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Hungarian Moroccan band Chalaban visits New Orleans SAID TICHITI, FOUNDER OF THE BUDAPEST, HUNGARY-BASED BAND CHALABAN, is excited to lead the

group on its first tour of North America, from Montreal to New York, Miami and Los Angeles — with a stop in New Orleans on Saturday, April 16.

But on the singer and musician’s last album, 2017’s “Gleimim,” he looked to his hometown in southern Morocco, far from the more worldly hubs of Casablanca and Marrakesh.

“We have great songs about New York and Istanbul,” Tichiti told Gambit. “Why do we never make songs about small villages and celebrate Geulmim? (The album) is kind of nostalgic and celebrates this small city in the Moroccan desert.”

Tichiti’s hometown is the largest city in the region, which shares its cultural mix with southern Morocco and the western Sahara. His family reflects that diversity.

“In my family, my mother is coming from Berber origins, and she was a singer in an (all) woman band, a local band from my home city,” he says. “My father is Black Moroccan from south Saharan origins and was a member of a band that played the music style called ganga.”

Tichiti says growing up in his family meant embracing music wasn’t much of a choice. He learned to play the guembri, a sort of threestring guitar with a square base made of wood and covered with camel skins. It’s got melodic limitations, he says, but is the main instrument of Morocco’s trance music. He also plays the oud, a pear-shaped stringed instrument that’s central to classical Arabic music. It’s similar to the lute, which he also plays.

While Tichiti focuses on the Moroccan musical styles of Gnawa and Hassani — as well as ganga and guedra — he leads a band primarily filled with Hungarian musicians trained in jazz. The result is a propulsive, rhythmic style based in Moroccan trance music, but filled out with a horn section providing melodies and central European influences and electric guitars, opening doors to rock. While the band was formed after the rise of worldbeat and fusions of disparate musical influences, Chalaban is a distinct hybrid of Afro-Arab sounds and Hungarian influences. All of the lyrics are in Arabic.

Tichiti left Geulmim to study music at a university in Rabat. He

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pursued further studies in cultural management in Paris, and there met his Hungarian wife. After moving to Budapest in 1999, he put together Chalaban — not long after the fall of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe.

“We had big success at the beginning because it was the beginning of a big opening for Hungarians,” Tichiti says. “They were hoping to be part of the (European Union), curious about all cultures.

It was absolutely a good period of my life, this beginning.”

Hungary also has a strong musical culture, and his own children chose to study classical music, he says.

Chalaban’s main vehicles are Moroccan musical styles. Gwana is a music that has roots in Moroccan, West African and Islamic traditions.

It’s a major presence in Moroccan folk music, and often incorporates traditional religious prayers and poems as lyrics.

“In Morocco, the borders between the sacred and the profane are not so clean,” Tichiti says. “Music reflects this duality of Moroccan culture. It’s ritual, but you can see it in the streets.”

The album “Gleimim” (a nickname for Guelmim) is steeped in the culture of his original home. The opening track, “Sidna Bilal,” references Bilal, the early follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

“He was Black, coming from Ethiopia,” Tichiti says. “In Gnawa music, he is considered the spiritual leader of this Gnawa brotherhood. They organize ceremonies in streets, houses, tents, everywhere.

I dedicated it to Bilal as a symbol of Black musical freedom. A symbol of combatting the slavery system.”

Other songs touch on subjects like social posturing. “Galo Galo” translates from Arabic as “to be told about,” Tichiti says. It’s about being more concerned with how one is viewed than the substance of what one does.

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BEST-SELLING WRITER AND HUMORIST DAVID SEDARIS’S NEW COLLECTION of essays, “Happy-

Go-Lucky,” is due out in May. The New Yorker recently published his essay “Lucky-GoHappy,” in which he reveals how much he missed touring and reading from his work during the pandemic. He shares his work at 8 p.m. Friday, April 15, at Orpheum Theater. Find tickets via orpheumnola.com.

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BUNARCHY, A PUB CRAWL FOR FOLKS IN CUTE OR CREEPY BUNNY COSTUMES, is in Bywater and Marigny

starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 16. There are stops at Luna Libre, Saturn Bar, St. Roch Tavern and the AllWays Lounge. Bunarchy passes are $10 at Pop City or online at noomoon.net, and proceeds benefit the Louisiana SPCA. PHOTO PROVIDED BY CHAL ABAN

Chalaban bandleader Said Tichiti plays a Moroccan guembri.

Chalaban is currently working on a group of songs based in Hassani culture, which is spread across the Saharan region. The band was featured in the 2018 documentary film “Echoes of the Sahara,” which followed them to Morocco to explore the roots of Tichiti’s music. The new album, likely of the same name as the film, will focus on songs they developed during the trip.

The band currently traveling in the U.S. is slightly altered in lineup due to pandemic-related travel and visa issues, Tichiti says. He’s joined by several Hungarian members who have been with the band for more than 15 years, including saxophonist and flutist Izsak Vidakovich, guitarist Balint Kovacs and bassist David Torjak. They are joined by percussionist and singer El Hassani Lahjari, a Moroccan musician based in Madrid, who has worked with the band before.

As the band tours, Tichiti is looking forward to exploring music where Chalaban goes, particularly in cities with cultural links to the African diaspora, especially Salvador in Bahia, Brazil and New Orleans.

Chalaban performs at 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 16, at Zony Mash Beer Project. Visit zonymashbeer. com for tickets.

James Singleton album release

BASSIST JAMES SINGLETON RELEASES “MALABAR,” an album of original

compositions featuring percussionist Mike Dillon, saxophonist Brad Walker, guitarist Jonathan Freilich, Rex Gregory on clarinet, flute and saxophone, and Justin Peake providing drums and electronics. There are two albumrelease shows at Snug Harbor on Sunday, April 17. At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Find tickets at snugjazz.com.

Charli XCX

POP SINGER-SONGWRITER CHARLI XCX RELEASED HER FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM , “Crash,” just last month

to wide acclaim. She is now on an album release tour across the U.S. with a stop in New Orleans on Tuesday, April 12, at the Orpheum Theater. The show is at 8 p.m. and tickets start at $27.50 through orpheumnola.com.

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THE 10-KILOMETER COURSE TAKES PARTICIPANTS from the CBD to

City Park, where there is a postrace party. There also is a free two-day Health and Fitness Expo at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans on Thursday, April 14, and Friday, April 15. The race starts at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 16.

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THE NUMBER OF YEARS THE LATE PERFORMER CHRIS OWENS REIGNED OVER BOURBON STREET.

Jon Batiste and Lucky Daye rep-

resented New Orleans and local music in superb fashion last week at the 64th annual Grammy Awards when the two New Orleans area natives took home major wins. Batiste won five Grammys, including album of the year, and Lucky Daye won best progressive R&B album.

A number of New Orleanians performed on Batiste’s “We are,” including Michael Batiste, PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty, Hot 8 Brass Band and the St. Augustine Marching 100. They also share in the Grammy win.

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An old service station that is till owned by the Make It Right foundation, sits in disrepair in the Lower 9th Ward.

Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation no longer maintaining, paying taxes on remaining properties A SUBSIDIARY OF THE MAKE IT RIGHT FOUNDATION — the troubled

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and State Treasurer John Schroder, both

likely candidates for Louisiana governor in 2023, signed letters to President Joe Biden urging his administration to expand oil and gas production — even as their state grapples with a disappearing coast carved up by the oil industry and natural disasters made increasingly worse by climate change. Schroder signed on to a letter with other states’ financial officers, while Nungesser himself penned a letter also signed by lieutenant governors in Alaska, Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio and Wyoming.

U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, who

represents southwest Louisiana, voted against a non-binding resolution affirming U.S. support of NATO amid Russia’s ongoing invasion — and war crimes — in Ukraine. Higgins was one of 63 representatives, all of them Republicans, to oppose the resolution.

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post-Katrina housing nonprofit founded by actor Brad Pitt — owes the city of New Orleans nearly $15,000 in delinquent property taxes and fines on the 32 properties it owns in the Lower 9th Ward.

And the group may owe thousands more in 2022 taxes.

Another Make It Right-owned property was offered up at a tax sale in 2020 for delinquent taxes dating back to 2017. (The organization has until next year to pay off that debt, or the tax certificate buyer can take over the property’s title.) And a 34th property was recently seized and sold by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office for failure to pay $1,205 in fines for sanitation violations and “rodent harborage.”

All in all, 33 properties are still owned by Make It Right — New Orleans Housing, LLC, a for-profit subsidiary of the nonprofit Make It Right Foundation. They mainly include vacant lots, as well as a vacant and dilapidated gas station, the foundation’s abandoned construction office, a playground (now maintained by neighbors) and one completed Make It Right house that was never sold but is still standing.

Several of the properties have open city code violations.

The vacant lots have become

increasingly overgrown a year after the foundation stopped paying a landscaper to maintain them. The blighted gas station, office and playground continue to deteriorate. And although the one completed home appears in good shape on the exterior, the interior is clearly damaged and exposed to the elements.

Some of the lots are mowed and well maintained. But it appears that’s only because some residents living next door — many of whom live in homes built by Make It Right — have started to mow the properties themselves to keep away rats, mosquitos and snakes.

“It’s total abandonment,” Make It Right homeowner Constance Fowler told The Lens.

The unkempt properties are another on a long list of grievances these residents have against Make It Right and Pitt, whose mission to heal and restore the neighborhood in the wake of Hurricane Katrina has unraveled over the past several years.

