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rium on deep-water drilling will play well in a state dependent on oil revenues, but he still has to prove his mettle by leading a substantive — and successful — state response to the catastrophe. So far, he has proved himself adept at photo ops.

And then there are our Congressional representatives. U.S. Sen. David Vitter and Rep. Charlie Melancon, who’s seeking Vitter’s seat in November, have been quick to say how much they’ve been looking out for Louisiana — while sniping at each other. Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao has an election of his own coming up, and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, one of the Senate’s major beneficiaries of oil industry contributions, has a particularly thin tightrope to walk when it comes to calling for sanctions against BP.

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Obama isn’t the only politician whose career is at stake here.

Gov. Bobby Jindal also has a tricky needle to thread.

Meanwhile, BP’s Hayward is scheduled to appear this Thursday, June 17, before an investigative House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chaired by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), where he’ll have to defend BP’s actions in the continuing disaster. Hayward has already proven he cannot be believed or trusted on anything related to the spill — but citizens shouldn’t just be listening to him that day. They also should be listening to what their lawmakers intend to do about all this.

Obviously stung by criticism that he wasn’t showing sufficient outrage, Obama went on the Today show June 8 and said his trips to the Gulf Coast were, in part, so he could “know whose ass to kick.” It was a calculated move by “No-Drama Obama,” but he and others should remember: The people of the Gulf Coast don’t want drama. They want action — because, come November and beyond, they already know whose asses to kick.

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t’s not the triumphs of their administrations that define modern presidents; it’s their responses, or lack thereof, to crises. Jimmy Carter’s presidency is synonymous with stagflation, a recession, and the Iran hostage crisis. George W. Bush will be remembered for his rush to war in Iraq and his pitiful response to Hurricane Katrina. Now, 19 months into his presidency, Barack Obama is faced with the greatest environmental catastrophe in American history. How well — or how poorly — he responds is how he’ll be remembered. It also may determine whether voters give him a second term, as they did Bush, or whether he’ll be oneand-done like Carter.

Critics say Obama was slow to react to the crisis, and he certainly has flip-flopped on the issue of offshore drilling. Just weeks before the Deepwater Horizon blew, he expanded deep-water exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. In late May, however, he announced a six-month moratorium on all current and future drilling in waters deeper than 500 feet, a move that canceled some lease sales in the western Gulf and off the East Coast. The move also threatens to send more major deep-water drilling rigs to foreign waters, and there’s no telling when they’ll return.

The president says he wants to see the conclusions of his study commission on the tragedy before lifting the moratorium.

This didn’t play well in south Louisiana.

With fishing, shrimping and oyster harvesting jobs gone, oil jobs were all that were left. Now they’re about to go as well. Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet said the economic effect of banning deep-water drilling would be “catastrophic.” Billy Nungesser and Charlotte Randolph, the presidents of Plaquemines and Lafourche parishes, told Obama the same thing on his most recent visit to the Gulf Coast. Unfortunately, the White House didn’t seem open to compromise.

Ironically, Obama had an unlikely early champion on the Gulf Coast: Nungesser, who has emerged as the anguished, angry, public face of Louisianans affected by the disaster. Nungesser, a Republican, has publicly lashed out at BP and its CEO Tony Hayward, as well as Adm. Thad Allen, the Coast Guard’s commander on the scene — but when he butted heads with Obama, he came away with praise for the federal response. “I think he cares and he’s a hands-on guy,” Nungesser said of the president. “I was real impressed.”

Obama isn’t the only politician whose career is at stake here. Gov. Bobby Jindal also has a tricky needle to thread. Jindal’s famous rejection of “big government” has already been mocked by those who noted how quickly he demanded help from the feds. His objection to Obama’s morato-

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inscription, also in Latin, indicates that the cross was originally blessed on the Solemnity of Christ the King: In sollemnitate D.N.I. C. Universorum Regis A.D. MMIX. The last inscription is the names of Archbishop Gregory Aymond and Monsignor Nalty, since they were the bishop and parish priest at the time of the blessing. And because the church is in New Orleans, a fleur de lis also is engraved on the cross.

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DEAR CURIOUS, After a year of hard work, the parishioners of Good Shepherd Parish have a beautiful new cross on St. Stephen’s Church, a 12-foothigh bronze cross gilded in 23-karat gold leaf. The design of the cross is of Irish or Celtic origin.

The old cross was a victim of Hurricane Gustav, which caused it to lose an arm. The cross was discovered to be copper flashing over steel piping and cypress wood — nothing especially valuable or beautiful. An insurance estimate revealed that the cross could be repaired or replaced for $30,000 — $500 for the cross itself and the rest for labor and the crane.

The new pastor, Monsignor Christopher Nalty, appointed on Nov. 1, 2008, made a decision after asking himself, “Why would we spend $30,000 to replace a simple $500 cross?

Can’t we put something more beautiful on top of our church?”

Monsignor Nalty contacted local artist Thomas Bruno. Bruno was given the original drawings by architects Favrot & Livaudais, and he offered the parish a proposal.

Announcements went out about the new project. Parishioners were promised that their names would be engraved on the new cross for a donation of $1,000.

The “Spirit Givers,” as they were called, were more than generous. As a result, it was decided to have the cross covered completely with gold leaf.

Thomas Bruno cast the entire cross of bronze, which will last a very long time, and the names of all the “Spirit Givers” were hand-engraved into the upright beam. After a primer was applied, gold “sizing” came next. Then followed 4-inchsquare sheets of 23-karat gold leaf applied by hand.

Finally, the cross was inscribed in Latin.

The English translation is this: “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.” (John 3:14-15). Another

The new 12-foot bronze cross on top of St. Stephen’s Church is covered in 23-karat gold leaf applied by hand. It replaces a cross damaged during Hurricane Gustav in 2008.

HEY BLAKE, I WAS JUST HOPING YOU COULD TELL ME IF THE BELLS IN THE ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL ARE RUNG BY HAND OR IF THEY ARE ON A MACHINE. I WAS ALSO WONDERING IF ALL THE BELLS ARE USED.

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DEAR CHRIS, Until about 20 years ago, the sexton rung the bells by pulling the ropes that ran down a shaft from the bells to the vestibule. Now the bells are on an automatic timer, and they are set to ring every quarter hour. There are seven bells in our magnificent cathedral. One of the big ones was installed in 1819 and is named Victoire. One of the smaller bells has a nick in it; during the Civil War, someone fired a gun from Algiers and hit the bell.

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“BP notes the fall in its share price in U.S. trading last night.

The company is not aware of any reason which justifies this share price movement.” — BP press release issued June 10, one day after the company’s stock dropped 16 percent, leaving BP worth half of what it was before the Deepwater Horizon disaster

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“Please, please send us some help. I make $513 a week as mayor.” — Grand Isle mayor David Camardelle, pleading before the U.S. Senate June 10

SKEPTICAL BUYERS, CHEFS AND DINERS WORRY GULF SEAFOOD IS TAINTED BY THE OIL DISASTER. LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ASSURE IT’S AS SAFE AS EVER.

“I have spent more time fighting the officials of BP and the Coast Guard than I have spent fighting the oil.” — Plaquemines Parish president Billy Nungesser, at the same Senate session

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According to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, 90 percent of the country’s domestic crawfish, 69 percent of its shrimp, and 70 percent of its oysters, come from the Gulf. Louisiana is also the largest

“If there are no oysters, what am I going to do with a loan?” — John Tesvich of AmeriPure Oysters, explaining to The New York Times why he and other oyster harvesters have not bothered to apply to the Small Business Administration for an emergency disaster loan.

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Crystal Mugnier, a chemical analyst at Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratories in Metairie, testing for hydrocarbons in samples of Louisiana seafood June 10.

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provider of live male No. 1 crabs to the East Coast. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry, one the LRA and the board (and now BP, with its $40 million bump to Louisiana seafood and tourism campaigns) aim to protect.

The National Restaurant Association convened in Chicago last month for its annual show, and LRA was there to get out its message. The board even launched a website (www.louisianaseafoodnews.com) to ensure accurate coverage of Louisiana seafood. But in Chicago, getting that seafood isn’t as simple.

In a New York Times profile of Chicago restaurants bracing for drops in Gulf seafood supplies, executive chef Cary Taylor of The Southern was quoted as saying he stopped using Gulf brown shrimp in his popular shrimp and grits because of “supply concerns and cus-

State lawmakers gave final unanimous approval last week to a bill that would permanently bar contractors convicted of public bribery, extortion, money laundering and corrupt influencing from bidding on public contracts in the state.

House Bill 1292 by Rep. Walker Hines, D-New Orleans, had 32 co-authors and no opposition.

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has been cleaning oiled seabirds in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The group, founded in 1976 in the wake of an oil spill in the Delaware River, is a first responder and one of the world’s leading experts on the protocols necessary to save oiled wildlife. The bird rescue has rehabilitated herons, terns, pelicans and sea turtles and is releasing them in safe areas where they’re expected to recover fully.

Olivia Bouler,

an artist from Islip, N.Y., contacted the Audubon Society about selling some of her drawings to benefit rescue efforts to help wildlife affected by the Gulf oil catastrophe. AOL heard of her generosity and offered free promotion and space on the AOL news website, raising $20,000 in three days and more than $60,000 total. Impressive — and all the more so because Olivia is 11 years old.

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launched a campaign called “$10 For Them” earlier this year, ensuring WWII veterans would always be able to enter the museum for no charge. According to museum president and CEO Dr. Nick Mueller, the drive received donations from all 50 states, and by Memorial Day weekend Americans had contributed enough money to underwrite admission for 3,417 vets.

Matthew Lynn,

a columnist for Bloomberg, wrote a June 7 opinion column in which he advised BP: “Your job is to look after the owners of the company, not make yourself acceptable to a country that doesn’t want you any more.” Lynn offered this advice on how to deal with “whining Americans” — “Just say: ‘Thanks for everything, guys. It was good while it lasted. Sorry about the oil spill, but so it goes. Goodbye and good night.’”

After an outcry, the column was removed from Bloomberg’s website.

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ouisiana needs a slogan. Jim Funk has one: “If it’s on the menu, it’s safe.”

Funk, president and chief executive officer of the Louisiana Restaurant Association (LRA), stands by his statement, and it’s one he’s willing to spread across the country to restaurants, chefs and diners.

“The last thing restaurants want to do is serve anything that might make a customer sick — that could destroy your reputation, lose your business,” he says. “Everyone is being very careful. Restaurants are getting plenty of seafood, and it’s safe. There’s no question about it.”

Importing foreign, frozen seafood is and presumably will remain blasphemy to finer local restaurants. But Funk worries diners are scrutinizing not the seafood quality, nor taste, nor prices, but its safety. He and other LRA members fear restaurants, from the Great Lakes to the East and West coasts, will abandon Gulf seafood altogether as the BP oil disaster’s volatile slicks penetrate the coast. And Funk says tainted food is a problem of perception more than reality.

“We’re afraid people still have a fear,” Funk says.

“People out of state might read something in the paper, that some restaurant in Baltimore is not going to buy any more Louisiana seafood — why in the world would they say that? It’s beyond me.”

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tomer fears.” But that’s not the case, Taylor tells Gambit. Though some customers are concerned about the quality, it’s the quantity they worry about, and so does Taylor.

“There’s not really been any concerns from our customers,” Taylor says about safety fears. “And we certainly assure them it’s not that big of a deal.”

Taylor says supply and demand is the problem — and so are the costs, which would have to be relayed to the customers.

“I grew up in Georgia with the adage ‘Only eat oysters in the months that end in R,’” he says. “I would not be serving, in Chicago, Gulf oysters in June or July anyway. But as far as shrimp — it’s funny, after that article came out it was Memorial Day weekend, and we had a boil with a bunch of Gulf brown shrimp. But lately we’ve just been getting a really great sustainable shrimp product from somewhere else other than the Gulf.”

Taylor says The Southern’s Gulf Coast-inspired menu still features Louisiana crawfish, but fresh, sustainably harvested Gulf seafood is on an as-available basis.

“The big problem is whether Chicago restaurants get the supplies,” he says.

“The guys harvesting oysters for four generations in your neck of the woods, they’re going to lose everything they know. That’s a big problem here.”

Tommy Cvitanovich represents a Croatian legacy in south Louisiana — his father Drago opened Drago’s in 1969, establishing a family institution and Metairie (and now a downtown) seafood destination. The menu features Drago’s popular signature charbroiled oysters.

The Louisiana Office of Public Health and Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) closed 11 oyster harvest areas as a precautionary measure — oil hasn’t breached the beds, but it lingers near the oysters’ fragile waterways. For years, the Cvitanovich family has enjoyed its family-owned oyster beds supplying the restaurants, but now those beds are an oil target.

Cvitanovich stands by the safety of his product.

“Everybody up and down the food chain understands the last thing we need is tainted or contaminated seafood to be in the marketplace,” he says.

“I mean, look at the oyster closures.

They’re all precautionary. … They are erring on the side of caution and I’m OK with that.”

His customers question the availability of seafood on the menu more than its safety, he says. “Everybody asks about availability. I get some, but very little questions about quality and safety of the seafood,” he says. “Very,

very little.”

Drago’s still has oysters on its menu, but Cvitanovich is supplementing them with mussels imported from the Northeast. During a healthy year, Drago’s would not have any problem getting oysters, but now it has two obstacles: BP’s oil disaster, and a yearold rule requiring raw oysters be refrigerated no more than an hour after harvest — what used to be an eight-hour time limit.

“We ran out of oysters for raw consumption a couple times last week,” Cvitanovich says, “but we always have oysters available for cooking.”

Funk is positive Louisiana restaurants and diners will stand behind local products.

“If some restaurants say ‘We don’t have it available,’ it may just mean the prices have gone up and they’re concerned about raising prices. Everybody’s being very careful,” he says. “Our people in Louisiana know their food. They know their restaurants. I don’t think there’s going to be any slowing down of eating out because of (safety) concerns in Louisiana.”

Funk says continuing to promote local seafood could “help us continue to turn the tide about what people think out there,” despite signs in restaurants across the country meant to ease customers’ minds: “Not serving Gulf seafood.”

“I don’t agree with it, and I don’t like it, but if they choose to put up a sign, they think that helps them, so be it,” Cvitanovich says. “In business today, there’s not much you can do. Just educate, educate, educate.”

“The industry has no interest in serving oysters that have been tainted, and they’re on heightened vigilance.” — Clayton Williams, assistant secretary of the Louisiana Office of Public Health “sniffers” to check for the presence of oil by smelling seafood. NOAA and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries continue to monitor the coast as they open and close portions of its waters to fishing, oil permitting. About 37 percent of the Gulf is now closed — but about half the production is shut down, with oyster beds locked up and fishermen taking jobs as BP cleanup workers.

The disaster claimed one New Orleans institution last week. Sal Sunseri of the 134-year-old P&J Oysters, which has long reigned as the city’s premier oyster provider, laid off his oyster shuckers.

The company will purchase pre-shucked Alabama oysters, but it’s only a matter of time before those oyster beds will close, too.

“The mother lode of all seafood in Louisiana is Barataria Bay, and that’s completely closed,” Cvitanovich says.

“Probably won’t be reopened in the near future.”

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“I had a couple dozen last weekend,” says Clayton Williams, assistant secretary of the Office of Public Health. “The oysters that make it into the market are not tainted with oil. We can assure that.

The industry has no interest in serving oysters that have been tainted, and they’re on heightened vigilance.”

The Office of Public Health, DHH, the Department of Environmental Quality and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, with help from fishermen, overlook oyster harvest area closures and safety. The agencies opened and closed several beds — 17 of 30 areas are open while two others are only partially opened. (The partial closures are in areas 2 and 3 near Lake Borgne close to the Chandeleur Islands. The other closed areas are 9 through 15 and 17, all west of the Mississippi River, and 28, south of Vermillion Bay.) Williams says agency staff members visit oyster beds and perform sensory tests — staff members handle, smell and taste oysters, before they send samples to laboratories for chemical tests.

The oysters are sent to Eurofins Central

Analytical Laboratory in Metairie, where they undergo tests for the presence of hydrocarbons.

The tests, however, aren’t looking for chemical dispersants — yet.

“It’s not clear yet from the federal agencies involved and from the producers of the dispersants what to test for yet,” he says. “If this disaster continues, we’re going to be enhancing our testing — the numbers of the things we’re testing for and the frequencies.”

Williams says apart from the normal risks diners should keep in mind when eating raw seafood, the public doesn’t need any additional precautions. “We want to protect the industry, and we want to protect the consumers,” he says.

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lesser charges from bidding on public contracts for five years after their convictions. Hines’ bill came in response to former Mayor Ray Nagin’s defense of giving city contracts to a company owned by Burnell Moliere, who pleaded guilty to a federal “structuring” charge for his role in facilitating bribes paid by political operative Mose Jefferson to former Orleans School Board president Ellenese Brooks-Simms.

Nagin said he saw nothing wrong with giving city contracts to felons after they have served their sentences or probations. In fact, before he left office Nagin gave one of Moliere’s companies a $2.6 million contract to build a “cultural sculpture garden” in Armstrong Park — which had to be redone several times because of shoddy workmanship and is currently in ruins. — Clancy DuBos

Chief Meets the Press

New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas met at NOPD headquarters June 9 with editors from a dozen New Orleans media outlets to push an improved transparency message.

Serpas, a native of the city whose family has served in the NOPD for decades, said he read the New Orleans newspapers every day for the nine years he was away, first as chief of the Washington State Patrol and then as police chief of Nashville, Tenn. Serpas saw coverage that portrayed the department as “balkanized,” he says. “And I want to be different.”

Serpas, who became the city’s top cop in May, has already made two obvious changes to the department to improve transparency: Opening weekly COMSTAT meetings to the public, and giving his commanders permission to speak to the press. “It didn’t make sense to me that the department would shut COMSTAT off from their own department,” says Serpas. “That’s when people start walking around saying, ‘They must be up to some kind of voodoo in there.’”

