Mardi Gras 2012 (Gambit New Orleans)

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Commentary .....................................................12 Happy Carnival!

Clancy DuBos ..................................................14 remembering ray Teddlie Blake Pontchartrain .....................................16 The New orleans know-it-all

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Krewe du Parades .........................................33 The Rex Bulletin..............................................44 Krewe du Maps ...............................................46 Seven Things to Do This Week ................. 5 Quintron and Miss Pussycat; This Will Destroy You; Kinky friedman; and more

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News....................................................................... 7 Mardi gras Indians meet with NoPD officials and City Councilmembers in an attempt to head off any possible Carnival conflicts News....................................................................... 9 remembering gloria Powers Bouquets + Brickbats.................................... 7 Heroes and zeroes C’est What? ........................................................ 7 Gambit’s Web poll Scuttlebutt ........................................................10 News in brief

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Tribute to the Classical Arts.....................26 Gambit’s annual salute to dance, opera and orchestra

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Market Place ....................................................78 Employment .....................................................79 Mind + Body + Spirit ....................................80 Weekly Tails ......................................................80 French Quarter Properties .......................81 Real Estate + Rentals ..................................82 Mardi Gras Madness ...................................87

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Trombone Shorty’s Bacchus Bash Sun. Feb. 19 | Tipitina’s hosts a veritable Funky Gras this week, including two Galactic shows (see page 59). Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and Orleans Avenue headline the annual Bacchus Bash, which also features the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Fishbone, the longtime Los Angeles ska band. PAGE 61.

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Lundi Gras Mon. Feb. 20 | Zulu celebrates at Woldenberg Riverfront Park from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Rex arrives at Spanish Plaza at 6 p.m.

Zulu has three stages of live music, and 2012 parade characters are introduced throughout the day. There’s live music at Spanish Plaza by Shamarr Allen, the Topcats and John “Papa” Gros and the Krewe du Karnival, and fireworks follow the annual meeting of Zulu and Rex. Quintron and Miss Pussycat Mon. Feb. 20 | Q&P’s annual Lundi Gras climax puts One Eyed Jacks’ fire codes to the test. This year’s lineup is every bit as heavy as its theme: Fat Possum garage-rockers Bass Drum of Death, fat exhibitionist Har Mar Superstar, fatty-smoking Marijuana Deathsquads and the dossier-fattening DJ duo KG Accidental. At One Eyed Jacks. PAGE 61.

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has been named a member of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Sailing Team by the U.S. Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee. The New Orleans man, who was on the sailing teams at Jesuit High School and Louisiana State University, won the honor after two January competitions. If approved by the U.S. Olympic Committee, LeBlanc will be competing in the Paralympic Sailing Regatta this summer in England.

Justin Augustine III,

general manager of the New Orleans Regional Transportation Authority (NORTA), was named a “Champion of Change” by President Barack Obama’s administration.

Augustine received the award for his work on and leadership of the New Orleans Streetcar Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is expanding streetcar service in the city. On Feb. 15, the White House will feature him on its Champions of Change website.

A meeting between Mardi Gras Indian tribes and NOPD attempts to head off trouble at the pass.

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improvement, which is why NOPD will soon be inviting chiefs to help Mardi Gras train incoming officers in the acadIndians parade emy, Carter and Bouyelas said. on St. Joseph’s “We want to make sure that our Night. Their 2005 officers are aware of the culture, celebration was that they’re sensitive to it,” Bouyelas shut down by the assured attendees.

NOPD, exacerbating Harrison-Nelson told Gambit tensions between that police have a long history of the tribes and the targeting the Indians on flimsy or police. nonexistent pretexts. She recalled PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER an incident last year when she and her tribe were gathered at a bar in full dress, preparing for the upcoming Carnival season, when she stepped outside to make a phone call. She said that after less than a minute outside, police told her to get back in the bar or she would be cited for loitering, a threat she said is fairly comPAGE 9

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a professor at the University of New Orleans, has been awarded a five-year, $600,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation, which provides the awards to junior faculty who are leaders in integrating education and research. Caruntu is an assistant professor in UNO’s Department of Chemistry. His research program also involves outreach to minority high school students and undergrads.

Michael Williams,

the Caddo Parish commissioner who drew national ridicule in January when he proposed criminalizing the wearing of pajamas in public, is back at it again. On Feb. 6 he announced he would be drafting an ordinance against public PJs and starting a letterwriting campaign to national retailers. He told his fellow commissioners, “Are we going to let this generation tell us what to do, or are we going to be leaders and lead this community?” To which we say — this is leadership?

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he New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) will allow Mardi Gras Indian tribes to parade relatively unimpeded during Carnival season and on St. Joseph’s Day this year, top police officials said at a Feb. 6 meeting on police-Indian relations before the New Orleans City Council’s Governmental Affairs Committee.

Among other concessions, NOPD formally agreed to end the controversial practice of ordering Indians off the street at 6 p.m. on Mardi Gras, which NOPD Deputy Superintendent kirk Bouyelas said is not based in law. “There is no 6 p.m. law, no 6 p.m. rule,” said Bouyelas, who appeared with Criminal Justice Commissioner James Carter as well as all eight NOPD district commanders.

District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry responded by polling the tribe members present as to whether they had either been subjected to or had witnessed others subjected to the practice.

All responded in the affirmative.

“It is our right to be in our community at 6 o’clock,” said Cherice Harrison-Nelson, Big Queen of the Guardians of the Flame Maroon Society, in a phone interview several days after the meeting. “There’s a legacy of them telling people to get off the street. That didn’t start in 2005.”

Antipathy between police and the Mardi Gras Indians reached an apex on March 19, 2005, when police raided a gathering of hundreds of Indians at A.L. Davis Park in Central City on St. Joseph’s Night, ordering them to remove their Indian suits or be arrested, as recounted in a 2005 Gambit article by katy Reckdahl. Three months later, “chief of chiefs” Yellow Pocahontas Chief Allison “Tootie” Montana collapsed and died in council chambers while addressing the council on police harassment of Indians.

Sixth District Commander Robert Bardy, whose Central City district was held up as the model for significantly improved relations between police and Mardi Gras Indians, said overall communication and cooperation had improved. “We have gone incident-free in the past two years of this administration,” Bardy said. “We have had no incidents in Central City.”

Still, Bardy and others conceded that there is still room for

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mon for the groups while practicing. “if you go to indian practice, part of it is to line up,” while suited up outside on a sidewalk, HarrisonNelson said. “Because they’re not culturally aware, they call it loitering.” she added that similar standards don’t seem to apply citywide. “if you drove Uptown, up to Tulane, you see all these people standing around outside. what’s the difference?”

At the meeting, Creole Osceolas Chief Clarence Dalcour pointed out that, especially during Carnival season, costumed people are allowed to be on the streets all night without having to worry about police intervention. He asked that police simply treat indians as they do

would commit to promising that “they won’t be shut down at 6 p.m.,” all present NOPD officials finally agreed.

Bouyelas said NOPD had also agreed to stop following and corralling the tribes with their cars and not to flash their lights or sound their sirens at Mardi Gras indians, allowing chiefs more autonomy to police their own tribes, which was welcome news to many present.

Bouyelas also promised to identify and give out contact information for someone in the department who will act as a point person for complaints about NOPD harassment of indians on Mardi Gras and st. Joseph’s Day. “we’re working to make sure

“It is our right to be in our community at 6 o’clock. There’s a legacy of (NOPD) telling people to get off the street.”

— Cherice Harrison-Nelson, Big Queen of the Guardians of the Flame Maroon Society everyone has a great day. ... we’re one big family,” said Darryl Montana, the son of Tootie Montana and chief of the Yellow Pocahontas.

According to civil rights attorney Mary Howell, who spoke at the meeting, former NOPD Deputy superintendent Marlon Defillo filled the role of point person through last year. But Defillo retired in July 2011 in the midst of negligence allegations surrounding the internal investigation of the post-Katrina police killing of Henry Glover. “we need someone who gets it,” Howell said.

Harrison-Nelson told Gambit that she has followed up with 5th District Commander Christopher Goodly since the meeting. “i made it perfectly clear to him that we just want to do what we do and i’m not looking for the police to come after me with flashing lights,” she said, adding Goodly seemed accommodating. she hopes the same is true throughout the department. “i’m optimistic but i’m a realist,” she said. “i’ll confirm my optimism on Ash wednesday.”

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parade krewes and other late-night revelers. “we look at this as something we do for the community,” Dalcour said. “we are all paying tribute to the holiday in our own way. ... i don’t understand how it closes when the sun goes down for some people and not others.”

Asked by Guidry and District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer (the only committee members present at the meeting) to commit not to enforce a 6 p.m. curfew on Mardi Gras indians, Bouyelas balked, saying there needed to be further discussion prior to Mardi Gras and mentioning “permit issues.” Bouyelas’ mention of permits drew an angry response from chiefs who pointed out that permits would necessitate tribes sticking to a specific, pre-determined route.

Chiefs at the meeting explained that indian tribes are engaged in a type of stylized “war game,” essentially a modified version of hide-and-seek.

A permit requirement would undermine the entire tradition.

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“I literally haven’t spent 15 seconds focusing on that or thinking about that.

I am 1,000 percent focused on my present job and my responsibilities.”

— Sen. David Vitter, asked if he was planning to run for governor in 2015 during a Feb. 6 appearance before the Press Club of Baton Rouge. “ … which, as you can imagine, makes them love me even more.”

— New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Chief Ronal Serpas Feb. 8, at a City Hall press conference where he announced NOPD officers on patrol during Mardi Gras would be wearing big, shiny reflective vests.

committee Keeps council utility Advisors Issues Unanimous Recommendation The selection process for hiring utility advisors to the New Orleans City Council is set to conclude this week, when the council will consider the unanimous recommendation of its Utilities Committee to keep the current advisory team in place.