In 2007, the foundation began building and selling dozens of low-cost homes, using designs from world-renowned architects such as Frank Gehry and Shigeru Ban that promised to be “green” and “sustainable.” But the homes, in part due to faulty designs and materials, have had major issues

The number of years the late performer Chris Owens reigned over Bourbon Street.

After moving to New Orleans from her native Texas, Owens began a dancing and singing career at age 23 in 1956.

She helped further solidify the French Quarter’s reputation as an entertainment destination while wooing audiences from far and wide, and within a few years she opened her legendary, eponymous club.

Since 1983, she also prevailed as the perennial queen of the annual French Quarter Easter parade. Owens died on April 5 of a heart attack short of her 90th birthday. The Easter parade on April 17 will honor her memory.

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with leaks, mold, structural damage and gas leaks.

In 2018, a group of Make It Right homebuyers sued the foundation.

The foundation subsequently sued its local architect and former executive director. As the legal battles escalated, the foundation has become impossible to reach, residents say, and has seemingly given up on trying to resolve the ongoing issues in the neighborhood.

“I have zero faith in Make It Right,” resident Tineka West said. “We’re on our own.”

West, who owns a Make It Right home on Deslonde Street, lives next to one of the vacant foundation-owned lots. She now shares responsibility for mowing it along with her neighbor, who also lives in a Make It Right home.

West told The Lens that she’s tried to purchase the property from Make It Right to use as a community space, but that “they wouldn’t come to the table.” Now she watches with frustration at some of the other properties being auctioned off due to unpaid taxes or code violations.

“We want accessibility to these lots as first dibs, and not just allow some investors to come in and

sweep it away,” she said. “We want to bring back our own neighborhood. I mean, clearly we’ve already been taking care of it.”

A spokeswoman for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said that the city has not been in contact with Make It Right regarding the vacant and blighted properties. When The Lens asked whether the city was planning more property seizures or tax sales for those properties, the spokeswoman said that properties are dealt with individually.

“Each property is administered separately as required by law,” spokeswoman Melissa Newell said. “Code Enforcement is not against the owner/ entity, it is against the property.”

But, she said, “any property delinquent in taxes is subject to tax sale.”

The Lens was unable to contact the Make It Right foundation directly. The Lens contacted one of the law firms representing the foundation in the class-action lawsuit, informing them there was an upcoming story related to the foundation. A representative for the firm said “no comment” before a reporter could ask any questions.

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— who lived part-time in the French Quarter with then-wife Angelina Jolie — vowed to build 150 affordable homes in the Lower 9th Ward, which was devastated by flooding due to breaches of the federal levee system during Katrina.

The foundation actually built 109 homes, using a diverse set of designs by prominent international architects. The majority appear to have been sold for around $150,000 — roughly the same amount it cost to build them.

In 2009, The New York Times called the development “Brad Pitt’s Gifts to New Orleans.” West said that residents, especially those like her who had lived in the neighborhood before the storm, were brought to events around the city to highlight the foundation’s impact.

“It was always some sort of pitch, some sort of gimmick,” West said.

“At all of these events, they would show us off and say, ‘We’re helping.’”

But that rosy picture began to degrade as widespread issues emerged in the homes, including flooding, mold, rotting wood, gas leaks and termites. Some of the problems were due to designs that were atypical for New Orleans and,

some argued, incapable of surviving in the region’s climate. Famously, several of the homes were built with flat roofs, which quickly deteriorated in heavy rain.

Some of the homes had to be completely demolished and were never rebuilt. Several others had to undergo extensive renovations and rebuilds to fix the problems.

Last month, a researcher at the University of Illinois, Judith Keller, released findings about the current state of the 109 Make It Right homes. She found that two had been completely demolished, that six were boarded up and abandoned and that the vast majority of the others have either “had partial repairs or have been completely renovated because of structural problems.” She found that only six of the original 109 homes “remain in reasonably good shape.”

“As you can see, everything’s rotting away,” West said. “I want to come home and not worry about whether the AC is gonna work, if my doors are gonna be full of mildew, if I’m going to smell bad sheetrock, if the plumbing is gonna back up into my tub and sink.” — MICHAEL ISAAC STEIN / THE LENS

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Bill to limit release of mugshots would protect everyone’s rights WE IN THE MEDIA, ALONG WITH OTHER FIRST AMENDMENT ADVOCATES,

remain ever skeptical of legislation that diminishes government transparency or press freedoms. At the same time, we recognize that the First Amendment is not absolute. For example, the rights of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition sometimes conflict with other fundamental rights. Balancing those sometimes-conflicting rights is never easy. A bill making its way through the current session of the Louisiana Legislature highlights that difficulty.

House Bill 729 by Rep. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, would exempt mugshots from the Louisiana Public Records Law in almost all instances. Mugshots have long been a staple of media reports about major crimes, so Duplessis’ bill would create a significant public records exception. The media and other government watchdogs have fought for decades against efforts to weaken the Public Record Law by creating piecemeal exceptions.

On the other hand, Duplessis makes a convincing argument that widespread dissemination of mugshots undermines arrested individuals’ constitutional right to the presumption of innocence by prejudicing public opinion against them. This is not a new claim, but the pervasive reach of the internet and social media has made the argument against releasing mugshots more convincing than ever.

“Many communities have seen the rise of publications and websites that publish mugshots exclusively and charge a premium to have them removed,” Duplessis says. “A large percentage of people who are arrested are not convicted, but 100% of the people who are arrested have mugshots taken.”

“There are many examples of people getting falsely arrested and then having tremendous difficulty getting jobs,” Duplessis adds. “What is the social utility of a mugshot? What is the goal?

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We agree. Interestingly, so does the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, which supports the measure and played a significant role in convincing the House of Representatives to approve HB 729 last week by a supermajority vote of 76-21. That vote came after House members adopted several amendments that Duplessis says make the bill “better and stronger.”

The amendments strengthen provisions in the bill that would allow a mugshot to be released immediately if a suspect is a fugitive, or if a suspect poses an imminent threat to others and releasing the mugshot quickly would help reduce or eliminate the threat, or if a judge finds that releasing the mugshot furthers a legitimate public interest.

Those exceptions protect victims, potential victims and the general public without substantially diminishing the scope and impact of HB 729. We commend Duplessis for agreeing to them.

We remain steadfast in our support of press freedoms, but we believe HB 729 serves an overriding public interest without weakening either the First Amendment or the Public Records Law. HB 729 now goes to the state Senate. We urge senators to approve the measure as amended by the House and send it to Gov. John Bel Edwards for his signature.

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Here’s a look at each of the parish-wide propositions.

The New Orleans proposal would levy a 5-mill, 20-year property tax dedicated to expanded early childhood education programs that the city currently funds via general revenue sources. Proponents have rallied behind the slogan, “YES for NOLA Kids” (yesfornolakids.com).

If approved by voters, the 5-mill property tax would generate about $21 million a year to pay for more than 1,000 underprivileged kids ages 0-3 to enroll in early childhood education programs.

That money could draw down another $21 million in state matching funds, say proponents. More than 70% of the money would go directly to programs for infants and toddlers. The rest would pay for health screenings, social workers, start-up costs and administrative costs. The nonprofit Agenda for Children will administer the program with the Orleans Parish School Board.

Under a five-year cooperative endeavor agreement approved by the City Council and backed by Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Agenda’s share of the funds would be capped at $1 million per year. The school board would get $1,500 per child to manage enrollment. The agreement also calls for quarterly public reports on the program’s finances and operations. This is the only item on the April 30 ballot in New Orleans.

In Jefferson, the parish school board wants voters parish-wide to renew an existing half-penny (or .5%) sales tax for 10 years. The tax currently generates about $58 million a year for public schools throughout Jefferson.

The board’s campaign has been low-key, which is common when public bodies seek to renew existing taxes. The board’s website

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The New Orleans proposal would levy a 5-mill, 20-year property tax dedicated to expanded early childhood education programs. In Jefferson, the school board wants to renew an existing half-penny (or .5%) sales tax for 10 years. (jpschools.org/voteapril30) notes that the revenue would pay for counselors and social workers, teacher and staff salaries and benefits, improved technology, and facilities maintenance.

Sheriff Joe Lopinto is asking voters to levy a new, 7-mill property tax for 10 years to fund deputies’ and correctional officers’ salaries, update equipment, maintain his department’s crime lab (which includes DNA analysis), and cover the nearly $2 million annual costs of body cameras. The Jefferson Business Council supports the millage, and so far Lopinto has encountered no organized opposition.

“We haven’t asked for a tax increase since 1992, when voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax,” Lopinto says. “Law enforcement has changed dramatically since then, and we need to keep up — particularly with regard to salaries. Our deputies are seriously underpaid, and we need to correct that imbalance.”

Elsewhere in Jefferson, voters on the East Bank will consider renewal of a 3-mill, 10-year property tax for street lighting; some West Bank voters will decide whether to renew a 25-mill, 10-year property tax for fire protection; and Kenner voters in Council District 1 will decide a runoff between Dee Dunn and David Weathersby.

Early voting in both parishes begins this Saturday, April 16, and continues through Saturday, April 23.

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By the end of the Civil War, Folger had taken over the company and renamed it J.A. Folger & Co. After more than 100 years in business, the company grew to one of the largest in the country. In the 1950s, it built a roasting facility in New Orleans, where shipping routes from Central America brought thousands of tons of raw coffee beans to the port each year.

