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Like It Like That

Tulane Shakespeare opens its season with ‘As You Like It’ PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THE LINE “ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE …” and

many know it’s from Shakespeare’s work, if not that it’s from “As You Like It.” One of Shakespeare’s more popular comedies, “As You Like It” is full of quotable lines, which have snuck into popular entertainment.

“There’s a song in ‘As You Like It’ that two characters sing,” says director Jon Greene. “We were learning it. Trey Ming wrote the music. There is this part that they sing, ‘Springtime, the only pretty ring time/ When the birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding/ Sweet lovers love spring.’ I was like why do I know that?

“It’s actually in ‘Willy Wonka (& the Chocolate Factory).’ Gene Wilder sings that, I think when he’s showing them the Everlasting Gobstopper.”

Greene and Torey Hayward, artistic directors of the Radical Buffoons theater company, are co-directing a mirthful version of “As You Like It” for the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, which opens the season June 10 with the comedy.

“As You Like It” doesn’t start on the most pleasant notes. Duke Senior has been banished by Duke Frederick, who has usurped his power. Young Orlando is bullied by his older brother Oliver, who wants to keep all of the family’s inheritance to himself. And Rosalind, is unhappy that her father, Duke Senior, has been banished. They find themselves seeking refuge in the forest of Arden, which turns out to be a considerably more pleasant place, if not caught up in plenty of confusion.

Duke Senior is accompanied by his noblemen and they enjoy the simple life of their natural surroundings, except for Jaques, who is inclined to perpetual gloom.

Before leaving, Rosalind meets Orlando as he competes in a wrestling match, and they are mutually intrigued. But Rosalind gets banished by Duke Frederick as well and must leave. She convinces her cousin Celia to flee with her. For her own safety, Rosalind disguises herself as a man, Ganymede, and she and Celia convince Touchstone, the fool, to join them.

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them on trees, which are clues to his presence quickly found by others. Rosalind, seeks him out, and, appearing as Ganymede, encourages Orlando to pursue her. It’s a fun ruse for Shakespeare, as she teases Orlando that love only induces madness. But she also assures him he can be cured of his lovelorn unhappiness.

“I would cure you, if you would but call me Rosalind, and come every day to my cote and woo me,” Ganymede says.

She invites him to practice his wooing on Ganymede, which helps her mold the proposal she desires.

But that’s not the only case of disguise and mistaken identity.

“The characters are willing to play around with their identity,” Hayward says. “Escaping into the woods allows them to do that.”

The comedy is one of Shakespeare’s gentlest dramas, Greene says. He and Hayward chose it for that reason. They both worked with Tulane Shakespeare for the first time last year on “The Comedy of Errors,” an almost absurd story of a pair of longseparated twins.

“Last year, when we were between alpha and delta (Covid variants), we said the point of (doing ‘The Comedy of Errors’) was right now we all deserve a laugh,” Greene says. “Now, we’re not feeling the same thing. We aren’t feeling like we need a laugh right now, but we really need a hug. As we were looking at plays, we read ‘As You Like It,’ and we were both moved by how kind and gentle and forgiving and joyful it is. It’s a calm, warm, satin pillow of a play.”

They were supposed to remount “Comedy of Errors” for New Orleans school audiences in January, but that was canceled due to the spike in Covid.

The festival invited them back for this summer, but instead of

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remounting “Comedy of Errors,” they wanted to do a different show with much of the same cast and a different feel.

Last year, they gave “Comedy of Errors” a “Miami Vice” look in costumes and setting. For “As You Like It,” there isn’t a definitive time period to the visuals, but it has a sort of hippie vibe, with bright clashing colors and textured fabrics.

“It’s not a hippie play, but it’s embracing the communities that continue to have those peace and love ideals and mutual aid and kindness,” Greene says.

It’s also rambunctious with the wrestling match, and there are several songs. In part, it’s about personal exploration and healing, as characters separated from family and lovers recover or forge new connections.

The Tulane Shakespeare Festival has paired it with the history play “Henry IV, Part 1,” in which Prince Hal goes from preferring a life of drunken rowdiness to the prospect of assuming the throne. The season also includes an improv version of “Richard III” in collaboration with the NOLA Project, in which the actors recreate the play without a script.

“As You Like It” runs June 10-25 at Tulane University’s Lupin Theater.

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THE NUMBER OF CANTRELL ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WHO COULD FACE MISDEMEANOR CONTEMPT CHARGES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH CITY COUNCILISSUED SUBPOENAS.

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by U2’s The Edge following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, has awarded grant relief to 1,474 Louisiana musicians and industry workers impacted by the pandemic. The grants were administered by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. In December, Music Rising raised more than $2 million for Gulf South musicians through a guitar and music memorabilia auction, which is funding the relief grants as well as future support of local organizations.

Gov. John Bel Edwards supports expanded background checks for firearm purchases. In the past, the governor has been hesitant to support gun control measures, but following two recent shootings at graduation ceremonies in Louisiana, the mass shooting by a white supremacist in Buffalo and the Uvalde school shooting, Edwards came out for a background check and red flag proposal by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators.

New Orleans won’t spend all of

the $2 billion in federal funds it was given for road and pipe repairs following Hurricane Katrina by the August 2023 deadline, The Lens reported. If the city does not meet the deadline, unspent funds will be lost, but the Cantrell administration is requesting an extension. The Lens in May reported the city has spent only 25-50% of the FEMA funds it was given.

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Council member JP Morrell, left, and City Council President Helena Moreno.

Cantrell secures temporary restraining order against Council as top advisors face charges THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR LATOYA CANTRELL took an ugly

turn Thursday after the mayor got Judge Nicole Sheppard to issue a temporary restraining order blocking the council from pursuing its investigation in Cantrell’s troubled “smart city” broadband plan.

The restraining order could prove to be a fleeting victory for Cantrell: It only lasts until Wednesday, when the council is expected to take up contempt charges against three of Cantrell’s top staffers who have refused to comply with a May 10 subpoena of records related to the scandal.

Cantrell’s chief of staff Clifton Davis, director of strategic initiatives Josh Cox and director of intergovernmental affairs Arthur Walton were supposed to turn over documents related to the failed broadband plan by May 31.

According to The Lens, hours before the subpoenas were due, the city informed Council President Helena Moreno they were waiting for a response from the City’s Inspector General whether complying with the subpoenas would interfere with their

investigation, which appears to have begun after the council held hearings on the scandal.

Although the council has in the past deferred to the IG, it does not appear to be legally required to do so. Additionally, Moreno pointed out to The Lens that “Even if the OIG did weigh in, it still doesn’t excuse them from the subpoena.” The IG has since said the council probe would not interfere in an IG investigation.

After blowing past the subpoena deadline, the city June 1 filed suit, seeking to block the subpoenas entirely, arguing they were “impermissibly broad, burdensome, disproportional and excessive in scope.”

Further complicating the issue is the fact that the city retained the law firm of Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein and Hilbert — which is a city contractor already for other matters — to represent Davis in the suit against the council.

Council Vice President JP Morrell Thursday questioned the legality of hiring in a letter to City Attorney Donesia Turner.

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The council had ordered Mayor LaToya Cantrell to provide documents related to the now canceled “smart city” broadband deal. The records were due May 31, but Cantrell’s chief of staff Clifton Davis filed for a temporary restraining order, arguing it was too burdensome and would interfere with a separate inquiry by the inspector general. According to the Times-Picayune, Council President Helena Moreno said June 2 she would be seeking further legal action against Davis and his colleagues Josh Cox and Arthur Walton to hold them in contempt.

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“Sher Garner’s representation of an official in Mayor Cantrell’s administration and standing as a vendor for the City of New Orleans raises serious questions for this Council,” Morrell wrote.