Washington-based attorney Clint Vince of SNR Denton has led the council’s utility advisors for 28 years and racked up an impressive record of wins against Entergy New Orleans (ENO) and its parent company on a variety of fronts. The council voted in December to extend SNR Denton’s contract on a month-to-month basis while the Council Utilities Committee considered the qualifications of three other law firms seeking the council’s advisory contract.

Last week, after two months of intense lobbying and competition among the interested firms, the committee unanimously recommended Vince’s firm for a one-year contract with four annual renewal options.

While the stage appears set for the status quo to continue, one thing will change: SNR Denton, a worldwide firm with more than 60 offices around the globe, will open a New Orleans office at 650 Poydras St. by March 1.

Vince tells Gambit the office will be much more than a storefront. “It is my hope that SNR Denton will provide a new and robust source of commerce for the city,” said Vince, who leads his firm’s energy, transport and infrastructure team. New Orleans is a natural fit with our growing U.S. and international energy practice.”

Among the attorneys to be hired or affiliated with Vince’s firm are

Jay Beatmann Jr., who has represented private and public clients in utility matters before the council and the Louisiana Public Service Commission; Royce Duplessis, a New Orleans native who has worked with the firm in other cities and who previously worked for former District C Councilman James Carter; and Basile Uddo, a veteran local attorney and law professor who has served as an advisor to the council’s Cable, Telecommunications and Technology Committee since 2000 and represented the council in ENO’s post-Katrina bankruptcy proceedings.

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Mauberret Family Honored Inducted Into Political Hall of Fame in Winnfield, La. The Mauberret political family, which held the Second Municipal District assessor’s office for more than a century, was the first to be inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame last month under a new category honoring “political families.”

The first Mauberret to serve as assessor in New Orleans took office in 1904, and the family held the office continually until 2011, when Erroll Williams became New Orleans’ first citywide assessor in modern times.

Claude Mauberret Jr. was the last family member to hold the Second District assessor’s job. He succeeded his father in 1994 and served until the office merged with the six other assessors’ offices on Jan. 1, 2011.

Mauberret accepted the honor on behalf of his family in a Jan. 28 ceremony at the Louisiana Political Museum’s Political Hall of Fame in Winnfield, La., birthplace of legendary Louisiana governors Huey and Earl Long.

“The Louisiana Political Hall of Fame has honored more than 130 political figures over the past 19 years,” says Jack McGuire, chair of the Hall of Fame’s executive committee and the person who nominated the Mauberret family for the honor.

“We have been pleased to single out individuals; we now also recognize families whose members have long records of unbroken public service in elective offices.”

Mauberret ran against Williams for the citywide assessor’s job in 2010 and finished second in the primary.

He withdrew from the runoff, saying he did not want the election to be decided along racial lines. Later that year, Williams hired Mauberret and former First District Assessor Darren Mire as his top assistants, continuing the Mauberret family’s unbroken pres-

ence, though not an elected position, in the assessor’s office. The Mauberrets’ elective hold on the Second District assessor’s post was easily the longest-running political dynasty in Louisiana and one of the longest (if not the longest) in the country. — CLANCY DUBOS

the Gulf Goof “Gulf of America”? Not So Fast Before the Associated Press and dozens of other outlets speculated whether Mississippi state Rep. Steve Holland’s pithy bill to “rename” the Gulf of Mexico was a serious proposal, Gambit wondered the same. Holland’s House Bill 150 aims to rename “the body of water that is located directly south of Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties” the “Gulf of America.”

Holland submitted the measure to Mississippi’s House Marine Resources Committee, where it awaits consideration. But the lawmaker tells Gambit that the “Gulf of America” bill isn’t really intended to pass. Instead, says Holland, a Democrat, he’s mocking anti-immigration legislation supported by Miss. Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican.

“That’s exactly what it is,” he told Gambit, adding that his Republican counterparts should be helping “feed, clothe and educate children, take care of older adults, provide economic development and high systems in this state, and all the hell they want to talk about is running illegal immigrants out, and drug testing welfare and Medicaid recipients — all superfluous crap as far as I’m concerned. So I thought I’d just join them with a bill to chew on, saying the Gulf of America instead of the Gulf of Mexico, since everything Mexican and Hispanic is ‘so bad.’ Nothing but a ‘spamalot’ bill is all it is. Tongue-in-cheek.”

“Nobody in Mississippi has responded, but I’ve been responding to phone calls (from) all over the world,” Holland said. “Maybe I didn’t think about it, but hell, I’ve been here 29 years, I got to try and have some fun as best I can with all these jerks.” — ALEX WOODWARD

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“Gloria’s a real sweet person; i played her daughter’s wedding,” says Kermit Ruffins, who first met Powers in the late 1980s when he played with the Rebirth Brass Band. “i’d always see her passing by my bar at sidney’s saloon, and she’d stop and come in and hang out with us for an hour. we’re really going to miss her.” in 1994, the foundation started the Tribute to the Classical Arts, which was held last week. Through the event, Powers met wwL television news anchor Angela Hill.

“To me, (Powers) was always the heartbeat of the Classical Arts,” Hill says. “she was the perfect person to pull it all together, for the opportunity to thank the artists.”

“More than anything else, Gloria’s passion for the performing arts and the people in the arts inspired us to grow the Big easy entertainment Awards into what it is today — the oldest, largest and most prestigious entertainment awards program in the state,” Gambit publisher Margo DuBos said in remarks at the Classical Arts luncheon. “it is no exaggeration to say that the Big easy Awards would not be where it is today without Gloria.”

Powers is survived by three daughters: Bride, Ashley Lecky and Tiffany Mitchell, as well as eight grandchildren and many friends.

There will be a memorial service at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Trinity episcopal Church (1329 Jackson Ave.). in lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Gloria Powers Memorial Fund at the New Orleans Musicians Clinic & Assistance Foundation (www.nomaf.org/ donations.php).

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loria Powers was a longtime supporter of the art, music and culture of New Orleans. After suffering a stroke recently, she went to Lafayette to be with family. she died at Lafayette General Hospital Feb. 7.

Powers served as the executive director of the Foundation for entertainment Development and education, which runs the Big easy Awards, since 1991. The foundation annually recognizes achievement in music, theater and classical arts, and through grants it supports development and education. Powers also was active with the Living History Project. she was trained as a cultural anthropologist and exploring and promoting various cultures allowed her to touch many lives. “she came into my school classes to talk about Native Americans, and she used to volunteer to take my class on field trips,” says her daughter Jessica Bride. “we went to the space center in Huntsville, Ala., and my mom told me she was going to quiz me afterward. it seemed unfair because all of the other kids were on their own.

But she was such a tremendous lover of knowledge, from dense mystical books to current events. “she felt it was so important that people be active citizens. it was a theme that carried through her life: Be highly aware of your surroundings and the role you play in the world.”

Powers was born in Tennessee and moved to Louisiana with her family while in her early teens. The family opened a truck stop on Hwy. 90, and Powers fondly remembered trips to New Orleans and listening to music at the Roosevelt Hotel’s Blue Room. she later attained bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Louisiana state University.

After moving to New Orleans, Powers became more active in the city’s arts and music communities. she coordinated events for the city of New Orleans, Latin American Chamber of Commerce and the National endowment for the Arts. she also worked with many Louisiana festivals, including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the voodoo experience. in 1991, Powers became director of the foundation that runs the Big easy Awards and became well-known in the

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carnival experience ayor Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Ronal Serpas and other city officials presented their annual Mardi Gras plan last week. Given the number of “new” New Orleanians and the hundreds of thousands of visitors coming to town, we thought we’d do the same.

The city’s presentation was borne of laws and many years of professional experience. Our reminders may not always carry the force of law, but they’re distilled from years of parade going, celebrating and occasionally nursing both a sore throwing arm and a throbbing head.

Parade safety — Ladders must be as far away from the curb as they are tall, and don’t rope together two or more ladders. That’s the law, not just parade-watching etiquette. Also keep bicycles, skateboards and in-line skates at least 50 feet away from all parade routes as required by law. The same goes for pets; animals within 50 feet of a parade route can actually be impounded (service animals excepted, of course). If you absolutely have to cross a busy parade route, find a cop to help you (and be patient if the officer asks you to wait).

Parade politesse — It’s sad, maddening and not at all in the Mardi Gras spirit to see people get territorial along parade routes. Serpas says NOPD officers will crack down on tent cities that sprout up on St. Charles Avenue and Canal Street hours (or days) before parades. We applaud that policy. Moreover, hauling sofas or other furniture onto a street or neutral ground to mark your space is against the law — and taping, spray-painting or roping off “your” territory is obnoxious and futile. Once the parade rolls, no one will pay any attention anyway.

Throws — Never reach down to pick up a throw in the street — you may get your hand stomped. Plant a foot on it gently and get it when everyone else has lost interest. Don’t get belligerent over throws — most are just plastic, and there’s plenty for everyone.

Getting Around— The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission has provided overtime funds for dozens of cops from across the state for additional DWI checks, which began Feb. 5 and will continue through Fat Tuesday. If you don’t have a reliable designated driver, consider taking a streetcar, bus or taxi to the festivities — which will spare you the aggravation of finding a parking space.

Drinking — It’s legal to drink beer and booze openly on the streets,

as long as it’s not in a glass container. Bars all have go-cups at their front doors; use them. Be aware that marijuana and harder drugs are just as illegal during Mardi Gras as they are at any other time of the year — and yes, the cops will arrest you for doing drugs.

Be street savvy — While some crime is down in New Orleans, smartphone theft in the French Quarter remains a major problem. Don’t walk down the street using your phone, oblivious to your surroundings. In general, it’s best to forego a wallet or purse and instead carry your ID, some cash and one credit card in an inside pocket.