The local Folgers coffee roasting facility opened in 1960 on a 20-acre site on Old Gentilly Road in New Orleans East. “It employs the latest equipment for roasting and packaging of coffee in one and two-pound cans,” reported The States-Item in Feb. 1961. “Green coffee is trucked to the new Folger

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In 1963, Folgers was acquired by Procter & Gamble. The J.M. Smucker Company then acquired Folgers in 2008. Over time, Folgers consolidated its plants in San Francisco, Kansas City and other cities, moving workers to New Orleans and expanding its local facilities. The Old Gentilly plant is considered the largest of its kind in the world.

In 1998, Folgers purchased a second plant on Chef Menteur Highway, which was formerly a Nestle facility.

Today, the two Folgers sites employ more than 700 people and produce over 300 products for the company’s brands, which include Folgers, Dunkin’, Café Bustelo and Café Pilon.

BL AKEVIE W LIKE SO MANY OCCASIONS IN NEW ORLEANS, Easter Sunday is celebrated with a parade — three of them, to be exact.

The oldest Easter parade in the city is the one founded by Germaine Wells in 1956. Wells was the flamboyant proprietor of Arnaud’s Restaurant and daughter of its founder, Leon Bertrand Arnaud Cazenave. She was inspired to create an Easter parade similar to the one on Fifth Avenue in New York. After Wells died in 1983, the parade became known as the Friends of Germaine Wells French Quarter Easter Parade.

Now called the Historic French Quarter Easter Parade, this year’s procession — with ladies in their finest Easter bonnets riding in horse-drawn carriages and convertibles — begins on Easter Sunday at 9:45 a.m. at Antoine’s Restaurant. The participants parade through the streets of the Quarter, stopping at St. Louis Cathedral for Mass at 11 a.m. then returning to Antoine’s for lunch.

Bourbon Street legend Chris Owens, who died April 5, will be remembered this Easter Sunday with tributes in the Easter parade which she led every year since 1985. It begins at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel with a hat contest, silent auction and entertainment. The 1 p.m. parade rolls through the Quarter, before participants return to the hotel for brunch.

At 4:30 p.m. on Easter Sunday, the Gay Easter Parade also rolls through the French Quarter. It was founded in 2000 and features creative costumes, walking groups and participants in carriages and convertibles. The parade also supports local charities, including Food for Friends.

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Eight months after Hurricane Ida, the fight to reopen continues.

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The bar features eclectic vintage decor, much of which was donated by bar regulars.

THINGS WERE FINALLY STARTING TO LOOK UP for Renee Thomassie and the other regulars of Houma’s Intracoastal Club back in the summer of 2021. Closed for much of the previous year thanks to COVID-19, pandemic restrictions had finally been loosened, and the east side club — one of the only queer-friendly music spaces in Terrebonne Parish — was back up and running.

Thomassie’s punk band Psychic Bastard played its debut show at the venue on July 17, and the 26-yearold was riding the high of performing for her friends and a supportive crowd in one of the only spaces where she could feel truly comfortable being herself.

“The night was electrifying. The energy through the air was just amazing. There was nothing like it,” Thomassie says. “It was like, finally things were back to normal.”

But that high wouldn’t last. Within a few weeks of Psychic Bastard’s debut, the region was blindsided by a debilitating one-two punch: first, the highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19, and then Hurricane Ida, which devastated Houma and the surrounding area on August 29.

The Category 4 storm ripped off part of the club’s roof and destroyed its extensive booze inventory, art supplies, sound equipment and furniture, along with much of the eclectic, vintage decor and collectible items that had been lovingly placed on its walls over the past half-decade.

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Part of the roof caved in during Hurricane Ida, leaving much of the interior water-logged.

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Jace Kendal, who regularly hosts and performs in a “Rocky Horror Picture Show” shadow cast, has relocated and brought their talents to New Orleans while waiting for the Intracoastal Club to reopen.

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“We were like, ‘Thank God we had the show when we did,’” Thomassie says from her home in Larose, 45 minutes east of Houma. “It just felt like everyone was displaced after that.”

Since its opening in 2016, the Intracoastal Club had become a popular gathering spot for the region’s “misfit toys,” as New Orleans musician Quintron fondly puts it: a collection of musicians, drag queens, theater nerds, eccentrics and members of south Louisiana’s LGBTQ community.

For queer people in particular, the Intracoastal Club was a rare light in this largely conservative area after dark, where there’s little nightlife. And it drew them in, not just from Houma but from across the surrounding low-lying region. Patrons and performers would drive long distances from their homes in tiny unincorporated townships or neighboring parishes to be a part of it.

“We got a very diverse crowd — a very open-minded, tolerant

crowd,” co-owner Tony Bergeron says. “It is a badass place.”

Now, this tight-knit community is still reeling from the Intracoastal’s closure and grappling with uncertainty of when it might finally reopen.

“When natural disasters hit Louisiana, one of the often-unspoken tragedies is the long-term impact on financial and personal support and resources to our most vulnerable,” says SarahJane Guidry, executive director of the advocacy group Forum for Equality. “Community spaces in rural regions provide the connection people need to find welcoming faiths, health care, friendship, and much, much more.

The queer community was built in these spaces.”

WHILE SOUTH LOUISIANA MAY BE KNOWN FOR ITS PARTICULAR BRAND OF SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY, that sentiment doesn’t always apply to members of the queer community, particularly in

some of the more conservative enclaves of the region where old biases still run deep.

“We still live in an area that is the ‘Old School South’ to a fault,” says CJ Bergeron, co-founder of Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Development (STAND) Louisiana. “Many of the LGBTQ+ identifying individuals in this area are concerned first and foremost for their privacy and safety ... I have personal friends who have been victims of violent assaults simply because they don’t conform with what the local culture deems as ‘normal.’”

As one of the only queer-friendly clubs in the region, the Intracoastal Club has served as a place of proud resistance. It was even recognized by the national advocacy group Human Rights Campaign as a designated “safe space” — an unlikely badge of honor for a club in America’s largely conservative swampland.

The club is family-owned by Tony Bergeron, his wife Whitney Loupe Bergeron, and Tony’s parents, Barry and Tenna Bergeron (no known relation to CJ of STAND). They have always strived to keep a warm, familial and inclusive atmosphere.

“When we realized we were losing our own citizens because they didn’t have a space to express themselves, we wanted to build a space,” Whitney says. “We love this town, and we want people to stay here and grow. We know what people are going through. We want people to be themselves and

express themselves — that’s what we always wanted.”

“We have a transgender audience. We are open-minded to all types of things,” Tony says.

“We got recognized and put on websites, so we’d get artists who wanted to play at safe spaces only.

That’s what we are all about — no fighting, no bullying.”

The Bergerons’ hospitality and creativity has had a tremendous effect on the region’s creatives who may have otherwise scattered to bigger cities and artistic hubs like New Orleans, Austin or Los Angeles.

“It was amazing that [the Intracoastal Club] happened in Houma,” says Quintron. “If you want to make the world a better place, you make your hometown a better place.”

In fact, even those artists and musicians who have left the area keep coming back or at least hope to in the near future. The club has also become a draw for indie acts touring from across the U.S., including Daikaiju, Dylan Earl, and Scott Yoder.

But at its core, the Intracoastal has always been about supporting the local community.

WHEN THOMASSIE FIRST VISITED THE INTRACOASTAL CLUB, she was a bored young adult looking for something fun to do. Her tiny hometown of Larose didn’t have much in the way of options for her. So one evening, Thomassie decided to make the 45-minute trek to Houma and

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“I had just turned 21, and I felt like I was at home, instantly,” says Thomassie, who is a member of the queer community. “I had been avoiding going to bars. I didn’t go out that much before.”

It wasn’t long before she decided she wanted to do more than just attend shows.

“I started hanging out as a bar patron, just enjoying the music and arts. There’s this band that played a lot called Smoke,” she says, referring to the Houma-based outfit that describes its sound as “doom/stoner/ sludge” music. “I fell in love with the bass guitar. I was like, ‘I want to learn how to do this,’ so I started playing.”

According to Tony Bergeron, who also plays in the band Crush Diamond when he’s not running the club, Thomassie’s origin story isn’t uncommon. In fact, it’s what the Bergerons were always hoping for — a venue “for the artists, by the artists,” as Whitney puts it.

“People that were very shy and reserved are now full-blown performers,” Tony says. “I think it’s because they feel comfortable.

Nobody’s laughing at them — we’re all laughing with each other.

It builds confidence.”

Similarly, Halloween of 2018 was a turning point in Jace Kendal’s life, they say. Also, 21 years old at the time, Kendal had recently moved back home to Houma after living in nearby Thibodaux when they discovered the club.

After hitting some of the city’s more traditional bars, Kendal decided to check out the Intracoastal. They’d seen a promotion for a cash prize costume contest and, having always had a flair for the dramatic and love of costuming, Kendal figured going could be fun. Plus, they were short on cash so the money could come in handy even if it wasn’t their scene.

Dressed as Harley Quinn, “I was up against a psychedelic TV Head and a Freddie Mercury costume, and I won,” Kendal says. “The TV Head, Shannon (who is the sister of Whitney Loupe Bergeron), happened to be my favorite teacher from middle school.”

Kendal laughs at the coincidence, though it’s perhaps expected in a city the size of Houma. “She said, ‘Jace, I always knew you were one of us,’” Kendal says.

Other costume-clad regulars at the bar quickly embraced Kendal.

“One of the first things people asked me was, what are my pronouns,” they say. “We instantly got into gender expression and sexuality. I was like, ‘I’m staying here.’ I’d never really had that kind of conversation in the city before.”