The chief also asked for the media’s help in urging citizens to call police when a crime occurs in their neighborhood and said attention to livability crimes as well as maintaining a focus on reducing violent crime would be a good way to rebuild public confidence in NOPD. Representatives from Hispanic print and radio outlets said many in the Latino community are reluctant to report crimes because they’re afraid their immigration status will be questioned. “I’m not interested in immigration status,” Serpas says. “I spent a lot of time at odds with congressional leadership on this issue in Nashville. How people find themselves in this nation is beyond my control.” — Matt Davis

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When state Rep. Neil Abramson, D-New Orleans, told WWL-TV last week he didn’t see a “whole lot of oil” on the southwestern coastline during a guided tour by the U.S. Coast Guard — and that berms might not be necessary to fight the gushing oil — Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser shot back sharply. “I hope in the future, legislators will refrain from giving their opinion without first-hand information or the whole truth,” Nungesser said in a press release. “Maybe Neil Abramson should go to work with Tony Hayward of BP with stupid comments like that.”

Nungesser added that Plaquemines Parish has more than 3,000 acres “where marine life as we know it is dead,” but Abramson’s tour included only whitewashed areas. That was June 7. Two days later, during the regular meeting of the Jefferson Parish Council, interim president Steve Theriot jumped on the bandwagon and suggested that the representative take a more thorough tour next time. “Oil on the beach is one thing,” Theriot said. “Oil in our estuaries is another.”

By June 11, Abramson had been put through the wringer about his comment, which he says was taken out of context by WWL-TV. He released a transcript of his full statement, which said, “I can tell you, from what we saw today, it didn’t look like berms were necessary, because it wasn’t a whole lot of oil out there that we saw and they were taking the necessary measures to clean it up. But I believe the situation is a whole lot worse, so we need to get to the bottom of that and what we need to do in response.”

Abramson added that he likewise was upset at the way he was portrayed in the TV coverage. He was still explaining himself by week’s end. His colleague to the west, Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville, says he received calls from his local media outlets wanting a comment on Abramson’s statement. “I told them he must have been looking out the wrong window,” Harrison says.

“My full comments questioned what we were shown versus the true extent of the damage,” Abramson said later.

“I have been a vocal advocate for our parishes in their cleanup efforts. … I look forward to meeting with Mr. Nungesser and to working together on this tragic event which impacts our state.” — Jeremy Alford

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mend the Creole tomato-flavored chip for this indulgence.)

And then there is your basic, traditional, no-frills tuna sandwich on Bunny Bread, transformed into a culinary amuse bouche by placing a layer of Zapp’s jalapeno-flavored chips between the tuna and the bread.

For this latter epicuriosity, one is advised to peruse the contents of the bag to find the largest, flattest samples of chip — and therein lies another of the wonders and delights of a bag of Zapp’s: No longer need young people descend into violence over who gets the most bent, bubbled or fold-over chips in a bag.

Hell, half the production samples coming off the assembly line at the Zapp chippery in Gramercy came out bent, bubbled and folded over; this was no less an astonishing advancement and innovation in 20th-century dining than the development of the seedless watermelon.

Ron Zappe: This guy, he mattered. And he was to potato chips what the Brennan family is to restaurants; there are very few failures attributed to the brand. Few, I said — not none.

There have been so many stunning taste sensations to roll off the line at the chippery, from the subtle cracked pepper to the savory mesquite, that it’s easy (and probably best) to forget the Caribbean Key Lime flavor, a truly dark footnote to the Zapp’s legacy.

“People actually took the time to call us at the factory and tell us how much they hated it,” Zapp’s purchasing agent Jeff Bain recalled to me this week. “That chip was a lightning rod!”

Funny; talking to Bain this week, he professed to have never heard of the freelance recipes I have been employing for years with my Zapp’s. He said he’d never progressed any further than using dip as an accompaniment to his chips — but even that accessory often seems moot, given the strong, distinctive flavors of the Zapp’s brand.

And that got me thinking: I’m sure I’m not the only guy who fussed around with Zapp’s with the goal of creating an even higher order of flavor than the chip already proffers. So I thought it might be fun to solicit from you, the readers, your own recipes and rituals concerning Zapp’s potato chips and next week we can pay further tribute to the great Ron Zappe and his little potato chip that could.

Send your notions and potions my way to chrisrose504@gmail.com, and we’ll see what new windows of flavor we can open on the world.

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Why in God’s name I feel compelled to begin a tribute to a guy who made potato chips for a living with such a grandiose contemplation is beyond me, other than: a) I’ve written so many obituaries in the short time I’ve been at this newspaper that I’m desperately looking for something — anything — to put a fresh spin on the genre or, b) I can’t freakin’ remember the first time I ever ate a Zapp’s chip — and it’s really, really bothering me.

This is not to suggest that one’s first bite into one of those abundant, crunchy chunks of spiced nirvana is an experience that rivals remembering where you were, say, when Neil Armstrong stepped out of the lunar module onto the surface of the Moon, or when O.J. Simpson led his surrealistic motorcade down an L.A. freeway.

Nor is it to suggest it’s not. Whereas I do not remember the precise time nor the place — nor sadly, the accompaniment — to my first Zapp’s potato chip, I do remember that, in some small way, my life was changed from that moment on.

We all have our own great moments of personal chippery, of course. That first Dorito! I was 10 years old, at the Sycamore Store in Bethesda, Md. Again, I would never be the same.

There is the first Chee Wee; a rite of passage for a New Orleanian every bit as significant as one’s first Lucky Dog or confession (often oddly and tangentially, related to one another). And, of course, there is one’s first encounter with a Pringle, a universally pleasing though puzzling episode.

I cull these memories and anecdotes together to, in some small — and hopefully meaningful — way of paying respect to Ron Zappe, the founder of Zapp’s Potato Chips, who passed on to that Great Kettle in the Sky earlier this month at age 69.

For me, he completely altered the landscape of casual dining. I cannot imagine grazing on a Napoleon House muffuletta without first spreading a half-inch-high bedding of Zapp’s across my plate, the better to catch and later savor the bits and chunks of olive salad debris that tumble out of this delicacy during its consumption. (The same goes for the shrimp and cheese po-boy with roast beef gravy at Domilise’s, though I recom-

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This much seems certain: Jindal has tied his political future to the Great Wall of Louisiana. For its part, BP is shelling out $360 million — about $200 million less than what the U.S. Department of the Interior estimated the project will cost. In return, Louisiana gets portions of its coastal restoration and protection blueprint funded privately in the name of fighting pollution. BP has already wired the first $60 million installment to the state.

He’ll get credit for staring down BP, but there’s great risk for Jindal. As this project goes, so goes his political fate — and that’s as it should be.

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e might be opposed to gaming, but Gov. Bobby Jindal is rolling the political dice on the proposed sand berm project to keep BP’s oil out of Louisiana marshes. There’s a growing tide of opposition to the plan, which calls for massive rows of sand to be placed along Louisiana’s historic barrier island chain.

It took some jockeying to get the project going, but Thad Allen, the Coast Guard admiral overseeing the Gulf oil crisis, held an emergency, closed-door meeting on June 1 to gather information about the permit application from state and federal response agencies. Jindal and several parish presidents attended. Afterward, Allen ordered BP to pay for the berm.

Sources involved with the briefing say Jindal and some parish officials became “agitated” when presented with concerns about the project — including data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The governor reportedly pressed the group for an up or down vote and said academic theories weren’t needed.

But the science was there for review.

Col. Al Lee, head of the Corps’ New Orleans office, described the project as “a lot of effort over a relatively long construction period for a limited benefit.” The U.S. Geological Survey reached a similar conclusion, adding that storm waves carrying oil could overtop the berms.

Windell Curole, president of the Louisiana Association of Levee Boards and general manger of the South Lafourche Levee District, says he has had some success with smaller berm projects in his area, but he doesn’t know what to expect from Jindal’s plan. Still, he supports the initiative. “It’s better than nothing and it’s not better than nothing,” he says. “Look, nobody wants to sit on their hands. You have to search for every possible idea.”

While lawmakers have been curious about the berm program, few if any worry about the scientific concerns. “I want to see as many berms as possible,” says Rep. Jerry “Truck” Gisclair, D-Larose. “We can always blow the sand away. There’s just no sense of urgency on this oil spill.”

Grand Isle, among other coastal hamlets, is in Gisclair’s legislative district.

Garret Graves, chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and Jindal’s top coastal advisor, says the berms will be six feet high and are based on the designs of a Dutch water resources firm. It will take three to four months to complete, he says, even though other estimates have put it at twice that.

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n the face of the worst environmental disaster in American history lapping at Louisiana’s fragile coastline, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration has been working feverishly — trying to hire expensive, outof-state lawyers to represent the state against BP in court.

Sources familiar with the administration’s efforts say that Team Jindal at one point proposed hiring a pair of non-Louisiana law firms, one of which typically represents large corporate clients, to sue BP on behalf of the state. That, even though many of the nation’s top environmental plaintiff lawyers live right here in Louisiana.

Our sources say state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s office has opposed Team Jindal’s efforts, and so far the AG has at least been able to hold up the administration’s plan. Caldwell instead has retained a team of Louisiana plaintiff attorneys with much more experience suing polluters.

But Team Jindal has persisted in its efforts to hire additional, non-Louisiana law firms. Advisers to Jindal and Caldwell have been meeting regularly trying to resolve the impasse, but as of late last

week there was little progress to report.

There are several things wrong with the administration’s approach: First, Jindal is the governor, not the AG. The Louisiana constitution makes Caldwell, not Jindal, the state’s top legal officer.

The authority to hire outside counsel to represent of the people of Louisiana thus is vested in Caldwell, and the AG already has signed up some of the best legal talent available. New Orleans lawyer Allan Kanner, who has a national reputation as an environmental plaintiff attorney, is Caldwell’s choice to lead the state’s effort — provided Jindal frees up enough money to let Kanner et al. do the job.

Ah, there’s the rub.

Second, local plaintiff attorneys have much more experience and expertise at suing people like BP than your typical out-of-state firm. Kanner’s environmental litigation experience, for example, goes all the way back to Three Mile Island. Other local attorneys Caldwell has hired have decades of experience each. This is not a close call.

Third, how can Jindal justify hiring outof-state law firms to represent Louisiana

citizens in this matter, knowing that those firms ultimately will take millions of dollars in fees back home and spend that money elsewhere, at a time when he’s cutting millions himself from state colleges, universities, hospitals and other programs and services? What is this administration thinking?

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Fourth, if the governor wants to hire his own legal counsel to keep him in the loop, he has every right to do that. But, he should pay those lawyers out of his executive budget and not try to make his lawyers part of the state’s legal front line.

Finally, hiring an out-of-state firm, particularly a large firm, incurs the risk that the firm will have corporate clients whose interests are diametrically opposed to those of the state in this matter. What would happen when (not if) the state advances a legal theory that could set an “anti-business” precedent? Does anybody think those corporate clients would sit idly by? The potential conflicts of interest are numerous — and entirely foreseeable.

With so much stacked against the Team Jindal approach, why would the governor even think about trying to get involved in the selection of outside legal counsel — particularly non-Louisiana legal counsel?

The governor likes to pride himself on his laser-like focus. Going forward, his administration should focus more on doing the job Jindal was elected to do — and less on trying to do Caldwell’s job.

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n June 20, HBO’s Treme will wind up its first season, 10-episode run with an episode titled “I’ll Fly Away,” and from both local and national reviews, it seems creator David Simon’s vision of post-Katrina New Orleans life has proved — at last — that it’s possible to capture the city accurately on film. We’ve all cringed at New Orleans-set shows with depictions of “gumbo parties” and characters with accents that alternate between fake-Carolina and fake-Cajun with not a Y’at in earshot. Not that there aren’t liberties taken in Treme to move the story forward, but overall the events, settings and characters ring true, and for the most part, have been well-received by local viewers.

For many characters, development on Treme started in an obvious place: reality. DJ/musician Davis McAlary, writer Creighton Bernette, defense attorney Toni Bernette, Mardi Gras Indian chief

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Albert Lambreaux and his son Delmond, and chef Janette Desautel have, to a certain extent, real-life counterparts in locals Davis Rogan, Ashley Morris, Mary Howell, Donald Harrison Sr. and Jr., and Susan Spicer. Rogan, Howell, Harrison, Jr., Spicer and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins (who plays himself) also serve as consultants, But, as Treme staff writer Lolis Eric Elie warns, “you have to be careful about the use of the word ‘based.’ The show really is contemporary historical fiction. These people become starting points for the construction of our characters.”

Elie, a writer and filmmaker whose work includes the 2008 documentary Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, and fellow writer Tom Piazza (City of Refuge, Why New Orleans Matters and others) help Simon keep the action and the characters true to life. “(Just) as important as fictional characters based on real folks,” Elie says, “we have these real folks who make consistent appearances.”

Musicians figure prominently in Treme — Allen Toussaint, Deacon John, Dr. John, John Boutte, Elvis Costello, Paul Sanchez, Tom McDermott, the Andrews musical family, Coco Robicheaux, the Pfister Sisters and Bob french have all appeared, playing themselves or characters much like themselves. Other New Orleanians, including Jacques Morial and John Besh, have played themselves, while familiar faces from the New Orleans theater scene (Becky Allen, Carl Walker, Bob Edes Jr., Maureen Brennan) have been cast as well, turning Treme-viewing into a trainspotting exercise of a

spot-the-local variety.

Rogan wears several hats. “I’m a consultant in terms of the music scene, the music business and community radio,” he says. “The character is named after me. I co-wrote episode seven, songs I’ve recorded and performed have been used in the show, I’ve written songs for the show, I have a recurring cameo part and I’m the piano coach.”

Davis McAlary and Davis Rogan part ways in several aspects: “He comes from money, he’s politically naive, and he certainly can’t dance or play piano as well as I can. But, I mean, it’s Steve Zahn,” Rogan says of his counterpart.

“He’s a great actor with amazing comedic timing.” Of the show’s hitting its marks as a realistic depiction of the city, Rogan says, “Consider where the bar is in accurately portraying New Orleans, which falls somewhere around 25 percent.

Treme’s not perfect, and perfection is impossible. But no one’s ever reached 85 to 95 percent, which is where I would put it. In my opinion, the last really good, accurate portrayal of New Orleans was (Elia) Kazan’s Panic in the Streets from 1950.”

“IN MY OPINION, THE LAST REALLY GOOD, ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF NEW ORLEANS WAS (ELIA) KAZAN’S PANIC IN THE STREETS FROM 1950.”

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KERMIT RuffINS SAyS THE fictional Kermit doesn’t stray too far from the real one: “When I read the script, I looked over my shoulder,” Ruffins says. “See if somebody been followin’ me.” He met Simon about five years ago and Ruffins says they had been talking about doing the show for at least three or four years. “When he called me and said it was going to happen, it was so exciting. I never had so much fun in my life.”

Ruffins loves Treme and believes it’s having an impact on the city, particularly the music community. “People were always asking me, when are you going to get this old jazz back in the mainstream?” he says. “I always answered with, ‘Put it on TV every day.’ Now it’s happening. It’s helping so many musicians in the city, and the city in general. People all over the world can see that we’re still swingin’ out here, that New Orleans is alive and kicking.”

Spicer, the chef/owner of the restaurants Bayona and Mondo, reviewed Treme scripts with an eye for the restaurant and food business, but she says she also looked at “Janette’s scenes with other people, how she interacted with them. I was trying to remember how things were after the storm. Every single thing you did in your personal life was a hassle. Trying to find a grocery store, trying to find a laundromat — the challenges of things we took so much for granted. Every conversation you had involved your contractor or your insurance company, and they’ve reflected that, talking about her house.”

(On the show, Janette responds to a query about her house with a weary smile and the statement “Don’t ask me about my f—ing house.”)

Spicer thinks the show has been great so far, though Janette’s character and Spicer’s life part ways more often than they meet. “My personal life is extremely different and I’ve been a lot luckier in the restaurant business than poor chef Janette,” she says. “(Actor) Kim Dickens is doing a great job; she was a really good choice. She’s got the edginess of a young, hungry chef.”

As far as her family and friends’ reaction to the show, Spicer says, “Most people say ‘I didn’t know you cursed that much. you really have a sailor mouth.’” page 22

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street musicians for over 30 years now. i’ve spent more time in municipal court representing musicians and getting their instruments back and trying to make sure they can continue to play.” “this is not JUst teLLing our storY to us,” howeLL says. for non-natives, “i think it’s hard to convey the trauma of a whole community while attempting to show our resiliency. people may think, ‘they can’t really be all that traumatized if they’re still laughing and having fun and playing music.’ well, that’s the way we deal with trauma. it’s literally people laughing through their tears.” of the lessons to be learned through the show, howell says, “whatever your sorrows, your loss and your grief are, somebody’s got it worse than you do. and it’s not going to be this way forever.”

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Sterling silver pincers on this crawfish money clip grip Dad’s cash and budge only for the most plaintive allowance pleas, $225 at JOSE BALLI (796 E. I-10 Service Road, Slidell, 985-690-5990; 800 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-8990; 1201 E. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, 279-7338; 70360 Hwy. 21, Covington, 985-892-8992; www.joseballi.com).

Packed with more than 20 essentials including shoe shine wipes, wrinkle remover, breath spray and a styptic pencil, the Hemergency Survival Kit mitigates almost any fashion or hygiene disaster that could befall a dad, $24.95 at MY SPA BY THE PARK (6312 Argonne Blvd., 482-2219; www.myspabythepark.com).

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The gray lenses and striated brown acetate frames on these SALT sunglasses give Dad GQ-worthy style, even when he’s only cruising the carpool lane, $375 at ST. CHARLES VISION (citywide; www.stcharlesvision.com).