Morrell noted that under the city’s Home Rule Charter, “special counsel may only be retained with the express approval of the City Council by two-thirds vote.

Therefore, if a determination has been made that outside counsel is needed, the administration must provide appropriate justification and seek authorization.”

Morrell, meanwhile, also questioned how the outside counsel was being paid for, arguing “the potential use of taxpayer dollars to fund the defense of an individual employee in response to a subpoena requesting public information is improper … [and] parts with recent precedent involving a similarly situated City of New Orleans employee, Chris Wolff, who personally retained private outside counsel.”

Wolff, who is an IT official with the administration, and utility policy chief Jonathan Rhodes, have been accused of attempting to profit from the broadband proposal, which was designed to expand high-speed internet service in the city. The May 10 subpoenas stem from an earlier hearing in which Rhodes struggled to answer the council’s questions. — JOHN STANTON

Hutson says poor management under Gusman, lack of a real transition led to tumultuous first month as sheriff

SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFFICE IN EARLY MAY, ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF SUSAN HUTSON posted two

memos near the entrance to the New Orleans jail addressed to her new staff members.

One notifies employees and contractors that they will no longer be able to bring bags or personal items into the jail due to a broken X-ray scanner — one that Hutson says was out of order for months prior to her taking office, but never fixed by her predecessor, Marlin Gusman, the 17-year-incumbent she defeated in the December 2021 runoff election.

The second reminds staff not to destroy any documents.

Hutson believes some important records — digital and paper — went missing during the monthslong transition from Gusman’s administration to hers, and says

her administration is currently conducting an investigation.

The memos illustrate the broader dysfunction that Hutson’s team says they walked into when she officially took over the office on May 3, along with simmering suspicions of some members of Gusman’s outgoing leadership team.

“Because of the lack of a real transition, we knew that we were going to discover a lot,” Hutson said. “When they say ‘on-the-job training’ — we knew that was going to happen.”

In an interview with The Lens earlier this month, Hutson and her executive staff described a challenging first few weeks on the job. Two detainees at the jail were hospitalized — one for an overdose, another for either a seizure or an overdose, Hutson said.

An OPSO deputy shot a man while working a detail in Gert town. And someone called in to a New Orleans Police Department precinct and reported an escape from the jail — which Hutson’s team said they have traced to a parody Tik-tok video filmed near the jail called “When New Orleans Dudes Break Out Jail.”

After locking down the facility and doing several counts of detainees, it was determined that no escape had in fact taken place.

“During that first two weeks, I think we saw just about everything you could see,” Hutson said. “It was kind of good we got everything thrown at us.”

Hutson praised her team’s handling of the various crises in the early days, but she also described more enduring issues that need to be addressed. Hutson says she has taken over a jail that was “not built with safety in mind,” one that will require major investments in infrastructure, staffing and policy to fix.

Even necessary repairs to basic security equipment have been allowed to languish, she said.

In addition to the broken X-ray scanner — which she said could allow contraband like drugs or cell phones to be smuggled into the jail — she said her team discovered security cameras that were out of operation when she took over.

Hutson called it “inexcusable.”

The problems, Hutson and her team said, have either been caused or made more difficult by what they characterized as Gusman’s failure to competently run the office, and his lack of cooperation during the transition. — NICK CHRASTIL / THE LENS

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Outdoor music proposal is a good start

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THE CITY COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH WILL TAKE UP A NEW OUTDOOR MUSIC ORDINANCE . Addressing

the current system, which essentially prohibits bars and music venues from regularly hosting music outdoors, is long overdue.

More work remains, but the proposed ordinance is a common-sense step toward legalizing outdoor venues and encouraging this sector of our cultural economy to grow in a responsible way.

A handful of venues continue to host outdoor music under the mayor’s pandemic-related emergency declaration, but that’s not a long-term solution. The mayor could reverse her declaration at any moment, putting all venues under untenable live-music regulations that ban outdoor music almost entirely. Special event permits offer occasional, temporary help, but they’re expensive and difficult to obtain — and they don’t provide businesses with the certainty they need to develop outdoor music operations.

On a related note, some of the rhetoric surrounding the outdoor music debate — particularly arguments that cast it as a battle between musicians and “residents” — disheartens us. Musicians are New Orleans residents as much as anyone. Defining them and their interests as somehow divergent from the concerns of “real” residents smacks of classism.

Likewise, more than a few opponents of the proposed rules have sought to distinguish between “good” music, i.e., traditional jazz and brass bands, and “noise” music, i.e., electronic music and hip-hop. Music historians recognize that kind of talk. It framed anti-jazz propaganda in the 1930s and anti-rock ‘n’ roll outrage in the 1950s. It’s a false distinction with disturbing racial undertones, and it has no place in a discussion about New Orleans music.

The proposed rule changes represent a multi-year process that involved musicians, businesses, neighborhood associations and others. As such, they represent a compromise among various local interests.

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D.b.a. was forced to end it’s outdoor music program in the Frenchmen Street market because of permitting issues. zone requirements and restrictions, which will likely preclude most neighborhood bars (even those with yards) from hosting outdoor music. On the other hand, those who want tighter restrictions are understandably displeased that these changes will mean outdoor music in some of their neighborhoods.

That is the nature of compromise.

And this one is not finished, in our view. For instance, everyone seems to agree that additional limitations should apply to wedding halls and similar venues to limit their impact on neighbors.

Also, opponents of the proposed new rules understandably fear that City Hall’s notoriously poor record of enforcing short-term rentals gives them no reason to believe the new outdoor entertainment rules will be enforced.

Both are legitimate, and troubling, concerns. When the City Council considers the ordinances later this month, council members should address both issues through the amendment process.

Finally, there remains the larger outstanding issue: figuring out what a comprehensive noise ordinance in New Orleans should look like. Attempts to regulate “noise” go back several mayoral administrations.

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LaToya Cantrell and the City Council wound up in court. In a move reminiscent of the Trump administration’s refusal to honor congressional subpoenas, Team Cantrell filed suit seeking to void a council subpoena for records relating to Heronner’s aborted “smart city” broadband program.

Civil District Court Judge D. Nicole Sheppard, acting as “duty judge” on June 2, temporarily halted enforcement of the subpoena until June 8, when Judge Sidney Cates IV will take over the case.

The council subpoenaed mayoral chief of staff Clifton Davis and other top Cantrell aides on May 10 as part of its widening investigation into conflicts of interest and possible bid-rigging in the administration’s shortlived attempt to launch a “smart city” broadband project. The subpoena seeks a variety of records relating to the selection of a consortium led by tech giant Qualcomm as the city’s preferred broadband provider.

The council subpoena came after Cantrell’s utilities director, Jonathan Rhodes, admitted under oath to the council that he and mayoral IT adviser Christopher Wolff formed a company that consulted with Qualcomm in Los Angeles prior to the consortium’s selection in New Orleans.

Wolff and Rhodes, it turns out, played key roles in the local procurement process.

Amid a flurry of council and media scrutiny, Qualcomm pulled out of the consortium. Cantrell then pulled the plug on the “smart city” program — but the council kept digging.

In addition to seeking more records, council members asked city Inspector General Ed Michel to investigate the procurement process. Last month, Michel seized computers, cell phones and documents from several Cantrell aides.

Davis’ attorney James Garner argued to Sheppard that the council subpoena would cause “irreparable harm” to top mayoral advisers and interfere in Michel’s investigation.

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Three of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s top aides are facing potential contempt charges for failure to hand over documents to the City Council relating to the “smart cities” program.

Council attorney Adam Swensek replied that Michel sent the council a letter stating that he had no objection to the council’s investigation. Swensek added, “The only way there is irreparable harm in this case is if there is something to hide — which is, frankly, how it looks.”