If you’re a visitor staying in a downtown hotel, make sure everyone has his or her own card key; most hotels will ask you to show your key at the front door.

Respect the police — Our cops take a relaxed approach during Mardi

Don’t get belligerent over throws — most are just plastic, and there’s plenty for everyone.

Gras. They also put up with a lot in the process, all while working multiple 12-hour shifts. It’s stressful. So if a cop tells you to do something, just do it. Above all, don’t interfere with a cop who’s making an arrest. This year, police will be even easier to spot because NOPD officers in the French Quarter and on parade routes will wear reflective vests. There also will be lots of plainclothes cops on patrol.

When nature calls — “Ain’t No Place to Pee on Mardi Gras Day” is a real song, but it isn’t just a song.

When leaving a bar or restaurant, use the bathroom on the way out. The city provides a few portable toilets in and around the French Quarter, but they can be hard to find. Never relieve yourself in an alley or on a stoop. The Vieux Carre is a neighborhood, and nothing enrages residents there more than seeing someone urinate (or worse) around their houses. And if a cop catches you, you’re going to jail.

Finally, mask! Don’t just go to the greatest free show on earth, be part of it. Have a happy — and safe — Mardi Gras.

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ouisiana’s political landscape is populated with lots of interesting characters, but not many are people of great character. only a few are both. We lost one of those few recently when political consultant Ray Teddlie died on Feb. 4 after a long battle against Parkinson’s disease.

He was 59.

Teddlie got his start as a political consultant in the 1970s under the legendary Ray strother, who also mentored James Carville. In fact, Teddlie and Carville both worked on one of strother’s first New orleans campaigns — the mayoral bid of Joseph DiRosa in 1977. DiRosa lost the runoff to Dutch Morial in that transformational contest; Morial became New orleans’ first African-American mayor. strother remembers Teddlie as a “brilliant copywriter” who also had a lovable and hilarious knack for bungling. He recalled the time they went to visit a friend at a local marina, and when strother asked Teddlie to retrieve his wallet from the trunk of his car, Teddlie accidentally tossed the wallet and all its contents into the water.

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“He missed,” strother laughed. “That was a typical day with Ray.” Carville remembers Teddlie fondly from their early days in the business. “He was different than most political consultants because he was such an avid reader — and he was drop-dead funny,” Carville says. “Ray had a sense of humor that was unique. Few people in this business had knowledge that was as broad as his, and his humor was deep and sophisticated.”

Teddlie handled the media for Kathleen Blanco’s successful run for governor in 2003, when she beat Bobby Jindal in a heated runoff. Blanco and her husband, Raymond “Coach” Blanco, became two of Teddlie’s closest friends.

“Ray was a brilliant man who understood human nature and knew how to tap into the goodness of people,” she says. “He was sensitive, and he used the subtlety of emotion quite effectively in his work. And he was fun to work with, so much so that we enjoyed helping on his other campaigns. … Ray was hands down the smartest man I ever met in Louisiana, and I’ve met a lot of

smart people in my time.”

Teddlie had a vast array of clients. They included former Louisiana supreme Court Chief Justice Pascal Calogero Jr., Justice Jeannette Theriot Knoll, state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, former Mayor sidney Barthelemy, former u.s. Rep. Bob Livingston, Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick Jr., Clerk of Civil District

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Atkins, who was a Teddlie client as well as a fellow adviser to Blanco, remembers him as a man with many gifts. “Two of these gifts were his big heart and his gift of words,” she says. “It was his caring heart that made his clients more than clients. Ray developed relationships with his clients that transcended business and political relations. He portrayed his clients as humans and showed a softer side. It was this gift of words that enabled him to write on paper what he felt in his heart. As caring as Ray was, he also was someone that you wanted in the trenches. He was a tenacious fighter.” sadly, he lost his toughest fight of all against Parkinson’s. Through that long campaign, however, he remained active on behalf of his clients. And I never heard him complain about his illness or his fate. That kind of character is rare anywhere, even more so in politics.

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ouisiana’s political landscape is populated with lots of interesting characters, but not many are people of great character. only a few are both. We lost one of those few recently when political consultant Ray Teddlie died on Feb. 4 after a long battle against Parkinson’s disease.

He was 59.

Teddlie got his start as a political consultant in the 1970s under the legendary Ray strother, who also mentored James Carville. In fact, Teddlie and Carville both worked on one of strother’s first New orleans campaigns — the mayoral bid of Joseph DiRosa in 1977. DiRosa lost the runoff to Dutch Morial in that transformational contest; Morial became New orleans’ first African-American mayor. strother remembers Teddlie as a “brilliant copywriter” who also had a lovable and hilarious knack for bungling. He recalled the time they went to visit a friend at a local marina, and when strother asked Teddlie to retrieve his wallet from the trunk of his car, Teddlie accidentally tossed the wallet and all its contents into the water.

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“He missed,” strother laughed. “That was a typical day with Ray.” Carville remembers Teddlie fondly from their early days in the business. “He was different than most political consultants because he was such an avid reader — and he was drop-dead funny,” Carville says. “Ray had a sense of humor that was unique. Few people in this business had knowledge that was as broad as his, and his humor was deep and sophisticated.”

Teddlie handled the media for Kathleen Blanco’s successful run for governor in 2003, when she beat Bobby Jindal in a heated runoff. Blanco and her husband, Raymond “Coach” Blanco, became two of Teddlie’s closest friends.

“Ray was a brilliant man who understood human nature and knew how to tap into the goodness of people,” she says. “He was sensitive, and he used the subtlety of emotion quite effectively in his work. And he was fun to work with, so much so that we enjoyed helping on his other campaigns. … Ray was hands down the smartest man I ever met in Louisiana, and I’ve met a lot of

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Teddlie had a vast array of clients. They included former Louisiana supreme Court Chief Justice Pascal Calogero Jr., Justice Jeannette Theriot Knoll, state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, former Mayor sidney Barthelemy, former u.s. Rep. Bob Livingston, Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick Jr., Clerk of Civil District

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Atkins, who was a Teddlie client as well as a fellow adviser to Blanco, remembers him as a man with many gifts. “Two of these gifts were his big heart and his gift of words,” she says. “It was his caring heart that made his clients more than clients. Ray developed relationships with his clients that transcended business and political relations. He portrayed his clients as humans and showed a softer side. It was this gift of words that enabled him to write on paper what he felt in his heart. As caring as Ray was, he also was someone that you wanted in the trenches. He was a tenacious fighter.” sadly, he lost his toughest fight of all against Parkinson’s. Through that long campaign, however, he remained active on behalf of his clients. And I never heard him complain about his illness or his fate. That kind of character is rare anywhere, even more so in politics.

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The Red Bull Mississippi Grind barge traveled from Minneapolis to New Orleans for a skateboard competition. The skate park structures were donated to New Orleans, and they have been in storage since.

Chuck Dear Chuck, There is a skate park in New Orleans, but it’s not usable yet. The elements are disassembled and stored where the brake tag station used to be on North Jefferson Davis Parkway. It will all stay there until the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) acts on a recommendation by the city’s capital projects staff that the Lafitte Greenway is the best place to assemble the skate park.

The skate park was a donation, but the big questions were where it should be installed and who would foot the bill. Several locations were considered, including Joe Brown Park and Behrman Park, but the Lafitte Greenway beat out the competition. Most of the folks who came to the public meetings to comment on the location of the park preferred the Lafitte Greenway, a 3.1-mile former railroad right of way extending from Armstrong Park near the French Quarter to Canal Boulevard near City Park.

The skate park came to New Orleans from Minneapolis on a specially outfitted barge, and contestants competed in skateboarding events on the vessel. The 195-foot barge, nicknamed the Red Bull Mississippi Grind, and the story of its three-week journey down the river with its cargo, will be told in a documentary film.

Years ago, City Park was offered the skate park, valued at more than $150,000.

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Any insight on when it closed and what occupies that space today?

Curious Conspiracy Theorist Dear Curious, Thompson’s Restaurant was located at 133 St. Charles Ave., just a few blocks from Lafayette Square. It closed about 1970, and today is occupied by Mike Serio’s Po-Boys and Deli. One of the women mentioned in the book, Anna Lewis, was a waitress at the restaurant and knew Oswald as a customer.

Notes from Blake: In the Jan. 31 issue, I answered Cheryl Beck about an ice cream shop she remembered from the 1970s that was on Franklin Avenue. I wrote that she probably remembered Hayes Very Fine Ice Cream Shop. However, she may have meant Melba’s Ice Cream Shop, which was also on Franklin near Claiborne Avenue.

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he Big Easy Foundation recognized achievements in the classical arts and paid tribute to former director Gloria Powers at the 18th annual Tribute to the Classical Arts awards luncheon on Thursday, Feb. 9. Host and sponsor John Burr, WWL-TV anchor and master of ceremonies Angela Hill, and Gambit publisher Margo DuBos began the event by saluting Powers, who died Feb. 7, for her contributions to the New Orleans arts community, and several artists mentioned Powers while accepting awards.

The children of Young Audiences brought attendees to their feet with an exuberant performance of African song, dance and drumming. The group received the Arts Education Award following the performance.

Other nominated artists who performed included Jeanne Swinley singing an excerpt from Loyola Opera Theatre’s Susannah and dancers from Lula Elzy New Orleans Dance Theatre performing a piece from the company’s 20-year anniversary retrospective.

Closing out the luncheon was the New Orleans Trombone Choir, directed by Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Milton Bush. Bush, a lifelong New Orleanian, is known for his work as a musician and as director of the University of New Orleans band program and conductor of the New Orleans Pops Orchestra.

Samuel L. Steele III, a businessman and philanthropist who has supported a host of local arts organizations and other causes, received the Arts Patron Award.