Durable and lightweight, these rubber shrimp boots make a timely gift that helps Dad tackle even the dirtiest of jobs with style, $30 at PORTER STEVENS (3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Lakeside Shopping Center, Metairie, 834-3771; www.porterstevens.com).

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“We like to stay current and on top of the cutting-edge market, and if somebody has seen it, we can do it,” Shaw says.

Shaw credits his team of designers with bringing customers’ visions to life.

Designers see projects through from conception to birth, making sure every detail meets their customers’ specific needs. One such unique creation is an outdoor kitchen complete with a grill and matching outdoor decor. These factors put Nordic Kitchens & Baths outside the realms of “cookie cutter” designs.

“We’re not afraid to go to the extreme when it comes to engineering. We … have been known to work with metal fabrication shops in order to construct things you wouldn’t find (at) other places. We can create anything that anyone can imagine,” Shaw says.

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BaBa Blankets & Crafts (1330 Prytania St., 599-4520; www.babablanket.com) celebrates its one-year anniversary on Saturday, June 19, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the Sista Summer Jam, a free event featuring musical acts Tanya & Dorise, Michaela Harrison and Zion Trinity. All proceeds benefit the Stay In School Tuition Assistance Program, and all store items will be 15 percent off during the event. the OCCasiOnal Wife (4306 Magazine St., 302-9893; www.theoccasionalwife.com) hosts a “Cocktails and Closet Therapy” bash on Tuesday, June 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. to benefit Dress fOr suCCess neW Orleans.

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Throughout Passion Pit’s first LP Manners (Frenchkiss), an itchy pastiche of intimate devotionals and sonic-assault dance pop, you can all but hear the Boston band’s growth lines etched on the wall: Emerson College dorm-room valentine (2008); toast of music tastemakers, ad reps and John Mayer (2009); fall arena tourmate with U.K. stroke-inducer Muse (2010). Tokyo Police Club and Brahms open. Tickets $18.50 advance purchase, $21.50 day of show.

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Cheeky Blakk made quite a splash at her last Ogden performance, crashing DJ Jubilee’s set at the opening of Where They At: New Orleans Bounce and Hip-Hop in Words and Pictures. She handed off an oversized purse, grabbed the mic, and over an aggressive beat let the “F” and “N” words ring out through the Ogden’s atrium. Here she teams up with the Rebirth Brass Band (pictured) in the Taylor Library. Admission $10, free for Ogden Members.

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Argus agrees that Mame and her joie de vivre would fit right in with many New Orleans families. “We’re all open to different people and different points of view and different ways of life,” Argus says, adding that Mame also knows how to throw a great party.

But Mame’s contagious enthusiasm is not just about good times. “She changes people’s lives,” Howard says.

Argus, who is a music educator at Cabrini High School, says, “I use the same analogy from the show with my students.” In the opening, Mame tells the wide-eyed Patrick, “Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!” Argus also tries to open her students’ eyes. “We just said all these great things about New Orleans, but it can also be very insular,” she says.

“There’s so much out there, and these kids have been living off of oatmeal! There’s so much more to life, and I’m going to help you discover what you don’t know.”

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“Confetti,” the opening track on Young Mammals’ June debut Carrots, shows up on the doorstep crashing rattles like Caddywhompus’ long-lost twin. This Houston group proves an equally unpredictable relative, building relentless momentum out of bell-ringing guitars, hill-climbing bass lines, sawed-off hooks and swerving left turns. Useless Eaters and Superdestroyers share the bill. Call for ticket information.

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t a rehearsal for Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane University’s season opener Mame, leading actress Elizabeth Argus entertained the cast with stories about her grandmother, who threw raucous parties and even blew a bugle to wake up revelers the next morning.

“There is a lot in Mame that resonates with me,” says Argus about the free-spirited socialite at the center of the musical.

Based on Patrick Dennis’ 1955 novel Auntie Mame, the musical, featuring songs by Jerry Herman, originally opened on Broadway in 1966 with stars Angela Lansbury and Beatrice Arthur. Mame is a wealthy and eccentric woman who’s ahead of her times and enjoying the roaring 1920s. When she is entrusted with the care of her young nephew Patrick, she introduces him to her world of flappers, nudists and bohemians. As Patrick grows up, the pair rides out one calamity after another from the Depression to his disastrous engagement.

They receive much help along the way from Mame’s eclectic and ever-expanding group of friends. In the face of each catastrophe, the cast belts out numbers such as “We Need a Little Christmas,” “Bosom Buddies” and the title song.

“She’s just the type of person who, no matter what happens, is able to pick herself back up,” says director Michael Howard. He expects Mame to resonate well with this

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or the past few years, on any given day, tourists and residents walking on Frenchmen or Royal streets would have been treated to the throaty warble of Meschiya Lake floating atop a cornet, trombone or sousaphone. This year?

“I can’t even get a spot on the street anymore,” Lake says, laughing. Not that she’s complaining. “I don’t want to wake up at three in the morning to get a spot. I have.”

As the gigantic voice of the ubiquitous New York City/ New Orleans jazz collective Loose Marbles, Lake, 30, was as much a downtown fixture as Grandpa Elliott or Mr. Okra — a distinctive star belting out Depression-era standards, surrounded by a crescent of ratchet-tight string, brass and rhythm players. Writer Dan Baum profiled the group in a glowing New Yorker piece in May 2007, but a potentially greater honor came that summer, on its annual pilgrimage to Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. “That was our office,” Lake says. “We got voted by the drug dealers as the best band in the park. That was a very momentous occasion for us. They’re listening to it all the time.”

Now, with her spin-off band the Little Big Horns, Lake is stoking the embers of another extinguished tradition: the social dance and floor show. Every Monday at Mimi’s in the Marigny, the Little Big Horns turn back the clock, reanimating Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith and Duke Ellington as some of the city’s best swing dancers instruct left-footed locals on the twists and twirls of the Charleston and Lindy Hop. “We’re all friends,” Lake says. “They come to the Spotted Cat (on Tuesdays), too — pretty much every gig we have.

Which makes the energy of it incredible.

When they’re not there, I miss them.”

For the release of the Little Big Horns’ self-issued debut, Lucky Devil, Lake and a clutch of dancers (including NOLA Jitterbugs’ Chance Bushman and Amy Johnson and Fleur de Tease’s Trixie Minx and Alley Oops) are transforming the pit at One Eyed Jacks into their own personal ballroom. “Old-timey entertainment,” Lake says. “Three sets, four performers.

The last one’s going to have two, for the grand finale. Between the performances people are going to strut their stuff on the dance floor. One Eyed Jacks is the perfect place for it.”

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BeAch house — Candy Riedl-Lowe, 7

Bmc — Fun in the Pocket feat.

Mayumi Shara & Reinaldo, 6:30; Bo Dollis Jr. & the Wild Magnolias, 10

cAfe negril — Glen David Andrews, 9:30 chickie wAh wAh — Anders Osborne, John Fohl & Johnny Sansone, 8

circle BAr — The Tom Paines, 6; Todd Voltz, Joe Adragna, 10

columns hotel — John Rankin & Friends, 8

d.B.A. — New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings, 9

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Thao Nguyen (pictured) and Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn’s blind date at San Francisco’s Noise Pop music festival in February began as a gift addressed only to the sold-out crowd that night at Swedish American Hall. Chemistry intervened, and by summertime the Bay Area singer/songwriters had assembled a backing band (the Most of All) and booked a monthlong national tour.

There’s more than a passing resemblance between the pair: both gifted string-pickers and girlish singers, as crushable as they are crushing, whose seemingly innocuous folk/pop incantations come rigged with emotional explosives. The hybridized set consists of select duets and swapped covers culled from each other’s catalogs, as well as the debut of unreleased tracks like Nguyen’s “How Dare You,” on which dovetailing guitar arpeggios and heartrending, harmonized calls and responses give off all the flickering familial warmth of a sisterly campfire sing-along. Lexington, Ky./ Washington, D.C. country rockers These United States and Silent Cinema open. Tickets $10. — Noah Bonaparte Pais

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hostel new orleAns — Soul School feat. Elliot Luv & the Abney Effect, 8

BAnks street BAr — Bionica, 10

house of Blues (pArish) — Carolina Chocolate Drops, 8 howlin’ wolf (the den) — American Aquarium, 9

irvin mAyfield’s JAzz plAyhouse — Jason Marsalis, 8 mAple leAf BAr — 3 Piece Spicy; Rebirth Brass Band, 10 my BAr — Danny T, 8

old point BAr — West Bank Mike, 6:30 one eyed JAcks — Thao & Mirah, Most of All, These United States, Silent Cinema, 10

preservAtion hAll — Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8 rock ’n’ Bowl — John Lisi & the Delta Funk, 8:30

snug hArBor JAzz Bistro — Jonathan Freilich and the Naked Orchestra, 8 & 10

spotted cAt — Brett Richardson, 4; Jerry Jumonville, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns

windsor court hotel (polo cluB lounge) — Zaza, 7 yuki izAkAyA — Norbert Slama Trio, 80

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cAfe prytAniA — New Orleans Hip Hop Showcase feat. TNC Boys, Lost Souls, Symmatree and others, 10 circle BAr — Sam and Boone, 6; Dertybird, 10 clever wine BAr — Johnny Sansone’s Mid-City Fill-In & Harmonica Orchestra, 6

columns hotel — Dr. Guitar, 8 dAvenport lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30

d.B.A. — Paul Sanchez, 7; Happy Talk Band, 10 dos Jefes uptown cigAr BAr — Todd Duke Trio, 9:30 french QuArter pizzeriA — Big Joe Kennedy, 9 hi-ho lounge — Stooges Brass Band, 9:30

hostel new orleAns — Uniquity feat. Slangston Hughes and Elliot Luv, 11 howlin’ wolf northshore — Black Magnolia, 10

irvin mAyfield’s JAzz plAyhouse — Roman Skakun, 5; Johnaye Kendrick, 8 Jimmy Buffett’s mArgAritAville cAfe — Eddie Parrino, 7 kerry irish puB — Dave James & Tim Robertson, 9

le Bon temps roule — Soul Rebels Brass Band, 10 mAple leAf BAr — The Trio, 10

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dos Jefes uptown cigAr BAr — Tom Hook, 9:30

gennAro’s — Harvey Jesus & Fire, 8

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Big Al’s sAloon — Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone Blues Party, 7 Blue nile — Khris Royal & Dark Matter, 10

Bmc — Domenic, 7; Benny Turner & Real Blues, 9:30 cAfe negril — World Jazz Project, 9:30 cAndlelight lounge — Treme Brass Band, 9 chickie wAh wAh — Iguanas

circle BAr — Jim O. & the No Shows feat. Mama Go-Go, 6; Big Tree, Wild Complete, Jessie Torrisi, 10

columns hotel — Ricardo Crespo, 8

d.B.A. — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10 deckBAr & grille — Gypsy Elise & the Royal Blues, 7:30; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 8; Dr. Porkchop Blues Band, 10 dos Jefes uptown cigAr BAr — Bob Andrews, 9:30 gennAro’s — Funagles, 8

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Tokyo Police Club, Brahms, 8 huddle sports BAr — Band of Brothers, 9

irvin mAyfield’s JAzz plAyhouse — Sasha Masakowski, 5; Irvin Mayfield’s NOJO Jam, 8 kerry irish puB — Chip Wilson, 9 mAple leAf BAr — Luther Dickinson, 10

moJo stAtion — Ed Wills, Blues for Sale, 8

old firemen’s hAll — Two Piece & a Biscuit feat. Brandon Foret, Allan Maxwell & Brian Melancon, 7:30 one eyed JAcks — Meschiya Lake CD release, 9 pAlm court JAzz cAfe — Lars Edegran, Topsy Chapman, Palm Court Jazz Band, 8 rock ’n’ Bowl — Johnny Angel, 8:30 rusty nAil — Jenn Howard, 8

snug hArBor JAzz Bistro — Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10

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BAcchAnAl â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gypsy Swing Club, 8

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BMc â&#x20AC;&#x201D; New Orleans Jazz Series, 3; Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Sunrise Jazz Band, 6:30; Mia Borders, 9:30; One Mind Brass Band, 12:30 a.m.

BoMBAy cluB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Legendary Luther Kent, 9:30

cAfe AtchAfAlAyA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Atchafalaya All Stars, 11 a.m. cAfe roSe nicAud â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Troy Sawyer, 8

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BAcchAnAl â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jonathan Freilich, 7:30 BAnkS Street BAr â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;awlins Johnnys, 9 BMc â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Smoky Greenwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mondays Blues Jam, 9:30

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Director Jennifer Maytorena Taylor follows Hamza, born Jason Perez. At the age of 21, he underwent a spiritual rebirth, converted to Islam and renounced drug dealing and other aspects of his life that he felt were holding him back. The film catches up with him years later as he moves to Pittsburgh, opens a mosque, gets married, works as a drug rehabilitation counselor and continues to record and perform with his brother. He takes it all in stride, cooking a halal meal and explaining “We know Arabic Spanglish ebonics.”

It’s a complicated multicultural intersection, as Perez explains his faith and introduces his Catholic Puerto Rican family to his wife and her African-American Muslim family. Perez goes into housing projects and discusses the societal oppression of minorities, and he goes into jails to counsel prisoners about addiction, crime and finding a spiritual path — addressing both Christians and Muslims. And he and Suliman hand out CDs, proselytizing as they go, and perform in alcohol-free venues, preaching a socially conscious message while eschewing the swagger and materialism of much rap music.

But in the wake of 9/11 and passage of the Patriot Act, his profile becomes too noticeable. A surveillance camera is mounted across the street from the mosque. Police later raid it for unexplained reasons. In spite of the approval of immediate supervisors, his clearance to work in prisons is revoked without any given reason.

His quest for an explanation probes whether people are presumed innocent or guilty based on the law, ethnicity or religion. Perez defies classification into any single stereotype, and yet seems to accrue the worst suspicions of all of them — as a rapper, a Muslim or a former drug dealer. It’s an intriguing look at how richly complicated a person or community can be, versus the political rhetoric used to describe ethnic groups or aspects of a culture as isolated entities. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students/seniors, $5 Zeitgeist members. — Will Coviello

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New Muslim cool 6 p.m. Tue.-Sun. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (R) —

The winner of the 2009 Best Foreign Film Oscar follows a retired police detective who decides to write a novel, but then becomes the central character of a dangerous drama.

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Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha leave the Big Apple for an Abu Dhabi adventure.

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The titular ogre makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin to get his old life back. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14, Prytania

SPLICE (R) — The human hybrid

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opeNiNg friday JONAH HEX (PG-13) — The life of a haunted bounty hunter changes when the U.S. military makes him an offer he can’t refuse.

TOY STORY 3 (G) — Woody, Buzz and the rest of the toys return to the big screen when Andy prepares to go to college.

Special ScreeNiNgS AMC SUMMER MOVIE CAMP — AMC theaters screen kid-

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based on the first book in Stieg Larsson’s Millenium trilogy follows a computer hacker drawn into a murder mystery by an embattled journalist. Canal Place

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CHILDREN OF INVENTION (NR) — Two children fend

for themselves when their mother becomes embroiled in a pyramid scheme. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students, $5 members. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

GUYS AND DOLLS (NR) —

Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra star as gamblers in the late 1940s. Tickets $5.50.

Noon Wednesday, Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 8912787; www.theprytania.com LA STRADA: SPECIAL EDITION (NR) — The cafe shows the

restored edition of Federico Fellini’s 1956 Oscar winner. 8 p.m. Monday, La Divina Cafe e Gelateria, 621 St. Peter St., 3022692; www.ladivinagelateria. com

MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY (NR) — Two African-American

twentysomethings meet in rapidly gentrifying San Francisco. 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, The Porch 7th Ward Neighborhood Center, 1943 Pauger St.

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THE MISFORTUNATES (NR) — A 13 year old struggles to cope with his drunken family.

Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students, $5 members.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and Sunday, 4 p.m. Saturday, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www. zeitgeistinc.net NEW MUSLIM COOL (NR) — A Puerto Rican Muslim

confronts realities of the post-9/11 world after the FBI raids his mosque. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students, $5 members. 6 p.m.

Tuesday-Sunday, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

VIEUX CARRE MATINEES —

The Historic New Orleans Collection screens short films on Louisiana culture. Visit www.hnoc.org for details.

Free admission. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com

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review Slouching Towards Belgium The family that drinks together stays together.

Or perhaps that’s a more positive way of saying they’re stuck together.

That’s the predicament of the Strobbe family in The Misfortunates, Beligiun’s ultra rowdy and often funny answer to Jackass, COPS and Barfly all rolled into one. It’s a rambunctiously vulgar and emotionally bleak binge of dysfunction and sloth that manages to find surprising moments of clarity and redemption amid the ruins.

Before he blossoms into a Flemish Charles Bukowski, 13-year-old Gunther Strobbe watches his marginally employed and suicidally drunken father and three brothers commit themselves to little more than downing beer, cavorting in naked bicycle races and distinguishing themselves in other competitions thrown by their preferred village pub. In one of the more inspired scenes, uncle “Beefcake” Strobbe guzzles booze in a simulated Tour de France that translates pints into kilometers, and takes place over the course of a month.

The Strobbe brothers are serially in and out of minor trouble with the law, the bar and Gunther’s school. They are a public laughing stock, and some combination of resentment and shame makes them fiercely loyal to one another and belligerent towards all others, including their own mother when she tries to intervene to save them from harming one another. She attempts to steer Gunther toward a better or at least sober life, but his father would rather initiate his son into their brotherhood, a darkly abusive gauntlet of humiliation. But mockery and contempt from teachers and schoolmates make his family a sort of refuge.

Director Felix Van Groeningen’s gritty film focuses tightly on the Strobbe’s suffocating world.