Sheppard granted the administration’s request for a temporary restraining order, noting that she was doing so purely to “maintain the status quo” until Cates considers all the issues in the case.

The council then unanimously moved to hold Davis and other mayoral aides in misdemeanor contempt of council, a finding that could trigger financial penalties — and likely wind up in court as well.

In another interesting political and legal twist, Cantrell reportedly hired Garner to sue the council after City Attorney Donesia Turner advised the administration to comply with the council subpoena.

Garner’s firm has contributed thousands to various council members’ political campaigns in the past decade — and made a bid to serve as the council’s chief legal consultant for utility regulation.

That ambition would appear to be a nonstarter now.

Then there’s the matter of Cantrell not getting council permission before hiring a private attorney, particularly if taxpayers are footing the bill.

That leaves plenty for Cates to unpack on June 8.

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Williams considered New Orleans his spiritual home. The playwright also famously called the French Quarter “the last frontier of Bohemia.”

As he told WWL-TV anchor Eric Paulsen in a 1981 interview, the city also is where Williams, who was gay, discovered “a certain flexibility in my sexual nature.” He added that, coming here, he felt like “a migratory bird going to a more congenial climate.”

Williams first came to New Orleans in the 1930s. According to Susan Larson’s “The Booklover’s Guide to New Orleans,” Williams rented a room at 620 Chartres St. In 1939, Williams rented an apartment at 722 Toulouse St., which is now part of the Historic New Orleans Collection. He set some of his early works there, including the semi-autobiographical play “Vieux Carre.”

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Playwright Tennessee Williams. the one-act play “Ten Blocks on the Camino Real” in 1946.

Later that year, while living in an apartment at 632 St. Peter, he wrote the work for which he is best known, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” In a 1971 Esquire interview with Rex Reed, Williams described writing the play “under a skylight at a large refectory table.”

Williams lived in the apartment from October 1946 through March 1947, while writing the play, which debuted later that year. It won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and in 1951 became an Academy Awardnominated film.

Williams’ final New Orleans address was 1014 Dumaine Street.

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Copeland claimed the name was inspired not by the cartoon character but by Gene Hackman’s “Popeye Doyle” character in the movie “The French Connection.” He also famously said he was too poor to afford the apostrophe to spell it “Popeye’s.”

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A young lady vigorously waves her flags as the 2019 New Orleans Pride Parade rolls through the French Quarter.

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THE PANDEMIC AND CONTROVERSIES with past organizing boards put Pride celebrations in New Orleans in limbo over the last several years.

But this year, organizers and the broader LGBTQ community hope to reset with a comeback Pride parade — the first since 2019 — and a host of other events around the city.

“This Pride celebration is going to be different because I think there’s gonna be a lot more representation of women [and] of gender non-conforming persons than there has been in the past,” says Sarah Manowitz, the general manager of Oz who is helping plan the parade this year. “And also, it’s just gonna be a different celebration because we’re coming out of a pandemic.”

The parade is scheduled to roll at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 11, in the Marigny and the French Quarter. Organizers say they are planning a shorter route and parade — around 10 floats — than in previous years.

As is the case for many events in these times, organizers didn’t know for a while if they’d be able to even have a Pride parade. They weren’t sure what the status of the pandemic would be or if the city would give them permits in time. As of press time, organizers still hadn’t been able to secure an affordable trash contract, which they need to roll.

“We really have been putting this together at the 11th hour,” Manowitz says. “So at the end of the day, we’re putting this together in 30 days essentially.”

The previous New Orleans Pride board dissolved following controversy surrounding a 2020 social media post from former board executive president Chris Leonard asking how people were celebrating Pride with the caveat “absolutely no politics allowed.” It wasn’t

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the first time people criticized the local Pride organization for a lack of diversity or for what many saw as an overt effort to strip out the activism and political aspects inherent to the annual celebration.

In the aftermath of the board’s collapse, a small informal group consisting of LGBTQ business owners and employees, religious organizations and community members has been planning this year’s parade. Participating bars include the Woods Enterprises bars, Oz, the Bourbon Pub Parade, Crossing, The Corner Pocket, The Golden Lantern and Mag’s 940.

Manowitz says following this year’s Pride they will create a new board that is transparent and “includes a diverse group of people from across the community.”

Nikki Alexander-Tumblin, founder of Black Pride, saw firsthand just how big the demand was for more inclusive Pride events last year after she made a Facebook post floating the idea of a New Orleans Black Pride Weekend.

The post took off.

“The page went viral,” she says.

“It was over 27,000 shares and comments. It went viral on TikTok like four or five times. It was just like, OK, so clearly people have been waiting for this to happen.”

The conversation wasn’t only happening online either.

“There was one situation, I was getting my hair done, and I just overheard people talking about [Black Pride] and they didn’t even know that I was the one that was a part of it,” Alexander-Tumblin says. “I would go places and people were talking about it. It was a good feeling.”

Alexander-Tumblin quickly put together a few Black Pride events, and the turnout far exceeded expectations. She says she estimates 50,000 people showed up to her events last year.

“Everyone loved it. People were just so excited,” she says. “For one, coming off Covid (lockdowns), it was a good thing to be able to just be outside and enjoy people and then just also that celebration and seeing each other within the community.”

This year, Alexander-Tumblin is planning several Black Pride events from June 30 through July 3, coinciding with the Essence Festival of Culture. There’s a leather and latex party; Community Fest at Culture Park with food and art vendors, music, panels and HIV testing; a Black & Excellence Award Show; a 1990s and 2000s dance party at the Howlin’ Wolf; a pink party; a pool party; and a comedy show.

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New Orleans Pride organizers also have reached out to Alexander-Tumblin to help organize the Pride parade and include Black Pride. She says depending on sponsorships, she’s planning to either have a float or have people march in the parade.

At the parade planning meetings this year, organizers had conversations about how Black people have not felt included in past New Orleans Pride events, and how some organizers thought the Black community didn’t want to be a part of the more predominantly white events.

Alexander-Tumblin says she’s hopeful a more inclusive Pride parade incorporating members of the Black LGBTQ community will more fully get it to a place “where everyone can come together and celebrate and there’s really no separation.”

“I do feel like the Black and Brown community do need their own spaces,” she says, “but I feel like we can also come together, especially because the gay community is so big in New Orleans and there are so many things that go on in June that I felt like this is an opportunity for us to all come together and celebrate together.”

This year’s Pride also coincides with a legislative season rife with attacks on LGBTQ rights — both in Louisiana and in states across the country. The Louisiana Legislature once again passed a bill that would ban transgender athletes from playing on women’s and girls’ sports teams and squashed a bill that would have banned conversion therapy in the state.

Manowitz says in light of these bills, the Pride events are a reminder that “we are lucky to

live in a blue dot in a red state,” but that the hurdles organizers are facing in putting together the parade, like securing a sanitation contract, show the fight for LGBTQ rights in the city is far from over.

“It is disheartening right now that we’re living in a world where these kinds of bills are reality, the overturning of Roe is looking like a likely reality, we’re coming out of a pandemic, and the city and powers that be make it easier for people from out of town to come here and throw a second line then for stakeholders in the community to put together a Pride parade, which not only brings in substantial revenue and has in recent years, just gotten bigger and bigger,” she says. “But also it should be part of who we are as a city to in no way understate the importance of the contributions and continued contributions of the LGBTQ community.”

Alexander-Tumblin says she hopes the Pride celebrations this year can give people a safe space to celebrate amid the political turmoil. “I know it’s kind of hard and disheartening with things that are going on in the world right now, but hopefully we can provide some type of peace and a moment to just be able to enjoy ourselves,” she says.

At the same time, Alexander-Tumblin also says connecting with other LGBTQ community leaders to plan this year’s Pride celebrations will make it easier to coordinate other events and actions in the future.