Special recognition was also given to CORBiAN Visual Arts and Dance founders Ian Carney and Corbin Popp, whose original piece Darwin the Dinosaur combined dance and innovative technology.

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Best Modern Dance Presentation Tunnels Ghostwalk Tsunami Dance Marigny Opera House

Best Ethnic Dance Presentation Orisha Suite GOMELA: 30th Year Anniversary Concert Kumbuka African Drum and Dance Collective CAC

Best Contemporary/ Jazz Dance Presentation Crocodile Tap Love Lies Bleeding NOCCA NOCCA, Lupin Memorial Hall

Best Choreography (New Work) Chard Gonzalez Bennie and the Jets Love Lies Bleeding NOCCA, Lupin Memorial Hall

9 5 Loyola’s William Horne, Ellen Frohnmayer and associate chaplain Ken Weber accepted the award for Creative Achievement in Opera. 6 Young Audiences of Louisiana performed at Tribute to the Classical Arts and the program received the Arts Education Award. 7 Best Opera Production director Robert Lyall of the New Orleans Opera Association with Best New Classical Music winner JeAnne Swinley and Carol Rausch, musical director of the Best Student/Community Opera winner.

8 Choreographer Anne Burr with CORBiAN Arts members Ian, Eleanor and Diane Carney, who received a special recognition award for Darwin the Dinosaur. 9 Young Audiences board President Beverly Matheney (in red) accepted the Arts Education Award for the group.

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Koehlar says, PHOTO BY and are served CHERYL GERBER by longstanding, spirited bartenders who are ready to share opinions or do a shot along with their customers. “We’re newcomer-friendly, treat you like family,” Koehlar says.

The other fixture at the bar is the jukebox, which reflects a range of moods and eras with no shortage of New Orleans legends, modern-day rockers and jazz icons. “We have everything from Dwight Yoakam to Louis Prima; Preservation Hall jazz to Metallica and Thin Lizzy,” Koehlar says.

“We love to highight local artists. We enjoy great, fun music.”

Conversation, drinking and sports — Saints and LSU games, of course — are the three most important operations of business at Erin Rose, and people from all walks of life contribute to lively debates. Erin Rose’s proximity to Bourbon Street (it’s a half-block away) might suggest a tourist trap, but the bar remains a haven for service industry workers, doctors, cops, writers, politicians, lawyers, musicians, the military and out-of-town regulars — or as Koehlar says, a great cast of characters. “The Erin Rose is about community,” she says. “You never know who you’re going to meet.”

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glowing “Prescriptions” sign above the bar is just one of the many objects covering the wall, shelf and ceiling space at Erin Rose Bar (811 Conti St., 523-8619; www.erinrosebar.com). It’s also a symbol for the bar’s reason for being: Whether in the form of a laugh, a cheap drink or good company, Erin Rose strives to provide a salve for what ails its customers.

Day or night, a friendly crowd of locals and visitors sits together in the bar’s smoky atmosphere, surrounded by framed photographs, car parts autographed by drag racers, signs from beloved, departed French Quarter businesses, and other memorabilia.

These relics celebrate Erin Rose’s lineage and reveal a “passion for history, memories and love of the people that have been a part of the bar,” says co-owner Angela Koehlar.

Erin Rose’s location has been a bar since the 1950s, and the late Jim Monaghan Sr., former king of an empire of more than 30 different bars, opened Erin Rose in the early 1980s. When Monaghan died in 2001, Koehlar, then a bartender at Erin Rose, and her husband, Troy, its longtime general manager, became owners and “assumed the course of keeping the good times a rolling,” Koehlar says. They’ve been running the Rose ever since.

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he second weekend of Carnival parades draws revelers into the streets throughout the New Orleans area. There are more marching bands, costumed krewes, beautiful and outrageously funny floats, monarchs and special guests to please us all. The lineup includes old-line krewes like Rex and Proteus, the Carnival debut of the all-female Krewe of Nyx and prominent anniversaries for suburban krewes, including Zeus’ 55th and Iris’ and Argus’ 40th, while the Krewe of Thoth celebrates its 65th year.

My previews include information about themes, throws, honored riders and more. See page 46 for parade route maps, and watch for my reviews once Carnival concludes. But most of all, enjoy!

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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15 DRUIDS 6:30PM Location: Uptown Theme: announced day of parade Floats: 20 Archdruid: secret Throws: acorn footballs, medallion beads, cups and doubloons The secretive Druids announce their typically witty theme the day of the parade and never reveal the identity of the Archdruid. The krewe will introduce a new signature float this year, and the U.S. Marine Corps band will be among the dozen bands in the procession.

NYX 7PM Location: Uptown Theme: announced day of parade Floats: 20 Goddess Nyx: Gigi Saak Throws: boas, cups, headbands, doubloons, lightup rings The all-female Krewe of Nyx makes its Carnival debut. Nyx is the Greek goddess of the night. WWL television anchor Karen Swensen serves as grand marshal, and marching groups include the NOLA Cherry Bombs, Roux La La and a tricycle group.

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Throws include hand-decorated items.

swords and shields and a three-color light-up sword. A popular throw is a deck of krewe cards with the parade narrative detailed float by float.

THURS., Feb. 16 BABYLON 5:45PM

For more than seven decades, the Knights of Babylon have maintained old-line Carnival traditions of announcing their theme at parade time and not revealing the identity of their monarch.

One can always expect to see the signature floats Hanging Gardens of Babylon and Temple of Marduk. The krewe throws an array of signature jester items and light-up baubles.

CHAOS 6:30PM

Location: Uptown Theme: announced day of parade Floats: 15 King: secret Throws: stuffed swords and shields, light-up swords, cups for individual floats

The Knights of Chaos maintain traditional Carnival secrecy and ride old-style wooden-carriage floats. The satirical theme allows the krewe to poke fun at topical issues. The krewe is introducing several new throws, including stuffed

(follows Chaos) Location: Uptown Theme: announced day of parade Floats: 26 Throws: rhinestone bracelets, diamond rings, light-up parade balls, boxes of adhesive bandages, krewe pens Honorary Muse Patricia Clarkson rides the fiber-optic shoe float. The satirical krewe doesn’t announce its theme until the day of the parade, but signature floats include the Bathtub and Sirens.

The Greek muse Clio adorns the cup designed by a local student. Muses is known for throwing a wide array of unique throws, glittered shoes and an annual shoe medallion bead.

D’ETAT 6:30PM

Location: Uptown Theme: announced day of parade Floats: 21 Dictator: secret Throws: blinking logo bracelets, blinking bopper headbands, blinking skull, gargoyle and high priest beads

The satirical krewe combines elements of traditional Carnival, including flambeaux and a ruler whose identity is not revealed, and contemporary topical humor. Floats address local and national topics, and the Dictator’s Dancing Dawlins’ work out a routine and satirical theme as well. Signature floats include the High Priest Float and the Dictator’s Banana Wagon.

FRIDAY, Feb. 17 HERMES 6PM

Location: Uptown Theme: announced day of parade Floats: 28 King: secret Queen: announced day of parade Throws: plush winged H, plush bears and snakes, jeweled cup and lightup cups

The Krewe of Hermes follows old-line Carnival traditions, generally choosing

MORPHEUS 7PM Location: Uptown Theme: Louisiana Treasures Floats: 20 King: Paul Leman Queen: Anita Garrett-Roe Throws: stuffed moons, light-up wands, doubloons, LED logo items Morpheus celebrates Louisiana’s bicentennial, and floats will depict the LSU Tigers, New Orleans Saints, festivals

and Acadians. Morpheus has a solid lineup of marching bands from local schools including St. Mary’s Academy and O. Perry Walker, Sarah T. Reed and L.W. Higgins high schools. The procession also includes a group of Mummers from Philadelphia.

CENTURIONS 7PM Location: Metairie Theme: Games Centurions Play Floats: 23 King: Rudy E. Johnson Queen: Ashton Elizabeth Frilot Throws: “Comicus” the Centurion stress doll, logo cups, light-up medallion beads, swords, coozies, footballs, throwing discs Centurions celebrates board games with floats decorated like Clue, Monopoly, Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders. The Archbishop Rummel High School marching band leads the procession, and there is a battle of the bands for those participating in the parade. The U.S. Navy band also marches, along with fire trucks, motorcycle and horse-riding clubs and others.

SAT., Feb. 18 N.O.M.T.O.C. 10:45AM Location: West Bank Theme: A Mythological Nightmare Floats: 18 King: Bernard H. Robertson Jr. Queen: Kristen Elizabeth St. Martin

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Location: Uptown Theme: announced day of parade Floats: 20 Sargon: secret Queen: announced day of parade Throws: jester hats, jester beads, LED Babylon streetcar, LED tambourines

MUSES 6:30PM

themes from literature or mythology, not revealing the name of its monarch and marching with mounted officers and flambeaux carriers. Krewe members throw an array of plush items, including the winged H from its insignia.

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The krewe’s theme combines signs of the zodiac and nightmarish creatures. There are floats depicting astrological signs like Cancer and Gemini as well as frightening figures such as Frankenstein’s monster, the Hunchback and evil clowns. Guest riders include cogrand marshals LeBron Joseph from WGNO’s News With a Twist and 106.7 FM’s Kelder Summers, and Landry High School alum Lance Louis, who plays football for the Chicago Bears. Plastic canteens are a new throw.

IRIS 11AM

Location: Uptown Theme: Iris: Messenger of the Gods Floats: 33 King: John Joseph “JJ” Short Queen: Cheryl Cottingham Short Throws: plush flowers, ceramic beads, flower bopper headbands, bracelets, goddess figurines

Iris celebrates messages and communication with floats depicting conch shells, smoke signals, computers and fax machines. The all-female krewe also is introducing a new captain’s float, a new plush iris flower throw, and beads with a cloisonne medallion designed by a local artist. Signature throws include hand-decorated sunglasses.

