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In Cinco CINCO DE MAYO MARKS A MEXICAN VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH at Puebla in 1862. There are many local celebrations on Wednesday, May 5, including the New Orleans Mambo Kings and Latin jazz and more at Casa Borrega; Los Jefes Grill in Metairie hosts Otra, La Tran-K Band and DJs including Mannie Fresh and others; there’s a fiesta on Metairie Road at Zocalo with Fermin & Su Banda and DJ Ravi Reyes and more; and Julio & Cesar and David Jesus preform at El Paso at 601 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Contact the restaurants for full schedules and details.

Maria Muldaur releases an album with Tuba Skinny

BY WILL COVIELLO SINGER MARIA MULDAUR HAS HAD NEW ORLEANS CONNECTIONS since

she released her breakthrough solo album in 1973.

“I always loved New Orleans music,” Muldaur says. “I remember when the Wild Tchoupitoulas album came out.

I was a fan of Dr. John and the first ‘Gris-Gris’ album. When I got to do my first solo album in 1973 on Warner Bros.’ label — back in the days when record labels had lots of money and big juicy budgets — they asked me who I wanted on the record. And I said, ‘Could I get Dr. John on piano?’ And they said, ‘Sure, no problem.’ ” That self-titled album had her biggest hit, “Midnight at the Oasis,” an acid-jazzy soft rock tune that broke into the Billboard Top 10, but also had a life of its own as a love song of the era. Dr. John performed on several of the album’s tracks, including a song he introduced her to, Danny and Blue Lu Barker’s “Don’t You Feel My Leg, (Don’t You Get Me High).”

Over the years, Muldaur has recorded with many New Orleans musicians, including pianists Dr. John and David Torkanowsky multiple times, Aaron Neville, the Neville Brothers, Herlin Riley and others. Her latest collaboration with a local group is “Let’s Get Happy Together,” recorded with Tuba Skinny. The album will be released May 7, and there will be a streamed show recorded last week at the Dew Drop Inn, featuring the entire album, original songs by Tuba Skinny and a few tunes by Memphis Minnie, a blues singer born in New Orleans.

Though Muldaur visits New Orleans often, she discovered Tuba Skinny in Woodstock, New York. Their music was playing in a clothing store, and Muldaur asked the store owner who the band was.

“I am thinking back to the ’20s and ’30s, and she’s like, ‘Oh, no, they’re young people,’ ” Muldaur says. “I didn’t believe her until she showed me the records.”

In 2018, when she was in New Orleans to record an album in tribute to Blue Lu Barker, she finally met the band.

“While I was down here, I was like, ‘I wonder if that band is out?’ ” she says.

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Muldaur was invited to perform at the Folk Alliance International Conference in New Orleans last year, and rather then pay to bring her regular band, the Red Hot Bluesiana Band, from the Bay Area, she asked Tuba Skinny to perform with her. A former record label owner liked the show and suggested the label, Stony Plain Records, record the group, she says.

For a recording session in September 2020, Muldaur compiled a list of early jazz and jug band tunes with plenty of links to New Orleans.

The title track was written by Louis Armstrong’s first wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong. There’s a cover of The Boswell Sisters’ “Got the South in My Soul.” And there’s a song from Hollywood starlet and pin-up queen Dorothy Lamour.

“Dorothy Lamour started out as a singer from New Orleans and was married to a bandleader,” Muldaur says. “She had a whole singing career before she became a Hollywood movie star.”

Less well known are tunes like “I Like You Best of All” by the Goofus Five, a popular jazz band in the ’20s.

“I thought it would be the perfect vehicle for Tuba Skinny,” she says. “It has all these cool modulations and key changes and the whole way the melody is laid out, and cool lyrics.”

The lyrics aren’t all original though.

Muldaur added some uncredited homages to New Orleans food.

There also are two songs, including the gently swinging “Swing You Sinners,” by Valaida Snow, a Chicagobased performer dubbed “Queen of the Trumpet.”

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Maria Muldaur (center) with Tuba Skinny.

“Be Your Natural Self” is by Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon, who performed as both a man and a woman.

“He was one of the original outfront gender benders in the ’20s,” Muldaur says.

Most of the tracks highlight Muldaur singing playful, upbeat lyrics over Tuba Skinny’s nimble ensemble playing.

The vintage styles echo Muldaur’s start in jug bands in New York City’s folk scene. When she started her solo career, she moved to Los Angeles. But she married a musician and moved with him to the San Francisco area, where she’s lived since 1976. She’s recorded more than 40 albums, including several Jerry Garcia Band records when she was a member of the group.

In addition to recording with Dr. John, Muldaur toured with him many times in the U.S. and Europe.

“That was not only a delightful musical experience for me — to get to hear him play solo piano every night — but also, he gave me quite an education in New Orleans music,” she says. “He turned me on to James Booker, and I got to record with him.”

The tours also got her hooked on New Orleans sounds.

“I’d come off the road after touring with him for a couple of weeks, and I’d find myself jonesing for that really funky, rolling, syncopated New Orleans style piano he played,” she says. “I made it a prerequisite for any piano player who was going to be playing with me to be well versed in that style.”

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IN SPLITTING TIME BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND SAN FRANCISCO, Killer Whale worked out a slow grooving, soulful sound, as evidenced on 2020 release “Tastes Like Yesterday.” The band plays Gasa Gasa at 8 p.m. Friday, May 7.

Ramble on MEMBERS OF THE LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS have released several solo projects during the pandemic, but the band is together for two shows at Tipitina’s. Sets begin at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 8.

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Not so Sirius move RELOCATING TO ALABAMA drew Howard Stern SiriusXM show sidekick Shuli Egar some grief, but the comic is closer to New Orleans. He performs stand-up at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at The Howlin’ Wolf. Find tickets at thehowlinwolf.com.

Out of his Way COMEDIAN AND ACTOR STEVE WAY is known for his recurring role on Ramy Youssef’s Hulu sitcom “Ramy” and as an advocate for people with disabilities. He performs a comedy set with opening comics including Amanda G, Marcus, Lane Sperkus, Nita Cherise and Maria DeCotis. At 7 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at Zony Mash Beer Project. Find tickets at zonymashbeer.com.

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Transgender Louisianans, supported by Louisiana Trans Advocates and allies, showed up in force at a legislative committee hearing last week to oppose a bill that would have restricted healthcare access for trans youth. Their opposition prompted state Sen. Mike Fesi, R-Houma, to pull his bill.

The committee chairman noted that 400 “red cards” had been submitted in opposition to Fesi’s bill — along with an open letter signed by more than 2,800 healthcare providers. Still, three other anti-transgender bills remain under consideration by lawmakers.

Foundation for Louisiana has awarded grants to 26 New Orleans area artists and culture bearers, along with another six artists in other parts of the state, in its inaugural Louisiana World Makers grant program. The nonprofit distributed a total of $320,000 to the 32 artists.

Among the local grantees are Bvlbancha Collective , Flagboy Giz of the Wild Tchoupitoulas and Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa.

The University of New Orleans hired a professor who

had been previously arrested and charged for soliciting an underage girl for sex and who then tried to proposition a UNO student for sex in exchange for a better grade, according to the Louisiana Illuminator.

The student reported the professor, Shawn Vincent, who was fired. UNO told the Illuminator it was unaware of Vincent’s history when it hired him, but news articles about his arrest were easily found through Google.

The number of cases of the Brazilian COVID-19 variant detected in Louisiana, according to the state health department April 29.

S C R E E N S H OT O F G O O G L E M A P S S T R E E T V I E W

Both the National Blindness Professional Certification Board and the Louisiana Center for the Blind list the same Ruston address on their websites.