“I think it’s important to be on the same page because we are both fighting for the same issues … as far as rights within the LGBTQ+ community,” she says. “We both are fighting those things and wanting to be included and accepted.”

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JUNE 9

A Tale of Two Cities

The John Burton Harter Foundation hosts a panel discussion at Arthur Roger Gallery marking the release of “A Tale of Two Cities: Patrick Angus in New York and J.B. Harter in New Orleans.” At 6 p.m. 432 Julia St. arthurrogergallery.com.

JUNE 9

Military Appreciation at Lafitte’s in Exile

Cafe Lafitte in Exile kicks off its Pride weekend with a celebration of LGBTQ members of the armed services. 901 Bourbon St. lafittes.com.

JUNE 9

Pride Happy Hour at Brennan’s

Drag performers appear at the happy hour event with Pridethemed cocktail specials, a glitter bar, Champagne trivia and more.

From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. 417 Royal St. brennansneworleans.com.

JUNE 9

Drag Me to the NOPSI

JUNE 11

PrideFest

The Phoenix Bar hosts PrideFest, featuring entertainment by Amanda Shaw, DJs Sammy Jo, Siren and Orlando Stein, drag performers Sissy Latrine and Bellagio Showers and more. Festivities begin at noon. 941 Elysian Fields Ave. phoenixbarnola.com/pride.

JUNE 11

NOLA Pride Parade

The parade route goes from S. Peters Street to Decatur, St. Louis, Burgundy and St. Ann and ends on Bourbon Street. It begins at 6 p.m. neworleanspride.org.

JUNE 11

GrrlSpot Pride

GrrlSpot, the monthly lesbian and queer dance party, holds its Pride event at One Eyed Jacks, and there’s entertainment by Lola Van Ella, Jeez Loueez, Acrodite, Simone del Mar and more. At 9 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks. 1104 Decatur St. Tickets $10-$45 on Eventbrite.

JUNE 11

LGBTLOL Queer Comedy Festival

Teeny Tiny Productions presents comedy by queen comedians from the Gulf South at Comedy House New Orleans. 609 Fulton St. Tickets start at $15, with festival passes $45-$95 via Eventbrite.

JUNE 11

The NOPSI hotel hosts a rooftop Pride party with entertainment by Aubrey Synclaire, Connie Hung, Gia GiaVanni and Miss Teryl Lynn Foxx.

Doors open at 7 p.m. 317 Baronne St. Tickets $45 on Eventbrite.

DJ HAAYKP provides music for a LGBTQ dance party at 10 p.m. at Betty’s Bar. 700 Burgundy St. bettysbar.com.

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JUNE 11

LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana Annual Meeting

LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana holds its annual meeting and board elections, and Executive Director Frank Perez will give updates on the project. Light refreshments provided. At 7 p.m. at the Marigny Opera House. 725 St. Ferdinand St. lgbtarchiveslouisiana.org.

JUNE 10

Spots and Stripes

Good Friends bar hosts a Pride party with an animal print theme. 740 Dauphine St. goodfriendsbar.com.

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Jock Strap Pool

The leather bar Rawhide hosts a Pride party. 740 Burgundy St. rawhide2010.com.

JUNE 11

Fruit Salad

The Virgin Hotel’s Fruit Salad event at its rooftop pool features DJs, drag performers and fruit-infused vodka cocktails. Noon to 6 p.m.

550 Baronne St. Tickets $25. Virginhotels.com/new-orleans.

JUNE 12

Family Equality Day

Longue Vue House and Gardens celebrates inclusivity with Family Quality Day, recognizing all types of families. Festivities begin at 10 a.m.

and include Drag Queen Story Time, dance and drag performances, fan decorating, a children’s parade and more. Admission is free but reservations are required. 7 Bamboo Road. longuevue.com.

JUNE 12

Dino Drag Brunch

Happy Raptor rum distillery hosts a drag brunch with performers including Nicki Nickolai, Menaj E. Trois, Lash Wednesday, Queen Vampya and DJ Siphne Aaye. There’s food from Alphabet Mafia BBQ and Tacos

by Waska. Tickets $20. 1512 Carondelet St. happyraptor.com.

JUNE 12

Hangover Brunch

Café Lafitte in Exile hosts a bloody mary brunch beginning at 11 a.m. 901 Bourbon St. lafittes.com.

JUNE 12

Drag Me to the Roosevelt

An LGBTQ history walking tour departs from the Roosevelt Hotel.

From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 130 Roosevelt Way. Tickets $40 on Eventbrite.

JUNE 12

Golden Girls Drag Tea

There’s entertainment by DJ Kevin Perryman and drag performers as the “Golden Girls” at this party at the Virgin Hotels New Orleans rooftop event space. 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

550 Baronne St. Tickets $20-$91 on Eventbrite.

JUNE 12

Beach Party

Crossing NOLA hosts a beachthemed party from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

439 Dauphine St. crossingnola.com.

JUNE 12

Pride Closing Night

Cafe Lafitte in Exile hosts a Pride weekend closing night party. At 4 p.m. 901 Bourbon St. lafittes.com.

JUNE 12

Hoe Down

Good Friends Bar hosts a country-themed party. 740 Dauphine St. goodfriendsbar.com.

JUNE 18

Pride Build

New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity hosts a Pride Build to build a home for a local family and raise awareness of housing discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community. habitat-nola.org.

JUNE 24

UpStairs Lounge Fire Memorial

A memorial commemorates the

32 lives lost on June 24, 1973, due to the arson fire at the UpStairs Lounge. The memorial is at 7 p.m. at 141 Chartres St.

JUNE 25

Pride Fest

Zony Mash Beer Project hosts a Pride party featuring live music on multiple stages, a vendor market, food and more. A portion of proceeds from sales of Zony Mash Pride Pop supports LGBT Center NOLA. 3940 Thalia St. zonymashbeer.com.

JUNE 25-26

Pride Art Fair & Day Party

Happy Raptor Distilling hosts an art market and there is music from Lilli Lewis, Kelly Love Jones, Aybil, Owen Dunne and more. From noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at 1512 Carondelet St. happyraptor.com.

JUNE 30

CafeFree Black Girl Cookout

Black Pride NOLA hosts music, games, food and more at Culture Park. Doors open at 3 p.m. 3000 Franklin Ave. Find tickets via blackpridenola.com.

JUNE 30

Saints & Sinners Party

The kickoff party for Black Pride NOLA has a leather and latex attire theme. Doors open at 10 p.m. at Traffik Kitchen & Cocktails. 8700 Lake Forest Blvd. Tickets $25 and up via Eventbrite.

JULY 1

Community Fest at Culture Park

The event includes music, art, vendors, HIV testing, panelists and food. From 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Culture Park. 3000 Franklin Ave. Free admission. Find information at blackpridenola.com.

JULY 1

Black Excellence LGBTQ Sneaker Ball & Award Show

The event recognizes Black LGBTQ leaders. At 9 p.m. at Carver Theater. Tickets $25 in advance, $40 at the door. 2101 Orleans Ave. Find information at blackpridenola.com.

JULY 3

Black Pride NOLA Comedy Show

Kia Barnes hosts a comedy show with KB 2 Funny, Storhm Artiste and Shep Kelly at Café Istanbul.

2372 St. Claude Ave. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets $25 in advance via kiabarnes.com.

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the stage is set for something different. All the ingredients of traditional Creole gumbo — sausage, chicken, the holy trinity — are condensed into a filling that is tucked into a square of tender dough. The hand-formed potsticker is pan fried and steamed.

Then the bundle is floated into a bowl of gumbo. Top it all with a scattering of green onion and pickled chiles and you have the most popular dish on the menu at Ginger Roux.