The Krewe of Tucks shows its refined side with floats depicting the “Pristine Chapel” and “Da Moner Lisa.” The pirate float will be manned by a contingent of U.S. Navy veteran guest riders. Besides throws indulging in the krewe’s toilet humor, vuvuzela-like trumpet airhorns will be distributed.

ENDYMION 4:15PM

Location: Mid-City Theme: Happily Ever After Floats: 35 King: George B. Lafargue Jr. Queen: Erica Marie D’Aquin Throws: medallion beads, plush toys featuring the Endymion man sitting on top of the Superdome, krewe teddy bears, yard glasses, throwing discs

ISIS 6PM Location: Metairie Theme: 40 and Fabulous: A Few of Our Favorite Things Floats: 16 King: Kevin Bourgeois Queen: Mary Bourgeois Throws: Isis tambourines, plush roses, Chee Wees Iris celebrates its 40th anniversary with a look back at some of the captain’s favorite parades. Floats recall themes including the “It’s Our Party” parade from 1994, “Did You Ever Say…?” from 2009 and “Broadway Heritage” from 1976. Revived throws include a plush rose instead of the silk roses the krewe previously tossed. Riders also will distribute signature decorated flip-flop beads.

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MID-CITY 11:45AM Location: Uptown Theme: Apocalypso: Party at the End of the World Floats: 17 King: Jeffery Guy Smoyer Queen: Lori Virginia Rabe Throws: footballs, coozies, bags of potato chips, doubloons, stress dolls

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TUCKS NOON Location: Uptown Theme: Tucks Gets Culture Floats: 30 King: John Young Queen: Mary Ann Yazgi Throws: Tucks tattoos, paddleball boards, squirting toilets, plungers, toilet paper

The superkrewe rides with musical guests Maroon 5 and Big and Rich. Former Lt. Gov. James “Jimmy” Fitzmorris rides as a special guest.

The theme celebrates children’s stories and fairy tales, with floats depicting The Little Mermaid, Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel.

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NOON Location: Uptown Theme: Streets of New Orleans Floats: 46 King: Ricky Rowell Queen: Hannah McIntyre Throws: footballs, medallion beads, sunglasses, coozies, light-up beads, doubloons

On its 65th anniversary, the Krewe of Thoth pays homage to famous streets, including a float depicting the krewe’s unique parade loop Uptown, which traditionally went by several children’s hospitals, including Henry Clay Avenue and Tchoupitoulas and Magazine streets. The krewe introduces four new floats, and the Loyola Avenue float features a train for the streetcar extension.

Chalmette High School will lead the procession for the 25th straight year.

BACCHUS 5:15PM

Location: Uptown Theme: Bacchus Celebrates the Louisiana Bicentennial Floats: 32 Bacchus: Will Ferrell Throws: plush pelicans, footballs, glow-in-the-dark throwing discs,

doubloons, light-up grape bunches Bacchus celebrates Louisiana history with floats depicting the War of 1812, the Louisiana Purchase, the Mississippi River and aspects of local culture. Signature floats include the Bacchawhoppa, Bacchagator, Bacchasaurus, Bacchatality and the trio of King, Queen and Baby Kong.

NAPOLEON 5:30PM

Location: Metairie Theme: A Dose of Reality Floats: 23 Emperor: Blake Ricouard Empress: Meagan Fontenot Throws: gold doubloons, cups, theme medallion and individual float medallion beads

Napoleon gets real with a theme celebrating reality TV. There are floats depicting Pawn Stars, American Idol and Swamp People, which will carry stars Troy Landry, Jacob Landry and 12 other members of their family. The procession includes the U.S. Marine Corps band and signature elements, such as the confetti cannons mounted on the Waterloo float and the horse-drawn maids’ floats.

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Rex introduces a new signature float, the Butterfly King, inspired by the enduring image from the 1882 Rex Ball invitation. The colorful procession explores the mythologies and

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A new Freret pizza parlor is both hip and family-friendly

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he Midway is another chapter in the well-documented rise of Freret Street as Uptown’s new ad hoc restaurant row, and like the other new eateries here, it has its niche.

The Midway brings deep-dish pizza to the party, along with some exceptional salads and a first-rate bar. It also brings an easy atmosphere, and late-night hours are always welcome but never more so than during Carnival season.

Deep dish pizza will always bring to mind Chicago, but the direct inspiration for The Midway is actually in Alexandria, Va. That’s where former pro hockey standout Bryan “Bugsy” Watson opened his own deep-dish pizza restaurant in the early 1980s. When his son Steve Watson, a longtime New Orleanian and co-owner of the King Pin Bar, decided to join the Freret restaurant boom along with business partner Ben Sherman, he already had a model in mind.

The crew here has devised some original pies — like the Natty E, with chicken, bacon and streaks of creamy, brightlyflavored Green Goddess dressing, and the Latin-inspired FD Squared, with chorizo, chiles and crumbly cojita cheese.

Caramelized onions and Gorgonzola are as gourmet as the roster of toppings gets, but this kitchen does a lot with the basics. The meatballs — springy, moist, deeply flavorful — are a particular glory. Forget ground or even sliced meatball toppings you’ve seen elsewhere. With their sturdy crusts, these pizzas can swaddle whole meatballs, which sit on the surface

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The Midway specializes in deep-dish pizza.

By Ian McNulty

Sweet Olive (931 Canal St., phone n.a.; www.sweetolive-nola.com), the new restaurant from Coquette Bistro & Wine Bar chef/co-owner Mike Stoltzfus, recently opened inside the Saint Hotel.

The Sweet Olive menu takes a decidedly more Southern turn than Coquette (2800 Magazine St.; 265-0421; www.coquette-nola.com), with dishes like pickled Gulf shrimp, rabbit jambalaya, duck with collard greens and a bacon, banana and peanut butter Elvis Presley tribute for dessert.

“Coquette goes wherever we really want to go, but for Sweet Olive it’s more about the South and more local as far as the dishes and their ingredients,” Stoltzfus says.

The menu format at Sweet Olive is different, and not just from Coquette. While diners can order a la carte, the restaurant encourages a four-course prix fixe option, which costs $55. Wine pairings are offered for each course, with by-the-glass prices ranging from $7 to $18, and this wine service is different too.

“For each course, the server brings out a tasting (of the wine) recommended for that dish and then you can decide if you want a full pour or not,” Stoltzfus says.

Sweet Olive prepares a separate,

The Midway’s Natty E pizza is a deep-dish pie made with chicken, bacon and Green Goddess dressing.

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The deep-dish format nixes all the pizza portioning rules one might expect. A small Midway pizza and a salad make a fine meal for two. A large pizza occupies and can feed a booth full of people. There’s a consistency problem with the large pizzas, however. They don’t always cook through, and this sometimes results in a gummy layer under the cheese.

A more pleasant surprise about Midway’s pizzas is that they don’t weigh nearly so heavily on the belly as their burly heft suggests. Maybe it’s something in the dough or the quality of the cheese, but diners can fill up on this pizza and feel satisfied rather than stultified.

The Midway does little else besides pizza — no sandwiches, no pastas — but evident care goes into the large and impressively fresh salads. Dessert comes from the ice cream shop Creole Creamery.

The Midway’s bar has a better draft beer selection than many taverns around town, and there are many local brews. On the wine list, there is a good Chianti for less than $20, and it’s a good wine to drink with pizza.

There’s a rock ’n’ roll vibe here that’s cool, but not cooler than thou. The room gets pretty loud, so no one really cares if a toddler starts fussing. And if you want to dine wearing the night’s complete haul of beads, no one here will look twice.

Rhone Valley, FRance $13 ReTaIl

This red southern rhone blend of 70 percent Grenache, 20 percent Syrah and 10 percent Mourvedre makes an equally good partner with casual food on a Mardi Gras party buffet as it does with more refined cuisine. The full-bodied wine offers earthy aromas and flavors and an appealing rustic character. On the palate, taste ripe red and blackberries, plum, spice, black pepper, firm tannins and a touch of alcohol on the finish that will blow off the longer the wine has to breathe. Decant several hours in advance for best flavor. Drink it with fried chicken, chili dogs, pizza, grilled sausage, red beans, rabbit, venison and other game, lamb kebabs, cassoulet, duck confit, osso buco and hearty cheeses.

Buy it at: Whole Foods Markets.

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interview shorter menu for the hotel’s Burgundy Bar, and Stoltzfus will also handle room service and banquet catering at the hotel.

Sweet Olive serves breakfast and dinner daily. The restaurant currently is accepting reservations only on its website.

Dijon debuts

The new Lower Garden District restaurant Dijon (1377 Annunciation St., 522-4712) opened last week.

Housed in a historic former firehouse, Dijon is the first restaurant project from Kurt Brodtmann, and the chef is Chris Cody, who had a short but promising run at the now-shuttered Ristorante Pellicano in Kenner.

Cody’s menu for Dijon is eclectic, mixing French, Italian and contemporary Creole flavors. Examples include smoked pork and poblano ravioli with goat cheese bechamel, sesame-crusted tuna with wasabi remoulade, and roasted duck with corn andouille relish and bourbon-fig glaze.

One special feature of Dijon is a chef’s table with its own small kitchen so guests can watch and interact with the chef as their meals are prepared.

“At a lot of chef’s tables, you don’t see the food being cooked and the chef sometimes just comes around to say hi, but this is going to be a different experience,” Cody says.

Dijon’s building dates from 1914 and originally was used by the New Orleans Fire Department, which kept horse-drawn wagons there. It was empty from 1991 to 2003, when it was renovated into a restaurant space.