It wasn’t long before the Intracoastal Club became home for Kendal. They spent hours inside the club designing costumes, creating art and hanging out with friends — on some nights simply binge-watching Netflix shows or movies.

“We got a couch at one point,” Kendal says. “Then we got a big old movie projector. The [Bergerons] tried to make sure there was always a reason for people to go there — besides just to drink.”

Within a year, Kendal was not only a regular at the club, but had also found a calling as an event organizer, producer and performer.

WHEN HURRICANE IDA RIPPED THROUGH south Louisiana last year, Houma and the rest of Terrebonne Parish were devastated. Like other residents, the Intercoastal’s com-

munity was scattered across the region — and the country — in the days before and after the storm.

Any hope of a return to “normal” the community may have had were quickly dashed when the scale of the damage to the club became clear.

Part of the roof and ceiling caved in, while storm water drenched the interior. The Bergerons had to scramble quickly to remove damaged tiles before they could fester from mold. The humidity had wrecked the sound equipment so badly that in the coming days it sprouted mushrooms. Additionally, much of the eclectic art, costume pieces and communal crafting supplies — a lot of which had been collected and donated by bar regulars — was water-logged beyond repair.

After Ida, Kendal moved to New Orleans to find work at the AllWays Lounge & Cabaret on St. Claude Avenue. But Houma is never far from their mind, and Kendal returns often to visit friends and family — and entice them to visit New Orleans for shows while the region rebuilds.

Tony Bergeron says many of the club’s mainstays, especially the drag performers, have been forced to leave Houma in search of gigs.

For now, the satellite members of the Intracoastal community are staying in touch through social media, and the Bergerons have been keeping those who have stayed connected by hosting cookouts in their yard for the bar regulars.

“There’s a real lack of live entertainment now,” Tony Bergeron says. “To tell the truth, I had no idea the shit would take this long ... I saw what happened in Lake Charles [with Hurricane Laura in 2020], but I guess when you’re in it, you get a clearer picture.”

While they are scattered around the region stitching together odd jobs, some say the storm’s aftermath actually helped fortify the bonds within the community — even if members are physically apart.

“Our community, thankfully, has only become stronger since the pandemic and the storm,” says CJ Bergeron of STAND. “Honestly, it has brought us closer together. Granted, it has been a very large inconvenience for some and absolutely devastating for others, but I like to believe as

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The Intracoastal Club remains shuttered, but there are signs of hope. Just as the rooftop tarps keeping the rain out started ripping away in early April, the Bergerons finally found a roof repair company they could afford to hire, after months of dealing with price-gouging opportunists who had flocked to the area.

For now, they are sleeping in a camper in the lot next to the club, in order to keep an eye on the newly arrived plywood delivery.

They couldn’t find a storage container and don’t want it to get stolen. Their house received some damage from the storm, albeit not as bad as other spots,

and Tony’s parents moved in after theirs was destroyed.

The Intracoastal lot, they hope, will soon be full of both local residents and out-of-towners from neighboring parishes there to help reopen the club.

In some ways, the Bergerons say this will be a fresh start.

They’ll redo the wiring, expand the ceiling height to help with sound quality and modernize the space, and redecorate.

“We’re really anxious to reopen, and bands have been hitting us up like crazy,” Tony says. “I just talked to Dylan [Guidroz] who does our drag shows — they have been working their ass off. Dylan was like, ‘I’m so ready to get in there and start rebuilding.’”

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First and foremost, rest assured that you are not alone. While as a feline We are largely immune from the terror and psychological stress associated with fireworks, many pets aren’t. Every year, health officials receive tens of thousands of reported cases of nervous breakdowns associated with fireworks displays, as well as fireworks-associated injuries, including at least 7,323 incidents of dogs slamming their heads into walls during panicked “fightor-flight” efforts to escape.

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leged they see significant annual losses of their members due to sonic booms through bowl water (no credible land-based science agency has been able to corroborate those claims. Given the fantastical flights of fancy those finatics are prone to, We suggest caution in accepting their claims).

Most pet governing bodies have long viewed the use of pyrotechnics as a form of psychological warfare and primary cause of PeTSD. Unfortunately, while they were specifically outlawed in the United Pet Nation’s 1977 Pet Rights Treaty, the hairless biped nations have yet to do so.

Fireworks are a part of life with bipeds. They bring humans joy, spark wonder in their younglings and cater to their base “let’s blow shit up!” instincts in a relatively harmless way. Given that, We suggest having your humans ensure there are safe spaces in your home where you can retreat to during fireworks season. Critically, there should be several: We suggest one per room to maximize a quick escape. Under beds, in bathtubs for larger canines, and other spaces are easily arranged. Additionally, there is some research that suggests that a MANTEL OF THE SKY GODDESSES (commonly referred to by bipeds as “thunder shirts”) can have a calming effect on canines. Since this has the added benefit of playing to your ridiculous and embarrassing dog nature, We wholeheartedly support wearing them.

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And now, We would like to address an issue of longstanding import to the bipeds and pets of New Orleans: bar etiquette.

Humans in New Orleans love bars. They will sit in them for hours on end. After a few hours inside, even the most uncoordinated biped will fancy themselves a dancer, spending whole nights flailing about like two canines covered in peanut butter.

In many ways, these bars are their places of worship (though what sort of god would waste time on such hairless, two-legged monstrosities is beyond Us). It is therefore predictable they would bring their pets to such a critical human gathering space in an effort to demonstrate their importance and closeness to true divinity.

The first, and most obvious rule, to going to a bar is establishing dominance. This is where most dogs, due to their groveling nature and preoccupation with receiving human praise, typically fail. Many bars in New Orleans maintain a stock of treats for dogs (though there’s nothing for their cat, miniature horse, avian and snake patrons, which is frankly quite insulting). And while We understand they are delicious, We nevertheless urge our canine friends to exhibit some amount of restraint for once.

“Whenever I come into a new bar, I like to hop up onto the main altar (uncreatively referred to as “the bar” by humans),” says John Mayer, a Bywater local and Director of Bipedal Studies at Purrlane University.

“First I’ll slowly walk its length, occasionally stopping to sniff at random objects the High Priest or Priestess has placed before the gathered supplicants,” Mayer says.

Mayer, who takes his human Jennifer Callan to several local bars including J&J’s and BJ’s, stresses these early moments are key to a successful bar outing. And while larger dogs and miniature horse readers may be concerned with the logistics of mounting the altar, We assure you the humans will find it “charming” and “hilarious” and pay for any damages to their holy relics your laughable tails cause.

“It’s critical to maintain your dignified air of superiority and aloofness at this stage,” Mayer

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Human behavior expert John Mayer says, noting that while for the Noblest Species this is just part of our nature, the rest of Petdom should just “act like a cat.”

Once you’ve successfully established yourself as Supreme, you pretty much have the run of the place, at which point you can then demand treats, scratches and other worship from the bipeds However, one word of warning: Never, ever under any circumstances accept a “drink” from a human that is not yours. “Buying a drink” is a longstanding part of human mating rituals. Imbibing alcohol allows two or more rutting bipeds to suspend the (understandable) self-loathing for their grotesque hairless forms long enough to woo one another.

We realize this sounds odd, since for pets it’s a simple question of “Shall we shag?” and once everyone answers in the affirmative, it’s off the races. But humans are a strange, self-conscious lot.

In any event, these “drinks” are not suited for the digestive systems of pets, and any human attempting to give you one should not only not be trusted, but be left with enough claw marks as to never try it again.

As the wise ape philosopher The Lawgiver once said, “Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil’s pawn.”

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B Y K AY L E E P O C H E Neb, a 24-year-old cat looking for a home, recently captured the hearts of hundreds with his soulful baby blues after Big Sky Ranch/CATNIP Foundation, an animal rescue nonprofit in Folsom, Louisiana, posted his picture and story on their Facebook page.

“He was surrendered when his owner passed away,” the post reads. “He lived his whole life with the same family, and now he is in his twilight years living in a strange place as one of many. We hope we can find a place for Neb where he can receive the same kind of attention he has enjoyed his whole life.”

Neb is one of many pets in the area who have outlived their owners or their owners’ capacity to take care of them and are looking for new homes, says Catherine Wilbert, co-founder of Big Sky Ranch.

“It’s actually tons of adults being surrendered from people passing away and abandoning animals and not being able to take care of them,” Wilbert says. “It’s a crazy time.

I’ve been doing this a long time … and it’s definitely the worst we’ve seen.”

Gary Cecchine and his family are long-time fosters for Animal Rescue New Orleans, and in more recent years, they’ve focused on fostering senior dogs. Cecchine estimates they’ve fostered a total of 165 dogs through various organizations over the years.

“The seniors, they come to you with — for lack of a better phrase — some seasoning, so they’ve been around the block,” Cecchine says. “They’re typically house trained. They’re pretty mellow .... The cool thing about the seniors is they’re just so happy to be here.”

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Because their house is raised, the Cecchines stick to fostering dogs under 60 pounds.

Once you do adopt or foster, you should expect it to take a few days for older pets to adjust and become familiar with their settings, especially if they have hearing or vision impairments.

“We have a thing my wife and I call the three-day rule,” Cecchine says. “Usually by day three, they’re set. It takes about three days for them to get set in their ways … and to understand the rules of the house.”

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“You have to kind of have that doggy divining rod about when is this dog in pain and when is this dog happy,” Cecchine says.

For blind dogs, the Cecchines will put them on a slip lead leash and walk them through the house and the yard so they can learn where the walls are. Sometimes, they’ll put a soft head harness on the dog to protect them from hurting themselves if they run into something.