Gunther sleeps in a bedroom where one of his uncles drunkenly copulates with whomever he brings home from the bar. Family members pick at each other incessantly, especially Gunther when he does anything productive or independent. The abyss seems to worsen as we learn how many of the characters where unplanned children and/or from unidentified fathers. In one stunningly wretched and comic scene in a bar, a man who has drunk himself into dialysis realizes he is looking at his young teenage daughter for the first time — and buys her a drink, partially because he’s amazed he fathered such a beautiful child. None of this phases the Strobbe brothers, even though she is their niece, and they teach her a filthy drinking song.

The debauchery goes from funny to dark to disturbing, and it can be both hilarious and hard to watch. But underneath the chaos, Groeningen crafts a compassionate and sobering story about coping with a world of disadvantages and dysfunction. It’s a 2009 Cannes award winner and entertaining for both the party and the morning after. The film is in Flemish with English subtitles.

Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students/seniors, $5 Zeitgeist members. — Will Coviello

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Opening COUP D’OEIL ART CONSORTIUM. 2033 Magazine St., 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “Dew

Point,” a group show featuring 12 artists, through July 24.

Opening reception 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

galleries

art ART BY CHRISTY. 733 Royal St., 586-3886; www.artbychristy.com — Large-scale oil paintings and other works

by Christy Works-Boutte, ongoing.

ART GALLERY 811. 811 Royal St., 524-6918 — Paint-

ings, sculpture and jewelry by local artists Noel Rockmore, Michael Fedor, Xavier de Callatay, Charles Bazzell, Bambi deVille and Ritchie Fitzgerald, ongoing.

ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY. 432 Julia St., 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — Recent sculptures by James Surls, through June 27. “The Gulf: Works Completed Before the BP Oil Spill,” a group exhibition of gallery artists, through July 17.

1022 GALLERY. 1022 Lowerline St., 301-0679; www.1022gallery. blogspot.com — “James

ARTICHOKE GALLERY. 912 Decatur St., 636-2004 — Artists work on site in all media; watercolors and limitededition prints by Peter Briant, ongoing.

2001 MAGAZINE STREET GALLERY. 2001 Magazine St., 522-3341 — Works by Eugenia

BARRISTER’S GALLERY. 2331 St. Claude Ave., 525-2767; www. barristersgallery.com — “Hur-

Booker: An Intimate Portrait,” photographs by Jim Scheurich, through June.

Cameron Foster, Les Lyden, Stephen Richardson, Will Crocker and Stewart Harvey, ongoing.

3 RING CIRCUS’ THE BIG TOP GALLERY. 1638 Clio St., 569-2700; www.3rcp.com — “B-

Movie Double Feature,” video and photographs by Heather Weathers, through June 26.

A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY. 241 Chartres St., 568-1313; www.agallery.com —

“Rock and Roll,” photographs

by Lynn Goldsmith, through July 5.

AG WAGNER STUDIO & GALLERY. 813 Royal St., 561-7440 —

ALL IN THE FRAME GALLERY. 2596 Front St., Slidell, (985) 2901395 — “Serene Waters, Clear Horizons,” paintings by Annie Strack, ongoing.

AMMO. 938 Royal St., 2209077; www.ammoarts.com — Emerging and established

contemporary artists.

ANTENNA GALLERY. 3161 Burgundy St., 957-4255; www. antennagallery.org — “Junk-

fish Caviar,” a multi-media installation by Susan Gisleson, through July 5.

ANTON HAARDT FOLK GALLERY. 2858 Magazine St., 891-9080; www.antonart.com — Works

by Anton Haardt, Christopher Moses and others.

AORTA PROJECTS. Poland Avenue and North Miro Street; www.aortaprojects.blogspot. com — “Blue Fence,” instal-

lation by Jennifer Odem, through December.

ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., 524-3233 — Group exhibi-

tion of gallery artists, through July.

BECA ICAD. 527 St. Joseph St., 566-8999; www.becaicad. org — “Sublime Affliction,”

works by Jenn Parnell, through June 25.

BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY. 406 Magazine St., 522-7503; www.bergeronstudio.com —

Photographs by Michael P. Smith, Jack Beech, Harriet Blum, Kevin Roberts and others, ongoing.

BERTA’S AND MINA’S ANTIQUITIES GALLERY. 4138 Magazine St., 895-6201 — “Second Line:

Lifting Our Souls Up Into Heaven,” works by Nilo and Mina Lanzas; works by Clementine Hunter, Noel Rockmore and others; all ongoing.

BRYANT GALLERIES. 316 Royal St., 525-5584; www.bryantgalleries.com — Paintings by Dean Mitchell, ongoing.

BYRDIE’S GALLERY. 2422-A St. Claude Ave., www.byrdiesgallery.com — “For a Canvas

of Skin,” tattoo sketches on paper by local tattoo artists, through July 6.

CALICHE & PAO GALLERY. 312 Royal St., 588-2846 — Oil paintings by Caliche and Pao, ongoing.

CALLAN FINE ART. 240 Chartres St., 524-0025; www. callanfineart.com — Works

by Eugene de Blass, Louis Valtat and other artists of the Barbizon, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist schools, ongoing.

CANARY GALLERY. 329 Julia St., 388-7746; www.thecanarycollective.com — “Images

from the End of the Earth,” photographs of Grand Isle by Zack Smith.

of Italian artists featuring works by Bruno Paoli and Andrea Stella, ongoing.

CARIBBEAN ARTS LTD. 720 Franklin Ave., 943-3858 — The gallery showcases contemporary Haitian and Jamaican art.

CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY. 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery. com — “30 Year Anniversary Exhibition,” works by David Goodman, John Oles, Christina Goodman and Jere Allen, through July.

CASELL GALLERY. 818 Royal St., 524-0671; www.casellartgallery. com — Pastels by Joaquim

Casell; etchings by Sage; oils

by Charles Ward; all ongoing.

COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789; www. coleprattgallery.com — “About

Face,” paintings by Andrew Bucci from 1950 to 1962, through June.

COLLECTIVE WORLD ART COMMUNITY. Poydras Center, 650 Poydras St., 339-5237 — Paint-

ings from the Blue Series by Joseph Pearson, ongoing.

D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 — Annual group exhibition

featuring sculptures, paintings and mixed-media works by gallery artists, through Aug. 3.

DU MOIS GALLERY. 4921 Freret St., 818-6032 — “Cold Drink,” a printmaking invitational featuring 31 regional and national printmakers, through July 17.

DUTCH ALLEY ARTIST’S CO-OP GALLERY. 912 N. Peters St., 4129220; www.dutchalleyonline. com — Works by New Orleans

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ELLIOTT GALLERY. 540 Royal St., 523-3554; www.elliottgallery. com — Works by gallery artists

Coignard, Engel, Papart, Petra, Tobiasse, Schneuer and Yrondi, ongoing.

FRAMIN’ PLACE & GALLERY. 3535 Severn Ave., Metairie, 885-3311; www.nolaframing.com —

Prints by Tommy Thompson, Phillip Sage, James Michalopoulos and others, ongoing.

FREDRICK GUESS STUDIO. 910 Royal St., 581-4596; www. fredrickguessstudio.com —

Paintings by Fredrick Guess, ongoing.

THE FRONT. 4100 St. Claude Ave.; www.nolafront.org —

“The Achilles Cycle,” works

by Clay Blancett in response to the film God’s Architects; works by Wendy Babcox and April Childers; both through July 3.

GALERIE DALRAY. 713 Royal St., 681-0880; www.galeriedalray. com — Works by Tim Jaeger, Brian Tull, Carlos Cadavid and others, ongoing.

GALERIE D’ART FRANCAIS. 541 Royal St., 581-6925 — Works by

Todd White, ongoing.

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Works by gallery artists; 504 Toys, locally handcrafted toys; both ongoing.

ricanes, Hand Grenades and Other Delightful Things,” oil on canvas by Scott Guion, through July 17.

CARDINAL GALLERY. 541 Bourbon St., 522-3227 — Exhibition

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GALERIE ROYALE. 3648 Magazine St., 894-1588; www.galerieroyale.com —

“Brothers in Arts,” contemporary oils on canvas by Quincy Verdun and Leon Verdun, through June.

GALLERIA BELLA. 319 Royal St., 5815881 — Works by gallery artists, ongoing.

Wednesday Night Comedy Brian Scolaro

June 16 • 7:30pm & 9:30pm Coming soon: The Cowboy Comedian (6/23)

GALLERY 421. 421 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 898-5858 — More than 500 pieces of art by more than 50 artists, ongoing.

GALLERY BIENVENU. 518 Julia St., 525-0518; www.gallerybienvenu.com — “Transfer,” prints by Teresa Cole,

through July 22.

THE GARDEN DISTRICT GALLERY. 1332 Washington Ave., 891-3032; www. gardendistrictgallery.com — “Trea-

sures of the Gulf,” a group exhibition featuring more than 12 artists, through July.

Thursdays - Karaoke, Live Band & Ladies Night Budweiser specials throughout the night.

Ladies enjoy 2-for-1 mixed drink specials.

Karaoke • 8:30pm-9:30pm No Idea • June 17 • 9:30pm-1:30am Coming soon: Groovy 7 (6/24)

GEORGE SCHMIDT GALLERY. 626 Julia St., 592-0206; www.georgeschmidt.com — Paintings by George Schmidt, ongoing.

GRAPHITE GALLERIES. 936 Royal St., 565-3739 — “Sinners and Saints,”

works by Joe Hobbs, ongoing.

GRIS GRIS LAB. 2245 Brainard St., 872-0577; www.grisgrislab.com —

“L’Espirit d’Haiti,” photographs by Christopher L. Mitchell, through July 9.

GUTHRIE CONTEMPORARY. 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688; www.guthriecontemporary.com — “Schemata,” works by Susan Dory, ongoing.

HAROUNI GALLERY. 829 Royal St., 299-8900 — Paintings by David

Harouni, ongoing.

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HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY. 440 Julia St., 525-7300; www.heriardcimino. com — “Field Recordings,” videos by

Courtney Egan, through July 5.

ISABELLA’S GALLERY. 3331 Severn Ave., Suite 105, Metairie, 779-3202; www. isabellasgallery.com — Hand-blown

works by Marc Rosenbaum; raku

by Kate Tonguis and John Davis; all ongoing.

JEAN BRAGG GALLERY OF SOUTHERN ART. 600 Julia St., 895-7375; www. jeanbragg.com — “Let’s Go to the

Louisiana Saturday Nights Deacon John & His Jump Blues Orchestra June 19 • 9:30pm-1:30am Coming soon: Louisiana’s LeRoux (6/26)

Park,” a group exhibition featuring paintings in oil and acrylic by local artists, through June.

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KKPROJECTS. 2448 N. Villere St., 415-9880; www.kkprojects.org —

“Knead,” works by Kristian Hansen, Tora Lopez, John Oles and William Murphy, ongoing.

KURT E SCHON. 510-520 St. Louis St., 524-5462 — The gallery specializes

in 18th and 19th century European oil paintings by a select group of artists from the French Salon and Royal Academy as well as French Impressionists, ongoing.

L9 CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 539 Caffin Ave., 948-0056 — “Faces of Treme,”

works by Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun, ongoing.

LE PETIT SALON DE NEW ORLEANS. 906 Royal St., 524-5700 — New

paintings by Holly Sarré, ongoing.

LEMIEUX GALLERIES. 332 Julia St., 5225988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com —

“Growing Pains,” a group exhibition curated by Christy Wood; “Our Gulf Coast,” a group exhibition featuring works inspired by the Gulf Coast; both through July 24.

LIVE ART STUDIO. 4207 Dumaine St., 484-7245 — “Festival Players,”

photographs by Randy Sanders; “Loteria Mosaico,” Venetian glass mosaics by Randy Sanders; “Makin’ Music,” giclee prints by Sarah Stiehl; all through June.

LOUISIANA CRAFTS GUILD. 608 Julia St., 558-6198; www.louisianacrafts. org — Group show featuring works from guild members, ongoing.

METAIRIE PARK COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL. 300 Park Road, Metairie, 837-5204; www.mpcds.com — “The

Unconventional Portrait,” works

by Mark Bercier, David Halliday, Gina Phillips and Alexander Stolin, ongoing.

MICHALOPOULOS GALLERY. 617 Bienville St., 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.

MICHELLE Y WILLIAMS GALLERY. 835 Julia St., 585-1945; www.michelleywilliams.com — Works by Michelle Y. NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111; www.noafa.com — Student art

exhibition, through July 24.

Jon Schooler, ongoing.

JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY. 400A Julia St., 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “reconsidered,”

OCTAVIA ART GALLERY. 4532 Magazine St., 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “The Colors of

JON SCHOOLER GALLERY. 8526 Oak St., 865-7032; www.jonschooler.com — “Subliminal WOWs,” paintings by

JULIE NEILL DESIGNS. 3908 Magazine St., 899-4201; www.julieneill.com —

“Facade,” photographs by Lesley Wells, ongoing.

JUSTIN ROBINSON SMITH GALLERY. 927 Royal St., 528-2588 — Works by

Justin Robinson Smith; photography by Sidney Smith; both ongoing.

KAKO GALLERY. 536 Royal St., 5655445; www.kakogallery.com — New

paintings by Don Picou and Stan Fontaine; “Raku” by Joy Gauss;

review Texas Roots Rugged, blue jean clad and with a speaking style somewhere between Joseph Campbell and Johnny Cash, James Surls may be the most famous Texas artist. A native of the prairie bayou country extending from Houston to Lafayette, he’s known for sculpture that looks as if it grew out of that very soil, and while fellow Texans Robert Rauschenberg and Julian Schnabel are better known, they both became New Yorkers somewhere along the way.

When Surls moved north to Colorado a decade ago, it caused no change in his vision, a heady mix of the earthly and the cosmic.

Those traits characterize his abstract graphite line drawings, which in turn explicate his iconic sculptures, hybrid wood and metal concoctions with an ethereal monumentality that causes them to linger in the imagination.

Standing Knife, Pinon, and Morning Glory is a 10-foot-tall bronze, mahogany and stainless steel piece that suggests a skeletal flower atop a huge wooden blade. Here Surls alludes to the symbolism of male and female, but its inner meaning suggests a kind of prairie alchemy involving his notion of “conjuring — from the land, the wind and the bayous.” The sheer heft of his materials can make some of these works seem earthbound even as similar concepts make his drawings sparkle with magical intent. But Head and Hoof — a long pine tree root topped with flower-petal or propeller-like forms — eludes gravity’s pull, partly because it hangs suspended, and partly because its radial forms atop the spindly armature of the root evoke an eerie energy not unlike magnetic levitation. Walking Eye Flower (pictured), a bronze pedestal sculpture, melds the ethereal abstraction of the drawings with a hint of the heft of the others in a snaky pinwheel with many eyes, a tumbleweed prairie demon dancing like Shiva in the convection currents. Here Surls mines the earthy expanses for their hidden meanings, which he distills into poetic wood and metal manifestos that speak the language of the land. — D. Eric Bookhardt

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James Surls: Recent Sculpture Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia St., 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com

Williams, ongoing.

OAK STREET GALLERY. 111 N. Oak St., Hammond, (985) 345-0521 — “Random Order,” mixed media by James Henderson; “Deep Horizon,” new works with acrylic and latex house paint by Pat Macaluso; both through June.

new paintings by Stephen Hoskins, through July 28.

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3-D wood sculpture by Joe Derr; all ongoing.

Summer,” a group show of gallery and invited artists featuring mixedmedia paintings, drawings and photographs, through July.

ONE SUN GALLERY. 616 Royal St., (800) 501-1151 — Works by local and national artists, ongoing.

PEARL ART GALLERY. 4421 Magazine St., 228-5840 — Works by Cindy and

Drue Hardegree, Erica Dewey, John Womack, Sontina, Lorraine Jones and S. Lee, ongoing.

PHOTO WORKS NEW ORLEANS. 521 St. Ann St., 593-9090; www.photowork-

sneworleans.com — Photography by Louis Sahuc, ongoing.

REINA GALLERY. 4132 Magazine St., 895-0022; www.reinaart.com —

“Vintage New Orleans Artists,” watercolors, etchings and folk art; “Patrons Saints,” works by Shelley Barberot; both ongoing.

RHINO CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS COMPANY. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Works by

Teri Walker, Chad Ridgeway, Tamra Carboni, Caren Nowak and others, ongoing

RIVERSTONE GALLERIES. 719 Royal St., 412-9882; 729 Royal St., 581-3688; Riverwalk, 1 Poydras St., Suite 36, 5660588; 733 Royal St., 525-9988; www. riverstonegalleries.net — Works

by Ricardo Lozano, Michael Flohr, Henry Ascencio, Jaline Pol, ongoing.

RODRIGUE STUDIO. 721 Royal St., 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue. com — Works by George Rodrigue,

ongoing.

ROSETREE GLASS STUDIO & GALLERY. 446 Vallette St., Algiers Point, 366-3602; www.rosetreeglass.com —

Hand-blown glasswork, ongoing.

RUSTY PELICAN ART. 4031 St. Claude Ave., 218-5727; www.rustypelicanart. com — Works by Travis and Lexi

Linde, ongoing.

SALONE DELL’ARTES ARTEMISIA. 3000 Royal St., 481-5113 — “I Genti H2O,”

works by Shmuela Padnos, ongoing.

SHEILA’S FINE ART STUDIO. 1427 N. Johnson St., 473-3363; www.sheilaart. com — Works by Sheila Phipps,

ongoing.

SOREN CHRISTENSEN GALLERY. 400 Julia St., 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — “Long Story Short,”

mixed-media works on canvas and paper by Karen Laborde, through June.

SOUTHERN LIGHTS STUDIO. 901 Carondelet St., 524-0200; www. southernlights.com — “2 Dreams: The Secret of Life,” photography by Jackson Hill, ongoing.