Dijon serves dinner Tuesday through Saturday, lunch on Friday and brunch on Sunday.

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n economic and urban development consultant, Lizzy Caston has emerged as an advocate for street food in New Orleans (See “On the Move,” 1/31/12). Along with business partner Erica Normand Correa, Caston started NOLAFoodtrucks.com, which is based on a similar site she co-owns in Portland, Ore., a city with more than 600 food trucks. Last fall Caston and Correa introduced the Street Fare Derby, a food festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course that drew some 3,500 people. They plan to stage the event again this summer.

It’s Carnival time, when New Orleans needs street food like nobody’s business. What are the chances we’ll see more homegrown food vendors here in the future? caston: I think you’ll see a lot more trucks in the next year. A lot of cities are realizing the potential of food trucks for community development, for small business development. I think there are people in City Hall who see this potential too, and the vendors here now are taking an active role — organizing and trying to make it easier to make some changes that they need to operate.

What do you think is behind the new interest in street food? c: This city has a long history of street food; the whole country does. But then there was this push in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s to clean things up, more of a Disney vision of having everything orderly and nothing on the streets. But that’s changing now. People are moving back to their downtowns. The economy is different now, too, and food trucks are an entry point into business. I think it’s tied to the rise you see in home-based businesses and the craft movement. It’s just part of the continuum of a shift in small business in the U.S.

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The Avenue Pub 1732 St. Charles Ave., 586-9243 www.theavenuepub.com Get breakfast and burgers, as well as a good selection of beer, until about 4 a.m.

Bouligny Tavern 3641 Magazine St., 891-1810 www.boulignytavern.com Elegant bar food is available until 2 a.m. on weekend nights, midnight otherwise.

Crepes a la Cart 1039 Broadway, 866-2362 www.crepecaterer.com The walk-up creperie is open around the clock from Friday to Ash Wednesday

Lost Love Lounge 2529 Dauphine St., 949-2009 www.lostlovelounge.com Pho and banh mi are served until midnight — even later on Fridays and Saturdays.

Yuki Izakaya 525 Frenchmen St., 943-1122 www.myspace.com/yukiizakaya The tavern offers Japanese-style small plates and sake into the wee hours.

Pancho’s lowers the flag

It’s the story of a buffet that burned twice as bright, made you twice as full but burned out very fast. Pancho’s Mexican Super Buffet (100 N. Labarre Road, Metairie) has closed, at least according to the signs posted to its chained and padlocked doors.

The news comes almost three years after the restaurant reopened from a long post-Hurricane Katrina hiatus and was welcomed by throngs of fans, who eagerly lined up outside to get a table.

To its devotees, the name Pancho’s was synonymous with an exuberant excess of flautas, tacos, chili rellenos, cheese enchiladas and sopapillas, with the option to pour chili and cheese sauce on just about anything. Miniature Mexican flags mounted at each table were a trademark of the place, and customers would ceremoniously raise the tiny banner up a flagpole to signal Pancho’s servers that they wanted more food.

Pancho’s is a chain that started in El Paso, Texas in 1958. One of the early expansion sites was New Orleans, and this restaurant originally was located in the Central Business District. Back then, the influential New Orleans restaurant critic

Richard Collin described the restaurant as “a miracle,” and he listed its sopapilla as a “platonic dish,” signaling his highest praise.

“Pancho’s food is excellent regardless of price,” he wrote in 1973, when the buffet cost $1.49. “At the price it is unbelievable.”

Things evidently started slipping fast, however, and by 1976 the same critic wrote that “(t)he food is now gross, and large quantities simply underline the lack of delicacy.”

Pancho’s later moved to Metairie, and despite Collin’s assessment it went on to win many new fans over the years until Katrina damage shuttered it in 2005.

Prior to its reopening in 2009, thousands of people joined a Facebook group to share memories of their meals there and support the restaurant’s rumored return.

No word yet from Pancho’s corporate office about future plans in the area, but the Baton Rouge location of Pancho’s closed in January, and a Pancho’s in Slidell closed last February.

Pairings and produce

Hollygrove Market and Farm (8301 Olive St., 483-7037; www.hollygrovemar-

ket.com) has developed a fast-growing distribution system since forming in 2008, and the latest link in that network is Swirl Wine Bar & Market (3143 Ponce de Leon St., 304-0635; www.swirlinthecity.com). Each Saturday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. the Mid-City wine shop serves as a pick-up site for Hollygrove’s produce boxes, while also serving tapas made from that week’s produce and pouring recommended wine pairings at its bar.

Hollygrove assembles boxes containing roughly a dozen different items, which it sells for $25 each. Order through Hollygrove’s website ahead of time, and the boxes are delivered to your door or are available for pickup at Hollygrove’s distribution points, which include weekly sites in Algiers, the CBD, the French Quarter, Uptown and, now, Mid-City (visit the website for details). At Swirl, chef Richard Papier prepares dishes from that day’s Hollygrove haul during the pickup hours, which also coincide with Swirl’s happy hour, when wines by the glass are half price.

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“The ad was insensitive in its mention of pit bulls. We apologize. As soon as we learned of it, we tracked the source and had the local markets pull the ad immediately. We’ll do a better job next time.” — From a written statement issued by McDonald’s, regarding a short-lived radio ad campaign that said eating its new Chicken McBites product was less risky than petting a stray pit bull. The ad drew howls of protest from animal advocates and others. A 4.5 ounce serving of McBites has 470 calories, representing 43 percent of your recommended daily fat intake, according to nutritional analysis from McDonald’s.

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Do you think food trucks hurt restaurants? c: This is always the argument against trucks, but I’ve never seen empirical evidence proving that trucks take away business. If you have someone parking in front of a restaurant’s door, that’s unfair. But if you have four things on your menu and you’re serving people coming out of bars from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. I don’t think that’s taking away business. I want a university to run a study on this so we can have some data. I don’t want public policy based on hearsay and fear.

— IAN MCNULTY

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aMeRICaN FAT HEN GROCERY — 7457 St. Charles Ave., 266-2921; www.fathengrill.com — Barbecue is the specialty at chef Shane Pritchett’s casual cafe with an upscale deli menu. There also are burgers, entrees, creative sides, and breakfast is available all day.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ O’HENRY’S FOOD & SPIRITS — 634 S. Carrollton Ave., 8669741; 8859 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, 461-9840; www. ohenrys.com — Complimentary peanuts are the calling card of these casual, family friendly restaurants. The menu includes burgers, steaks, ribs, pasta, fried seafood, salads and more. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

BaR & GRILL BAYOU BEER GARDEN — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., 302-9357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

ZADDIE’S TAVERN — 1200 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson, 8320830 — Zaddie’s serves burgers, alligator sausage, boudin, tamales and meat or crawfish pies. Thursday’s steak night special features a filet mignon, butter-garlic potatoes, salad, grilled French bread and a soft drink for $15. No reservations.

Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

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BaRBeCUe BOO KOO BBQ — 3701 Banks St., 202-4741; www.bookoobbq. com — The Boo Koo burger is a ground brisket patty topped with pepper Jack cheese, boudin and sweet chile aioli. The Cajun banh mi fills a Vietnamese roll with hogshead cheese, smoked pulled pork, boudin, fresh jalapeno, cilantro, cucumber, carrot, pickled radish and sriracha sweet chile aioli. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., latenight Fri.-Sat. Cash only. $ SAUCY’S BBQ GRILL — 3244 Severn Ave., Metairie, 322-2544; www.saucysbbqgrill.com — Saucy’s serves slow-smoked St. Louis-style pork ribs, pulled pork, brisket, smoked sausage and grilled or jerk chicken. Side items include smoked beans, mac and cheese, coleslaw and Caribbean rice. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

BReWPUB CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE — 527 Decatur St., 522-0571; www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com — Live jazz and German-style beers complement creative cooking at this brewpub. Crabmeat-stuffed jumbo shrimp, grilled baby back ribs, overstuffed po-boys and seafood gumbo are popular dishes. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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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. $

BEACHCORNER BAR & GRILL — 4905 Canal St., 4887357; www.beachcornerbarandgrill.com — Top a 10-oz. Beach burger with cheddar, blue, Swiss or pepper Jack cheese, sauteed mushrooms or house-made hickory sauce. Other options include a grilled chicken sandwich. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SHAMROCK BAR & GRILL — 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., 301-0938 — Shamrock serves burgers, shrimp or roast beef po-boys, Reuben sandwiches, cheese sticks and fries with cheese or gravy. Other options

BUD’S BROILER — Citywide; www.budsbroiler.com — Bud’s Broiler is known for charcoalbroiled burgers topped with hickory-amoked sauce. The menus also includes hot dogs and chicken sandwiches. The

Clearview Parkway and 24-hour City Park location also offer shrimp and catfish po-boys. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

CaFe CAFE FRERET — 7329 Freret St., 861-7890; www.cafefreret. com — The cafe serves breakfast items like the Freret Egg Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage served on toasted white or wheat bread or an English muffin.No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

FIVE HAPPINESS — 3511 S. Carrollton 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. $$ 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. $

CANAL STREET BISTRO & ECO CAFE — 3903 Canal St., 561-6585; www.ecocafeno.com — This cafe serves sandwiches like the veggie club, layered with Swiss cheese, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, spinach and baby pickles. There are fresh squeezed juices, and Friday and Saturday evenings feature tapas dining. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

TREY YUEN CUISINE OF CHINA — 600 N. Causeway Approach., Mandeville, (985) 626-4476; 2100 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985) 345-6789; www.treyyuen.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. $$

GOTT GOURMET CAFE — 3100 Magazine St., 373-6579; www.gottgourmetcafe.com — This cafe serves a variety of gourmet salads, sandwiches, wraps, Chicago-style hot dogs, burgers and more. The cochon de lait panini includes slow-braised pork, baked ham, pickles, Swiss, ancho-honey slaw, honey mustard and chili mayo. No reservations. Breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch and dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $

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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. $ PRAVDA — 1113 Decatur St., 581-1112; www.pravdaofnola. com — Pravda is known for its Soviet kitsch and selection of absinthes, and the kitchen offers pierogies, beef empanadas, curry shrimp salad and a petit steak served with truffle aioli. No reservations. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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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. $ KUPCAKE FACTORY — 800 Metairie Road, Metairie, 267-4990; 819 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 464-8884; 6233 S. Claiborne Ave., 267-3328; www.thekupcakefactory.com — Choose from a large selection of gourmet cupcakes.