They teach their deaf dogs a simple sign language: One finger in the air means sit and two fingers means come.

Cecchine says the five dogs they own already know the commands, so it’s easy for the new dogs to pick up on them.

“You’d be amazed at how quickly you know the senior deaf dog just kind of looks around, and goes, ‘Oh, OK, he held up one finger, I’m going

to sit down now,’” he says.

The Cecchines have around 10 dogs in their house at any given time, dubbing it “The Cecchine Hotel for Dogs.” His wife Danielle posts photos of the pups on their Facebook page and Petfinder to help them get adopted.

Cecchine says what’s surprised them the most about fostering older dogs is that there’s a community of people who want to adopt them, though breeds like dachshunds and cocker spaniels tend to get adopted more quickly than mutts. A few months ago, a lady even flew down from Manhattan to adopt a 14-year-old cocker spaniel they were fostering.

“My message to people is: Don’t be afraid of the older dogs,” Cecchine says. “They can be the absolute best companions and … they are the most grateful pets that we’ve ever had. They look at you like, ‘I’m just so happy to be here. I’m just so happy to be in a place that’s safe.’

You can’t replace that. You just can’t.”

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In tune in the neighborhood Breakaway’s is a new neighborhood spot in Marigny LET THERE BE NO DOUBT, Breakaway’s R&B in the Marigny is air conditioned.

“Whatever we called our new place, we were going to add the words ‘with air conditioning’ to the name,” says chef Paul Artigues, who opened Breakaway’s R&B with his wife and partner Olivia in January.

That’s because unlike his former restaurant — Green Goddess, which occupied a small space on Exchange Alley — the new place is indeed climate controlled.

“Green Goddess was completely weather dependent,” he says. “If it was over 85, raining or under 60 degrees, we weren’t doing any business.”

The Artigues opened Breakaway’s R&B in the corner bar and backroom kitchen space formerly home to Lost Love Lounge. The name is a nod to Irma Thomas’ 1964 song “Break-A-Way,” a song Artigues has covered in his other creative outlet as a drummer with longtime friend Lee LeRoy Williams, better known as Guitar Lightnin’ Lee. Artigues left a phone message for the Soul Queen of New Orleans to let her know his intent. “She called me back,” he says. “I still can’t believe I heard ‘Hello, this is Irma,’ when I answered the phone. She gave us her blessing.”

The restaurant’s R&B moniker actually stands for restaurant and bar. The restaurant has a long bar, a few tables and a jukebox in the front room, and there’s a back dining room leading to the kitchen. Artigues prepares a menu of home-style and new dishes with a few nods to Green Goddess, such as a Bibb lettuce wedge salad with avocado, pickled beets, hearts of palm, seasoned pecans and blue cheese.

“I didn’t want to just move Green Goddess here, although in some ways that would have been easier, since we had so many long-time customers,” he says.

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to vegetarian options and a haute cuisine approach. It was hurt by lack of traffic in the French Quarter during the pandemic, and Hurricane Ida pushed Artigues over the edge.

Like its predecessor, Breakaway’s accommodates a late-night crowd, staying open until midnight on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays, and until 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The bar’s signature is a small menu of snowball cocktails, including the Green Goblin made with absinthe, orange liqueur and lime over shaved ice. The Cafe Brulot snowball combines whiskey, chicory liqueur and cold brew.

The menu is built around some of the hearty dishes Artigues remembers from his childhood, using family recipes for braised beef daube and red beans and rice with bacon and ham hock.

A half pound of house-smoked ham and turkey fill a sandwich dressed with coleslaw, Creole mustard and mayo on sour dough, served with house-cut fries seasoned with garlic and herbs. Bar snacks include crawfish fritters and flash-fried vegetarian mushroom fritters served with remoulade.

Artigues runs a scratch kitchen, making shrimp gumbo with a stock made from shells and heads and a Lenten green gumbo that’s available year-round. A shrimp po-boy comes stuffed with a choice of fried or sauteed barbecue shrimp. For a vegetarian sandwich, there’s a combination of sliced avocado, Muenster cheese and sprouts dressed with Blue Plate mayo and Zatarain’s Creole mustard on multigrain bread, and substitutions of vegan cheese and aioli make for a plant-based version. Red beans and rice also is

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Paul Artigues and Olivia Rochon Artigues serve local dishes at their Marigny restaurant. available in a vegan version with tofu instead of chaurice sausage.

Coconut bananas Foster features coconut (dairy-free) sorbet with rum, sugar, bruleed bananas, toasted pecans and salted caramel.

Opening a new restaurant in an established neighborhood space is an undertaking, but Paul and Olivia are hopeful that the locals will get to know them and appreciate what they bring to the table.

For music lovers who appreciate pre-digital jukeboxes, Breakaway’s is dynamite. Artigues curated it with help from Lefty Parker of Euclid Records in the Bywater. “I was always a big fan of Circle Bar,” the chef says. “Lefty took pictures of their jukebox when they shut down. He picked a bunch of CDs for me, so it’s a great mix.”

The mix includes Curtis Mayfield, Dead Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis and Louis Prima. Music is important to both partners. Olivia Rochon grew up on Chestnut Street around the corner from members of the Neville family, who were fast friends.

“Food and music just go together in this town,” she says.

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matically seem like a natural fit in New Orleans, at least not during the seasons outside gumbo weather.

But third-generation Ukrainian chef Matt Ribachonek nonetheless built a following through the years for this food, making converts at his restaurant, the Green Room, at 1300 St. Bernard Ave. It serves borscht the color of claret imbued with hunks of beef; pierogi laced with caramelized onion; dense, brick-red sausage; and golubtsy, the plump cabbage rolls stuffed with beef and pork, rice and carrots. He even keeps a supply of frozen pints of krupnyk, a barley and mushroom soup, ready for people to heat and serve at home.

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This week, he’ll tap this heritage for a fundraiser to assist humanitarian relief in Ukraine, one of a growing number of such efforts coming through the New Orleans hospitality world.

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through Ribachonek’s family from the old country.

Ribachonek didn’t start his Slavic soul food restaurant because it was trendy. He did it because this is the food that moves him, the food of his family. He credits his grandmother, Julia Ribachonek, and his great-aunt, Stella Gleva, with keeping the traditions of the old country strong.

“They would always have kielbasa and pierogi,” Ribachonek says. “They’d fight and argue with each other in Ukrainian even when they were cooking together.”

On Tuesday, April 12, the Green Room hosts a benefit for Ukrainian relief, with a goal to help fund an ambulance for refugees. The Original Nite Cap, a new bar taking shape above the restaurant, also is hosting.

Admission is by donation ($20$50 suggested). There will be a buffet of traditional foods and live music from the local Balkan band Blato Zlato. The event is from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Other such efforts have been percolating through the New Orleans food world. Gracious Bakery + Cafe (4930 Prytania St., 2854 St. Charles Ave. and 1000 Norman Francis Pkwy.) is taking part in a national campaign called Bake for Ukraine. It’s making pans of pull-apart sweet rolls with all proceeds going to World Central Kitchen, the international group now cooking for Ukrainian refuges in Europe (order ahead online at graciousbakery.com).

World Central Kitchen is known for its quick deployment of feeding campaigns in communities in crisis, and it provided food in New Orleans and southeast Louisiana after Hurricane Ida. Another effort to support World Central Kitchen’s work in Ukraine comes from chefs Nina Compton of Compere Lapin and Bywater American Bistro, Isaac Toups of Toups’ Meatery and Mason Hereford of Turkey and the Wolf and Molly’s Rise and Shine. They are auctioning a private, in-home dinner they’ll prepare for up to 10 people, with starting bids at $10,000. See details at go.rallyup. com/ccd06f. — IAN McNULTY / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE

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HOGS FOR THE CAUSE ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS in barbecue and other

categories for its April 1-2 festival at the UNO Lakefront Arena.

Hog Addiction won the Grand Champion title, and also won the categories for best whole hog and pork butt/shoulder.

Hogs raised more than $2.6 million, organizers said in a press release. Fleur de Que, the top fundraising team, raised $450,000. Blue Oak raised $250,000, Boars Nest raised $185,000 and Rugaroux Que brought in $160,000. March of Pigs and Hogwatch also raised more than $100,000 each. Thirtyone other teams also raised more than $20,000 each.

Hogs for the Cause raises money to support families with a child affected by pediatric brain cancer.

It also makes grants to hospitals and charities. In February, it donated $500,000 of a $2.25 million pledge to build a residence for families with a child being treated at Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge.

There were winners in an array of barbecue and other categories. Emmylou’s won best ribs.

Hoggystyle won the Porkpourri category for the most creative dish. Swine Spectators had the top sauce. House of Hogs had the top side dish.

Friday night winners included Crazy Jeff’s BBQ Bungalow for best bacon dish and River Pork Pilots for best chicken wings.

Other winners were House of Hogs for Best Booth and The Boars Nest for best Friday Night Party. Mr. Pigglesworth was the Fan Favorite. PigLIT had the best social media. — WILL COVIELLO

Chickens coming home to fest

THE NATIONAL FRIED CHICKEN FESTIVAL CONFIRMED ITS PLANS to

return in October with creative dishes from a wide range of vendors, live music and a new home on the New Orleans lakefront.

The event is scheduled for Oct. 1-2 on a stretch of park-like grounds

by Lake Pontchartrain, along Lakeshore Drive between Franklin Avenue and the Seabrook Bridge.