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STELLA JONES GALLERY. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, 568-9050 — “The Tal-

ented Tenth: African American Artists and Musicians of the Harlem Renaissance, the W.P.A and Beyond,” through July.

STEVE MARTIN STUDIO. 624 Julia St., 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart.com — Contem-

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by Steve Martin and other Louisiana artists, ongoing.

STUDIO 525. 525 E. Boston St., Covington; www.studio525covington.com — Rare rock ’n’ roll

photographs by Sidney Smith; tribal painting and mixed media by Justin Smith; works

by Sarah Freeman Carey, Christopher Morrison Slave and Richard Lee; all through June.

STUDIO 527. 527 Julia St., 218-4807 — “Design Within

Breach: A Case Study for How Crisis Influences Design,” drawings, photographs and models of post-Katrina projects by Frank Gehry, Robert Tannen, Tina Freeman, Futureproof, Abe Geasland, Chrestia, Staub & Pierce and others, ongoing.

STUDIO BFG. 2627 Desoto St., 942-0200; www.studiobfg. com — “Peel Sessions: First

Installment,” works by Tina Stanley, ongoing.

STUDIO GALLERY. 338 Baronne St., third floor, 529-3306 — Works by YA/YA artists, ongoing.

TAYLOR/BERCIER FINE ART. 233 Chartres St., 527-0072 —

“Vessels,” paintings by Gary Komarin; “Small Works,” paintings by John Randall Nelson; both through June 28.

“Where’s the Money?” group exhibit interpreting the economy, ongoing.

VENUSIAN GARDENS ART GALLERY. 2601 Chartres St., 9437446; www.venusiangardens. com — “Luminous Sculpture,”

works by Eric Ehlenberger, ongoing.

WMSJR. 1061 Camp St., 299-9455; www.wmsjr.com — Works by Will Smith, ongoing.

A WORK OF ART GALLERY. 8212 Oak St., 862-5244 — Glass

works by Juli Juneau; works from the New Orleans Photo Alliance; both ongoing.

Call for artists MIDDLE EAST FILM FESTIVAL. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www. zeitgeistinc.net — The festival

seeks film submissions, as well as Arab, Persian or Middle Eastern musicians, multi-media installations and performance pieces, for the November event. Visit www. nolamideastfilmfest.blogspot.

MY NEW ORLEANS: PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS OF A CITY IN TRANSITION. Rhino Contemporary Crafts Company, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Artists of any

medium are invited to submit works expanding on impressions of New Orleans life, culture, food, art and music for the November exhibition.

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museums AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER. Tilton Hall, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave., 865-5535 — “Creative Circles:

Exploring Community Within African Art,” an exhibition of manuscripts and artwork in conjunction with NOMA’s “Beyond the Blues,” through June.

ASHÉ CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — “Ashe in Retrospect: 19982008,” photographs by Morris Jones Jr., Eric Waters, Jeffrey Cook and others, ongoing.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER. 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “Prints,” paintings

by Joan Mitchell, through June. “As We See It: Youth Vision Quilt,” student-created quilt with more than 400 patches, ongoing.

HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION. 533 Royal St., 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — “Katrina +

5: Documenting Disaster,” an oral history and photography project with historical maps, documents and a multimedia presentation, through Sept. 12.

LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS. 7 Bamboo Road, 4885488; www.longuevue.com —

“Untitled No. 6029,” sculpture

by Eric Dallimore, through December. “Serigraphs from the Toussaint L’Ouverture Series, 1986-1997,” by Jacob Lawrence, through July 15.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., 568-6968 — “Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause,” an interactive exhibit exploring the damaging effects of illegal drugs, through Nov. 24.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM CABILDO. 701 Chartres St., 5686968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — “Unsung Heroes: The Secret

History of Louisiana Rock & Roll,” through May. “The Cabildo: 200 Years of Louisiana History,” ongoing.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM PRESBYTERE. 751 Chartres St., 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “Living With Hur-

ricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” ongoing.

MAIN LIBRARY. 219 Loyola Ave., 529-7323; www.nutrias. org — “Hidden from History: Unknown New Orleanians,” photographs of the city’s working poor, ongoing.

NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 566-1136; www. noaam.com — “Sumpt’n

to See, Native Son Comes Home,” paintings by Ted Ellis; “Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom,” a collection of artifacts by Derrick Joshua Beard; both through November.

NEW ORLEANS ARTWORKS. 727 Magazine St., 529-7279 — “Summer Daydreams,” floral watercolors by Carol Greel, through June.

NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www.noma. org — Oil paintings by Joan

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“Patti Smith: A Donation to NOMA,” photographs by the musician, through July 3.

“SWEET Suite Louisiana,” color intaglio prints by Warrington Colescott; “The Therapist,” photographs by Donald Woodman; “Beyond the Blues: Reflections on African America from the Fine Arts Collection of the Amistad Research Center,” a selection of works from African-American artists; photographs by William Greiner; all through July 11. “Swamp Tours,” a group exhibition featuring contemporary Louisiana artists, through Aug. 29.

OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Brooching the Subject:

One-of-a-Kind,” jewelry by 22 artists, through July 15. “Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues,” photographs by William Ferris; William Ferris Folk Art Collection; both through July 25. “Where They At: New Orleans Bounce and Hip-Hop in Words and Pictures,” by Aubrey Edwards and Alison Fensterstock, through Aug. 1. Works from 1956 exhibited at Tenth Street Galleries in New York and new works by Robert Tannen, ongoing.

SOUTHERN FOOD & BEVERAGE MUSEUM. Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www.southernfood. org — “The Birth of Coffee,”

black-and-white photographs documenting coffee works; “Laissez Faire — Savoir Fare,” the cuisine of Louisiana and New Orleans; “Eating in the White House — America’s Food”; “Wish You Were Here,” private collection of postcards depicting African-Americans and food; “Acadian to Cajun: Forced Migration to Commercialization,” a multimedia exhibit; all ongoing.

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Lupin Theatre, Tulane University, 865-5105 ext. 2 — Part of the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, the play follows a playwright penning a gothic horror production about Edwin Forrest. Tickets $30. 8:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

THE GIN GAME. Luke’s Brisket

and Broadway Dinner Theatre, 1540 Lindberg Drive, Slidell, (985) 781-6565; www.brisketandbroadway.com — Two nursing home residents engage in a series of gin rummy games that lead to increasingly difficult conversations.

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Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday through June 27.

THE REALLY DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES OF STEPFORD PARISH. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.

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THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.

Stage Door Canteen at The National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 528-1944 — Bob Hope, Groucho Marx and George Burns impersonators are featured in this rousing tribute show. Tickets start at $30. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

NOCCA|Riverfront, Nims Blackbox Theatre, 2800 Chartres St. — NOCCA’s Stage Company performs the theatrical adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel. Tickets $20. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

VERBATIM VERBOTEN. AllWays

Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www.marignytheatre.org — Actors perform staged transcripts of verbal gaffes of notable people.

Tickets $7 (includes one drink). 10 p.m. Sunday.

CabaReT BOURBON & BURLESQUE. Con-

temporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www. cacno.org — The fundraiser features performances by Bustout Burlesque, Fleur de Tease, Reverend Spooky and her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls, Slow Burn Burlesque and Storyville Starlettes. Tickets $50 general admission, $25 CAC members in advance; $70 general admission, $45 CAC members at the door. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.

BURLESQUE BALLROOM. Irvin

Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., 553-2270; www. sonesta.com — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly burlesque show featuring the music of Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown.

Call 553-2331 for details. 11:50 p.m. Friday.

CHRIS CHAMPAGNE’S CIRQUE DE DOSGRIS. Le Chat Noir,

715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812; www.cabaretlechatnoir.com — A panel featuring Walt Handelsman, Mark Shlefstein and Gambit political editor Clancy DuBos discusses life in New Orleans. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

CIRCUS MAXIMUS. Shadowbox

Theatre, 2400 St Claude Ave., 523-7469; www.theshadowboxtheatre.com — The Storyville Starlettes’ show features circus-themed burlesque and variety acts.

Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Thursday.

CORDELIA WAS THE FOOL.

AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www. marignytheatre.org — The cabaret revue features a rotating slate of women performing poetry, comedy, dance, music and storytelling.

Tickets $10. 7 p.m. Tuesday through June 29.

THE MIDNIGHT REVUE.

Starlight by the Park, 834 N. Rampart St., 561-8939; www. starlightbythepark.com — Marcy Marcell directs a weekly female-impersonation jazz cabaret. Call for ticket information. Midnight Friday.

REVEREND SPOOKY LESTRANGE & HER BILLION DOLLAR BABY DOLLS. Dragon’s

Den, 435 Esplanade Ave. — The burlesque troupe’s Church of Burlesque performs with the Swaggers featuring DJ J. Song. 10:30 p.m. Friday.

audiTions BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY. Christ the King Lutheran

Church, 1001 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 469-4740; www. ctk-nola.org — The Greater New Orleans Chapter holds new member auditions for its Mardi Gras Chorus. Call 3639001 or visit www.mardigraschorus.org for details. 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.

CRESCENT CITY SOUND CHORUS. Delgado Community

College, City Park campus, Orleans Avenue, between City Park Avenue and Navarre Street; www.dcc.edu — The chorus holds weekly auditions for women ages 16 and older for its original show A Streetcar Named Who Dat to be performed in October.

Call 453-0858 or visit www. crescentcitysound.com for details. 7 p.m. Monday.

THE FANTASTICKS. Te-

atro Wego, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego, 885-2000; www. jpas.org — The theater holds auditions for its August production of the musical.

Auditions are by appointment only. Call 885-2000 ext. 202 for details. Noon Saturday.

NEW ORLEANS FRINGE. New Orleans Fringe seeks works in a variety of mediums that are between 30 and 60 minutes long for its November festival. Visit www.nofringe. org for details. Application deadline is July 1.

opeRa OPERA RETURNS TO BOURBON STREET. The Inn on Bourbon

Hotel, 541 Bourbon St., 5247611; www.innonbourbon.com — The hotel and the New Orleans Opera Association present the free performance

by Bon Operatit. 7 p.m. Friday.

Comedy BLUE MONDAY STAND-UP COMEDY. Bullets Sports Bar,

2441 A.P. Tureaud Ave., 9484003 — The weekly open mic is hosted by Tony Frederick. 9 p.m. Monday.

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COMEDY CATASTROPHE. Lost

Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., 400-6145 — The bar hosts a free weekly stand-up comedy show. 9 p.m. Tuesday.

COMEDY GUMBEAUX. Howlin’

Wolf (The Den), 828 S. Peters St., 522-9653; www.howlin-wolf. com — Local comedians perform, and amateurs take the stage in the open mic portion.

Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Thursday.

COMEDY LIVES. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 6444300; www.nolacomedy.com — Comedy teams Dr. Awkward and Men Not Mars perform weekly improvisational comedy. Admission $10. 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday.

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The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 6 p.m. Sun. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812; www.cabaretlechatnoir.com

COMEDY OPEN-MIC. La Nuit

Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 644-4300; www.nolacomedy. com — The theater hosts a weekly open-mic comedy night. (Sign-up time is 10:45 p.m.) Tickets $8. 11 p.m. Friday.

COMEDY SPORTZ NOLA. La Nuit

Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 644-4300; www.nolacomedy. com — The theater hosts a safe-for-all-ages comedy competition between two teams.

Tickets $10. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday.

DYKES OF HAZARD. Rubyfruit Jungle, 1135 Decatur St., 5711863; www.rubyfruit-jungle. com — Kristen Becker hosts a weekly comedy show with live music, sketch comedy, burlesque and more. Admission $5. 9 p.m. Friday.

AN EVENING WITH CHRIS ROSE.

Howlin’ Wolf Northshore, 1623 Montgomery St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1626; www.howlinwolf.com — The Gambit columnist performs new material. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Friday.

Rose also appears at Howlin’ Wolf New Orleans (The Den, 828 S. Peters St., 522-9653; www.howlin-wolf.com) 8 p.m.

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GOD’S BEEN DRINKING. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 644-4300; www.nolacomedy. com — Actors improvise a comedy based on audience suggestions. Tickets $10. 10 p.m. Friday.

GROUND ZERO COMEDY. Maison 508, 508 Frenchmen St., 3097137 — The show features local stand-up comedians. Sign-up is 7:30 p.m. Show is 8 p.m.

IVAN’S OPEN MIC NIGHT. Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance St., 5255515 — The Rusty Nail hosts a weekly open-mic comedy and music night. 9 p.m. Tuesday.

JONAH BASCLE SHOW. 3 Ring

Circus’ The Big Top Gallery, 1638 Clio St., 569-2700; www.3rcp. com — The comedian presents

LAUGH OUT LOUD. Tarantula Arms, 209 Decatur St., 525-5525 — Simple Play presents a weekly comedy show. 10 p.m.

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THE MUSICAL! Shadowbox

Theatre, 2400 St Claude Ave., 523-7469; www.theshadowboxtheatre.com — The National Comedy Company creates a complete one-act musical on the spot based on audience suggestions. Tickets $8. 9 p.m. Friday.

NATIONAL COMEDY COMPANY.

Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St Claude Ave., 523-7469; www. theshadowboxtheatre.com — The troupe performs interactive improv comedy. Tickets $5.

7 p.m. Saturday.

NATIONAL COMEDY COMPANY DINNER SHOW. Memeworks In-

tegrated Creative Arts, 527 Julia St., 523-SHOW — The improv group features a comedy show with a dinner option. Tickets $10 for show only. 8 p.m. Friday.

O, VENGEANCE! La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 6444300; www.nolacomedy.com — Actors improvise Shakespeare based on audience suggestions.

Tickets $8. 10 p.m. Saturday.

ROSEMARY ALEXANDER EDUCATION TRUST COMEDY BENEFIT.

Carrollton Station, 8140 Willow St., 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — The comedy show featuring Joseph Tolpi, Shawn Dugas, Scotland Green, Andrew Healan and Dane Faucheux benefits the daughter of Jeremy Alexander, a comedian who was murdered in May. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Thursday SKETCHY CHARACTERS. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks. net — The sketch comedy show also features breakdance and burlesque. 8 p.m. Thursday.

STAND UP NOLA. Boomtown Casino, Boomers Saloon, 4132 Peters Road, Harvey, 366-7711; www.boomtownneworleans. com — The casino hosts free, weekly stand-up performances with a changing lineup of comedians. 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

STAND-UP OPEN MIC. Sidney’s,

1674 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, 341-0103 — The show features professional, amateur and first-time comics. Free admission. Sign-up is 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Thursday.

STUPID TIME MACHINE. Avenue Pub, 1732 St. Charles Ave., 586-9243 — The improv group performs a weekly comedy show. Tickets $1-$6. 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday.

THINK YOU’RE FUNNY? Carrollton Station, 8140 Willow St., 8659190; www.carrolltonstation. com — The weekly open-mic comedy showcase is open to all comics. Free admission. Sign-up is 8:30 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Wednesday.

To a bouncy, childlike tune reminiscent of Sesame Street, the cheerful, colorful multicultural humans and puppets bound around the stage of Avenue Q singing the show’s theme: “You live on Avenue Q; your friends do too,” they warble cheerfully — and then, more pointedly: “Yo-ou are twenty-two … and you live on Avenue Q.” The setting for the show (which closed a six-day run at the Mahalia Jackson Theater June 13) is a tenement in a way-way-outer borough of New York, in a neighborhood that hasn’t been hipsterized, and its residents aren’t quite the Muppets.

Trekkie Monster is reminiscent of Cookie Monster, except he spends his days obsessed with Internet porn instead of Oreos. Bert and Ernie’s counterparts are Rod and Nicky, a closeted stockbroker and his cheerful, slovenly roommate. Also in residence are Brian, an unemployed slacker and failed comedian on the wrong side of 30; his fiancee Christmas Eve, a Japanese social worker with two degrees and no clients; Kate Monster, an assistant kindergarten teacher who dreams of opening a school for monsters; and actor Gary Coleman, who has hit rock bottom, selling his possessions on eBay and working as the building superintendent.

Into the mix comes Princeton, a recent college graduate who’s broke, overeducated, looking for a purpose in life and full of hope for the future. That doesn’t last long.

The show’s first two numbers — “What Do You Do With a B.A. In English?” and “It Sucks to Be Me” — sum up the show’s own purpose: teaching valuable young-adult life lessons through songs like “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” and “Schadenfreude.” And when things are (temporarily) going well on Avenue Q, there are always two puppets called the Bad Idea Bears who pop up to whisper hilarious suggestions: “You have that money your parents sent you — why don’t you buy some beer?” and “Judge Judy is your friend!”

All of this is a good deal more charming and less cynical than it sounds, with some talented puppeteer/actor/singers: Brent Michael DiRoma as Rod and Princeton and Jacqueline Grabois as Kate Monster and a tramp puppet named Lucy the Slut. Among the human characters, the only one who got consistent laughs on opening night was Lisa Helmi Johanson as Christmas Eve, though none of them were served by a sludgy sound system that made many of the lyrics indecipherable in the group numbers. No such problems, fortunately, marred Christmas Eve’s big torch song, “The More You Ruv Someone (The More You Want to Kill Them).” That’s as valuable a life lesson as anything Jim Henson ever dreamed up.