The Fat Elvis is made with banana cake and topped with peanut butter frosting. The Strawberry Fields tops strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream frosting. Other options include white chocolate raspberry and a banana cupcake. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $ MAURICE FRENCH PASTRIES — 3501 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, 885-1526; 4949 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 455-0830; www. mauricefrenchpastries.com — Maurice French Pastries offers an array of continental and French baked goods as well as specialty cakes, cheesecakes and pies. No reservations. Hessmer Avenue: breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. West Napoleon: breakfast and lunch Tue.Sat. Credit cards. $ PINKBERRY — 300 Canal St.; 5601 Magazine St., 899-4260; www.pinkberry.com — Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry topping choices including caramel, honey, fruit purees, various chocolates and nuts

and more. There also are fresh fruit parfaits and green tea smoothies.

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

CONteMPORaRY 5 FIFTY 5 — 555 Canal St., 5535638; 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., 525-4455; 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. $$$ OAK — 8118 Oak St., 302-1485; www.oaknola.com — This wine bar offers small plates and live musical entertainment. Gulf shrimp fill tacos assembled in house-made corn tortillas with pickled vegetables, avocado and lime crema. The hanger steak bruschetta is topped with Point Reyes blue cheese and smoked red onion marmalade. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ 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 Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. 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. $$$ GUMBO SHOP — 640 St. Peter St., 525-1486; www.gumboshop. com — Gumbo and New Orleans classics such as crawfish etouffee dominate the menu. Their spicy flavors meld into a dish that represents the city’s best and redefines comfort food. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ MELANGE — 2106 Chartres St., 309-7335; www.melangenola.com — Dine on French-Creole cuisine in a restaurant and bar themed to resemble a lush 1920s speakeasy.

Lapin au vin is a farm raised rabbit cooked served with demi-glace, oven-roasted shallots, tomatoes, potatoes and pancetta. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily, brunch Sunday. Credit cards. $$ MONTREL’S BISTRO — 1000 N. Peters St., 524-4747 — This casual restaurant serves Creole favorites.

The menu includes crawfish etouffee, boiled crawfish, red beans and rice and bread pudding for dessert. Outdoor seating is adjacent to Dutch Alley and the French Market.

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

CUBaN/CaRIBBeaN MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — 437 Esplanade Ave., 252-4800; www.mojitosnola.com — Mojitos serves a mix of Caribbean, Cuban and Creole dishes. Aruba scallops are seared and served with white chocolate chipotle sauce with jalapeno grits and seasonal vegetables.

Warm walnut goat cheese is served with yuca chips. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sat.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

DeLI CG’S CAFE AT THE RUSTY NAIL — 1100 Constance St., 722-3168; www.therustynail.biz — Inside the Rusty Nail, CG’s offers a menu of sandwiches. The Piggly Wiggly features pulled pork on a sesame seed bun with coleslaw and pickle chips on the side. The Wild Turkey is layered with Granny Smith apple slices, provolone, bacon and garlic mayo. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $ KOSHER CAJUN NEW YORK DELI & GROCERY — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, 888-2010; www. koshercajun.com — This New Yorkstyle deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx.

No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ MARTIN WINE CELLAR — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium offers gourmet sandwiches and deli items. The Reuben combines corned beef, melted Swiss, sauerkraut and Russian dressing on rye bread. The Sena salad features chicken, golden raisins, blue cheese, toasted pecans and pepper jelly vinaigrette over field greens. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Fri., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

FReNCH FLAMING TORCH — 737 Octavia St., 895-0900; www.flamingtorchnola.com — Chef Nathan Gile’s menu includes pan-seared Maine diver scallops with chimichurri sauce and smoked bacon and corn hash. Coffee- and corianderspiced rack of lamb is oven roasted and served with buerre rouge and chevre mashed potatoes. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ MARTINIQUE BISTRO — 5908 Magazine 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. $$$

GOURMet tO GO BREAUX MART — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, 8855565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, 737-8146; www.breauxmart. com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations.

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SOMETHIN’ ELSE CAFE — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www. somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. There are burgers, po-boys and sandwiches filled with everything from cochon de lait to a trio of melted cheeses on buttered thick toast. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Carrollton Ave., 865-1428; www. chinaorchidneworleans.com — This longtime Riverbend restaurant offers a wide array of Chinese dishes. Sizzling black pepper beef or chicken is prepared with onions, red and green peppers and brown sauce and served on a hot plate with steamed rice on the side. Other options include fried rice, noodle and egg foo young dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

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INDIAN JULIE’S LITTLE INDIA KITCHEN AT SCHIRO’S — 2483 Royal St., 944-6666; www.schiroscafe.com — The cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and spices. Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or vindaloo and vegetarian saag paneer. Schiro’s also serves New Orleans cuisine.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ NIRVANA INDIAN CUISINE — 4308 Magazine St., 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ TAJ MAHAL INDIAN CUISINE — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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CAFE GIOVANNI — 117 Decatur St., 529-2154; www. cafegiovanni.com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contemporary Louisiana cooking.

Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tasso-mushroom sauce.

Belli Baci is the restaurant’s cocktail lounge. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ MOSCA’S — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946.

Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted.

Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ RED GRAVY — 125 Camp St., 561-8844; www.redgravycafe. com — The cafe serves breakfast items including pancakes, waffles and pastries. At lunch, try meatballs, lasagna and other Italian specialties, panini, wraps, soups and salads. Open Sundays before New Orleans Saints home games. Reservations accepted for large parties.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ VINCENT’S ITALIAN CUISINE — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, 885-2984; 7839 St.

Charles Ave., 866-9313; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Try house specialties like veal- and spinach-stuffed canneloni.

Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE KYOTO — 4920 Prytania St., 891-3644 — 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. $$ MIKIMOTO — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., 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. $$ MIYAKO JAPANESE SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE — 1403 St. Charles Ave., 410-9997; www.japanesebistro. com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ ORIGAMI — 5130 Freret St., 899-6532 — Nabeyaki udon is a soup brimming with thick noodles, chicken and vegetables.

The long list of special rolls includes the Big Easy, which combines tuna, salmon, white fish, snow crab, asparagus and crunchy bits in soy paper with eel sauce on top. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ ROCK-N-SAKE — 823 Fulton St., 581-7253; www.rocknsake. com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ WASABI SUSHI — 900 Frenchmen St., 943-9433; 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd., 267-3263; www.wasabinola.com — Wasabi serves a wide array of Japanese dishes. Wasabi honey shrimp are served with cream sauce. The Assassin roll bundles tuna, snow crab and avocado in seaweed and tops it with barbecued eel, tuna, eel sauce and wasabi tobiko. No reservations. Frenchmen Street: Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily. Pontchartrain Boulevard: lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY BOMBAY CLUB — 830 Conti St., 586-0972; 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. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ BOUCHE — 840 Tchoupitoulas St., 267-7485; www. bouchenola.com — This wine bar and restaurant serves creative dishes like tasso truffle mac and cheese with three cheeses and Mornay sauce, baby spinach salad with Maytag blue cheese and bacon lardons, and crispy duck breast with Grand Marnier sweet potatoes and vanillabalsamic extract. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ K-PAUL’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN — 416 Chartres St., 596-2530; www.chefpaul.com — At chef Paul Prudhomme’s restaurant, signature dishes include blackened Louisiana drum, Cajun jambalaya and the blackened stuffed pork chop.

Lunch service is deli style and changing options include po-boys and dishes like tropial fruit salad with bronzed shrimp.

Reservations recommended.

Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$$ MANNING’S — 519 Fulton St., 593-8118; www.harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors. A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. The fish and chips feature black drum crusted in Zapp’s Crawtator crumbs served with Crystal beurre blanc. Reservations accepted.

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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. $$$

TOMMY’S WINE BAR — 752 Tchoupitoulas 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.

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ANDREA’S RESTAURANT — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce.

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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. $$ BABYLON CAFE — 7724 Maple St., 314-0010; www.babyloncafe.biz —the Babylon platter includes stuffed grape leaves, hummus, kibbeh, rice and a choice of lamb, chicken or beef kebabs, chicken or beef shawarma, gyro or kufta. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ PYRAMIDS CAFE — 3151 Calhoun St., 861-9602 — Diners will find authentic, healthy and fresh Mediterranean cuisine. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MeXICaN & SOUtHWeSteRN COUNTRY FLAME — 620 Iberville St., 522-1138 — Country Flame serves a mix of popular Mexican and Cuban dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ LUCY’S RETIRED SURFERS’ BAR & RESTAURANT — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com — this surf shack serves California-Mexican cuisine and the bar has a menu of tropical cocktails. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night thu.-Sat. 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.

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MUSIC aND FOOD GAZEBO CAFE — 1018 Decatur St., 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — the New orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. 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.

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. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread.