Ruston blind professional group reviewing sexual assault reporting rules following complaints A Louisiana-based group responsible for certifying people to work with blind children and adults is reportedly re-examining its internal screening process to weed out people with histories of alleged sexual misconduct and abuse. The potential revamp follows allegations of impropriety against men it had previously certified.

A lawyer for the National Blindness Professional Certification Board, which is based in Ruston, declined to comment. But sources familiar with the situation told Gambit the group has said it will reform its vetting process after leaders at state-run blindness centers in New Mexico, Nebraska and Hawaii called for sweeping reforms, including changing the standard for investigating ethics violations from “incontrovertible evidence” to a “reasonable suspicion.”

“The use of such a high standard of evidence could send the message that action will not be taken in cases where the evidence is less than incontrovertible,” the center leaders wrote in an Dec. 15, 2020 letter to the board. “Since ethical violations often come down to the word of one person against that of another, this could have a chilling effect and keep individuals who are aware of ethical violations from filing a grievance.”

The letter came amid a broader reckoning of sexual abuse in the blind community across the United States after multiple former attendees of the Louisiana Center for the Blind in Ruston — and other blindness training centers and events associated with the National Federation of the Blind — came forward last winter with stories of sexual misconduct and abuse by then-employees and students at the center.

However, Joanne Wilson, who sits on the board and also founded both the LCB and Louisiana Tech University’s Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness, said in an email to Gambit she and the rest of the board were unaware of allegations of impropriety against at least one formerly board-certified instructor. “I would never approve of covering up anything that would hurt another blind person,” she said. “I would never work with an agency, board, or group that would do this.”

NBPCB is one of the main groups in the United States which provides professional certification for instructors working with blind and low-vision people at facilities like LCB run by NFB affiliated non-profits or state-run facilities.

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A health official told Gambit it is likely the “tip of the iceberg.” One of the cases is in the New Orleans area and the other is in the Lake Charles vicinity.

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Center leaders in the letter recommended the NBPCB better vet people applying to become certified blindness professionals by asking individuals background questions about any relevant history of misconduct or abuse, establishing a method for employers to report potential ethics violations, and requiring repeated ethics training in order to keep the certification.

They also asked the NBPCB to lower the bar for recommending revocation of a person’s certification from “where a violation is clearly intentional and/or flagrant” to “where a violation is offensive, serious, harmful, dangerous, negligent, repeated, intentional, pervasive or criminal.”

The heads of the other three training centers certified by the NBPCB — the NFB-affiliated training centers in Louisiana, Colorado and Minnesota — did not sign the letter to the board.

While former students at NFB training centers have criticized leadership for the way they say those centers handled complaints of sexual misconduct and abuse, leadership at other facilities in the country appear to have been taking steps to address the issue for years.

For instance, in addition to signing the December letter, Mallahan said

every three years the New Mexico training center performs a top-tobottom review of its policies and has an independent accrediting body examine its grievance reports. She said in 2011 the center started using an Informed Consent and Agreement form to tell students what professional contact is appropriate during training, and that she and Greg Trapp, the center’s executive director, gave a presentation on the topic during an NFB conference in 2017.

Meanwhile, allegations of sexual misconduct have spilled over into other entities connected with the board.

For example, one formerly NBPCBcertified contract worker taught periodically at the Alabama Freedom Center for the Blind in Birmingham for seven months — between September 2018 and April 2019, until the center abruptly terminated his contract following an incident of alleged sexual misconduct against a student, according to Jacque Cordle, a spokesperson for the center.

Cordle said the incident was reported to the Alabama center on April 18, 2019, and that the center’s contract with the contract worker was terminated within 24 hours. The center also notified the Birmingham Police Department of the incident, she said.

According to Cordle, at the time the center was contracting with Gemini Research and Training, Bell’s consulting firm, for guidance on developing its blindness training program. She said all of the center’s contract coaches came through Bell’s firm.

The Alabama center does not take staff recommendations from NBPCB or Bell, Cordle said, adding that the center ended its work with Bell’s firm in November 2020 because it was “not getting the results from Gemini Research, LLC, regarding overall impact and change to the program.”

Bell declined to comment on the allegations when reached by email.

Two sources directly involved with the situation also told Gambit the contract worker had been fired from another training center for alleged misconduct of a sexual nature years before he contracted with the Alabama center.

Gambit is withholding the worker’s name because multiple phone numbers associated with him were either disconnected or were not answered when called for comment.

Similarly, emails and social media messages either bounced back or went unreturned after several weeks.

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NBPCB, as a certifying body, has deep connections to LCB, which came under fire recently as former students have accused LCB of having a “toxic culture” of sexual assault, racism and verbal abuse. Websites for both the board and LCB list the same street address in Ruston, and many of the center’s instructors are NBPCB certified.

Additionally, NBPCB secretary and treasurer Edward Bell heads Louisiana Tech’s blindness institute, which trains people to work at blindness training centers, including LCB. Between 2014-2019, the university paid LCB more than $230,000.

Louisiana Tech is currently “reviewing” its relationship with LCB, and the Ruston Police Department is investigating an allegation of sexual abuse against a former LCB employee.

Lucy Mallahan, the orientation center director at the Commission for the Blind in New Mexico who signed the December letter to the certifying body, told Gambit NBPCB has responded to the letter and is currently working on an updated final policy.

“I do think the NBPCB is in the process of making substantive changes that will improve the grievance procedure and code of conduct,” Mallahan said.

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LAST WEEK STATE REP. RAY GAROFALO, R-Chalmette,

proved himself unworthy of his position as chairman of the House Education Committee when he presented a bill requiring Louisiana schools to teach a “both sides” version of U.S. history. Asked by fellow Rep. Stephanie Hilferty, R-New Orleans, if that would apply to slavery, Garofalo replied that, yes, it would include “the good, the bad, and the ugly” of slavery. That reply — a fiction propounded by only the most hateful white nationalists and another “only in Louisiana” moment — left the entire committee room stunned.

Garofalo, who represents much of St. Bernard Parish and parts of Orleans Parish, made his myopic claim during a committee hearing on his bill, which would prohibit the teaching of American history as it actually happened in favor of a romanticized version in which slavery had its good points, racism and sexism didn’t exist and the White Man was a benevolent force.

Attempting to deny the fundamental role that racism and misogyny have played in our nation’s history is a fool’s errand. Many of the Founding Fathers owned enslaved people, the practice was enshrined in the Constitution’s notorious Three-Fifths Clause, and slavery literally helped build the United States Capitol.

Likewise, misogyny is deeply rooted in the American experiment. In 1844, Maine became the first state to recognize the right of women to work.

It took until 1900 for every state to allow women to own property. They didn’t get to vote until 1920.

Today, Republican-dominated state legislatures are passing measures to suppress Black voter participation, police continue to brutalize Black citizens, and medical research often reflects institutional gender and racial bias.

Against that backdrop, Garofalo’s attempt to whitewash history comes as no surprise. Like Republicans’ efforts to institutionalize discrimination against transgender and gender-nonconforming Louisianans, it’s part of a regressive push against the rising tide of enlightened thinking that threatens their power. It’s nothing new, either. Then-state Rep. David Duke offered like-minded bills

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Thankfully, Garofalo’s bill appears doomed. Meanwhile, the Legislative Black Caucus has asked House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, to remove Garofalo as Education Committee chair. That’s a good first step, but more is needed.

Voters in St. Bernard should begin the process of recalling Garofalo from office.

Removing Garofalo would, of course, be an uphill battle. He survived one recall effort in 2012.