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The classic 1975 film The Stepford Wives had an of-its-time statement about “women’s lib” and the lengths to which men would go to squelch it — but Running With Scissors’ latest production, The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish, trades social satire for camp and pure laughs. Joanna (Dorian Rush) is a 1970s New Orleans wife with her own “liberated” interests (macaroni art) until her husband (Michael Sullivan) convinces her to move to Stepford Parish, home of “the first Chinese restaurant on the Northshore!” In Stepford Parish, the gals turn out to be Windex-wielding fembots more concerned with waxy yellow buildup than women’s lib — a mysterious transformation that always seems to occur after they return from a romantic weekend alone with their husbands in LaPlace. Whatever’s afoot seems to center on the sinister, secretive Stepford Men’s Club, an establishment that puts the “gay” in “gated community,” where Village People albums can be heard late at night and the hubbies are the town florists, antique dealers “and the Archbishop.” Soon, Joanna is plotting to leave Stepford Parish and move to Bush (“You’re not enthusiastic about Bush?” asks one character, poker-faced), but it may be too late to save Joanna’s macrame soul. Brian Peterson is a stitch as Joanna’s friend Bobbi, who transforms from blousy pot-smoking 1970s housewife to a buxom Robot Monster gargoyle in an Old Glory apron, and Bob Edes Jr. and Kyle Daigrepont get plenty of laughs in a variety of quick-change roles of every possible gender. Richard Read’s direction includes reality show-style video interludes, as well as a couple of pieces of wicker furniture straight out of the S&H Green Stamps catalog. While not as epic as some of Running With Scissors’ other sendup productions like Valley of the Dolls and The Titanic Adventures of the Love Boat Poseidon, Housewives is a Captain and Tennille-powered gas. When these Northshore hausfraus say “I’ll just die if I don’t get this recipe,” they ain’t kidding. — Kevin Allman

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Southern Art, 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The Ogden offers art activities for kids during the weekly After Hours concerts. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday 19 CULU CHILDREN’S TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DANCE COMPANY. Ashé Cultural Arts

Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — The group performs its “A Visit to Africa” concert. Admission $15. 7 p.m.

SUMMERTIME MAGIC .

Children’s Castle, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 468-7231 — Irwin Royes, the “World’s Smallest Magician,” performs.

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The annual Louisiana Bicycle Festival in Abita Springs is a haven for alternative bikes and cycling enthusiasts. Riders bring antique and custom bikes, including oddly reconfigured bikes that need to be mounted with ladders, motorized bikes and Dr. Seuss-like contraptions, and some bikers don costumes and ride in style. The event was created 10 years ago by John Preble, proprietor of Abita’s UCM Museum, home to such oddities as Buford the Bassigator and Darrell the Dogigator. The festival features a bicycle parade through town, wheeling and dealing among attendees who wish to sell or swap bicycles and gear, and bicycle competitions. There are prizes for period restorations, novelty bikes, art made from bikes or bike parts and other categories. The day also features music from DJ Professor Possum.

The free-form rally has never required registration, but roughly 500 people attend the event every year. “It’s like an old car club but for bike enthusiasts,” Preble says. Free admission.

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louisiana Bicycle festival 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday 22275 Hwy. 36, Abita Springs, (985) 8922624; www.labicyclefestival.com

MARKET. Broadway Street Market, 200 Broadway St., 861-5898; www.marketumbrella.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, kettle corn, Green Plate specials and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

DEALING WITH LOSS. West Jefferson Behavioral Medicine Center, 229 Bellemeade Blvd., Gretna, 391-2440 — The center offers a weekly support group. Call Doreen Fowler for details. 6 p.m.

DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE . Tulane-

Lakeside Hospital, 4700 South I-10 Service Road West, Metairie — The peer support group meets on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Visit www. dbsaneworleans.org for details. 7:30 p.m.

DIVORCE AND BEYOND.

Counseling Solutions of Catholic Charities, 921 Aris Ave., Metairie, 835-5007 — A licensed clinical social worker helps group participants going through the process of divorce. Call 835-5007 for details.

MAKE THE CALL SEMINAR .

Northshore Harbor Center, 100 Harbor Center Blvd., Slidell, (985) 781-3650 — The St. Tammany SALT council

hosts a discussion about abuse, neglect and exploitation of elders. Call (985) 8095450 for details. Admission $40, $65 professionals. 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..

Wednesday 16 COVINGTON FARMERS MARKET. Covington City

Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 — The market offers fresh local goods every week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

FIESTA DEL RINOCERONTE .

Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (800) ITS-A-ZOO; www. auduboninstitute.org — The local chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers’ picnic benefits rhinoceros conservation efforts and features music, food and lawn games.

Email nolaaazk@live.com for details. Admission $30. 5 p.m to 10 p.m.

FRENCH MARKET FARMERS MARKET. French Market,

French Market Place, between Decatur and N. Peters streets, 522-2621; www.frenchmarket. org — The weekly market offers seasonal produce, seafood, prepared foods, smoothies and more. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Expanded listings at bestofneworleans.com EvEntS GET TO KNOW GOD. Lost & Found Center, 901 Independence St., 3441234; www.lostandfoundcenter. org — The group meets every week to discuss Bible scripture. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP. East

Jefferson General Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 454-4000; www.ejgh.org — The American Cancer Society sponsors a group for those who have experienced the death of a loved one. Call 456-5000 for details. 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF TEA . English

Tea Room, 734 Rutland St., Covington, (985) 898-3988; www. englishtearoom.com — A tea and health expert leads a tasting of five different blends. Email info@ englishtearoom.com for details.

Admission $15.95. 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

INFANCY TO INDEPENDENCE . St.

Matthew/Central United Church of Christ, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 861-8196; www.stmatthew-nola. org — The parent-child education and support group uses enriching activities in music, art and play.

Visit www.infancytoindependence. org for details. 9:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday-Thursday.

LGBT YOUNG ADULT PEER SUPPORT GROUP. LGBT Community Center

of New Orleans, 2114 Decatur St.; www.lgbtccno.org — The group supports 18 to 24-year-olds dealing with the struggles of coming out, sexuality, family and relationships.

7 p.m.

LUNCHBOX LECTURE . National

World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; www. nationalww2museum.org — The semi-monthly lecture series focuses on an array of World War II related topics. Call 528-1944 ext.

229 for details. 12 p.m.

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NONPAC MEETING . Seventh District

Station, 10555 Lake Forest Blvd. — The New Orleans Neighborhood Policing Anti-Crime Council holds its monthly meeting. 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT JW MARRIOTT. JW Marriott New

Orleans, 614 Canal St., No. 4, 5256500; www.marriott.com — The hotel showcases local music and art with spirit tastings and hors d’oeuvres. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WESTWEGO FARMERS & FISHERIES MARKET. 484 Sala Ave., Sala Avenue

and Fourth Street, Westwego — The market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art and more, with live music and pony rides.

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

WOMEN & WINE ON WEDNESDAYS.

American Sector, 945 Magazine St., (504)528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org — The networking event features wine specials and tastings. Visit www.womenwinewednesday.com for details. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. come. Admission $5.

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Thursday 17 30 DOLLA MAKE YOU HOLLA PRINT SALE . 3 Ring Circus’ The Big Top

Gallery, 1638 Clio St., 569-2700; www.3rcp.com — The sale features unframed prints from local artists.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

BUILD NOW TALKS. Build Now Model Home, 5713 Elysian Fields Ave., 324-3964; www.buildnownola.com — The monthly session educates about Road Home policies and new funding sources for potential homeowners. Preregistration required. Call 324-3964 or email mail@buildnownola.com for details. 6 p.m.

CHAMBER AFTER 5. Country Inn

& Suites Hotel, 315 Magazine St. — The Chamber of Commerce’s networking event features hors d’oeuvres and drink specials. Visit www.neworleanschamber.org/ events for details. Admission $20, free for members. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

CHANGES. Hey! Cafe, 4332

Magazine St., 891-8682; www.heycafe.biz — The weekly meetings teach focusing, a method of directing attention outside one’s body to effect change. Call 232-9787 for details. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

COOL CLOTHES FOR HOT DAYS.

SAVE OUR CEMETERIES CEMETERY TOURS. The group conducts tours

Encore Shop, 7814 Maple St., 8619028 — The sale of summer dresses and casual clothes benefits the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday

START THE ADVENTURE IN READING WORKDAY. St. Paul’s United

EPILEPSY & SEIZURE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP. East Jefferson

of New Orleans cemeteries. Call 525-3377 for details.

Methodist Church, 6500 Jefferson Hwy., Harahan, 899-0820; www. stairnola.org — Participants prepare materials needed for the next school year, and also learn more about STAIR and exchange ideas about tutoring. Call 899-0820 for details. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

TALENT SHOWCASE . Le Roux, 1700 Louisiana Ave. — Masse Media Consulting, KMP and Men of Business host a weekly “You’ve Got Talent” showcase open to all poets, singers, dancers and others. Call

General Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 454-4000; www.ejgh.org — The Epilepsy Foundation of Louisiana holds a monthly support group for adults who have or are impacted by epilepsy or seizure disorders. The group meets in the Foundation Board Room. Call 800-960-0587 or email kelly@epilepsylouisiana.org for details. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

FRESH MARKET. Circle Food Store,

1522 St. Bernard Ave. — The Downtown Neighborhood Market

Consortium market features fresh produce, dairy, seafood, baked goods and more. EBT and WIC accepted. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

THE INN ON BOURBON’S NOLA BREW EXPERIENCE . The Inn on

Bourbon Hotel, 541 Bourbon St., 524-7611; www.innonbourbon.com — The beer tasting features brews from NOLA Brewery and food from the hotel’s Cafe de l’Opera. 6 p.m.

IRON RAIL LADIES’ NIGHT. The Iron Rail, 511 Marigny St., 948-0963; www. ironrail.org — Iron Rail offers a weekly creative space for women. Email ladiesnight.ironrail@gmail.com for details. 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

KNIT AND SIP. Castine Center,

Pelican Park, 63350 Pelican Drive, Mandeville, (985) 626-7997 — Knitters of all levels meet to knit, talk and drink coffee. Call (985) 626-7997 for details. 10 a.m. to noon.

NOCCA FILMMAKING & AUDIO PRODUCTION OPEN HOUSE .

NOCCA|Riverfront, 2800 Chartres St., 940-2787; www.nocca.com — The center offers a tour of its facilities to prospective students and their families. 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

OXBOW SCHOOL INFORMATION SESSION . NOCCA|Riverfront

Senator John Breaux Library, 2800 Chartres St. — Representatives from the California-based fine arts program answer admissions questions. Visit www.oxbowschool.org for details. 3 p.m.

PAUSE FOR DINNER . Various locations, visit website for details — Several local restaurants dedicate 20 percent of their sales to LA/ SPCA during regular dining hours.

Visit www.la-spca.org for details.

SISTAHS MAKING A CHANGE . Ashé Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — The group offers lessons in African dance and more, with nutrition, health and wellness seminars. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Thursday and Monday.

Friday 18 SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS.

Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, 581-4367; www. generationshall.net — The Animal Krackers perform at the annual dinner honoring local business professionals. Contact 836-2087 for details. Admission starts at $60.

7:30 p.m. to midnight.

ART & ODDITIES DOUBLE VISION GEMINI PARTY. 3 Ring Circus’ The

Big Top Gallery, 1638 Clio St., 5692700; www.3rcp.com — The fundraiser benefiting the arts education center features live music, an art auction, food and karaoke. 6 p.m.

FRAPPE FRIDAYS. Arnaud’s

Restaurant, 813 Bienville St., 5235433; www.arnauds.com — The series of luncheons delves into the history of Herbsaint liquor with demonstrations, memorabilia on display, an opportunity to make an Herbsaint frappe and a FrenchCreole meal. Call 523-5433 or email katy@arnauds.com for details.

Admission $35. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

SUMMER OF BEER . Martin Wine Cellar, 2895 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081 — The tasting event features samples of more than 70 beers along with food. Admission $20. 6:30 p.m.

TREE HUGGER HAPPY HOUR . Bridge

Lounge, 1201 Magazine St., 2991888 — The Louisiana Green Corps hosts a happy hour event to kick off Solar Day. Email suzy@lagreencorps.org for details. 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

A WEEKEND WITH IMMACULEE .

Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 465-9985; www.pontchartraincenter.com — Rwandan genocide survivor and author Immaculee Ilibagiza leads a program focusing on the power of forgiveness and prayer. Visit www.immaculee,com for details.

Admission $150 for three days. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Sunday.

Saturday 19 BOURBON & BURLESQUE .

Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www.cacno. org — The fundraiser features performances by local burlesque troupes, plus cuisine and cocktails from Bourbon House. Tickets $50, $25 members in advance; $70, $45 members at the door. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, 861-5898; www. marketumbrella.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon.

EAGLE WATCH . Fontainebleau State

Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, (888) 6773668 — A park ranger leads a viewing of the park’s eagle nest. 3 p.m.

ERACE NEW ORLEANS MEETING . J.

Singleton School, 1924 Philip St., 581-2388 — ERACE meets for its weekly discussion group. Call 8661163 for details. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

EXPERIENCE LATINOLA . Lakeside

Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 8358000 — Puentes New Orleans and LatiNola hosts a community event featuring Latin performances, entertainment for children, free health screenings and giveaways.

Call 821-7228 for details. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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FATHER’S DAY CELEBRATION . Whole

Foods Market Arabella Station, 5600 Magazine St., 899-9119 — Dads (and everyone else) can enjoy special grilling demonstrations and samples. Noon to 2 p.m.

GERMAN COAST FARMERS MARKET. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features a wide range of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon.

GREAT WHITES OF THE WORLD.

Martin Wine Cellar, 3500 Magazine St., 894-7420 — The walk-about tasting features 17 chilled wines and food. $30 per person. 6:30 p.m.

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St., between Douglass Street and the levee; www.globalgreen. org/neworleans — Global Green provides tours of its model green house, which uses renewable energy from solar panels and other sources. Call 525-2121 or visit the website for details. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday.

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Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, 362-8661 — The market features more than 30 vendors offering a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. Free admission.

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

HOMEBUYER TRAINING CLASSES. Lower 9th Ward

NENA, 1120 Lamanche St., 3736483; www.9thwardnena. org — The weekly class provides assistance to New Orleans-area residents interested in purchasing a home.

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Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, (888) 6773668 — Park rangers lead a weekly nature hike. 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

NEW ORLEANS MONTESSORI SCHOOL 45TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY. Bayou Beer Garden,

326 N. Jefferson Davis Parkway, 302-9357; bayoubeergarden.com — The fundraiser features a live auction, music, food and a raffle for Sugar Bowl tickets. Call 2833633 for details. Admission $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS SECULAR HUMANIST ASSOCIATION MEETING . Audubon Zoo,

Dominion Auditorium, 6500 Magazine St. — Michael Cavanaugh presents his lecture “Toward a Consilient Approach to Ethics.” Call 2825459 for details. 2 p.m.

RESEARCHING THE HISTORY OF YOUR NEW ORLEANS PROPERTY. Old U.S. Mint,

400 Esplanade Ave., 5686990; lsm.crt.state.la.us/site/ mintex.htm — Friends of the Cabildo and the Preservation Resource Center host a lecture by architect and author Robert Cangelosi, Jr. Call 6363399 or visit www.prcno.org for details. Admission $35, $25 for FOC and PRC members.

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

SOLA NOLA . ArtEgg Building,

1001 S. Broad St. — The session provides information on solar energy tax credits, financing and jobs to celebrate national Solar Day. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A SPEAKEASY AFFAIR . New

Orleans Athletic Club, 222 N. Rampart St., 525-2375; www. neworleansathleticclub.com — North Rampart Main Street hosts a fundraiser with food, drinks and live music. Call 2564848 for details. Admission $50. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

SURVIVOR SERIES. Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, (888) 6773668 — The program covers basic survival skills including foraging for food, starting fires and constructing shelters. 11 a.m.

TREME UNDER THE BRIDGE MARKET. North Claiborne

Expressway, between Ursulines Avenue and Gov. Nicholls Street — The new monthly market highlights local artwork and features live music; community services like health and legal aid; and educational services and exhibits. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

UPPER NINTH WARD MARKET. Frederick Douglass Senior High School, 3820 St. Claude Ave. — The weekly market offers fresh local produce, seafood, bread, cheese and plants. Sponsored by the Downtown Neighborhood Market Consortium. Call 482-5722 or email ggladney@ therenaissanceproject.la for details. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

VISITING PET SUMMER VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION .

Harahan Senior Center, 100 Elodie St., 737-3810 — The animal-assisted therapy program hosts an information session for potential volunteers. Preregistration required. Email paws4visits@gmail.com for details. Admission $10. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

WEST HARRISON BLOCK PARTY. West Harrison Avenue,

between Pontchartrain Boulevard and Fleur De Lis Drive — The annual event features a performance by Benny Grunch and the Bunch, a car show and space walk. Noon to 6 p.m.

a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

DRINK ‘N’ DRAW. Circle Bar,

1032 St. Charles Ave., 588-2616 — The weekly event features a live model, happy hour drink specials and art instruction upon request. Call 299-9455 for details. Admission $20. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

LOUISIANA BOOKS 2 PRISONERS WORKNIGHT.

Nowe Miasto, 223 Jane Place; www.myspace.com/nowemiasto — The group sends books and letters to prisoners.

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

NEEDLE JUNKIES. 3 Ring Circus’

The Big Top Gallery, 1638 Clio St., 569-2700; www.3rcp.com — The knitting group meets every Sunday. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

PRIMITIVE WOODWORKING .

Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, (888) 6773668 — Park rangers host a weekly demonstration of woodworking techniques. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday 21 CBT GROUP. Counseling Solutions of Catholic Charities, 921 Aris Ave., Metairie, 835-5007 — A licensed clinical social worker facilitates a 12-week Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) group for depression. Call for details.

UNITED NONPROFITS OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS.

Nonprofit Central, 1824 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 895-2361; www.nonprofitcentral.org — Nonprofit Central hosts a weekly meeting for all leaders of nonprofit groups. 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

CaLL for appLiCations CENTER FOR CULTURAL INTERCHANGE . The center

seeks families to host foreign exchange students during the upcoming school year.

Email ayp@cci-exchange.com or visit www.cci-exchange. com/host.htm for details.

Application deadline is Aug. 31.