Chinese meets Creole cuisine at the restaurant in the new Hilton Canopy hotel, located in the former Oil and Gas Building, a glass-and-steel 14-story tower built in 1959.

The hotel opened a few months ago, and the culinary team is led by executive chef Jonathan Hostetler, a 34 -year-old Virginia native who has spent the past 10 years carving out a niche for himself in the culinary scene. He previously worked at Cochon Butcher and Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel & Casino, where he was tapped as executive chef right before the pandemic. At Canopy, he’s found just the right fit, heading up the dining options at a boutique 176-room hotel. He’s creating his own Asian-New Orleans concept, and sources locally where he can.

“The brand wanted to connect to the neighborhood’s history as New Orleans’ Chinatown, and they picked out the name,” Hostetler says. “Beyond that, I was given the freedom to create something brand new.”

His staff includes Joshua Davis, who gained experience cooking with a wok during six years at Red’s Chinese in Bywater.

“They were supposed to open back up,” Hostetler says. “When they didn’t, I scooped him.”

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the property, and he’s a colleague Hostetler knew from Harrah’s.

Hostetler has created an impressive menu, which includes breakfast at the bar beginning at 6:30 a.m.

The Herbalist Bar opens then and stays open into the late evening seven days a week.

It has a menu of exotic cocktails and both local and Chinese beers on tap and a rotating list of Asian-food friendly wines from small producers.

The chef and his team developed 40 recipes in the 10 days prior to opening, and the menu will continue to expand.

Every dish has an Asian twist, a nod to the Chinese neighborhood that once occupied this section of town.

“Our goal is to draw from Cantonese, Korean and Thai dishes, using Creole techniques and local ingredients,” Hostetler says. “We are creating our own thing — dishes that don’t fit into any box but still seem familiar.”

At lunch, local shrimp are dusted with five spice, blackened and served with blistered tomato and vegetables in a citrus-ginger vinaigrette. The Cantonese Cuban features pressed lemon-grass-marinated pork with ham, pickles house-made Chinese mustard and fontina cheese.

The double smashburger is topped with hoisin barbecue onions, Chinese mustard, lettuce, tomato and American cheese.

In a town crazy for fried chicken sandwiches, Ginger Roux’s Korean spicy chicken sandwich stands out from the crowd, with a slather of chili-spiced fire sauce, kimchi aioli and spicy pickles.

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Chef Jonathan Hostetler at Ginger Roux.

The crawfish potato salad is a toothsome blend of charred corn, potatoes and crawfish tails in a tangy mayo dressing, with plenty of satisfying crunch in every bite.

For dinner, the growing seasonal menu includes gumbo dumplings, along with the crawfish boil fried rice studded with andouille, local mushrooms and charred corn.

General Tso’s alligator isn’t deep fried. Instead, tender alligator morsels are blackened in the wok and paired with crispy garlic broccoli, house Tso’s sauce, jasmine rice and herb salad.

For dessert, sweet potato pie spring rolls are garnished with candied cashew crunch and topped with five-spice whipped cream and smoked orange chili glaze.

Locals dining at the restaurant can self-park at the Unipark garage across the street at 145 Roosevelt Way for $7, and parking is free for a party spending more than $100.

Takeout orders can be phoned in, and patrons can go to the valet stand and retrieve their food at the takeaway window.

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restaurant project underway.

The Kingsway is slated for 4201 Magazine St., the former home of Vietnamese restaurant Magasin, which closed earlier this year.

Chef Ashwin Vilkhu says it will be an upscale modern American restaurant, with elements of East Asian and French cuisines. He said the idea is based on the flavors his family knew growing up in the U.S. The Kingsway is a family endeavor that will be led largely by the next generation, Ashwin and his sister Pranita.

Ashwin Vilkhu expects it to open in 2023 following a major renovation.

The chef‘s mother and father, Pardeep and Arvinder Vilkhu, moved from New Delhi to the U.S. when Ashwin was six months old. His

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The Vilkhu family, (from left) Ashwin, Arvinder, Pardeep and Pranita, at Saffron NOLA. mother developed a career as a psychologist, while Arvinder devoted his life to hospitality.

In the 1990s, after a successful experiment cooking for a friend’s wedding, he and Pardeep started a catering company on the side, called Saffron Caterers. This evolved into Saffron, a restaurant open one night per week, which offered a taste of new ideas around Indian cuisine with strong Louisiana influences.

Saffron NOLA evolved into a fullfledged Uptown restaurant in 2017.

The forthcoming restaurant takes its name from the Gretna street where the family once lived.

“The catering company got its start in the garage,” Ashwin Vilkhu says. “It was a very modest home, but because of my dad and his training, and my mom’s ideas about hospitality, it was always filled with food and they were always entertaining.” — IAN McNULTY / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE

Mollie Battenhouse Master of Wine

by Will Coviello MASTER OF WINE MOLLIE BATTENHOUSE HAS WORKED IN MANY AREAS of the

restaurant and wine industries, from being the head sommelier at New York’s Tribeca Grill to her current positions as director of wine education for Jackson Family Wines, instructor at The International Wine Center in New York and wine and spirits partner at Preferabli. She is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park and cooked in restaurants including Palace Cafe in New Orleans, the French-Indian fusion restaurant Pondicheri in New York and worked for Daniel Boulud in New York. Battenhouse is coming to the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience (June 7-12) to lead a seminar on food and wine pairing and one on chardonnay. Find information about NOWFE programs at nowfe.com.

What is the exam like to earn the Master of Wine certification?

MOLLIE BATTENHOUSE: (There’s a blind tasting of) 36 wines over the course of three days, and five theory papers and there’s a dissertation at the end. It’s difficult, but obviously manageable.

What I like about wine tasting with Master of Wine versus Master Sommelier is there’s always context around it. With Master Sommelier, you get six wines blind, you have 25 minutes to identify the wines. In a question like that, you’d be identifying the grape, the region, the country, but you might also be asked to talk about winemaking. How is this style of wine achieved in the winery?

There’s a smaller field of wines they’d ask you about for the Master of Wine. You might get a flight of three or four wines that have some sort of relation to one another. They may say these wines are all made from single grape varieties and all come from Eastern European countries, and you have to identify and talk more about them.

In the year I sat, there were a bunch of 2003 wines hitting the market, so questions revolved around high alcohol, because that was a hot year. We had a flight of

six or seven red wines that were all over 14.5% alcohol. We had everything from California zinfandel and cabernet to port and Amarone. We had to talk about how alcohol was achieved from vineyard to bottle. It’s fun and applicable. You have to know the ins and outs of winemaking and those seminal styles of wine. It adds a layer of understanding and practicality.

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What will you cover in the wine and food pairing lab at NOWFE?

B: There’s definitely both art and science. The class I will do is similar to one I took ages ago in Oregon with Trish Rogers (of The ZiNG Thing!). It delves into the science behind food and wine pairing. Things like acid with acid and sugar with sugar and how these things work together. This will be a sensory evaluation. We’ll have five wines ranging in style from a crisp, fresh, dry white, a buttery chardonnay, a low-tannin red, a higher-tannin red and something with sweetness to it. Along with it, people will taste lemon, apple, or chocolate or cheese. Something salty, something fatty, something acidic and something sweet to see how those different components in food play off the components in wine. The art comes into it when you start combining these things.

A lot of times you can’t divorce them. I’ll use potato chips for something that is fatty but also has salt. Being creative with how you can combine those things is where the art comes from.

A lot of people will ask, “What goes with chicken?” Well, OK, is it raw? Are you broiling it? Are you tossing it in a Caesar salad? Are you roasting it? Are you frying it?

What are you going to serve with it? Often the protein isn’t the dominant flavor. It could be a sauce or a side dish that’s served with it but takes over.