But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be tried again. In recent years civic and business leaders in St. Bernard have spent considerable time — and money — to counter the parish’s image as a place Black people should avoid. They’ve built up an arts district, lured small businesses from New Orleans and nurtured a growing multi-ethnic food scene.

Being represented in the Legislature by someone who thinks there’s a “good” side of slavery doesn’t fit that new narrative.

St. Bernard remains decidedly conservative, but surely there are aspiring public servants there who understand that slavery was evil, racism and sexism are interwoven into our history, and that owning and confronting our faults as a society are fundamental to making ours a more perfect union.

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Leges take one step forward, two steps backward — no surprise there

P H OTO B Y T R AV I S SPRADLING / T H E A DVO C AT E

Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, gavels in the House of Representatives as the Louisiana Legislature convenes for its first day of session.

STATE LAWMAKERS SEEM DETERMINED TO PROVE that no one is safe

in life, limb or property as long as they are in session. Even as they take the rare step forward, our leges quickly and warmly embrace any number of retrograde ideas.

Case in point: Lawmakers recently advanced a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, then promoted measures that discriminate against transgender student athletes and allow anyone 21 years or older to carry a concealed handgun in public — without background checks or firearms safety training.

First, the good news.

A House committee advanced two marijuana bills — one to legalize recreational pot and one to decriminalize it. Louisiana already has legalized medical cannabis, but it’s surprising to see GOP support for recreational weed. The author of the legalization measure is Rep. Richard Nelson, a 34-year-old Republican from Mandeville.

Nelson says he’s never smoked pot. Perhaps that explains why his arguments in favor of legalization are so lucid. “Marijuana is more popular than Donald Trump in Louisiana,” he told his colleagues. A recent poll by JMC Analytics found 67% of Louisiana voters favored legalized recreational cannabis.

Rep. Candace Newell, D-New Orleans, likewise convinced the committee to advance her bill to decriminalize marijuana. Both Nelson and Newell have bills to tax pot, if it becomes legal. Nelson says the tax could generate $100 million a year.

It would be interesting to see how many Republicans support a tax, even one on weed. Then again, stoners would likely thank them, regardless of the cost, for letting them carry their bongs in public.

Speaking of carrying in public, state senators overwhelmingly approved a bill to allow pretty much anyone without a criminal record to carry a concealed weapon. This idea is so bad it scared the crap out of the cops.

“We’re not opposed to concealed carry. We’re opposed to concealed carry without education and without training,” Fabian Blache Jr., executive director of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police, told a committee hearing. State law allows “concealed carry,” but only via permits that require hours of training.

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a solid Second Amendment Man, opposes the open-carry bills and says he’ll veto them.

Let’s hope JBE likewise will veto bills that overtly discriminate against transgender student athletes. A Senate committee unanimously gave the okey-doke to Sen. Beth Mizell’s (R-Franklinton) bill to bar transgender athletes from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity.

Mizell’s bill is literally a solution in search of a problem — she could not cite a single instance of a transgender student in Louisiana trying to do what she breathlessly seeks to outlaw. Besides, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association already has rules in place to regulate participation by transgender athletes.

Meanwhile, the NCAA has pledged to avoid venues that discriminate against trans student athletes.

The Final Four basketball tourney is scheduled to be played in New Orleans in 2022.

In 1999, lawmakers made the square dance Louisiana’s official folk dance.

The dance of legislation, however, is almost always a three-step — one step forward, two steps back.

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Hey Blake, Is it true Quincy Jones once owned a television station in New Orleans? What was his connection to the city?

Dear reader,

Quincy Jones can claim many titles: record producer, composer, arranger, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and winner of multiple Grammy Awards. And yes, he was also a local television station owner.

Jones’ company Quincy Jones Broadcasting Inc. purchased New Orleans’ WNOL-TV Channel 38 for $7.1 million in 1989. Although he was no stranger to the television and film industry, WNOL was his first such purchase.

“It’s something I’ve been thinking about for quite a few years,” Jones told The Times-Picayune in 1990.

He said it was a coincidence that a New Orleans station was for sale when he went shopping for one, but said it seemed destined to happen.

“I’ve got a real emotional thing with this city. It’s a real magical place for me because of how important it is musically.” He shared his memories of visiting the city over the years, including with jazz great Lionel Hampton in 1961.

WNOL, which signed on the air in 1984, was the city’s Fox network affiliate when Jones purchased it. Its studios were in the Fisk Building at 1661 Canal Street.

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Quincy Jones in a 1986 press photo.

In 1995, when the station switched its affiliation from Fox to the WB network, Jones formed a partnership with the Tribune Company, former Green Bay Packer Willie Davis, TV host Geraldo Rivera and “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius.

Their company, Qwest Broadcasting, bought Jones’ WNOL and an unrelated Atlanta TV station for a combined $167 million.

Tribune also owned WGNO-TV in New Orleans. In 2000, Tribune merged with Qwest, becoming the owner of both stations. The two are now owned by Nexstar Media Group.

BLAKEVIEW 75 years ago this week, deLesseps Story “Chep” Morrison was sworn in as New Orleans’ 40th mayor.

A native of New Roads, Louisiana, cousin to former U.S. Rep. Lindy Boggs and an LSU graduate, Morrison was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1940 and became a vocal opponent of the late Gov. Huey P. Long’s machine.

A lawyer, Morrison also served as a colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he entered the 1946 mayor’s race. His pledge to clean up city corruption won support from veterans, business leaders, women and Black voters.

Morrison defeated incumbent Mayor Robert Maestri and was sworn in on May 6, 1946. “We do not pretend to have any magic formula for the immediate cure of all evils and the solution of all problems,” he said in his address.

“We are sure to make many mistakes and we are not fooling ourselves by chasing rainbows. … What we do bring to you is a sincere will to work for the progressive betterment of this city.” Morrison also spoke in Spanish, calling New Orleans the “gateway to Latin America” and promising to enhance trade relationships there, which became a hallmark of his administration.

He modernized city services and the Port of New Orleans, established the New Orleans Recreation Department and spearheaded the construction of the Union Passenger Terminal and the City Hall complex at Poydras and Loyola.

Though he promoted the hiring of Black police officers and firefighters and worked to construct housing and recreational facilities in Black neighborhoods, Morrison’s meek attitude on integration earned criticism. He was accused of being lax in suppressing illegal gambling, prostitution and police corruption.

Morrison, who waged three unsuccessful campaigns for governor, served 16 years as mayor. In 1961, he became President Kennedy’s ambassador to the Organization of American States. Morrison and his 7-year-old son Randy died in a plane crash in Mexico in 1964.

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The pandemic gave birth to new ways of living worth holding on to

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A SILVER LINING TO A PANDEMIC

which has taken the lives of more than 790 New Orleanians. But as New Orleans has done so often in the past, the city has adapted to the challenges the world threw at us, shifting how we work, live and play.

As a society, some of these changes have either been long overdue, like normalizing mask-wearing when sick and some sex workers gaining greater control over their work and income through online platforms like Onlyfans.

New Orleans has seen dramatic changes to our world since we were all out in it, including the proliferation of small art markets and a locally owned food delivery app. And we’ve finally started figuring out ways to use our beautiful weather and open spaces beyond festivals and second lines.

We’re still in the middle of this pandemic, but with vaccines rolling out, we’re starting to see the light at the end of this long, terrible tunnel.

Many are starting to prepare for a post-pandemic world. We’ve had to adapt in many ways over the last year, and some of those changes may actually be worth keeping around. Here are some we’ve seen which we hope stick around as we enter the After Time of COVID-19.