The National Fried Chicken Festival is sponsored by chicken giant Raising Cane’s, though the focus of the festival is on smaller restaurants, food trucks, caterers and other pros with a passion for fried chicken. The event has become a showcase for different styles around the common theme of fried chicken.

The event was previously held along the riverfront at Woldenberg Park. After calling off the 2020 edition, organizers planned to move the festival to the lakefront in 2021, but this too was canceled amid a pandemic surge. — IAN McNULTY / THE TIMES PICAYUNE

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by Will Coviello JAMES SIMON GREW UP IN NEW IBERIA PARISH, where his father was a

sugar cane farmer. He spent his life around seafood, including working for a while at Seattle’s famous Pike Place Market, and going on fishing trips in Alaska. In New Orleans, he’s worked in music venues and in the film industry.

Just before the pandemic began, he started his boiled crawfish pop-up Mais La Seafood, and it’s grown steadily. Mais La Seafood can be found at Miel Brewery & Taproom on Saturdays (first batch available by 1 p.m.) through the crawfish season, at Zony Mash Beer Project on Sundays (first batch at 1 p.m.) and on some Fridays on St. Claude Avenue at Press Street. Visit facebook.com/ maislacrawfish for information.

How did you start your pop-up?

JAMES SIMON: This is my third season. The first pop-up I did was March 13, 2020, the week before the shutdowns. It was in motion to start. I was going to boil in March during Lent. When everything shut down, I was trying to do it one day a week, but it quickly took off.

I think I did maybe two sacks, about 60 or 70 pounds. I boiled them at my house, put them in an ice chest and took a pop-up tent and went and set up in Audubon Park, which I came to find out doesn’t go with the Audubon Park bylaws. It was about two or three weeks before we were asked to take our talents elsewhere. From there we went to the Bywater, and the Bywater embraced us.

My cousin has a little spot; he owns Galaxie Tacos. He let us pop up there, but it got to the point where I didn’t want to interfere with his business, so we started boiling on an empty lot across the street. I’d get there and set up three tents: One of them was to serve and sell crawfish out of, one was to boil, and I had a third one to clean crawfish. It since evolved to me having a 17-foot trailer that I fabricated last year. Now we pop up all over the city.

Crawfish is the thing. I do sides like corn, sausage, potatoes and I really like to do sweet potatoes as well. That’s the thing that makes my boil a little unique. I want to incorporate jambalaya and gumbo, but I haven’t done so yet.

What’s the secret to boiling crawfish?

S: With most Cajun cooking, there’s no secret ingredient.

It’s simple things done right. That’s what I have done.

I didn’t really even know (boiling crawfish) was a skill.

I have been around it my whole life.

I use all Louisiana products — I try to support Louisiana.

Most come from St. Bernard Parish and Chalmette. What I am boiling that day is typically caught that morning.

I clean the crawfish until I would drink the water that they sit in. That’s what I tell people when they ask. That’s one of the most important things that you’re not seeing when people boil them at the commercial level.

It’s hard to do. That’s where most of my labor comes in now, washing and prepping. I wash them until the water is clear.

At the end of the process, when they go to soak, I throw in a bag of ice in the boil to shock the cooking process, so they stop cooking and sink and start absorbing all that seasoning. They’re also easier to peel.

I think seasonings are secondary, and a lot of it is personal choice. I don’t make my own seasonings. I think people try to replicate something that they’ve bought in stores and, in my opinion, is usually a superior product.

But if people have washed them and hit them with ice to stop the cooking process, the bugs come out OK. I would be lying if I said I thought I wasn’t good. I can boil.

I consider myself the true Cajun pop-up in New Orleans. I am true to my Cajun roots.

Can boiling crawfish be a full-time occupation or would you open a restaurant?

S: I start in December or January, but I did a boil in September too — with Louisiana

crawfish. I have a couple of suppliers around the state, so I can get Louisiana product yearround. I try to start in December or January and run it until July.

The farms normally shut down around Father’s Day. Everything you get from July until October or November is basin caught.

You’re getting freshwater crawfish coming from the spillway. The boil I put on in September, those were spillway crawfish.

Eventually I’d like to have some sort of commercial space.

I don’t know if it would be a full-sized restaurant. In neighboring parishes and all throughout Louisiana, you have these places that operate as drive-throughs essentially. They make a U-shaped driveway and put a building in the middle, and you order on one side and pick up on the other. It’s in and out. These buildings aren’t fancy. They look like snowball stands. Ideally, I’d like to start something like that, where it’s quick and accessible.

I put out a product that should be easy to find, and it’s a shame that it’s not. I have created a product that I know I would want to eat. I have gotten a pretty good response. In this state, people are hysterical about crawfish.

It’s definitely my focus. I see myself doing this for the foreseeable future.

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CARROLLTON

Mid City Pizza — 6307 S. Miro St., (504) 509-6224; midcitypizza.com — See Mid-City 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. $$ Nice Guys Bar & Grill — 7910 Earhart Blvd., (504) 302-2404; niceguysbarandgrillnola.com — Char-grilled oysters are topped with cheese, and a lobster tail or fried catfish fillet are optional additions. The menu also includes wings, quesadillas, burgers, sandwiches, salads, seafood pasta and more. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. $$$

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. $

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.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$

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.

Delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily. $

$ — average dinner entrée under $10 $$ — $11-$20 $$$ — $20-up

Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 733-3803; theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and toppings to build your own pizza. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. Takeout 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. Basin barbecue shrimp and grits features eight jumbo shrimp over creamy cheese grits and a cheese biscuit. 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 and delivery 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. Delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; gumbostop.com — The Seafood Platter comes with fried catfish, shrimp, oysters and crab balls and is accompanied by fries and choice of side. There are several types of gumbo on the menu. Delivery available.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. $$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come from the Bronx.

Takeout available. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; martinwine. com — See Uptown section for restaurant description. No reservations.

Lunch daily. $$ Nephew’s Ristorante — 4445 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 5339998; nephewsristorante.com — Chef Frank Catalanotto is the namesake “nephew” who ran the kitchen at his late uncle Tony Angello’s restaurant.

The Creole-Italian menu features dishes like veal, eggplant or chicken parmigiana, and Mama’s Eggplant with red gravy and Romano cheese.

Reservations required. Dinner Tue.-Sat. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; theospizza.com — See

Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $ Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 8854572; shortstoppoboysno.com — The menu includes more than 30 po-boys along with other Louisiana staples.

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. $

MID-CITY/TREME

Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $ Frey Smoked Meat Co. — 4141 Bienville St., Suite 110, (504) 488-7427; freysmokedmeat.com — The barbecue restaurant serves pulled pork, St. Louis ribs, brisket, sausages and more.

Pork belly poppers are fried cubes of pork belly tossed in pepper jelly glaze. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-9950; juansflyingburrito.com — See Uptown section for restaurant description. Outdoor dining available. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; katiesinmidcity. com — Favorites include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic and scallions. Takeout, curbside pickup and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; midcitypizza.com — The neighborhood pizza joint serves New York-style pies, plus calzones, sandwiches and salads. Signature shrimp remoulade pizza includes spinach, red onion, garlic, basil and green onion on an garlic-olive oil brushed curst. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch Thu.-Sun., dinner Thu.-Mon. $$ Neyow’s Creole Cafe — 3332 Bienville St., (504) 827-5474; neyows. com — The menu includes New Orleans favorites such as red beans with fried chicken or pork chops, as well as grilled or fried seafood plates, po-boys, raw or char-grilled oysters, pasta, salads and more. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; theospizza. com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $

NORTHSHORE

The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar — 118 Harbor View Court, Slidell, (985) 315-7001; thebluecrabnola.com — See Lakeview section for restaurant description. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Wed.-Sun. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 70488 Highway 21, Covington, (985) 2349420; theospizza.com — See Harahan/ Jefferson section for restaurant description. $

UPTOWN Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; joeyksrestaurant.com — The menu includes fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and red beans and rice. Sauteed trout Tchoupitoulas is topped with shrimp and crabmeat and served with vegetables and potatoes.

Delivery available. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 569-0000; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; juansflyingburrito. com — The Flying Burrito includes grilled steak, shrimp, chicken, cheddar-jack cheese, black beans, yellow rice, salsa la fonda, guacamole and sour cream. The menu also has tacos, quesadillas, nachos and more. Outdoor seating available. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. $$ Martin Wine Cellar — 3827 Baronne St., (504) 894-7444; martinwine.com — The deli at the wine and spirit shop serves sandwiches, salads and more.

The Sena salad includes pulled roasted chicken, golden raisins, blue cheese, pecans and field greens tossed with Tobasco pepperjelly vinaigrette. No reservations. Lunch daily. $$ Red Gravy — 4206 Magazine St., (504) 561-8844; redgravycafe.com — Thin cannoli pancakes are filled with cannoli cream and topped with chocolate. The menu includes brunch items, pasta dishes, sandwiches, baked goods and more. Takeout available. $$ 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. $$$ The Mill — 1051 Annunciation St., (504) 582-9544; themillnola.com — Short ribs are braised with red wine and served with risotto. Reservations accepted. Dinner Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. $$

WEST BANK Mosca’s — 4137 Highway 90 West, Westwego, (504) 436-8950; moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery serves shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumbs and Italian seasonings. Curbside pickup available.