There are some nice aha moments when you teach people how they can adjust things at the table with lemon and salt. Some simple things can be adjusted to make it a better pairing. Once you get those basics, it gives you free rein to go and play.

The first rule I always tell people is drink what you like, because life is short. But there are some tough foods. Salt is a base that needs to be balanced with acid, but that

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acid could come from a crisp dry white, or a high-acid red, or a rose or a sparkling wine. It doesn’t have to be from one thing. Hot spice is another. If you have hot peppers, something with high alcohol is going to inflame it. If you enjoy that sensation, have at it. I don’t, so I’d choose a lower alcohol wine to pair with something spicy. Sugar is tough. You kind of want to match.

If you have pineapple salsa on tacos, then sauvignon blanc with a lot of fruit will work without having the sugar.

With climate change affecting vineyards, what are vintners doing to adjust?

B: During the pandemic, we formed a couple of different teams within Jackson (Family Wines) to look at different possibilities. We were identifying different grape varieties we should be looking at.

We did a tasting of grape varieties from around the world to show what they can do — grape varieties that are more drought resistant, or that can perform well at high altitudes where it is going to be cooler. Another team is focused on new locations. During the pandemic, Julia Jackson purchased a winery in Vancouver — a very cool-climate wine producing area.

The samples were beautiful. We were looking at areas that you wouldn’t think of for chardonnay or pinot (noir) but are actually perfect for it.

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Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, addresses are for New Orleans and all accept credit cards. Updates: Email willc@gambitweekly.com or call (504) 483-3106.

7TH WARD

Nonno’s Cajun Cuisine and Pastries — 2025 N. Claiborne Ave., (504) 354-1364; nonnoscajuncuisineandpastries.com — The menu includes home-style Cajun and Creole dishes with some vegan options. Shrimp is sauteed with onion and bell pepper, topped with cheese and served with two eggs and toast.

Reservations accepted. Delivery available. Breakfast and lunch daily. $$

CBD

Common Interest — Hotel Indigo, 705 Common St., (504) 595-5605; commoninterestnola.com — Shrimp remoulade Cobb salad comes with avocado, blue cheese, tomatoes, bacon, egg and corn relish. Debris grits is slow-roasted, seasoned beef served over goat cheese and thyme grits.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night daily. $$ Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; juansflyingburrito.com — See Uptown section for restaurant description. Outdoor dining available.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. $$ Mother’s Restaurant — 401 Poydras St., (504) 523-9656; mothersrestaurant. net —The counter-service spot is known for po-boys dressed with cabbage and Creole favorites, such as jambalaya, crawfish etouffee and red beans and rice. No reservations. Delivery available.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$ Tacklebox — 817 Common St., (504) 8271651; legacykitchen.com — The seafood restaurant serves raw and char-grilled oysters, local seafood, burgers, salads and more. Redfish St. Charles is served with garlic herb butter, asparagus, mushrooms and crawfish cornbread.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$

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. $$ Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; mikimotosushi.com — The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. There’s a large menu of sushi, sashimi, rolls, noodle dishes, teriyaki and more. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. $$ Nice Guys Bar & Grill — 7910 Earhart Blvd., (504) 302-2404; niceguysbarandgrillnola.com — Char-grilled oysters are topped with cheese. The menu also includes wings, quesadillas, burgers, sandwiches, salads, seafood pasta and more. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. $$$

FRENCH QUARTER

Broussard’s — 819 Conti St., (504) 581-3866; broussards.com — The menu includes Creole and creative contemporary dishes. Rainbow trout amandine is served with tasso and corn macque

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

choux, Creole meuniere sauce and fried almonds. Reservations recommended.

Outdoor seating available. Dinner Wed.Sat., brunch Sun. $$$ Curio — 301 Royal St., (504) 717-4198; curionola.com — The creative Creole menu includes blackened Gulf shrimp served with chicken and andouille jambalaya. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. $$ Desire Oyster Bar — Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 586-0300; sonesta.com/desireoysterbar — The menu features Gulf seafood and shellfish 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. $$

JEFFERSON/RIVER RIDGE

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. Takeout and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. $

LAKEVIEW

The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 2842898; thebluecrabnola.com — The menu includes sandwiches, fried seafood platters, boiled seafood and more. Basin barbecue shrimp and grits features jumbo shrimp over cheese grits and a cheese biscuit. Outdoor seating available. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $$

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. $$$ 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) 533-9998; nephewsristorante.com — Chef Frank Catalanotto is the namesake “nephew” who ran the kitchen at Tony Angello’s restaurant.

The Creole-Italian menu features dishes like veal, eggplant or chicken parmigiana. 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. $

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, biscotti, fig cookies, tiramisu, macaroons 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, chargrilled 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) 234-9420; theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $

UPTOWN

Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; 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; 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 Tabasco pepperjelly vinaigrette. No reservations.

Lunch daily. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $ Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco — 5015 Magazine St., (504) 267-7612; titoscevichepisco.com — The Peruvian menu includes a version of the traditional dish lomo saltado, featuring beef tenderloin tips sauteed with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, soy sauce and pisco, and served with fried potatoes and rice. Dine-in, outdoor seating and delivery available. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$$

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. $$$ Legacy Kitchen’s Craft Tavern — 700 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 613-2350; legacykitchen.com — The menu includes raw oysters, flatbreads, burgers, sandwiches, salads and more. A NOLA Style Grits Bowl is gluten-free and has bacon, cheddar and a poached egg on top of grits.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$ Peacock Room — Kimpton Hotel Fontenot, 501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 324-3073; peacockroomnola.com — The Peacock Room offers cocktails, bar snacks and shareable plates. Black lentil vadouvan curry comes with roasted tomatoes, forest mushrooms and basmati rice. Reservations accepted. Dinner Wed.-Mon., brunch Sun. $$

WEST BANK Legacy Kitchen Steak & Chop — 91 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, (504) 513-2606; legacykitchen.com — The steak selection includes filets mignons, ribeyes, bone-in rib-eyes and top sirloins.

There also are burgers, salads, seafood dishes and more. Reservations accepted.

Outdoor seating available. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $$ Mosca’s — 4137 Highway 90 West, Westwego, (504) 436-8950; moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery serves shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and more. Baked oysters Mosca is made with breadcrumbs and Italian seasonings. Curbside pickup available.

Dinner Wed.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Tavolino Pizza & Lounge — 141 Delaronde St., (504) 605-3365; tavolinonola.com — The menu features signature thin-crust pizzas as well as salads, pepperoni chips, meatballs and more.

A Behrman Hwy. pizza is topped with citrus-braised pork belly, Vietnamese caramel, nuoc cham-marinated carrots and radishes, jalapeno and herbs. No reservations. Outdoor seating available.