Market watch ON MOST MORNINGS there’s a

line of masked, caffeine-starved patrons waiting patiently in front of Coffee Science on South Broad Street near Tulane Avenue. But on Sundays when the coffee shop holds its food and craft market, the back patio is the place to be.

At a recent event, there was an array of vendors at small, distanced tables selling everything from produce to rosemary-andsea-salt bagels, vegan baked

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goods, hot sauces and Bow Shoeshoe’s ties and neckties hand-sewn in Lesotho.

Markets full of artisan crafts, prepared and packaged foods by local pop-ups, and other DIY startups have proliferated during the pandemic. But they’ll likely be here long after the pandemic recedes.

The number and size of the events have grown. The Coffee Science market started with 10 to 12 vendors but now can spill over with more than 20. Rome Julian,

who sells micro greens and other products from his urban farm, was a Coffee Science regular who started the Laketilly Acres midweek market in Gentilly. Other markets have popped up around the city, like at Paradigm Gardens in Central City, featuring food, vendors, music and goats.

New Orleans had farmers markets and art markets before the pandemic began, and many have resumed or expanded operations.

Early in the pandemic, urban farms took advantage of customers avoiding crowds and lines at grocery stores. But Covid-safe adjustments have improved the markets’ features. Online pre-ordering and pick-up may be here to stay at many markets.

Markets like ‘tit Flea and Bywater Bazaar have helped give artists and others who normally make much of their income during festival season a way to sell their wares and provided a small but crucial measure of community during the lockdown.

The new markets have capitalized on several aspects of life during the pandemic. They’re driven by the initiative of locals who’ve started their own small businesses or elevated side-hustles into jobs.

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While some markets target weekend mornings, these events are popping up at all sorts of venues and at happy hour slots. Some follow regular calendars and others appear as one-offs with notice spread on social media. There are markets at microbreweries, parks, bar and coffee shop parking lots and other ad hoc spaces.

Some of those spaces are becoming more formal: D’hemecourt Resort, for instance, regularly hosts pop-ups and art markets that feature music, food, arts and even a tiki bar.

With the mix of food, music and crafts and small gathering formats, they’ve become New Orleans’ new social events. Locals have embraced them as part of the culture of the city. While the growth may have been a response to unused time and effort during the pandemic, the markets now have lives of their own. — WILL COVIELLO

Out in these streets LAST SPRING, New Orleans ran an experimental program aligned with the national “Slow Streets” movement when it closed off a popular recreational stretch of Moss Street between Lafitte Avenue and Esplanade Avenue along Bayou St. John for a few weeks in May. During this time, city officials limited traffic to residents, delivery drivers and emergency responders — thereby mostly surrendering the space to accommodate the uptick in cyclists, joggers and those who had been drawn to the neighborhood, a scenic backdrop for leisurely strolls with dogs and go-cups.

The initiative was inspired by similar traffic modification efforts that took root in other cities including Boston, Oakland and Minneapolis.

Being outside was — and still is — one of the healthiest ways New Orleanians could cope and stay somewhat sane during the pandemic — and limiting and re-routing

traffic in the hotspot helped people get out for some much-needed physical activity after Zoom calls all day.

We had enough on our plate to worry about, and still do, but not having to dodge traffic near the bayou was a respite that we’d gladly continue to embrace.

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Stephen Bandi, co-owner of d’Livery NOLA, launched his local oriented food delivery service in July 2019, but saw exponential growth almost overnight when the city issued its first pandemic-related restrictions last March. When the pandemic hit, 65 local restaurants had signed on to the service. Now, they’re up to nearly 200, Bandi says, and their payroll is more than 12 times what it previously was.

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“We didn’t deprioritize anything,” says co-owner Tom Lowenburg.

“We made everything a priority ... it was important to us to be there during these times for people.”

The bookstore is continuing to deliver books — now three days a week — within New Orleans (except for residents in zip codes 70127, 70128 and 70129). Delivery is free on orders of $25 or more, and Lowenburg says he hopes to continue offering the option past the pandemic.

Likewise, when owners of Dynamo, a sexual health and wellness boutique, had to close the shop during the early months of the pandemic, they launched a rapid delivery service dubbed “Ding Dong Ditch with Dildos.”

“It seemed to be really helpful and popular during the pandemic, especially as folks were stuck inside,” says Hope Kodman, co-owner of Dynamo. “Just to have something to do at home was a bit of self-care.”

Kodman says they plan to offer the service throughout the pandemic, though the store is back open, and will likely continue it afterward. — KAYLEE POCHE

Fresh air with a trumpet blast MUSICIANS IN EARLY 2020 did everything they could to stay afloat once New Orleans music venues and bars started to shut down as part of guidelines to curb the spread of COVID-19. At first, many turned to live-streaming at-home concerts in order to scrape together a few bucks and just do what they do best: put their music into people’s ears.

Staying indoors quickly started to wear thin, though, and it was becoming clear we were in for the coronavirus long haul. So musicians across the city started to venture outdoors and find creative ways to safely perform in front of others.

Some yard performances you had to stumble upon while taking a neighborhood walk. If you were lucky or in the know, you might have been able to snag tickets to small backyard performances.

As the year wore on and guidelines loosened, it became easier to formally organize outdoor, Covidsafe music events. The New Orleans Jazz Museum began hosting musicians on its balcony, and some businesses, like Faubourg Brewing Co. and Zony Mash Beer Project, launched successful outdoor music series.

But it’s the dedicated outdoor performance spaces that may have the longest lasting impact. In October, The Broadside opened across from The Broad Theater as a durable outdoor venue for movie screenings and concerts. Mid-City jazz lounge SideBar created the SidePorch, and in other parts of the city pop-up venues also took hold.

Music belongs in the streets of New Orleans, so it’s only fitting that we embrace outdoor spaces as partners to the long-standing clubs and neighborhood bars. Indoor venues like Tipitina’s and Howlin’ Wolf have re-opened, and it would be great to see outdoor spaces, such as The Broadside, not only continue but replicate across the city in the future.

There are real obstacles to maintaining live outdoor music, though, such as zoning restrictions, noise complaints and permitting. But outdoor entertainment spaces give more options to musicians and to fans, as proven during the pandemic. It’s a space worth fighting to keep around. — JAKE CLAPP

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“Middle Eastern” food at Torshi, his new restaurant on Frenchmen Street. In fact, he avoids even saying what he considers a colonial insult to the Arab world. “Middle East of where?” says the Cairo-born restaurateur. “Of England, that’s where — which shouldn’t matter to anybody anymore.”

Abohattab is passionate about his home country’s cuisine. The 36-yearold entrepreneur has lived in New Orleans for 12 years and, in fact, used to wash dishes at Mona’s on Frenchmen Street, where he opened his restaurant in early April.

“Now I have keys to the restaurant,” he says. “That’s the American dream for sure.”

Abohattab lives in Metairie with his wife, who is from Chalmette, and their twin 4-year-old sons. When he first came to the U.S., he had $71 in his pocket and didn’t speak a word of English, he says. He traveled around for three years, taught himself English and worked all kinds of jobs — from kitchen work to crewing on a fishing boat — before landing in New Orleans.

“I love it here,” he says. “My mother is from a place called Port Said, a city that is so similar in architecture to New Orleans that they could be sister cities.”

Abohattab learned how to cook from his mother and grandmother and was running a food cart in Cairo by the time he was 17.

“I was always in the kitchen, since I was a kid,” he says. “I always ended up cooking for the party. I was that guy.”

He aspired to own his own restaurant and imagined he could do that in the U.S. He entered the hotel business and worked his way up to

a general manager position with Marriott.

