced by BDSM and fetish culture. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Sunday.

The Three Musketeers. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle — The NOLA Project presents Pete McElligott’s adaptation of the swashbuckling adventure in the sculpture garden. Visit www.thenolaproject.com for details. Tickets $18-$30. 7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and Sunday.

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12th grade Isidore Newman School students; opening reception 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

MUSEUMS American Italian Cultural Center. 537 S. Peters St., (504) 522-7294; www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com — “The Luke Fontana Collection,” works by the artist, ongoing.

Contemporary Arts Center. 900 Camp St., (504) 528-3800; www.cacno.org — “Sawdust and Tinsel,” drawings, paintings and film exploring myths of contemporary urban life by Sarah Morris; “Why Is Everything a Rag?,” works by Stockholm-based artist Jockum Nordstrom; both through June 17.

The Historic New Orleans Collection. 533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “New Orleans, the Founding Era,” early New Orleans artifacts, maps and archaeological finds from worldwide institutions, through May 27. “New Orleans: Between Heaven and Hell,” history-based installation by Robin Reynolds, through Sept. 15, and more.

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

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Recovered Memories: Spain, New Orleans and the Support for the American Revolution,” artifacts, documents and artworks about Spain’s influence on New Orleans’ development, through July 8.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere. 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes,” gowns, headpieces and jewelry by avant-garde fashion designers, through May 28. “Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the John E. Bullard Collection,” works owned

by NOMA Director Emeritus John Bullard, through June, and more.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “One Place Understood: Photographs from the Do Good Fund Collection,” photographs of the American South, through June 10. “The Whole Drum Will Sound: Women in Southern Abstraction,” works by female abstract artists, through July 22, and more.

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

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Beautiful CBD condo w/ wonderful open floor plan. 12ft ceil’s and brick exposed walls make it a unique and stunning!

Fantastic walk-in closet and beautiful marble bathrooms. Granite counters, stainless appliances and beautiful cherry wood flrs.

Secured, garage, parking in the building.

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4BR/2BA $399,000

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5811 TCHOUPITOULAS ST.

Adorable renovated cottage with energy efficient construction and superior insulation. Easy access to French Quarter, CBD & 1-10. Off Street Parking!

Close to Audubon Park & Magazine!

Plus 400 sq ft building in rear.

2BR/2/BA/1 HALF BA $405,000

3BR/2BA $225,000

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Adorable 6-yr-old UPT cottage w/ ideal flr plan, 10’ ceils & reclaimed pine firs. Energy efficient. Hard wired sec. sys, tankless water htr, stainless appl’s. Pretty yd w/deck.

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Classic Carrollton double remodeled in 2006, including roof, wiring, HVAC and attic insulation + refinished floors. Easy access to Downtown, Uptown & I-10.

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Beautifully renovated with new construction and conveniently located near City Park, the Fairgrounds (Jazz Fest) and some of the best schools in the city.

3BR/2BA $225,000

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821 PERDIDO ST. #2B

1638 Dufossat St. #1638 • $399,000

Off street parking and a private courtyard for enjoying beautiful Wonderful townhome, on the parade route! evenings under the oaks! This grand, These don’t come up often! Don’t miss out!

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

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2100 ST CHARLES AVE. 2B

ONE RIVER PLACE

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

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. $748 to $944. Owner/agent (504) 236-5776.

MID CITY 3122 PALMYRA STREET

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1205 ST CHARLES/$1095

Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry/3 mo. min.

Avail Now. Call 504-442-0573 or 985-871-4324.

NEAR UNIVERSITIES

3/1.5 Dublin near streetcar. Lr, dr, furn kit, laundry rm w/ wwasher/dryer, hdwd flrs, ceil fans, scrn porch. $1,200 + deposit. No pets. Avail June 15th. Owner/Agent, (504) 442-2813.

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

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

TREME 2110 D’ABADIE ST.

Small 1 Bedroon with furnished kitchen.

Tenant responsible for all utilities. NO PETS. Contact Ron at (504) 715-1662.

EMPLOYMENT BEAUTY SALONS/SPAS Hair Stylists Come Join the Family!

Uptown salon looking for quality, established renters at attractive rate. $235/week.

Contact Linda at (504) 655-2281.

Temporary Farm Labor: Associated Cotton Growers, Crosbyton, TX, has 10 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating dryers, cleaners, gin stands, lint cleaners and bale presses, record weight of bale & seed; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver licence with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.87/ hr, increase based on exp. w/ possible bonus, may work nights, weekends & holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 6/29/18 – 1/31/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# TX7286703 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: Brad Ashburn, Hico, TX, has 2 positions, 3 mo. exp. vaccinating, ear tagging, calving, weaning, artificial insemination, feeding livestock, operate skid steer to move manure & feed, fence building & maintenance, remove old fence posts & wire, construct anchor posts, dig holes, replace posts, string and attach barb wire, clear brush, pick up wood chunks on uncleared ground; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $11.87/hr, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 7/01/18 – 5/01/19. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# TX5319287 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 225-342-2917.

Temporary Farm Labor: NTB Farms Partnership, Wheatley, AR, has 4 positions, 3 mo. exp. operating large farm equip. w/GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting rice, soybeans & corn, walking fields to pull weeds, processing, drying, bagging & transporting rice & soybeans, irrigation maint.; maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive/failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.73/ hr, increase based on exp. w/possible bonus, may work nights, weekends, holidays & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 6/15/18 – 12/1/18. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with JO# 2196764 at nearest LA Workforce Office or call 225-342-2917.

NAVY EXCHANGE (BELLE CHASSE, LA)

Has the following open positions:

• Dispensing Optician • Supervisor (Uniforms/Shoes) • Sales Clerk • Customer Service

Please apply online at mynavyexchange.com/work for us

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Experienced

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

EMPLOYMENT / REAL ESTATE

Completely renov, 1/2 dbl w/ 1BR, 1BA, hdwd flrs, washer/dryer, refrigerator, stove, ceil fans, water pd. $850/mo+dep. Call 504-899-5544.

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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

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