Dinner Wed.-Sat. Cash only. $$$

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TUESDAY 12 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Peter Harris Quartet, 7 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — DinosAurchestra, 6 pm; Helen Gillet & Wazozo, 9 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard "Piano" Scott, 12:30 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 8 pm GASA GASA — Jennifer O'Connor with James Rose, 9 pm HI-HO LOUNGE — Elliott Levin, James Singleton, Bruce Golden plus the "No Frets Arabic Music Ensemble", 8 pm KITCHEN TABLE CAFÉ — Kitchen Table Cafe Trio, 7 pm ORPHEUM THEATER — Charli XCX, 8 pm SANTOS — Night Club with Holy Wars, 8 pm SATURN BAR — Anna Laura Quinn, 9 pm TIPITINA'S — Fruit Bats and Johanna Samuels, 8 pm ZONY MASH BEER PROJECT — Rebirth Brass Band, 7 pm

WEDNESDAY 13 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Peter Harris Trio, 7 pm BLUE NILE — New Breed Brass Band, 9 pm CAFE NEGRIL — Colin Davis and Night People, 10:30 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Tin Men, 6 pm; Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters, 9 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard "Piano" Scott, 12:30 pm; Bourbon Street All Star Trio, 7 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 9 pm HOTEL MONTELEONE — James Martin Band, 8 pm LAFAYETTE SQUARE PARK — Partners-N-Crime and Robin Barnes, 5 pm MARIGNY OPERA HOUSE — Music at the Museum: Block Party, 6 pm MRB BAR & KITCHEN — Lynn Drury, 7 pm PALM COURT JAZZ CAFE — Palm Court Jazz Band with Lars Edegran, 7:30 pm SANTOS — Russell Welch Swamp Moves Trio , 8 pm THE BROADSIDE — Helen Gillet, Elliott Levin, Rex Gregory & Dave Cappello, 7 pm THE SANDBAR — Jon Cowherd, 7 pm TIPITINA'S — Loyola's Uptown Threauxdown, 7 pm

THURSDAY 14 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Peter Harris Quartet, 8 pm

BLUE NILE — Where Y'at Brass Band, 9 pm BUFFA'S — Tom McDermott and Aurora Nealand, 7 & 9 pm CAFE NEGRIL — Sierra Green and the Soul Machine, 10 pm CARNAVAL LOUNGE — Louisiana Hellbenders fundraiser for the Musicians Clinic, 5 pm CARROLLTON STATION — Glitter in the Bathtub EP Release Party, 8 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — The Get Together, 10 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard “Piano” Scott, 12:30 pm; Doyle Cooper Trio, 2:30 pm; John Saavadra Trio, 6 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 9 pm GASA GASA — Greet Death, Infant Island, UT/EX, 9 pm KITCHEN TABLE CAFÉ — Dr. Mark St. Cyr Traditional Jazz Band, 7 pm LE BON TEMPS ROULE — Soul Rebels, 10 pm MADAME VIC'S — Walter "Wolfman" Washington, 8 pm PALM COURT JAZZ CAFE — Duke Heitger and Tim Laughlin with the Crescent City Joymakers, 7:30 pm PORTSIDE LOUNGE — Elliott Levin, Rick Trolsen, Nathan Lambertson and Jonathan Freilich, 8 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Ron & Tina's Acoustic Jam, 5 & 7pm ROCK 'N' BOWL — Chubby Carrier & Bayou Swamp Band, 8 pm SATURN BAR — Magnetic Ear, 9 pm

FRIDAY 15 BANKS ST. BAR — Valerie Sassyfras, 11 pm BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Peter Harris Trio, 8 pm BLUE NILE — The Caesar Brothers, 7 pm; Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, 11 pm BLUE NILE BALCONY ROOM — Brass Flavor, 10 pm BROTHERS THREE LOUNGE — HG Breland, 9 pm BUFFA'S — Brint Anderson, 7 & 9 pm CARNAVAL LOUNGE — Kay Weathers/Sarah Burke, 6 pm; Sympathy Wizard/Slow Rosary/Grace Gardner, 8:30 pm COLUMBIA STREET LANDING — Steve Anderson Band, Sam Doores Band, 6 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — The Fish Fridays Six, 4 pm; Maggie Bell Band + Jelly Sisters, 8 pm; Eric Johanson, 11 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard “Piano” Scott, 12:30 pm; Sam Friend Trio, 2:30 pm; Lee Floyd and Thunderbolt Trio, 6 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 9 pm

GASA GASA — Zeta with Lisbon Girls, 9 pm HOUSE OF BLUES — Valerie Sassyfras album release, 6 pm KRAZY KORNER — DayWalkers feat.

Waylon Thibodeaux, 1 pm MADAME VIC'S — Jacky Blaire and the Hot Biscuits, 8 pm NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE — Damn Hippies, 7:30 pm; Richard Bienvenu, 9 pm PALM COURT JAZZ CAFE — Kevin Louis & Topsy Chapman with Palm Court Jazz Band, 7:30 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Highway Robbery, The Grooxs, Shidded, 9 pm SATURN BAR — Bonsai Trees, Acadiana Trace, Hey Thanks, 9:30 pm; Conjunto Tierra Linda, 10 pm SMOOTHIE KING CENTER — Journey with special guest ToTo, 7:30 pm SOUTHPORT HALL LIVE MUSIC & PARTY HALL — Fist Full of Flannel, 8 pm THE BROADSIDE — Naughty Professor EP release party, 7 pm THE HIDEAWAY DEN & ARCADE — Byron Daniel & the Five Dead Dogs with Joy Clark, 8 pm TIPITINA'S — Hans Williams, Letters Instead, The Zahria Sims Collective, 8:30 pm ZONY MASH BEER PROJECT — Big In the '90s, 7 pm

SATURDAY 16 ABITA SPRINGS TOWN HALL — Three Rivers Cooperative, Mid-City Aces, Gina Leslie, Bad Sandys, 7 pm BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Jordan Anderson, 8 pm BLUE NILE — The Soul Rebels, 10 pm BLUE NILE BALCONY ROOM — The Marigny Street Brass Band, 10 pm BUFFA'S — Dave Ferrato, Dave James, 7 & 9 pm CARNAVAL LOUNGE — Nox Novacula/The Palace of Tears/Empty Model/Primitive Figure, 9 pm CHICKIE WAH WAH — Lynn Drury Band, 8 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Aurora Nealand’s Wood Floor Trio, 3 pm; Eric's Gonna Die feat. Eric Vogel, Nigel Hall, Ari Teitel, Raja Kassis & special guests, 6 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Hunter Burgamy Trio, 12:30 pm; Joe Kennedy Trio, 2:30 pm; Lee Floyd and Thunderbolt Trio, 6 pm; Fritzel’s All Star Band, 9 pm GASA GASA — Kinfolk with The Quickening, 9 pm JOY THEATER — Beartooth Tour, 6 & 8 pm KITCHEN TABLE CAFÉ — Bad Penny Pleasuremakers, 7 pm KRAZY KORNER — DayWalkers feat.

Waylon Thibodeaux, 1 pm NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE — Sascha Rose, 9 pm; Sophia Petikas, 9 pm PALM COURT JAZZ CAFE — Will Smith with Palm Court Jazz Band, 7:30 pm

PIROGUE’S WHISKEY BAYOU — Sam Price & The True Believers, 8 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Nine Mile Point, 8 pm REPUBLIC NOLA — Emo Night: Emo Prom, 10 pm ROCK 'N' BOWL — Bag of Donuts, 8:30 pm SOUTHPORT HALL LIVE MUSIC & PARTY HALL — Donald Glaude, 8 pm THE BOMBAY CLUB — Anais St. John, 8 pm THE BROADSIDE — Loose Cattle's STAMPEDE!, 2 pm THE SPOTTED CAT MUSIC CLUB — James Martin Band, 10 pm WILD BUSH FARM + VINEYARD — Flow Tribe, 6:30 pm ZONY MASH BEER PROJECT — Chalaban, 7 pm

SUNDAY 17 BUFFA'S — Some Like It Hot, 11 am & 1 pm; Cast Iron Cactus, 7 & 9 pm CARNAVAL LOUNGE — Chris Turpin and Marcus Angeloni, 9 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Matt Rhody Wood Floor Trio, 3 pm; Palmetto Bug Stompers, 5 pm; Treme Brass Band, 9 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Hunter Burgamy Trio, 12:30 pm; Joe Kennedy Trio, 2:30 pm; Marla Dixon Trio, 6 pm; Fritzel’s All Star Band, 8 pm GASA GASA — Hovvdy, 9 pm PALM COURT JAZZ CAFE — Mark Braud and Sunday Night Swingsters, 7:30 pm PEACOCK ROOM, HOTEL FONTENOT — Rachel Murray , 7 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Jamey St Pierre, 7 pm ROYAL FRENCHMEN HOTEL & BAR — Grayson Brockamp and the New Orleans Wildlife Band, 7 pm SANTOS — New Thousand, 9 pm SATURN BAR — Helen Gillet, Doug Harrison, 9 pm SIDNEY'S SALOON — DarkLounge Ministries, 6 pm THE MAX — Bobby Cure and the Poppa Stoppas, 5 pm

MONDAY 18 BUFFA'S — Doyle Cooper Trio, 7 pm CARNAVAL LOUNGE — Flutterbug & Friends, 8 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — The Iguanas, 6 pm; Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires, 9 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Twisty River Band, 8 pm GASA GASA — Sam Bet, MakoutShinobi, Oni Mask, KeepMySecrets, 9 pm SATURN BAR — BC Coogan Piano Night, 8 pm

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Cloud watching

by Jake Clapp

AS MUSICIAN ERIC JOHNSON APPROACHED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY

of “Echolocation,” the debut album by his indie folk rock band Fruit Bats, he felt it was as good a time as any to do some reflecting. Johnson and a rotating group of musicians have recorded and toured a lot in those two decades and released a number of albums, including Fruit Bats’ 10th studio album “The Pet Parade” and a folk reimagining of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream,” both in 2021.