Dinner Tue.-Sat. $$

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TUESDAY 7 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Peter Harris Quartet, 7 pm CARNAVAL LOUNGE — Wojtek Industries, 9 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Colin Myers Band, 5 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 8 pm GASA GASA — Sink In, Unwell, Deadsled Funeral Co., Neutral Snap, 8 pm HOUSE OF BLUES — Big K.R.I.T. - Digital Roses Tour, 12 pm KITCHEN TABLE CAFÉ — Kitchen Table Cafe Trio, 7 pm THE TCHOUP YARD — A Lyrical Affair, 6 pm ZONY MASH BEER PROJECT — Rebirth Brass Band, 8 pm

WEDNESDAY 8 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, 8 pm HARD ROCK CAFE NEW ORLEANS — Cole Hill , 7 pm JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK VISITOR CENTER, NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK — Ranger Sessions with Jon Beebe, 12 pm NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM — Les Getrex N Creole Cooking, 2 pm PEACOCK ROOM, HOTEL FONTENOT — Rachel Murray, 7 pm SANTOS — Russell Welch Swamp Moves Trio , 8 pm THE BROADSIDE — WoodenHead and New Orleans Guitarmasters, 7 pm

THURSDAY 9 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Peter Harris Quartet, 8 pm BLUE NILE — Where Y'at Brass Band, 9 pm BOURBON SQUARE JAZZ BAR — Alicia Renee "Blue Eyes", 7:30 pm BUFFA'S — Tom McDermott and Meschiya Lake, 7 & 9 pm CAFE NEGRIL — Sierra Green and the Soul Machine, 10 pm CARNAVAL LOUNGE — James Rose Band, Mesospeak, Self Help Tapes, 9 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — John Boutté, 7 pm; Papa Mali Trio, 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 — Hanna Frances, Maddy Kirgo, Amelia Neville, 9 pm KITCHEN TABLE CAFÉ — Dr. Mark St. Cyr Traditional Jazz Band, 7 pm

NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE — The Wedding Party, 9 pm PEACOCK ROOM, HOTEL FONTENOT — Da Lovebirds with Robin Barnes and Pat Casey , 8 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Ron & Tina's Acoustic Jam, 7 pm ROCK 'N' BOWL — Chubby Carrier & Bayou Swamp Band, 8 pm SANTOS — Spitfire w/Monte Luna and Quarter Rats, 8 pm SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 pm THE JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Brass-AHolics, 7:30 pm WETLANDS SAKE — Bad Penny Pleasuremakers, 6:30 pm

FRIDAY 10 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Peter Harris Trio, 8 pm BLUE NILE — The Caesar Brothers, 7 pm; Brass Flavor, 11 pm BLUE NILE BALCONY ROOM — Bomb's Ex-Lover, DJ Hndrcks plus Special Guests, 10 pm BUFFA'S — Meryl and Her Zimmermen, 7 & 9 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, 10 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard “Piano” Scott, 12:30 pm; Crescent City Moonlighters, 2:30 pm; Lee Floyd and Thunderbolt Trio, 6 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 9 pm GASA GASA — Slow Rosary, Butte, Will Roesner's Band, James John Jr., 9 pm GEORGE AND JOYCE WEIN JAZZ & HERITAGE CENTER — The Savoy Doucet Cajun Band, 8 pm JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK VISITOR CENTER, NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK — Sequenon Kone, 12 pm; Jamil Sharif Duo, 2 pm MUSIC BOX VILLAGE — Klaas Hübner House Band, 5 pm NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE — Jay Walkers, 7:30 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — The 45's, 8 pm REPUBLIC NOLA — Funtcase feat.

PlayerOne, Wayvz, 11 pm ROCK 'N' BOWL — The Wise Guys with The Yat Pack, 8:30 pm SANTOS — Freestylers, 9 pm SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Tony Dagradi Tribute to Art Blakey, 8 & 10pm SOUTHPORT HALL LIVE MUSIC & PARTY HALL — Undertow: Tribute to Tool, 8 pm THE BROADSIDE — The Maroons , 7 pm THREE KEYS (ACE HOTEL) — Water Seed's Wild Nights, 9 pm TIPITINA'S — Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes, Erica Falls, 9 pm ZONY MASH BEER PROJECT — Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, 8 pm

SATURDAY 11 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Jordan Anderson, 8 pm BLUE NILE — George Brown Band, 11 pm

BLUE NILE BALCONY ROOM — The Marigny Street Brass Band, 10 pm BUFFA'S — Freddie Blue & the Friendship Circle Band, 7 & 9 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Cha Wa, 10 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Richard "Piano" Scott, 12:30 pm; Joe Kennedy Band, 2:30 pm; Lee Floyd and Thunderbolt Trio, 6 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 9 pm GASA GASA — Pony Bradshaw, Will Stewart, Conor Donohue, 9 pm KERRY IRISH PUB — Patrick Cooper, 9 pm KITCHEN TABLE CAFÉ — Bad Penny Pleasuremakers, 7 pm NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE — Elise Bourg, 7:30 pml A Simple Pig, 9 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — Nine Mile Point, 9 pm REPUBLIC NOLA — Terror Reid, 11 pm ROCK 'N' BOWL — Lost in the '60s, 8:30 pm SIDNEY'S SALOON — Ben Ricketts with Lisbon Girls, New Fools, 9 pm SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — John "Papa" Gros: Central City Celebration, 8 & 10 pm SOUTHPORT HALL LIVE MUSIC & PARTY HALL — Copy of Mothership: Tribute to Led Zeppelin, 8 pm THE BOMBAY CLUB — Anais St. John, 8 pm THE HIDEAWAY DEN & ARCADE — Them Guys with She Might be a Beast and Lowerline, 9 pm THE JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — The Nayo Jones Experience, 7:30 pm

SUNDAY 12 300 BOURBON STREET — James Rivers Movement, 7:30 pm BLUE NILE — The Baked Potatoes, 7 pm; Street Legends Brass Band, 10 pm BUFFA'S — Some Like It Hot, 11 am & 1 pm; Spike Perkins Trio, 7 & 9 pm CARNAVAL LOUNGE — Songwriter Night, 6 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 5 pm; Treme Brass Band, 9 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Molly Reeves Band, 12:30 pm; Joe Kennedy Band, 2:30 pm; Marla Dixon Band, 6 pm; Fritzel's All Star Band, 8 pm PEACOCK ROOM, HOTEL FONTENOT — Rachel Murray and Joe Bouchá , 11 am; Jelani Bauman , 11 am; Ruth Marie and Mark Monistere , 7 pm POUR HOUSE SALOON — 12th in Line, 4 pm SIDNEY'S SALOON — DarkLounge Ministries, 6 pm SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Steve Lands: Cosmic Roux, 8 & 10 pm

MONDAY 13 BUFFA'S — Doyle Cooper Trio, 7 pm D.B.A. NEW ORLEANS — Secret Six Jazz Band, 6 pm FRITZEL'S EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB — Lee Floyd and Thunderbolt Trio, 6 pm; Richard "Piano" Scott and Friends, 8 pm GASA GASA — Frankie White, Ralph, 9 pm SANTOS — The Flex with Thou, Paprika and Dracula, 8 pm

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IN MARCH, 504ICYGRL RELEASED “PRINCESS DIARIES,” a tight six-song

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The word “princess,” though — that has a more fluid meaning for Riley.

“How I define ‘princess’ is anybody that is confident in themselves and feel like, pretty much they’re that bitch,” says Riley on the phone from Los Angeles. “It’s really a loose term. I’ve been coining the term 504Princess lately because I’ve been feeling like I’m putting off for my city — that’s another thing: I feel like a princess should be repping where they’re from, too.”

Born on the West Bank, Riley moved to Los Angeles around 2018, but the 24-year-old comes back to New Orleans about twice a month, she says — and you’re likely to catch her in an outfit that has “504” somewhere on it or in an icy, jeweled “504” necklace.

504icygrl will next be in New Orleans on Thursday, June 9, to headline a show at Cafe Istanbul as part of her first tour, which will also stop in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston and New York. Rappers Cali Kilo and Yanayez, who have been supporting Riley on tour, also will perform along with $leazy EZ and DJs Rakim Beau and Kelly Green.

“All these shows, besides two or three, I curated the whole lineup, down to the DJs, the host, the venue,” Riley says. “So for this one, I really wanted to pick all of my favorite women artists in the city.”

Riley grew up in a music-loving household, and her grandmother, who played guitar, had a major influence. She was a librarian and Riley spent a lot of time with her in the stacks, reading and developing a love for writing — especially non-fiction and diary entries.

When she was 17, Riley met Poppy H, a rapper from the 9th Ward who had caught the attention of Lil Wayne and Young Money Entertainment. Poppy and the exposure to Young Money inspired Riley, and after she moved to L.A. in 2018, Riley found herself in a recording studio with a friend. Her friend had some extra studio time, so Riley took a shot at rapping a few verses.