FLO WOODARD MEMORIAL BARTENDING SCHOLARSHIP.

ABITA ARTISTS. Berkeley

The New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society and Crescent City School of Bartending select a professional bartender to attend a training course valued at $3,000. Email flowoodardbarscholarship@crescentschools.com for details.

DIMENSIONS OF LIFE DIALOGUE . New Orleans

LOUISIANA COMPOSERS FORUM . Composers can

Sunday 20 Gallery, 72066 Maple St., Abita Springs — Artists hold a monthly meeting. Call Lana at 898-3071 for details. 3 p.m.

Lyceum, 618 City Park Ave., 460-9049; www.lyceumproject.com — The nonreligious, holistic discussion group focuses on human behavior with the goal of finding fulfillment and enlightenment. Call 368-9770 for details. Free. 9

submit original compositions for possible inclusion in a Sept. 29 performance by a 20-piece orchestra.

Call 831-7145 or email LouisianaComposersForum@ gmail.com for details.

Deadline is July 3.

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day writing session with songwriter Jim McCormick. Visit www.nosongfest.com/ song+contest for details. Application deadline is Oct. 15.

NEW ORLEANS TRADITIONAL JAZZ CAMP.

The summer music camp for adults accepts applications for professional and amateur musicians and vocalists. Visit www.neworleanstradjazzcamp.com for details.

PROJECT HOMECOMING . The faith-based

nonprofit seeks homes still damaged (50 percent or more) by Hurricane Katrina to be rebuilt. Call 942-0444 ext. 244 for details.

words BRYAN BATT. Garden District Book Shop,

The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — The author signs She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Mother. 1 p.m. Saturday.

CARLA NEGGERS. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — The author signs Whisperer. 5:30 p.m.

Saturday.

EARL HAMPTON . Hubbell Library, 725

Pelican Ave., Algiers Point, 596-2640; www.nutrias.org — The author signs Streetcars of New Orleans: 1964-Present.

6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

HAROLD BATTISTE JR. & KAREN CELSTAN.

Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The authors sign Unfinished Blues: Memories of a New Orleans Music Man. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

HERMANN-GRIMA/GALLIER HISTORIC HOUSES BOOK CLUB. Gallier House

Museum, 1132 Royal St., 525-5661; www. hgghh.org — The group discusses Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Noon to 2 p.m.

Saturday.

INTERNATIONAL FICTION BOOK CLUB. Blue

MID-CITY WRITERS GROUP. Prose writers

meet to read and critique original work.

Email midcity.writers@gmail.com for details. Tuesday.

MINROSE GWIN . Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The author signs and reads from The Queen of Palmyra. 6 p.m. Friday.

NICOLE & PETER COOLEY. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The poets read from their various books. 6 pm.

Wednesday.

NOLDE ALEXIUS & JUDY KAHN . Maple Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The authors sign Best of LSU Fiction. 1 p.m.

Saturday.

OCTAVIA BOOKS BOOK CLUB. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The group discusses Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge. 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

SOLA-RWA WRITERS GROUP. East Bank

Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1190 — Karen Rose discusses “Letting the ’Fraidy Cat Out Of The Bag: How to Deal with Irrational Writers’ Fears.”

10 a.m. Saturday.

UPTOWN FREE READERS BOOK CLUB. Maple

Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 8664916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The group discusses Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Cypress Books, 8126 Oak St., 352-0096 — The group discusses Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red. 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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The casual Cafe on the Avenue (4600 Washington Ave., 482-6565) opened in May in a sharply renovated space in Gert Town near Xavier University, featuring a large patio and banks of flat-screen TVs. The morning menu features pancakes, eggs, fried steak and pork chops, and at lunch there are wings, poboys, burgers, gumbo, jambalaya and red beans.

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Pan-fried chicken livers are wrapped in serrano ham and served atop grits.

COCHON

930 TCHOUPITOULAS ST., 588-2123 ww.cochonrestaurant.com

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CLEAN WETLANDS ARE THE KEY TO FUTURE SEAFOOD HARVESTS.

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“The wetlands are where everything is produced, and it’s all there in its most vulnerable state: young fish, young shrimp, young oysters, young birds,” says Kerry St. Pe, a fisheries biologist and director of the Barataria-Terrebone National Estuary Program, a local conservation group. “The main thing is to do no harm to the wetlands. If you can save the wetlands, you have a nursery to replace all the animals you lost from the spill.”

A recent boat tour of this wildly productive environment served as a chilling preview of what could be if we allow it to be poisoned by the oil disaster.

Local seafood industry leaders organized the trip, which was led by Wilbert Collins’ family over their oyster leases in Caminada Bay, just off Grand Isle, an area that appeared clean at the time but had been closed by the state because an oil sheen had been sighted there days earlier.

The oyster boat chugged around submerged oyster reefs while our hosts discussed the peril to a way of life in the largely family-based fishing business, where one generation often teaches the ropes to the next. BP may cut checks to cover losses, but if estuaries are befouled and future harvests are compromised — if the reputation of Gulf seafood is lastingly tainted and people can’t or won’t eat it, and if the next generation can’t earn a living fishing — then those early, frightened runs to stock the freezer may well prove prophetic.

Caminada Bay should have been swarming with commercial and recreational fishing boats on the day of our tour. But little was astir. The fins of porpoises arched out of the water occasionally and helicopters rumbled above, headed toward the rigs offshore. But no one was fishing except the pelicans.

Fried rabbit livers are served with fresh herbs on toast.

PRALINE CONNECTION

542 FRENCHMEN ST., 943-3934 www.pralineconnection.com

Fried chicken livers in gravy come with crowder peas, okra and rice.

FLAMING TORCH

737 OCTAVIA ST., 895-0900 www.flamingtorchnola.com

Veal liver Lyonnaise is sauteed and served with caramelized onions.

LA PENICHE

1940 DAUPHINE ST., 943-1460

Fried chicken livers are smothered in brown gravy and onions.

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A pleasant, easy-drinking wine, this bottling was produced primarily in the Old World style from 100 percent Tempranillo, Rioja’s major grape. The medium-bodied wine aged for a year in a combination of American and French oak, and rested in the bottle for several more months before release. In the glass, subtle aromas of red and dark fruit, earth and leathery notes, cedar and vanilla precede soft flavors of black cherry and plum, nuances of black tea, spice and a touch of gravelly minerality.

Smooth tannins are balanced by good acidity.

Decant before serving. Enjoy it with tapas, olives, pizza, manchego cheese, roasted meats, poultry, sausage and spicy foods. Buy it at: Dorignac’s and Acquistapace’s Covington Supermarket. Drink it at: Herbsaint, Palace Cafe and The Delachaise. — Brenda Maitland

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mmediately after Hurricane Katrina, as many of us searched for information about our city from afar, rumors of worst-case scenarios spread much faster than facts. One friend tearfully assured me that every oak lining Esplanade Avenue had been blown down, news supposedly transmitted to her by an eyewitness. The ridiculous notion that sharks were prowling Canal Street was actually told and retold, and for some out-of-towners the idea of a submersed New Orleans lingered in the imagination for years.

For home cooks and restaurant patrons, the true impact on Louisiana seafood from the BP oil disaster is similarly difficult to reckon.

Early in the crisis, many people rushed to load freezers with local seafood, shopping sprees driven by fears that each purchase could be the last for some time. More recently, seafood buyers around the country have begun refusing Gulf product, fearing contamination, and some restaurants now prominently assure patrons they use nothing from our region. (See Alex Woodward’s story, “Fins Across America,” p. 9.) But nearly two months into this crisis, though oysters are now scarce, local markets remain well stocked with Louisiana shrimp, crab and fin fish at fairly stable prices.

Like news of the worst in the Katrina aftermath, the anxiety and confusion over our seafood comes from the dread state of not knowing what will happen and how bad things will get. But while the focus has been on the immediate supply and who can get what tomorrow, others worry how things will be next year and beyond if more is not done to keep oil from penetrating deep into Louisiana’s coastal wetlands.

Al Sunseri, co-owner of P&J Oyster Co., laid off the company’s shuckers June 10, making national news. P&J, the country’s oldest oyster purveyor, has been in the trade since 1876.

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AMERICAN CON� TEMPORARY 5 Fifty 5 — 555 Canal St., 553-5638;

www.555canal.com — New Orleans dishes and Americana favorites take an elegant turn in dishes such as the lobster mac and cheese, combining lobster meat, elbow macaroni and mascarpone, boursin and white cheddar cheeses. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

BAYONA — 430 Dauphine St., 5254455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$$ THE GREEN GODDESS — 307 Ex-

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change Alley, 301-3347; www. greengoddessnola.com — Chef Chris DeBarr’s contemporary cooking combines classic techniques, exotic ingredients and culinary wit. At lunch, Big Cactus Chilaquiles feature poached eggs on homemade tortillas with salsa verde, queso fresca and nopalitos. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ ONE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE —

8132 Hampson St., 301-9061; www.one-sl.com — Chef Scott Snodgrass prepares refined dishes like char-grilled oysters topped with Roquefort cheese and a red wine vinaigrette, seared scallops with roasted garlic and shiitake polenta cakes and a memorable cochon de lait. Reservations recommended. Lunch Thu.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

BAR & GRILL THE CLUBHOUSE BAR & GRILL —

4617 Sanford St., Metairie, 8835905 — Clubhouse offers burgers and sandwiches. The black and blue burger is stuffed with blue cheese and blackened on the grill. Or try the blackened chicken Caesar wrap. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

DINO’S BAR & GRILL — 1128 Tchoupitoulas St., 558-0900 — Dino’s kitchen serves burgers, chicken tenders, salads and wraps. Happy hour is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards and checks. $

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JIGGERS — 1645 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metaire, 828-3555 — Enjoy daily specials like red and beans rice with a pork chop on Mondays or order burgers, salads and wraps from the regular menu. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

RENDON INN BAR & GRILL — 4501 Eve St., 826-5605 — Try appetizers such as spinach and artichoke dip, hot wings or fried pickles. Off the grill there are burgers, chicken sandwiches or cheese quesadillas. Other options include salads.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

THE RIVERSHACK TAVERN — 3449

River Road, 834-4938; www. therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches overflowing with deli meats and changing lunch specials. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

ZACHARY’S BY THE LAKE — 7224 Pontchartrain Blvd., 872-9832; www.zacharysbythelake.com — Zachary’s serves seafood platters, po-boys, salads, barbecue shrimp and more. Jumbo Gulf shrimp with cane syrup are wrapped in bacon, fried crispy and served with pickled okra salad. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

BARBECUE ABITA BAR-B-Q — 69399 Hwy.

59, Abita Springs, (985) 892-0205 — Fresh Louisiana boudin made with pork, rice and seasonings is a specialty at this Northshore smokehouse. Also try pulled pork with sides like baked beans and potato salad. No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

WALKER’S BAR-B-QUE — 10828 Hayne Blvd., 281-8227; www.cochondelaitpoboys.com — The makers of the Jazz Fest cochon de lait po-boy serve pork, ribs, chicken and more. The family feast includes a half-slab of ribs, half a chicken, half a pound of brisket, pork and sausage, two side orders, bread and sauce. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Saturday. Cash only. $

CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE —

527 Decatur St., 522-0571; www. crescentcitybrewhouse.com — This French Quarter brewhouse serves baked oysters, salads and crabcakes stand alongside grilled strip steaks, crispy duck and tender brewhouse ribs. Beers change seasonally. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

CAFE RESTAURANT

LAFITTE’S CAFE — 6325 Elysian Fields Ave., 284-7878; www.lafittescafe.com — Lafitte’s serves wraps with a wide selection of fillings, burgers and patty melts, salads, sandwiches and baked potatoes. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ LAKEVIEW BREW COFFEE CAFE —

5606 Canal Blvd., 483-7001 — This casual cafe offers gourmet coffees and a wide range of pastries and desserts baked in house, plus a menu of specialty sandwiches and salads. Breakfast is available all day on weekends. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

PARKVIEW CAFE AT CITY PARK —

City Park, 1 Palm Drive, 483-9474 — Located in the old Casino Building, the cafe serves gourmet coffee, sandwiches, salads and ice cream till early evening.

No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $

RICCOBONO’S PANOLA STREET CAFE — 7801 Panola St., 314-1810

— Specialties include crabcakes Benedict — two crabcakes and poached eggs topped with hollandaise sauce and potatoes — and the Sausalito omelet with spinach, mushrooms, shallots and mozzarella. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $

THE RUBY SLIPPER CAFE — 139

N. Cortez St., 309-5531; www. therubyslippercafe.net — This casual cafe offers breakfast options such as two eggs with sausage or applewood-smoke bacon or barbecued shrimp and grits.

Lunch options include burgers, sandwiches, salads and changing specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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homemade desserts. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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601 Gallier St., 944-9272; www. elizabeths-restaurant.com — Signature praline bacon sweetens brunch at this Bywater spot.

Dinner brings options like fish and scallop specials. Also enjoy

nia St., 899-4737; www.stjamescheese.com — The cheese shop offers more than 100 varieties of cheese from around the world.

A small menu includes creative sandwiches, salads and specials.

The Radette cheese sandwich includes house-made pastrami and spicy pickles on rye. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

TED’S FROSTOP — 3100 Calhoun St., 861-3615 — The signature Loto-Burger is as good as ever, or try the castle burgers. Fried seafood and plate lunches provide square meals, as do the sandwiches and salads. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ TERRAZU — 201 St. Charles Ave.,

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St. Charles, Terrazu serves coffee drinks and a menu of soups, salads and sandwiches. The Terrazu salad is topped with boiled shrimp, hearts of palm and avocado. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

CHINESE CHINA ORCHID — 702 S. Car-

rollton Ave., 865-1428; wwww. chinaorchidneworleans.com — China Orchid serves a wide array of dishes including soups, fried rice, egg foo young, lo mein and more. Empress chow mein, mango shrimp or chicken, and triple dragon with shrimp, chicken and beef are specialties. Delivery available. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CHINA ROSE — 3501 N. Arnoult Road., Metairie, 887-3295 — China Rose offers many Chinese seafood specialties. The Lomi Lomi combines jumbo shrimp, pineapple and water chestnuts wrapped in bacon, fries them golden brown and serves them on a bed of sautéed vegetables.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

FIVE HAPPINESS — 3511 S. Carroll-

ton Ave., 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes.

Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

THREE HAPPINESS — 1900 Lafay-

ette St., Suite 4, Gretna, 368-1355; www.threehappiness.com — Three Happiness serves Chinese and Vietnames dishes and dim sum specials on weekends.

Westlake duck features tender duck with snow peas, corn, straw mushrooms and napa cabbage.

Vietnamese crepes are served with pork and shrimp. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

TREY YUEN CUISINE OF CHINA — 600 N. Causeway Approach.,

Mandeville, (985) 626-4476; 2100 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985) 345-6789; www.tryyuen. com — House specialties include fried soft-shell crab topped with Tong Cho sauce, and Cantonese-style stir-fried alligator and mushrooms in oyster sauce.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

BEN ’N JERRY’S — 3500 Veterans

Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 8875656 — Ben ’n Jerry’s offers rich ice creams in signature flavors, ice cream cakes, frozen drinks, fruit smoothies and sundaes. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CREOLE ANTOINE’S RESTAURANT — 713 St.

Louis St., 581-4422; www.antoines. com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ AUSTIN’S RESTAURANT — 5101 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s cooks hearty Creole and Italian dishes like stuffed soft-shell crab and veal Austin, which is crowned with crabmeat. No reservations.

Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

GUMBO SHOP — 640 St. Peter St.,

DINER DOT’S DINER — 2239 Willliams

Blvd., Kenner, 441-5600; 4150 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson, 833-9349; 6633 Airline Drive, Metairie, 7340301; 10701 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, 738-9678; 12179 Hwy. 90, Luling, (985) 785-6836 — Burgers, eggs with bacon, grits and biscuits, fruit pies and daily specials are the pillars of Dot’s menu.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served all day long. No reservations. Hours vary by location.

Credit cards. $

WHO put the sizzle in Ruth’s Chris Steak House?

Ruth Fertel. The woman who mortgaged her home on a hunch and bought a neighborhood steak house, which eventually grew into a family of local steak houses. Using an 1800° broiler and 500° plates, steaks are still cooked and presented just the way Ruth would insist: sizzling.

STEVE’S DINER — 201 St. Charles Ave., 522-8198 — Located in the Place St. Charles food court, Steve’s serves hot breakfasts until 10 a.m. Lunch features sandwiches, salads and hot plate lunches such as fried catfish and baked chicken Parmesan. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

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azine St., 891-8495; www.martiniquebistro.com — This French bistro has both a cozy dining room and a pretty courtyard. Try dishes such as Steen’s-cured duck breast with satsuma and ginger demi-glace and stone-ground goat cheese grits. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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JUNG’S GOLDEN DRAGON — 3009 Magazine St., 891-8280; www. jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine. Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes.

Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

ANTOINE’S ANNEX — 513 Royal St., 581-4422; www.antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Royal Street salad features baby spinach and mixed lettuces with carrots, red onion, red peppers, grapes, olives, walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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VINE & DINE — 141 Delaronde St., 361-1402; www.vine-dine.com — The cafe serves cheese boards and charcuterie plates with pate and cured meats. There also is a menu of sandwiches, quesadillas, bruschettas, salads and dips. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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ITALIAN ANDREA’S NORTHERN ITALIAN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT — 3100 N.

19th St., Metairie, 834-8583; www. andreasrestaurant.com — Chefowner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties of the house include Trota Bayou la Fourche — speckled trout served with lump crabmeat in a lemoncream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

BACCO — 310 Chartres St., 522-2426; www.bacco.com — Bacco blends Italian and contemporary Creole cuisine. Chef Chris Montero artfully prepares homemade pastas and fresh seafood, including lobster and shrimp ravioli. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily.