But he always was intent on introducing Egyptian cuisine to New Orleans through a menu inspired by family recipes. Abohattab originally opened Torshi as a stand in the St. Roch Market in 2018.

Egyptian fare naturally shares many flavors that grace Mediterranean and North African tables.

But there are some specialties that speak to the countries that shared their history with one of the oldest civilizations in the world.

“Every time we got invaded, our menu expanded,” he says.

Torshi’s menu has familiar dishes like baba ghanoush, lamb shawarma and grape leaves. “People know and want these dishes,” he says, but there also are dishes particular to his country.

Order falafel at Torshi, which means pickles in both Arabic and Farsi, and the fried vegetarian rounds spiced with garlic and cumin are made not from the usual ground chickpeas, but from its sister legume, fava beans, which are favored in Egypt’s rich Nile Valley. Koushry is considered Egypt’s national dish and is a widely popular street food. With links to Italian, Indian and Mediterranean cultures, koushry is made with rice, bits of vermicelli, lentils and chickpeas, topped with a tomato sauce rich with sauteed onions and served with hot chili sauce on the side.

A crusted hwwaashi is a baked Egyptian panini, a crispy sandwich filled with a mixture of spiced ground beef and lamb, served with garlicky labneh. Fattah, a dish that originated in the Eastern Mediterranean region, is a favorite at home parties and celebrations. It is a bowl of rice topped with varying ingredients, from lamb or beef to spiced cauliflower, all

Track record THE RUSTY-RED GUMBO was mottled with pepper, herbs, shrimp and ruffled, just-cooked oysters. The people slurping it up wore shirts patterned with magnolias and red beans, alligators and watermelons, flying their Jazz Fest colors for a festival that wasn’t happening.

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Rafik Abohattab opened Torshi on Frenchmen Street.

topped with a garlicky tomato sauce.

Egyptian spaghetti, made with either tomato or bechamel sauce, is topped with kofta meatballs with notable flavors of Aleppo pepper, turmeric and star anise. Abohattab’s roasted eggplant is an especially smoky version of the traditional baba ghanoush.

“I’m so happy to introduce New Orleanians to the food from my country,” he says.

Abohattab also is doing some catering, most notably during Ramadan, when members of the local Muslim community fast from sunrise to sunset. They break the fast after dark with a repast of Mediterranean dishes. Ramadan ends with a feast called Eid al-Fitr, which takes place May 12 this year.

“We all are looking forward to that meal,” Abohattab says. “We can’t wait.”

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What Torshi

Where 504 Frenchmen St., (504) 949-4115; torshikitchen.com

When 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily

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Check it out A casual Marigny spot for Egyptian food

New specials penned on the board for duck Rangoon and hot sausage banh mi turned a few heads. But, mostly, people were focused on rekindling a rite of spring by different means.

This was Liuzza’s by the Track on what, by custom, should have been the first weekend of Jazz Fest. That event has been postponed to October.

Located a few blocks from the festival gates at 1518 N. Lopez St., Liuzza’s by the Track in normal times is a Jazz Fest rallying point for many.

It’s the pre-party, the after-party and its own party.

Yet the second spring without Jazz Fest here pales in comparison to the other difference at Liuzza’s by the Track this year.

It is the first one without Jimmie Lemarie, who created the restaurant along with his friend Billy Gruber.

Now both are gone.

Lemarie died in January at age 72. Gruber died five years earlier at age 69.

Starting in 1997, the two turned an old-time barroom into one of the essential New Orleans neighborhood joints. To sit in its small dining room, under vintage Jazz Fest posters and race track photos, sipping beer from a frosted schooner, eating a po-boy, listening to the Neville Brothers on the jukebox, gazing through broad windows at a street scene of jasmine-strung porches and familial neighbors passing by in this part of PAGE 28

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Eventually, Liuzza’s landed in food guides and travel stories and earned a following far beyond its neighborhood.

To James Gonczi, though, Liuzza’s by the Track was always “Uncle Jimmie’s place.”

Now 32 and a practicing attorney, the Lakeview native is Lemarie’s nephew, part of his sprawling extended local family. He worked at the Liuzza’s in high school and college.

Today Gonczi is in charge of keeping Liuzza’s by the Track going.

“I love this place,” he says. “These neighborhood places are like the fabric of our city. I didn’t want anyone to come in and change it.”

He took over at a daunting time.

Two things that always bolstered the business are Jazz Fest and the Fair Grounds horse racing season, which this year was held without spectators. Locals and regulars are now the whole business.

To give them more reasons to come back, Gonczi has been working with his longtime friend Michael Latham, a veteran of local restaurants, to come up with new specials.

That explains the duck Rangoons, made with ground duck sausage and Havarti cream cheese, bacon and poblano peppers. Sometimes cheesy crawfish Rangoons are on the specials menu, too.

The hot sausage banh mi features Marciante’s sausage formed into patties and spiked with ginger and seasonings, then packed into a Leidenheimer pistolette with cilantro, carrots and mayo. Grilled alligator sausage patties with crunchy, sour chow-chow went into another recent po-boy special.

The daily menu has not changed though, nor has the talent over the skillets and pots who produce its distinctive gumbo, its buttery barbecue shrimp po-boy, or the thinsliced, thick-stacked Reuben.

That’s the work of Burnetter McMillian, who has been at Liuzza’s from the start, and her compatriot in the kitchen, a man who goes only by Roadrunner. He’s has been cooking here long enough that even his nickname has a nickname — everyone calls him Road.

Liuzza’s by the Track has been around in one form or another since the 1940s. It’s not related to nearby Liuzza’s Restaurant & Bar, which is for sale but is currently open.

The festival is silent, but the neighborhood has been buzzing with people trying to wring some semblance of Jazz Fest joy from these times.

Even before the erstwhile festival weekends arrived, Gonczi decided to extend Liuzza’s hours a bit. It’s open Sundays for the foreseeable

future, but with a different menu.

Liuzza’s hosts a crawfish boil and serves one-pot dishes, like jambalaya and crawfish pasta. That gives the kitchen some time off, while the bar staff can add some needed shifts. Gonczi says he’s approaching any changes like this as trial runs, to be assessed by the regulars as he goes.

“It’s their place, after all, it’s the neighborhood’s place,” Gonczi says. “I’m just trying to keep it moving.” — IAN McNULTY/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE | THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE

A bar for all seasons WHEN THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL OPENS, visitors will have much to

explore inside the former World Trade Center at the foot of Canal Street. That might start with classic cocktails, bubbly and caviar.

As the hotel nears completion, the Four Seasons has been unveiling more details about its amenities. The latest is called Chandelier Bar, the lobby bar that the hotel believes will be a hub for the interplay of public hospitality spaces and private residences.

The bar’s namesake is a glittering art glass installation with some 15,000 crystal and glass pieces.

The cocktail menu is being created by Hadi Ktiri, a longtime New Orleans bartender who made his name at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar. He was on the staff there when Arnaud’s won the 2017 James Beard Foundation award for outstanding bar program.

Chandelier Bar will have its own food menu with caviar service, small plates and snacks from chef Alon Shaya, who is developing a restaurant in the Four Seasons as well.

In addition to cocktails, the bar will have a focus on Champagne and sparkling wines from around the world. That includes prestige bottles that will be made available for by-the-glass service here (think Dom Perignon and Ruinart).

The hotel, officially the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences New Orleans, will have 341 guest rooms, 92 private residences and various event spaces, including in the distinctive cupola topping the tower.