That reflection led to “Sometimes a Cloud is Just a Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs (2001-2021),” a two-disc compilation covering Fruit Bats’ career. The album was released in January.

“It’s not a greatest hits per se, but I was like 20 years is as good a time as any to bust it out,” Johnson told Gambit during a phone call from the road deep in the heart of Iowa. He’s on his way to Dallas, the next show on a Fruit Bats tour that stops in New Orleans for a show at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12, at Tipitina’s.

For the first disc of “Sometimes a Cloud is Just a Cloud,” Johnson pulled together a selection of already released songs, mixing fan favorites and personal favorites.

The disc arranges songs in reverse chronological order and opens with a new track, “Rips Me Up,” before going through 2019’s “The Bottom of It” all the way to “Glass in Your Feet,” off of 2001’s “Echolocation.”

Johnson dug through his hard drives of unreleased music for the compilation’s second disc, which includes demos, covers and songs that for one reason or another didn’t make it onto an album. There’s a cover of Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker,” and “WACS” — a chugging psych-folk track recorded in 2011 — features Dinosaur Jr. frontman J. Mascis.

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Fruit Bats plays Tipitina’s on Tuesday, April 12. them a mixtape, and the second disc is for the nerdy fans who have heard it all,” Johnson says. “This is sort of like a little offering to a couple of different kinds of audiences. A 20-year commemoration seemed worthy of that. It was an undertaking. It was a lot of diving into the hard drive.”

Johnson was 25 when he made “Echolocation.” Hearing the songs on “Sometimes a Cloud is Just a Cloud” is evidence of not only how Fruit Bats has changed and evolved but also how indie music has changed, Johnson says.

“It was a different time, and indie rock really was kind of a developmental league back then more than it is now,” Johnson says. “I can hear myself learning on the job, whereas younger singer-songwriters, people are more fully formed coming out of the gate. Back then it was like, I didn’t know what I was doing and I captured lightning in a bottle a few times.”

Fruit Bats last played New Orleans in 2017 at Hogs for the Cause, but Tuesday’s show is the band’s first proper venue gig since the early 2000s, Johnson says. Guitar player Josh Mease, bassist David Dawda, drummer Josh Adams and keyboardist Frank LoCrasto will perform with Johnson.

Fruit Bats plays at 8 p.m.

Tuesday at Tipitina’s. Tickets are $20 at tipitinas.com.

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Vivica A. Fox

ACTRESS AND TV HOST VIVICA A. FOX IS JOINED BY COMEDIANS

Crystal Powell, Just Nesh, Kelly Kellz and Ashima Franklin on the Funny by Nature tour. At 7 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts. Find tickets on ticketmaster.com.

Elliott Levin

PHILADELPHIA-BASED FREE JAZZ SAXOPHONIST AND FLUTIST

Elliott Levin is spending the week in New Orleans and will be performing with local musicians across the city. Levin plays with Ashlin Parker and Will Thompson at 9 p.m. Monday, April 11, at Carrollton Station; with Bruce Golden and James Singleton at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Hi-Ho Lounge; with Hellen Gillet, Rex Gregory and Dave Cappello at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 13, at the Broadside; and with Jonathan Freilich and Nathan Lambertson at 8 p.m. Thursday at Portside Lounge. Find more information about each show at scatterjazz.com.

LPO Block Party

THE STREETS AROUND THE MARIGNY OPERA HOUSE might not be

closed off on Wednesday, April 13, but the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is hosting its own kind of party. The organization will present an allcello concert at Marigny Opera House featuring music by Philip Glass, Adolphus Hailstork and Gustavo Tavares. The ensemble also will give the world premiere of American composer Anthony Brandt’s “Block Party.”

The concert starts at 6 p.m., and admission is pay-whatyou-can ($25 suggested) via lpomusic.com.

New Orleans Poetry Festival

THE NEW ORLEANS POETRY FESTIVAL KICKS OFF ON SATURDAY, APRIL 16, with an edition of the

livestream reading series Lit Balm focusing on New Orleans writer Kalamu ya Salaam (visit litbalm.org for details). Festival events run through April 24, and highlights include Mexican performance artist and poet Rocio Ceron and Chilean indigenous poets Jaime Luis Huenun and Daniela Catrileo

at Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge on April 22. Featured poets Rickey Laurentiis and Joyelle McSweeney read on April 23.

The festival includes live and virtual readings, a small press fair and more. See nolapoetry. com for details.

Hovvdy

THE AUSTIN, TEXAS, INDIE POP DUO BEGINS A U.S. TOUR this week.

After a couple of lo-fi albums, Charlie Martin and Will Taylor put a little more polish on “True Love,” released in October 2021.

Molly Parden opens at 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 17, at Gasa Gasa.

Tickets $15 on ticketweb.com.

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LOCAL JOURNALISM

The Moth Storyslam

THE MOTH’S LIVE STORYTELLING EVENT RETURNS with a theme of

books. Anyone who has a story to share can sign up beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12.

Stories start at 7:30 p.m. at Cafe Istanbul. Tickets $15.

Lynn Drury

LYNN DRURY RELEASED “DANCIN’ IN THE KITCHEN” in September 2021,

and it’s been well received in Americana circles and college radio. Now she’s releasing a vinyl edition of the album, with album parties at 9 p.m. Monday, April 11, at d.b.a. and 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 16, at Chickie Wah Wah. Visit lynndrury.com for details.

Naughty Professor EP release

NEW ORLEANS’ PROGRESSIVE JAZZFUNK BAND Naughty Professor is

releasing a three-song EP with guest appearances by Shaun Martin of Snarky Puppy and Skerik. The release event is at 8 p.m. Friday, April 15 at the Broadside. Tickets $17-$20 at broadsidenola.com.

Deadhead tribute

LOCAL BANDS SALUTE THE GRATEFUL DEAD IN A WEEKEND OF TRIBUTE

shows at Faubourg Brewery.

Billy Iuso, Cardboard Cowboy, The Tanglers and Chris Mule & Friends perform from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 16. Dead Paradis, Scarlet Magnolias, Nerf the Dead and Dead Reckoning featuring Papa Mali and Dr. Lo Faber perform from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 17. Visit faubourgbrewery. com for details.

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Shake It Like a Polaroid

by Jake Clapp

THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM LAST WEEK OPENED

“NOLA Hip-Hop & Bounce Party: The Photography of Polo Silk,” an exhibition of pieces shot by Sthaddeus “Polo Silk” Terrell. For more than 30 years, Terrell — usually accompanied by Chelsey, his trusty Polaroid camera — has taken photos at hip-hop and bounce shows, nightclubs, second lines and Black Masking Indian Super Sundays, documenting Black New Orleans culture and life.

Terrell started taking photos in the mid-’80s and was right there — the only photographer documenting the scene — as New Orleans hip-hop and bounce came into its own, shooting portraits of musicians like Soulja Slim, Magnolia Shorty, Cheeky Blakk and Big Freedia.

Curated by the Jazz Museum and Nicole Coleman of Southern University New Orleans’ Museum Studies Program, “NOLA Hip-Hop & Bounce Party” highlights Terrell’s musician photos taken over more than 30 years. And there are photos of many musicians still with us, but Terrell says he also wanted the exhibition to honor artists who are no longer here, including the recently passed 5th Ward Weebie and Josephine Johnny.

“A lot of times once these artists pass and stuff like that, people seem to forget,” Terrell says. “So it’s like giving them their flowers again, and just letting people know we haven’t forgotten about them.”

“NOLA Hip-Hop & Bounce Party” opened last week with a party featuring music by TBC Brass Band and DJ Peewee. The photos will be on display at the Jazz Museum through April.

Terrell was born and raised in Uptown. He earned the nickname “Polo Silk” because of the Polo Ralph Lauren gear he loved while growing up and can be seen always wearing today — and “The Picture Man” can be heard when he’s out at a club or second line.

Terrell became interested in photography in high school, after being introduced to the camera in a class at the Boys Club. He says he started getting serious around 1986, taking photos at places like the teen Club Adidas on Canal Street, and Warren Mayes’ Club 88 soon followed.

“I was already in the nightclub shooting and stuff like that, but most of these [hip-hop] artists I kind of grew up with — Soulja Slim, Josephine Johnny,” Terrell says. “I had kind of built a relationship with them already because I was already set up doing event photography.”

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Polo Silk with Saroya Corbett in 2017; Polo Silk has a new exhibit of photos at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

In 2017, Antenna published “Polo Silk presents POP THAT THANG!!!” a book of hundreds of his photos from over the decades. And last year, several of Polo Silk’s photos were included in “The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap,” a new book and CD collection chronicling the genre’s history and influence.

More recently, Terrell returned to hosting live events as the pandemic has subsided, including a party and photo showcase in Atlanta earlier this month. He also is launching a clothing line, influenced by the backdrops he uses when taking photos at night clubs.

“Most of this is not me. I’m a pretty good photographer, but as I tell people, most of this is about the people, the culture in the city,” Terrell says. “That’s what a lot of people talking about my photos [say]: You can see a lot of warmth in there. It’s just a testament to this city.”

Find more Polo Silk on Instagram, @polonolaphotography. More about the New Orleans Jazz Museum can be found at nolajazzmuseum.org.

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