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CAFE DIBLASI — 1801 Stumpf Blvd., Gretna, 361-3106; www.cafediblasi. com — For casual Italian dining, head to Cafe DiBlasi for pan-fried veal topped with lump crabmeat and lemon cream sauce or a traditional veal shank osso buco served with rich brown sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

RICCOBONO’S PEPPERMILL RESTAURANT — 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie,

455-2266 — This Italian-style eatery serves New Orleans favorites like stuffed crabs with jumbo lump crabmeat with spaghetti bordelaise and trout meuniere with brabant potatoes. No reservations.

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JAPANESE KYOTO — 4920 Prytania St., 8913644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

LATIN AMERICAN LA MACARENA PUPSERIA & LATIN CAFE — 8120 Hampson St., 862-

5252 — Enjoy Latin home cooking in a quaint and festive cafe. Try the namesake Salvadoran pupusas, stuffed cornmeal disks, or Mexican favorites. Latin-style brunch is served on weekends. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Cash only. $$

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0972; www.thebombayclub.com — Mull the menu at this French Quarter hideaway while sipping a well made martini. The duck duet pairs confit leg with pepper-seared breast with black currant reduction. Reservations recommended.

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www.milaneworleans.com — MiLA takes a fresh approach to Southern and New Orleans cooking, focusing on local produce and refined techniques. Try New Orleans barbecue lobster with lemon confit and fresh thyme. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri. dinner Mon.-Sat. $$$ RALPH’S ON THE PARK — 900

City Park Ave., 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include baked oysters Ralph, turtle soup and the Niman Ranch New York strip. There also are brunch specials. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

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toulas St., 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked.

The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ MIYAKO JAPANESE SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE — 1403 St. Charles

Ave., 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

ROCK-N-SAKE — 823 Fulton St., 5817253; www.rocknsake.com — Rockn-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists.

There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRA� NEAN/MIDDLE EASTERN ATTIKI BAR & GRILL — 230 Decatur

St., 587-3756; www.attikineworleans.com — Attiki features a range of Mediterranean cuisine including entrees of beef kebabs and chicken shawarma. Reservations recommended. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$

PYRAMIDS CAFE — 3151 Calhoun St., 861-9602 — Diners will find authentic, healthy and fresh Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN CARLOS MENCIA’S MAGGIE RITAS MEXICAN BAR & GRILL — 200 Maga-

zine St., 595-3211; www.maggieritas.

com — Mexican favorites include sizzling fajita platters, quesdillas, enchiladas and a menu of margaritas.

There also are Latin American dishes, paella and fried ice cream for dessert. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

COUNTRY FLAME — 620 Iberville St.,

522-1138 — Country Flame serves a mix of popular Mexican and Cuban dishes. Come in for fajitas, pressed Cuban sandwiches made with hickory-smoked pork and char-broiled steaks or pork chops. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

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JUAN’S FLYING BURRITO — 2018 Magazine St., 569-0000; 4724 S.Carrollton Ave. 486-9550; www.juansflyingburrito.com — This wallet-friendly restaurant offers new takes on Mexican-inspired cooking. It’s known for its meal-and-a-half-size signature burritos. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

NACHO MAMA’S MEXICAN GRILL —

3242 Magazine St., 899-0031; 1000 S. Clearview Pkwy., Harahan, 736-1188; www.nachomamasmexicangrill. com — These taquerias serve Mexican favorites such as portobello mushroom fajitas and chile rellenos.

There are happy hour margaritas on weekdays and daily drink specials.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ SANTE FE — 3201 Esplanade Ave.,

948-0077 — Dine indoors or out at this comfortable Southwestern cafe. Chicken Maximilian is a baked chicken breast roulade with Anaheim peppers, chorizo and Asiago cheese. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ TOMATILLO’S — 437 Esplanade

Ave., 945-9997 — Enjoy combinations like Tomatillo’s Fiesta, which includes a taco, tamale and enchilada served with rice and beans.

There are many margarita options.

No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MUSIC AND FOOD GAZEBO CAFE — 1018 Decatur St., 525-

8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

HOUSE OF BLUES — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread.

The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ THE MARKET CAFE — 1000 Decatur

St., 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — 626 Frenchmen St., 949-0696; www. snugjazz.com — Traditional Creole and Cajun fare pepper the menu along with newer creations such as the fish Marigny, topped with Gulf shrimp in a Creole cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily.

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NEIGHBORHOOD GOTT GOURMET CAFE — 3100

Magazine St., 373-6579; www.gottgourmetcafe.com — Gott Gourmet’s menu of creative dishes and sandwiches includes a cochon de lait po-boy made with pulled pork, homecooked Dr. Pepper-honeybaked ham, pickles, Gruyere cheese, ancho-honey coleslaw and honey mustard-chile mayo. No reservations. Breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.Sun., dinner Tue.-Fri. Credit cards. $ LIUZZA’S RESTAURANT 7 BAR — 3636 Bienville St., 482-9120; www.liuzzas. com — This neighborhood favorite serves casual Creole and Italian fare. The Frenchuletta is a muffuletta on French bread served hot.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$ MR. ED’S RESTAURANT — 910 W.

Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, 838-0022 — Popular dishes include seafoodstuffed bell peppers loaded with shrimp, crawfish and crabmeat, topped with buttered breadcrumbs.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA MARKS TWAIN’S PIZZA LANDING —

2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, 8328032; www.marktwainspizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

NONNA MIA CAFE & PIZZERIA — 3125 Esplanade Ave., 948-1717 — Nonna Mia uses homemade dough for pizza served by the slice or whole pie and offers salads, pasta dishes and panini. Gourmet pies are topped with ingredients like pancetta, roasted eggplant, portobello mushrooms and prosciutto. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ POMPEII PIZZERIA — 1068 Magazine St., 708-4213; www.pompeiipizzeria.com — The barbecue bacon cheeseburger features ground beef, applewood-smoked bacon, onions and smoky barbecue sauce.

The Beaurantula is a Philly cheese steak loaded with vegetables and ranch dressing. Delivery available.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $ REGINELLI’S — 741 State St., 899-

1414; 817 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 712-6868; 874 Harrison Ave., 4880133; 3244 Magazine St. 895-7272; 5608 Citrus Blvd., Harahan, 818-0111; www.reginellis.com — This New Orleans original offers a range of pizzas, sandwiches and salads. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

R&O’S RESTAURANT — 216 Old Hammond Hwy., 831-1248 — R&O’s offers a mix of pizza and Creole and Italian seafood dishes. There’s everything from seafood gumbo and stuffed artichokes to po-boys and muffulettas. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, dinner Wed.Sun. Credit cards. $ SLICE RESTAURANT — 1513 St. Charles

Ave., 525-7437 — Neapolitan-style pizza rules, but you can buy pizza by the slice and add or subtract toppings as you choose. There are also a full coffee bar, Italian sodas and organic teas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

THEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA —

4218 Magazine St., 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety

of specialty pies or build your own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. Also serving salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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WIT’S INN — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS MAGAZINE PO-BOY SHOP — 2368

Magazine St., 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

MAHONY’S PO-BOY SHOP — 3454 Magazine St., 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com — Mahoney’s serves traditional favorites and original po-boys like the Peacemaker, which is filled with fried oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese. There are daily lunch specials as well.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

PARKWAY BAKERY AND TAVERN

— 538 N. Hagen Ave., 482-3047 — Parkway serves juicy roast beef po-boys, hot sausage po-boys, fried seafood and more. No reservations. Kitchen open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $ SAMMY’S PO-BOYS & CATERING — 901 Veterans Memorial Blvd.,

Metairie, 835-0916; www.sammyspoboys.com — Sammy’s offers a wide array of po-boys and wraps.

The house-cooked bottom round beef in gravy is a specialty. The menu also includes salads, seafood platters, a few Italian dishes and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SEAFOOD JACK DEMPSEY’S — 738 Poland Ave., 943-9914 — The Jack Dempsey seafood platter serves a trainingtable feast of gumbo, shrimp, oysters, catfish, redfish and crawfish pies, plus two side items. Other dishes include broiled redfish and fried soft-shell crab. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat. and dinner Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ COTE BRASSERIE — 700 Tchoupitoulas St., 613-2350; www. lacotebrasserie.com — This stylish restaurant in the Renaissance New Orleans Arts Hotel serves an array of raw and cooked seafood. Tobasco and Steen’s Cane Syrup glazed salmon is served with shrimp mirliton ragout.

Reservations recommended.

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MARIGNY BRASSERIE — 640 Frenchmen St., 945-4472; www. marignybrasserie.com — Marigny Brasserie serves breakfast items like Cajun eggs Bendict. The lunch and dinner menus include fried seafood po-boys and a host of Italian dishes.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

RED FISH GRILL — 115 Bourbon St.,

598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood creations by Execu-

tive Chef Gregg Collier dominate a menu peppered with favorites like hickory-grilled redfish, pecancrusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

SOUL WILLIE MAE’S SCOTCH HOUSE —

2401 St. Ann St., 822-9503 — Willie Mae Seaton’s landmark restaurant is run by her granddaughter and serves her renowned fried chicken.

There are also changing daily specials. No reservations. Lunch Mon.Sat. Cash only. $$

STEAKHOUSE RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE — 3633

Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 888-3600; www.ruthschris.com — Ruth’s top-quality steaks are broiled in 1,800-degree ovens and arrive at the table sizzling. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH GALVEZ RESTAURANT — 914 N. Pe-

ters St., 595-3400; www.galvezrestaurant.com — Located at the former site of Bella Luna, Galvez offers tapas, paella and a Spanish-accented bouillabaisse. Besides seafood, entrees include grilled Black Angus sirloin and roasted chicken. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ MIMI’S IN THE MARIGNY — 2601

Royal St., 872-9868 — The decadant Mushroom Manchego Toast is a favorite here. Or enjoy hot and cold tapas dishes ranging from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and latenight Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

VIETNAMESE AUGUST MOON — 3635 Prytania

St., 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — August Moon serves a mix of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine.

There are spring rolls and pho soup as well as many popular Chinese dishes and vegetarian options. Delivery available. No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

PHO HOA RESTAURANT — 1308 Manhattan Blvd., 302-2094 — Pho Hoa serves staple Vietnamese dishes including beef broth soups, vermicelli bowls, rice dishes and banh mi sandwiches. Bo kho is a popular beef stew. Appetizers include fried egg rols, crab rangoons and rice paper spring rolls. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $ PHO NOLA — 3320 Transcontinental

Drive, Metairie, 941-7690; www. pho-nola.com — Pho NOLA serves spring rolls and egg rolls, noodle soups, rice and vermicelli dishes and po-boys. Beverages include boba teas, milk teas, coffee drinks and smoothies. No reservations.

Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

PHO TAU BAY RESTAURANT — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, 368-9846 — You’ll find classic Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, shrimp spring rolls with peanut sauce and more. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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3br/1.5ba, CA&H, wtr pd, w/d hkps, cov’d off st prkg, no smokers. 1 blk to bayou/park. Nice n’hood. $1200 485-0133 516 David St, 3BR, 2BA, 12” ceils, ca/h, 1467 sf, new appls incl w/d, granite. 1 blk to bus/st car, walk to City Pk. $1500-$1800. 504-669-7049

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8026 COHN STREET

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4704 - A ST. PETER St.

Nr Delgado, all new 1 BR, kit, lr, backrm, w/d/fridge, o/s pkng. $875/ mo includes wtr & elec. pd. 504-3829477, Mark.

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Fully furn, 1 br, 1 ba, shared pool & balc, w/d on site. $1200/mo/dep. No Pets. 504-236-5757. FQRental.com

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Next to Rouses Grocery Store, furn/ unfurn, studio/1 BR, $650-$1200. Call 504-919-3426 or 504-581-6350.

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210 Chartres “3E”

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1233 Esplanade #16

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1028 Kelerec #1

1/1 nicelayout,greatloc,waterpaid $1000

$1100

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$1000

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$1800

1229 Royal

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1226 Chartres. Newly renov 1 br apt, $1000/mo. Carpet, pool, laundry rm, sec gate. No pets. Mike, 919-4583.

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MID CITY 1 BDR/BA - CENTRAL A/C

Cozy and bright 1 BDR/BA apartment near Canal St. Central A/C, Ceiling fans, Washer & Dryer. $650 per month plus deposit. 209 S. St. Patrick St. Call (504)913-5669.

1 Bedroom Cottage 2-story, 1 bedroom cottage near Bayou St. John. Gas & Water paid by Owner. Hardwood floors.

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2 blocks to French Quarter, 1 Bedroom, Parking. $700/month + deposit. Call 504-525-6520 & 504390-4362

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1315 ST PHILIP ST, lr, kitchen w/appls & bath, hdwd flrs, near Fr Qtr, park, wtr pd, $575 • 504-909-5150

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7120 Willow Street, living room, tile bath, furnished kitchen. No pets. $700month+deposit. Call 504/2837569

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3129 COSTANCE

1/2 double, living room, bedroom, kitchen, bath, a/c unit. $675/mo.

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3216 PRYTANIA - Upper

1000 sf, 1 BR, liv rm, lrg furn kitchen, cen a/h, hkps, balc, off st prkng, no pets, $950/mo • 504-838-0065

3943 LA AVE PKWY

Upper 3 br, 2 ba, furn kit, carpet, fans, a/c, w/d hkps, off st pkg. No pets. Call Joe at 400-7273.

2511 S Carrollton Ave. Furn kit, cen a/h, off st pkg. $700/mo, wtr pd.

Background ck required. 504-4507450.

4106 STATE ST DR•$1000

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4917 S MIRO ST

1629 2nd. Upper rear bright 1 br apt, hdwd flrs, ceil fans, pvt balc, w/d facil. $800/mo, lse, refs. 895-4726 or 261-7908.

1042 SONIAT ST

2 br, 1 ba, lr, dr, furn kit, c-a/h, w/d, c-fans, wd flr, drv, stor shed. Grady Harper, Inc. Eddie 861-4551.

2 bedrooms, washer/dryer, cen a/h, pool, closet space, water included. $885/mo. Call 452-2319 or 821-5567

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7614 COHN STREET

1106 BOURDEAUX ST

5327 PRYTANIA ST

802 FERN ST

1205 ST CHARLES AVE

Furn lux 1 br condo in conv location.

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1417 JOSEPH

GREAT LOCATION! Upper lg 3 br, 3 ba, furn kit, d/w, cen a/h, ceil fans, w/d on site. $1800/mo. 899-7657.

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5419 STORY ST

MARENGO NEAR PRYTANIA

2 bedroom, 1 bath apt. Furn kit, cen a/h, tile & carpet, w/d, water/trash/ sewer paid. $750/mo. 430-8313.

3 br, 2 ba duplex. Cen a/h, unfurn w/ all appl inc m’wave & w/d. Close to univ & hosp. On bus line. Lg fncd bkyd, off st pkg. Safe n’hood, sec sys all units. $1350/mo. 289-5110.

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7522 BENJAMIN - NR UNIV

1702 DANTE ST

2 BR, liv, kit, bath. CH&A, Stove & fridge included. Access to pool & utility room. $800 per mo. Call 504-4273284

Corner Maple. 2 or 3 br in hist, renov bldg, cen a/h, all appls, w/d, 12’ ceil. $1450-$1850/mo. 723-0001.

A UNIVERSITY AREA

Lux 1 br, 1 ba, hi ceilings, ceil fans, wd flrs, exp brick fplc, cedar lined closets. $800/mo. Call Steve w/ Latter & Blum, 650-6770.

1 BR, $800 & Studio, $750. Totally remodeled, cen a/h, hi ceils, hdwd flrs.

510-677-5855 or 1-888-239-6566

1BR/1BA, half a double, nice backyard, university area. $625/mo.

504-782-4848

6319 S. PRIEUR

2 bedroom, living room, dining room, furn kitchen, tile bath. No pets. Off Calhoun. $850/mo, Call Gary 861-4958

1 br condo w/ pool, prkg, laundry, gated community. $650/mo w/ wtr pd. No pets. 453-8996.

8226 WILLOW

Walk to rests or bike to Univ, 2bdrms, Kit w/brfkst area. appl Hi ceils, wd flrs, fncd patio area, $1200 + $1200 sec dep. 225-620-5302

4539 S Roman, 2000sf, 1/2 dbl, 2BR, 2BA, f-kit, w/d, c-a/h, off st pkg, wtr pd, $1100. 504-467-7052, 259-0043 One person studio. Near TU Univ. $590/mo net + dep.

All utilities pd. 866-7837 2 story, 1 bedroom, 1 bath cottage in rear of main house. Great area. No pets. $795/mo. Call 895-8289.

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502 Washington, 2BR, 1BA, w/d, c-fans, wd flrs, c-a/h, sec, drvwy, pool, FREE Direct TV, $1150. 813-5822

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2023 BROADWAY

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2105 FERN ST

2 br, 1 ba, cen a/h, w/d, d/w, wd flrs, hi ceil, sec sys, patio. No dogs. Great n’hood. $900. 504-236-7575

2902 CAMP - $1500/MO

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Avail Jun 1. Paula 952-3131

4308 CONSTANCE ST

Renov apts, 1/2 blk from Napoleon, 2 br, 1.5 ba, wd flrs, vaulted ceils, mstr suite, sun porch, 2nd br loft, w/d, sec sys, deck, yard & shed. $1500/mo.

804-304-9864

4610 CARONDELET

1 blk St Charles. Renov upr 1700 sf, 2 br, solarium, cov’d prch, cen a/h, Italian tile kit & ba, hdwd flrs, frplcs. $1500/mo. 723-0001.

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Sweetie Baby is a 1 1/2-year-old, spayed, DMH with dazzling amber-colored eyes. She’s petite, a bit shy, enjoys having her ears rubbed and has a luxurious white/orange coat. To meet Sweetie Baby or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun. or call 368-5191.

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