The Four Seasons previously announced two restaurants in the hotel. One is from chef Donald Link and will face the river on the property’s fifth floor. That restaurant has yet to be named. The other, from Shaya, is called Miss River.

Shaya’s team will prepare a separate menu for Chandelier Bar. Chandelier Bar will have seating for 85 between its bar, lounge and a garden terrace.

The Four Seasons reports the hotel is slated to open in mid-2021. — IAN McNULTY/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE | THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE

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Danielle Dreilinger Author DANIELLE DREILINGER CAME TO NEW ORLEANS from Boston in 2012

to work for The Times-Picayune, where she spent years reporting on education in the city. Following a Knight Wallace Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan, she completed her new book “The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live.” The book chronicles the field from its creation in the mid-1800s and its opening of educational and professional opportunities to women to its current reach, incorporating science, economics, education and more. While the term “home ec” came to be stigmatized as junior high and high school classes mostly for girls, the book explores how the field touches on many aspects of American life and re-evaluates its place. Dreilinger will be interviewed by Times-Picayune food writer Judy Walker at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 5 (Visit octaviabooks.com to find a link).

Why does home economics get a bad rap?

DANIELLE DREILINGER: Home ec fought against the “stitching and stirring” stereotype for decades. Even when home economists (codified it) in the late 19th century, there was already this tension between “Is this a field that represents liberation or is it repression?” The women who were running the show knew they were reframing the work of the home as intelligent, intellectual, worthy of study, worthy of labor. But they also knew what the stereotypes were.

Margaret Murray Washington at Tuskegee (Institute) was training Black women to be leaders in their communities. She knew perfectly well that white people were looking at her and thinking, “Oh great! You’re training Black women to be maids.”

What happened was, the first time this (move to de-emphasize home ec) hit was a reaction to Sputnik in the late-1950s. It’s the first time you see the U.S. education system flip out and say we’re not doing enough math and science. They were not seeing home ec as science, even though there is the chemistry of cooking and plenty of science and engineering in the field.

How far and wide have home economists reached in our culture?

D: It was really surprising just how enormous the reach of home ec is. I would look at big societal developments and pieces of world history and say, “Gee, I wonder if home ec was involved in that?” I would look it up and low and behold it was.

In World War II, there’s a really dramatic story about a dietician who was working in a military hospital in the Philippines and she was interned with other prisoners of war in Manila for the duration of the war. She organized gardening and food distribution in order to keep prisoners alive, given that what the Japanese were giving them was inadequate. There are stories of adventure like that.

In the Cold War, home ec became part of the soft power that the U.S. government and various foundations and organizations were marshalling against communism. They thought that people who were starving and living in squalor would be susceptible to any strong man who promised to make their lives better. They thought if they trained people in all these countries in home ec, they would be able to live healthier, happier lives and that would align them with the U.S. Dietitians who trained in schools of home economics developed space food. A couple women worked on space food. They were all military. Before there was NASA, space was a project of the military.

There was a woman named Bea Finkelstein, who I call a “dietician to the stars,” and she created the first food that was eaten in space. She created these high-protein slurries, like baby food in a pouch. John Glenn ate the first food in space.

It worked fine, but it turns out that space food was this high-tech engineering challenge complicated by human nature. They already knew from research on soldiers that when people hate the food they’re being given, they just stop eating it.

The book covers a lot of territory, but what’s an example of something that amused you about home economists’ work on food?

D: I feel like this is shooting fish in a barrel, but Jell-O salad. Jell-O was advertising in home ec pub-

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The Jell-O molds are kind of appalling, but there were so many recipes. There’s one I found from General Foods called salad pie and you take lemon Jell-O and mix it with tomato sauce and frozen mixed vegetables and you layer it in a pan and decorate it with piped mayonnaise.

I have a cookbook of favorite recipes of home economics teachers, and there are so many pages (of Jell-O recipes). They looked pretty, but people loved the home ec recipes. I don’t entirely get it.

You could count the sales. When someone created a recipe that took off that involved lemon pudding mix in their cheesecake, sales of the mix would triple.

Home economists wanted women to be able to get a meal on the table that the family would eat. They wanted to give women dressy dishes for company.

Maybe something that would allow them to show their creativity, and that would sell (the home economist’s) product. A lot of these home economists were working for utility companies, so if you were a customer of Columbia Gas, they helped sell appliances. They helped you get the most out of your gas range. (The utility company) put recipes in with the bill.

It was a full-service experience.

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BYWATER Luna Libre — 3600 St. Claude Ave., (504) 237-1284 — Roasted chicken enchiladas verde are filled with cheese and served with house-made cheese dip. The menu combines Tex-Mex and dishes from Louisiana and Arkansas. Curbside pickup is available. Breakfast Sat.-Sun., dinner Wed.-Sun. $

CARROLLTON Mid City Pizza — 6307 S. Miro St., (504) 509-6224; midcitypizza.com — See MidCity section for restaurant description.

Takeout and delivery available. Lunch Thu.-Sun., dinner Thu.-Mon. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; mikimotosushi.com — The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as shawarma prepared on a rotisserie. Takeout and delivery available.

Lunch and dinner daily. $$

CITYWIDE Breaux Mart — Citywide; breauxmart.com — The deli counter’s changing specials include dishes such as baked catfish and red beans and rice. Lunch and dinner daily. $

FAUBOURG MARIGNY Kebab — 2315 St. Claude Ave., (504) 3834328; kebabnola.com — The sandwich shop offers doner kebabs and Belgian fries. A falafel sandwich comes with pickled cucumbers, arugula, spinach, red onions, beets, hummus and Spanish garlic sauce. No reservations. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Mon. $

FRENCH QUARTER Desire Oyster Bar — Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 586-0300; sonesta.com/desireoysterbar — The menu features Gulf seafood in traditional and contemporary Creole dishes, po-boys and more. Char-grilled oysters are topped with Parmesan, herbs and butter. Reservations recommended. Takeout available.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$

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HARAHAN/JEFFERSON/ RIVER RIDGE The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. Curbside pickup and delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 7333803; theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and toppings to build your own pizza. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. Curbside pickup and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. $

LAKEVIEW The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 284-2898; thebluecrabnola.com — The menu includes sandwiches, fried seafood platters, boiled seafood and more. The Blue Crab platter has fried shrimp, oysters, catfish and crab claws and either fried stuffed crab or soft-shell crab. Outdoor seating available.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001; lakeviewbrew.com — This casual cafe offers coffee, pastries, desserts, sandwiches and salads. Tuna salad or chicken salad avocado melts are topped with Monterey Jack and Parmesan. Takeout, curbside pickup and delivery are available. Breakfast and lunch daily. $

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

Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in cream sauce. Curbside pickup and delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; gumbostop.com — The Seafood Platter comes with fried catfish, shrimp, oysters and crab balls and is accompanied by fries and choice of side. Delivery available.

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NORTHSHORE Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 70488 Highway 21, Covington, (985) 234-9420; theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $

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Sauteed trout Tchoupitoulas is topped with shrimp and crabmeat and served with vegetables and potatoes. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Red Gravy — 4206 Magazine St., (504) 561-8844; redgravycafe.com — Thin cannoli pancakes are filled with cannoli cream and topped with chocolate. The menu includes brunch items, pasta dishes, sandwiches, baked goods and more. Takeout available. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; theospizza. com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $ Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; titoscevichepisco.com — The Peruvian menu includes a version of the traditional dish lomo saltado, featuring beef tenderloin tips sauteed with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, soy sauce and pisco, and served with fried potatoes and rice. Dine-in, outdoor seating and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$$

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Annunciation — 1016 Annunciation St., (504) 568-0245; annunciationrestaurant. com — The menu highlights Gulf seafood in Creole, Cajun and Southern dishes.