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504icygrl plays Cafe Istanbul with $leazy EZ, DJ Kelly Green and more on June 9. try to make music,’” Riley says. She booked her own session the next day, she says.

In 2019, Riley released her first 504icygrl EP, “Trap Etiquette,” and followed it up in 2020 with the longer project “Zazaland,” a few singles and then “Princess Diaries.” Riley says she draws inspiration from old Nicki Minaj and Young Money records from the mid-2000s and 2010s.

Weed, dealing, sex, pleasure, bankrolls, emphatic boasting — Riley firmly plants her foot in the male-dominated world of hip-hop swagger. There’s a subversive quality, with Riley’s pristine flow, lots of pinks and album designs influenced

by Lisa Frank and Bratz. What do you mean a princess doesn’t want some weed and head?

Riley, though, says that’s not quite intentional; she’s just being honest and herself.

“I wouldn’t say it’s a message, but it’s just so me. I want my supporters to feel like they know me,” she says. Inspiration from Lisa Frank, for example, that’s because she grew up with those notebooks and school folders, she says.

Along with her music, Riley also runs a weed business, 504exotics, and an independent music label, 504dalabel.

With “Princess Diaries,” Riley hopes listeners “feel like they know me a little bit more as an artist and as a human being,” she says. “I want people to feel like they’re closer to me. But they also look at me as more than just a rapper. I want people to be like, ‘Wow, this is an artist,’ because I do so much. I really want them to listen to the tape and be intrigued.”

504icygrl performs at 8 p.m.

Thursday, June 9, at Café Istanbul.

Tickets are $15. Find more at 504exotics.com.

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wine dinners at local restaurants, a burlesque brunch and seminars on wine and food pairing (see page 17) and more.

Grand Tastings are at 6 p.m.

Friday, June 10, and 2 p.m.

Saturday, June 11, at the Sugar Mill. Events run June 7-12.

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Slow Rosary

LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER RELEASING ITS DEBUT RECORD, NEW ORLEANS INDIE ROCK BAND SLOW ROSARY will celebrate its second

album release with a show at 9 p.m. Friday, June 10, at Gasa Gasa. The band has said the album “Free WiFi in the Vatican” is a “worship record” on its surface — but beneath the surface, it’s an examination of weaponized Christianity’s harsher realities, something a lot of lapsed south Louisiana Catholics will pick up on.

Butte, Will Roesner’s Band and James Johnson Jr. also perform. Tickets are $10 at ticketweb.com.

‘Queer as Folk’ premiere party

PEACOCK SET ITS NEW REVIVAL OF “QUEER AS FOLK” IN NEW ORLEANS,

and the city’s LGBTQ community plays a leading role, so you can expect to see numerous locals throughout the season, including performers Laveau Contraire and Debbie with a “D,” Big Freedia and the extreme drag wrestling group Choke Hole. A number of local performers host an episode one watch party at The Broadside on Thursday, June 9. Catch the first episode of “Queer As Folk” at 8 p.m. with Laveau Contraire, Siren, Virginia SlimJim, Cucci Licci, Debbie with a “D” and Austrailyah Davenport. Tickets are $10 at broadsidenola.com.

‘Bestival’

VETERAN LOCAL ACTRESS ANDREA WATSON FOUNDED the new theater

company Fat Squirrel. Its first production is an evening of short pieces addressing the theme of re-examining the familiar. Lucy Faust’s “In the Biblical Sense” takes another look at figures from the Bible.

Stephanie Garrison re-imagines some of Shakespeare’s women characters and Bradley

Warshaueur explores nostalgia.

Shows are at 7 p.m. Monday, June 13, through Thursday, June 16, and also June 20-23. At Bryant Park NOLA. Tickets $20 at fatsquirrelnola.square.site.

Isaac Eady

NEW ORLEANS DRUMMER ISAAC EADY JOINED THE TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND in 2021 and recently

wrapped up a national tour with the group. You can now catch Eady leading his own band at 9 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at Maple Leaf Bar. Tickets are $10 at mapleleafbar.com and $15 at the door.

Big K.R.I.T.

MISSISSIPPI-BORN BIG K.R.I.T. BROKE OUT WITH THE SINGLE “COUNTRY SHIT” and his studio

album debut “Live from the Underground” and became a strong voice among Southern rappers. He is on tour in support of his latest album, “Digital Roses Don’t Die,” released in February. Elhae opens at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at House of Blues. Find tickets via houseofblues.com.

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New Orleans Sidesteppers

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Friday, June 10, at the Marigny Opera House. Find information about the band at nolasidesteppers.com. Suggested donation $10-$20.

‘Waitress’

JENNA IS A WAITRESS WHO’S TRYING TO ESCAPE A BAD HUSBAND and make a better life for

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Directors Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, along with executive producers Quint Davis and Jimmy Buffett, filmed a documentary marking the milestone. For local audiences, it may feel like a victory lap, celebrating everything they know and love about the festival.

For the uninitiated, it is a fast-paced and reverent dive into Jazz Fest and its grounding in New Orleans and Louisiana culture.

Suffern has worked on numerous music documentaries. Here, the film stitches together performances, interviews, quick clips of everything at the Fair Grounds and detours into local culture and landmarks.

The film makes the most of rock star appeal, and that sometimes focuses on groups that have long been popular at the festival and linked to the city, such as Earth, Wind & Fire. Pitbull, who has appeared at the festival a couple of times, also is on camera a lot, and he says he first ate a fried oyster at Jazz Fest.

The segue into scenes of Katy Perry performing is her religious background, and one long scene features a large gospel choir singing the Edwin Hawkins Singers’ “Oh Happy Day” on stage with Perry dressed in a shiny pink and silver leotard with poofed shoulders — before she sings “Firework.”

If nothing else, the massive pink stage backdrops and Perry’s glitzy stage show are a good reminder of how Jazz Fest has grown over the decades and competes with other large music festivals.

The documentary has great footage from the first few Jazz Fests, including Mahalia Jackson talking to the crowd in Louis Armstrong Park, where the first festival was held.

Other brilliant early footage includes B.B. King talking about why he likes New Orleans audiences.

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New Orleans festival in 1962 went nowhere because of the vestiges of Jim Crow laws.

The rhythm and pacing of the film are sharp. The documentary includes clips of all sorts of components that ground the festival in Louisiana culture, including clips of Native American dancers in the Folklife area and craftsmen working with iron and digging out a pirogue.

And of course, it spends plenty of time on food, with vendors talking about everything from boudin balls to the late Loretta Harrison and her pralines. Love at First Bite owners say that on a busy day, they serve a couple thousand cochon de lait po-boys. And just when the narrative slows, it whips back to an energetic stage performance.

The film takes expected detours into the roots of New Orleans beats in Congo Square and the music of enslaved peoples. It talks about Mardi Gras Indians, Preservation Hall and second lines. There’s stark footage of the destruction following Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee failures, and the subsequent recovery, punctuated by an interview with Bruce Springsteen and a clip of him singing “My City of Ruins,” written about Asbury Park, New Jersey, at the first festival after the storm.

Ellis Marsalis Jr. occupies a unique space in the film. He shares that he was recruited to help select musicians to perform at the first festival. For the 50th, he was joined on stage by his sons Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo and Jason, all of whom are interviewed in the film. It underscores the legacy of New Orleans music, and the lineage and culture that passes on its traditions. That organic element sets Jazz Fest apart. The film is dedicated to both Ellis Marsalis Jr. and Wein, acknowledging their decades of contributions.

“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” runs at AMC Elmwood Palace 20, Broad Theater and Prytania Theatres at Canal Place.

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