Fried oysters and skewered bacon are served with meuniere sauce and toasted French bread. Reservations required.

Dinner Thu.-Sun. $$$ NOLA Caye — 898 Baronne St., (504) 302-1302; nolacaye.com — The menu features Caribbean-inspired dishes and Gulf seafood. Seared ahi tuna is served with mango, avocado, mixed greens, citrus vinaigrette and sesame seeds. Takeout, delivery and outdoor seating available. D daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$

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Fried Louisiana oysters and Gulf shrimp are served on a Leidenheimer loaf with lettuce, tomato, onions and pickles. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $

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2 LOS JEFES GRILL Los Jefes Grill presents the 5th Annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration, May 5th beginning at 1:00 p.m.

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3 LOT’S A LUCK LOUNGE Come spend Cinco de Mayo at a classic New Orleans neighborhood bar! We have something for everyone – a beautiful outdoor patio, putt putt, darts, pool tables, and to celebrate Cinco de Mayo $3 Teremana Margaritas until 7:00 p.m.

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Corazon Greatest Margarita 1.5 ounces Corazon Blanco Tequila 1 ounce Gran Gala Orange Liqueur ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice Ice 2 Lime wedges Coarse Sea Salt

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BY JAKE CLAPP

SILVER SYNTHETIC “Silver Synthetic” (Third Man Records) Silver Synthetic’s debut full-length proves that good rock ‘n’ roll doesn’t have to be flashy or complicated.

Great musicianship, direct, catchy writing and a warm tone is all a band really needs to get the listener hooked.

The New Orleans quartet — Lucas Bogner, Pete Campanelli, Chris Lyons and Kunal Prakash — nails it with lean, laid-back style on its self-titled album.

The eight-track release is notably out on Jack White’s Third Man Records.

Silver Synthetic’s fuzzy garage-psych will wrap you up in warmth and dance with you into summer.

out. Except, in the bigger picture of “Love & Rage” — which is filled with protest songs that throw loud middle fingers at bigotry and are reinvigorating to keep up the fights for justice — the opening title took on a slightly different context on second or third listen. Dance and find joy at the party at the end of the world — and use it to fill your cup and keep fighting.

“Love & Rage” is the seventh album

by Blanton, a Virginia-born musician who lived in New Orleans for several years and relocated to Philadelphia just before the pandemic hit. With tracks like “Be Good,” about actually living up to the teachings of Jesus by being good to people, and the anti-fascist rock ‘n’ roller “Shit List,” the album is right at the intersection of so many difficult emotions from the recent social justice movement.

But consistently, “Love & Rage” is a reminder that the fight for racial and gender equity can — and should — have joyous moments.

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After a year of the pandemic and nation-wide protests against white supremacy and police brutality, it can be tough to see the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s the end of the world, so we might as well dance until we clock

“Calm Down Cologne” (Royal Potato Family) After a few years away from the project, drummer Stanton Moore, guitarist Charlie Hunter and saxophonist Skerik — who pulls double duty on synths, often at the same time — reunited as Garage A Trois for a string of shows in 2019. The group’s new album “Calm Down Cologne” was born from a single-day recording session in Seattle during that time, with the master musicians composing live in studio — except on the title track, the album’s only pre-composed song.

Moore, Hunter and Skerik are in pristine form on “Calm Down Cologne,” with Moore and Hunger hitting big grooves and Skerik adding melodic lines in the mix of jazz, funk and psychedelia. Worth a mention: The production here is outstanding, so definitely give the album a close listen with headphones.

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End of the line

BY WILL COVIELLO

A PRIEST LOSING HIS FAITH

could be played for comedy or tragedy. Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson conjures both in his own distinct visual style in a series of vignettes spaced out in his strangely fascinating arthouse film “About Endlessness.”

Utterly undone by the agony of trying to administer spiritual rites while personally in crisis, the priest seeks the help of a psychiatrist.

But he hits a wall of denial from a receptionist who is oblivious to his needs and is instead ensconced in her own dedication to the routine of the office. She tells the man in a polite deadpan that he needs to wait a week for his appointment. But instead of playing it for a quick and easy laugh, Andersson makes if feel like watching a crash in slow motion.

The priest is one of two perplexed figures who appear multiple times, but most of the scenes feature unrelated and disparate characters. The collage of varied scenes includes a few weighty and historic references, but most focus on mundane moments.

Many of the characters are older men with tousled hair and ashen faces, suddenly aware of impending mortality for absurd reasons.

One man puzzles over the reason a former classmate never stops to talk to him though they commute to work on the same street.

There also are scenes of joy. A young couple in love floats above a city in ruins. Three women walking by a pub dance to the music coming out the door. A man marvels at snowfall among bar patrons who stare at their drinks.

Some scenes seem like offbeat sketches or take slightly disturbing or surreal turns. An elderly waiter pours wine for a diner, and absentmindedly fills the glass until it spills over.

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Trilogy.” The series concluded with 2014’s also wonderfully strange “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” which was more absurd and humorous.

Andersson’s style is often compared to paintings. He frames every scene to be watched in its uncut entirety from a single viewpoint. There are no jumps in time or perspective, no pans and no zooms. The color palette is entirely muted in drab colors, from lifeless restaurants and empty sidewalks to panoramas of gray clouds and Swedish winter. Many extras stand almost motionless. In scenes outdoors, the streets are often empty except for the few central actors. Bright colors occasionally pop through, as in the red wine or a streak of blood.

“Endlessness” often dwells on existential dread, usually in tragicomic contrast. The film abounds in subtle and vaguely funny metaphors of hopelessness.

A voiceover says a man is taking his daughter to a birthday party, but they’re walking across a vast open field in the rain. He reaches down to tie her shoe and his umbrella blows away. In another expansive field with a road receding into a tiny hair-thin line in the distance, a car rolls to a stop, and a man slowly gets out to see why it’s broken down. Hundreds and hundreds of men walk toward the gray distance in a scene that looks like it’s on an infinite loop, and a voiceover says a defeated army is marching to a Siberian prison camp.

Andersson’s inspired sense of hyperbole makes his gloom seem funny, strange and revealing, and far from dragging, the film flickers by in what seems like an instant.

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31 “— Haw” 32 “A Wrinkle in Time” director DuVernay 33 Aleve may relieve it 34 Got in a trap 37 Rowing blades 39 Be present 41 Renoir’s skill 42 Vent views 43 Part 2 of instructions 45 Appear to be 47 Goulash, e.g.

48 Fetal homes 49 Cooing park scavenger 51 Genre of serious films 54 Kissing and caressing 58 Greek god of the sun 63 Huge Brit. lexicon

64 Pedicured body part 66 “Ay, —!” (cry on “The Simpsons”) 67 Message to congratulate solvers who figure out this answer 72 Northeast African nation 73 Decorator 74 Suffix with Gabon 75 Welding alloy 76 Jihad 78 Capri and Aruba 80 Plant lice 82 Disconnected 85 Units of work 89 Locale 90 Part 3 of instructions

96 Ballet moves 98 “Planet Money” airer 99 Misspends 100 Spout off 101 Calif. volcano 103 Basic idea 104 “We need assistance!”

106 Onetime Pan Am rival 107 End of instructions 111 Heath 113 Former congressman Mo 114 For — (not gratis) 115 Acoustic 116 Push along 117 Gymnastics legend Comaneci 118 — a soul (no one) 119 Headstone locale 120 Disarray 121 Artery-opening tube 122 Portuguese for “years” 123 More rational DOWN 1 Cousin of a coffeehouse 2 Curative plant 3 Monte Carlo setting 4 “Yeah, right!”

5 Actress Berger of “De Sade” 6 Brits call it a “lift” 7 Put freight on 8 Make pointy, as a pencil 9 Hostile insect in a swarm 10 Guys writing slogans, maybe 11 This and — 12 Item dyed for a spring holiday 13 One who fails to show up 14 Stadium rows 15 Sleeps lightly 16 Get via will 17 Simple shirt 18 Baaing “ma” 28 Dodge 29 Venetian beach resort 30 “Fifth Beatle” Yoko 35 Indy-to-Cleveland dir.

36 Dawn droplets 38 Pond gunk 40 Coiled like ivy 41 Speller’s clarification 44 Zeta follower 46 Fine goat coat 49 What a head rests on in bed 50 Brand of spongy balls 51 Sleeps lightly 52 Printing proof, for short 53 Aleve alternative 55 Naval acad. grad’s rank 56 Groups devising plots 57 Tyke 59 Tyke 60 Push along 61 Like Santa, weight-wise 62 Strongboxes for valuables 64 Pipsqueaks 65 Three — kind 66 Pool stick 68 “— be my pleasure!”

69 La — Tar Pits 70 Title for a monk 71 Mesmerized 76 List of currently popular songs 77 Polish river

78 Hip-hop mogul Gotti 79 Mix together 81 Suggested subtly 83 Elvis and Priscilla 84 Fable writer 85 Tree infested by bark beetles 86 No longer active: Abbr.

87 Fake hearth items 88 Balls, geometrically 90 Taunt in fun 91 Rosh — 92 “Here We Are” singer Gloria 93 Fiber source in some muffins 94 Disentangle 95 Country music’s — Brothers 97 Used a chair 102 Shell-shocks 103 Note a half step above F 105 Thick rugs 108 Actress Lena of “Chocolat” 109 Streamlined, informally 110 Ambience 111 Not saying a word 112 Metal in rocks

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Lot 266- William IV Rosewood Rent Table , early 19th c., H.- 28 3/4 in., Dia.- 42 3/8 in. Est.- 800-1200

IMPORTANT SPRING ESTATES AUCTION

Lot 226: Knute Heldner (1875-1952, Swedish/New Orleans), “Singing by the Mississippi River,” oil on canvas, signed lower right, H.- 39 3/4 in., W.- 31 1/2 in.

Est. $25,000-$35,000

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Lot 227: Noel Rockmore (1928-1995, New Orleans), “Man with Trombone,” 1963, oil on board, from the New York Jazz Series, signed and dated lower left, H.- 29 1/2 in., W.- 19 1/2 in. Est. $2,500-$4,500

Lot 277: Attributed to Thomas Sully (1783-1872, Philadelphia), “A Young Woman in a Moment of Inspiration,” mid-19th c., oil on canvas, signed faintly in monogram verso, H.- 23 1/2 in., W.- 19 1/2 in. Est. $1,500-$2,500

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Lot 171-172: Man’s 18K Yellow Gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day Date “Presidential” Wristwatch, with an Italian 18K yellow gold link band, running. Est. $7,000-$12,000 and Lady’s Stainless Steel and 18K Yellow Gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Wristwatch, self winding, Est. $1,000-$2,000.

Lot 220: William Hemmerling (1943-2009, Illinois/Louisiana), “New Orleans,” 2004, oil on canvas, signed and dated verso, unframed, H.- 29 3/4 in., W.- 40 in. Est. $4,000-$6,000

Lot 192: Parquetry Inlaid Ormolu Mounted Louis XV Style Marble Top Mahogany Commode, 20th c., the stepped serpentine rounded edge and corner Breche d’Alpes marble over three frieze drawers and two deep lower drawers, H.- 35 in., W.- 52 in., D.- 22 in.

Est. $1,000-$2,000

Lot 232: Alexander J. Drysdale (1870-1934, Louisiana), “Louisiana Bayou Scene,” oil wash on board, signed lower left, H.- 9 1/2 in., W.- 28 1/2 in. Est. $1,500-$2,500

Lot 61: Mario Villa (1953-, Nicaragua/ New Orleans), Glass and Steel Console Table, 20th c., part of a Collection of Mario Villa furniture, H.- 34 3/4 in. W.- 68 in., D.- 20 in.

Est. $600-$900

Lot 215: Clementine Hunter (1887-1988, Louisiana), Group of 12 Painted Objects, all from the Yvonne Ryan Collection, Purex- H.- 11 in., Dia.- 4 1/2 in. (12 Pcs.) Est. $8,000-$12,000

Lot 265: Rosewood Boudoir Grand Piano by John Broadwood, London, c. 1885, H.- 39 in., W.- 54 1/2 in., D.- 82 1/2 in.

Est. $800-$1,200

Lot 372: Patinated Bronze Fountain Figure, 20th/21st c., of two putti holding a large fish, H.- 54 3/4 in., W.- 26 in., D.- 18 in. Est. $1,500-$2,500

Lot 271: New Orleans School, “Portrait of Nicholas Burke (18341905), Founder of Hibernia Bank,” 19th c., oil on canvas, unsigned, H.- 39 5/8 in., W.- 29 3/8 in.

Est. $2,000-$4,000

Lot 224: William Woodward (1859-1939, Louisiana), “Road to Mount Mitchell, North Carolina,” 1923 c., oil on board, signed and dated lower left, pen titled verso, H.- 6 1/2 in., W.- 9 1/4 in. Est. $1,200-$1,800

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Vintage Jewelry Includes 18K “Sputnik” Brooch, Ruby Ring, Amethyst Earrings, Ruby Ring, etc.

Lot 113: Venus de Milo, 19th c., patinated bronze, stamped on base verso “F. Barbedienne, Fondeur”, H.- 38 in., W.- 9 1/2 in., D.- 9 in., Est. $700-$1,200, and Lot 117: After Hippolyte Moreau (1832-1927, French), “Seated Woman on a Tree,” patinated bronze, late 20th c., H.- 28 in., W.- 14 in., D.- 11 in.

Est. $400-$600

Lot 191: Impressive French Louis XV Style Bombe Marquetry Inlaid Mahogany Marble Top Ormolu Mounted Bowfront Parlor Cabinet, 19th c., H.- 45 3/4 in., W.- 84 in., D.- 24 in.

Est. $2,500-$4,500

Lot 201: One Hundred Twenty-Nine Piece Set of Sterling Flatware, by Gorham, in the “La Scala” pattern, designed in 1964 by Richard Gavette (1930-2018),Wt. 178.7 Troy Oz. (129 Pcs.) Est. $2,500-$4,500

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Lot 348: George Dureau, “Self- Portrait,” 20th c., charcoal on paper, signed lower middle, H.- 39 in., W.- 28 1/2 in.

Est. $1,000-$2,000

Lot 211-214: Shearwater Pottery Fish Bowl, 1977, by James (Mac) Anderson (1907-1998), H.- 4 1/4 in., Dia.- 8 in. Est. $800-$1,200; Paula Ninas, New Orleans), “Leaf Bowl,”2009, H.- 3 7/8 in., Dia.- 7 7/8 in. Est. $1,000-$2,000; Newcomb College Art Pottery Matte Baluster Vase, 1918, by Anna Frances Simpson, H.- 10 in., Dia.- 7 in. Est. $3,000-$5,000; Newcomb Art Pottery High Glaze Vase, 1909, by Marie de Hoa LeBlanc, H.- 7 1/8 in., Dia.- 4 1/4 in. Est. $3,000-$5,000.