No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ SIBERIA — 2227 St. Claude Ave., 265-8855 — this music clubs serves dishes like fish and chips, spicy hot wings, tacos and more. No reserva-

NeIGHBORHOOD ARTZ BAGELZ — 3138 Magzine St., 309-7557; www.artzbagelz.com — Artz bakes its bagels in house and options include onion, garlic, honey whole wheat, cinnamon-raisin, salt and others. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ BRAXTON’S RESTAURANT — 636 Franklin St., Gretna, 301-3166; www. braxtonsnola.com — Braxton’s serves a mix of salads, po-boys, deli sandwiches and entrees. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ KATIE’S RESTAURANT — 3701 Iberville St., 488-6582; www. katiesinmidcity.com — the Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. there also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes.

Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, Dinner tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ OLIVE BRANCH CAFE — 1995 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, 348-2008; 3700 Orleans Ave., 302-1220; 5145 Gen. de Gaulle Drive, 393-1107; www.olivebranchcafe.com — these cafes serve soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps and entrees. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

PIZZa MARKS TWAIN’S PIZZA LANDING — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza. com — Disembark at Mark twain’s for salads, po-boys and pizza. No reservations. Lunch tue.-Sat., dinner tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ NEW YORK PIZZA — 4418 Magazine St., 891-2376; www.newyorkpizzanola.com — Choose from pizza by the slice or whole pie, calzones, pasta, sandwiches, salads and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. 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. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ REGINELLI’S — 741 State St., 899-1414; 817 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 712-6868; 874 Harrison Ave., 488-0133; 3244 Magazine St. 8957272; 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. $ THEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA — 4218 Magazine St., 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., 302-1133; www. theospizza.com — there’s a variety of specialty pies or build your own with a choice of more than two-dozen toppings. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ WIT’S INN — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., 888-4004 — this Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, subs, salads and appetizers . No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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sandwiches dressed to order. original topping choices include everything from sprouts to black bean and corn salsa to peanut butter. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ MAGAZINE PO-BOY SHOP — 2368 Magazine St., 522-3107 — Choose po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal, or try a daily lunch special.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Cash only. $ MAHONY’S PO-BOY SHOP — 3454 Magazine St., 899-3374; www. mahonyspoboys.com — the Peacemaker po-boy 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. $ PARRAN’S PO-BOYS — 3939 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 885-3416; www.parranspoboy.com — Parran’s offers a long list of po-boys plus muffulettas, club sandwiches, pizzas, burgers, salads, fried seafood plates and Creole-Italian entrees. the veal supreme po-boy features a cutlet topped with Swiss cheese and brown gravy. No reservations. Lunch Mon.Sat., dinner thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $ THE STORE — 814 Gravier St., 3222446; www.thestoreneworleans.com — the Store serves sandwiches, salads and hot plates, and there is a taco bar where patrons can choose their own toppings. Red beans and rice comes with grilled andouille and a corn bread muffin. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$

SeaFOOD GALLEY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, 8320955 — Galley’s popular soft-shell crab po-boy is the same one served at the New orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ GRAND ISLE RESTAURANT — 575 Convention Center Blvd., 520-8530; www.grandislerestaurant.com — Grand Isle offers seafood options from raw oysters to lobster St. Malo with combines Maine lobster, shrimp and mussels in seafood broth. Baked Gulf fish are served with compound chili butter, potatoes and a vegetable. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ LA COTE BRASSERIE — 700 Tchoupitoulas St., 613-2350; www. lacotebrasserie.com — this stylish restaurant in the Renaissance New orleans Arts Hotel serves an array of raw and cooked seafood. tabasco and Steen’s Cane Syrup glazed salmon is served with shrimp mirliton ragout. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ RED FISH GRILL — 115 Bourbon St., 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood creations by executive chef Brian Katz dominate a menu peppered with favorites like hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ VILLAGE INN — 9201 Jefferson Hwy., 737-4610 — Check into Village Inn for seasonal boiled seafood or raw

oysters. other options include fried seafood platters, po-boys, pasta and pizza. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

SOUL FOOD BIG MOMMA’S CHICKEN AND WAFFLES — 5741 Crowder Blvd., 241-2548; www.bigmommaschickenandwaffles.com — Big Momma’s serves hearty combinations like the sixpiece which includes a waffle and six fried wings. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

SteaKHOUSe CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — 322 Magazine St., 522-7902; www. centraarchy.com — this traditional steak house serves uSDA prime beef in a selection of super-sized cuts. there’s also seafood. Reservations recommended. Diner daily. Credit cards. $$$ CRESCENT CITY STEAKS — 1001 N. Broad St., 821-3271; www. crescentcitysteaks.com — order uSDA Prime beef dry-aged and hand-cut in house. Reservations accepted. Lunch tue.-Fri. and Sun., dinner tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

taPaS/SPaNISH 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 late-night tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ SANTA FE TAPAS — 1327 St. Charles Ave., 304-9915 — the menu includes both tapas dishes and entrees.

Seared jumbo scallops are served with mango and green tomato pico de gallo.

Gambas al ajillo are jumbo shrimp with garlic, shallots, chilis and cognac. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ VEGA TAPAS CAFE — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, 836-2007; www. vegatapascafe.com — Paella de la Vega combines shrimp, mussels, chorizo, calamari, scallops, chicken and vegetables in saffron rice. Pollo en papel features chicken, mushrooms, leeks and feta in phyllo pastry. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ PHO NOLA — 3320 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, 941-7690; www.phonola.com — Pho NoLA serves spring rolls and egg rolls, noodle soups, rice and vermicelli dishes and po-boys.

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Carnival Time Galactic returns with a global Carnival-inspired album.

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nylon-stringed guitars, saxophonist Ben Ellman’s Carnival-conjuring lines, and loose grooves pepper the album. A Brazilian whistle sounds like a drum major’s, hand drums sound like the Indians’, and horns hail from both Latin roots and New Orleans streets.

Carnivale follows last year’s live album The Other Side of Midnight, recorded at a sold-out set at Tipitina’s.

In 2010, the band released the acclaimed Ya-Ka-May, which also starred a wish list of New Orleans talent, from the Rebirth Brass Band and Irma Thomas to bounce artists Cheeky Blakk, Big Freedia, Katey Red and Sissy Nobby.

Bounce music also appears on Carnivale.

“It may not be what you think of (as) traditional Mardi Gras tunes, but everyone knows, if you go out on the streets, you’re going to hear hiphop, you’re going to hear bounce music — it just depends what part of town you’re stumbling around in,” Vogel says. “We’re a group that’s interested and learning and digesting everything we can from the traditions and the history, but we want to make music in the here and now, and make music from New Orleans that’s contemporary, and learn from and digest anything else that’s great, including bounce music. You (can’t) ignore it. As far as we’re concerned it’s another chapter in the history of New Orleans music, and one that’s unfolding and playing out before our eyes, or our ears.”

Sometimes those Carnival worlds collide, quite deliberately. In the instrumental “Guero Bounce,” a harmonica wails over a bounce beat and Latin percussion, and on “Voyage Ton Flag,” where zydeco meets drummer Stanton Moore’s heavy funk and a few walls of guitar and electronic effects. Mannie Fresh and Mystikal also pair for “Move Fast,” one of Mystikal’s first returns to the mic since his release from prison in 2010.

Carnivale also draws from Galactic’s everexpanding pool of guest players, with Cyril and Ivan Neville, Pardo, and KIPP Renaissance High

School’s massive marching Galactic has made its annual band, which joins the instrumenLundi Gras concert into a tal “Karate.”

Carnival tradition.

The band abandoned “traditional” Mardi Gras music for the PHOTO BY ZACK SMITH album, with the exception of revisiting Al Johnson’s classic R&B Galactic with track “Carnival Time,” treated to FEB special guests Galactic’s space-funk, molassesthick update with Johnson on the 10 p.m. vocal track. & Sat. & Mon. “If ever a man knows a song from top to bottom, Al Johnson Tipitina’s knows ‘Carnival Time,’” Vogel 501 Napoleon Ave. says. “He came in and belted it out. He owns the fact that that’s 895-8477 his claim to fame.” www.tipitinas.com To introduce the album and kick-off a monthslong tour, the band performs its “unwritten law” Lundi Gras concert, a long-held tradition at Tipitina’s that lasts until sunrise — typically ending with the low-key Crazyhorse Mongoose track “Quiet Please.” Vogel says Carnivale’s closing track “Ash Wednesday Sunrise” may be a more appropriate closer to ring in Mardi Gras.

“The only question of the band now is defy tradition, or alter our tradition, or play a variation on our tradition,” he says.

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here are few, if any, taboo music genres in Galactic’s wheelhouse. The New Orleans funk band, now nearing its 20th year, has danced enough times with hip-hop that it’s left an inescapable groove in the band’s step, tampering its already universal (the name’s no coincidence) funk template.

For its latest trick, the band used Carnival as the springboard, condensing the Mardi Gras experience into the 13-track Carnivale Electricos (ANTI-), out Fat Tuesday, Feb. 21.

“Brazil represents the southern pole of the Carnival world, and New Orleans is kind of the northern pole,” says keyboardist Rich Vogel, adding that the album lives somewhere between poles but isn’t anchored to one or the other. The band looked to the Carnival world — from the baile funk of Rio de Janeiro to bounce beats blasting from local parking lots, and the places in between — to weave new elements into Galactic’s frequently altered fabric — updated as New Orleans’ music and cultural landscape adjusts its palate.

“What we didn’t want to do was ‘Galactic plays Latin.’ … We knew that was absolutely not the way we wanted to go,” Vogel says. “It was more about, ‘Let’s try and bring some of these artists into our world and what we do, and see if them doing what they do and us doing what we do makes an interesting result.’”

Mammoth drum patterns and a one-note saxophone riff ring in the first track, “Ha Di Ka,” featuring Big Chief Juan Pardo and the Golden Comanches Mardi Gras Indians. The Indians’ chant is the alien introduction, seemingly pulled from another corner of the universe but undeniably a Carnival creation. Stereo-panning guitar spurts push it even further spaceward, and an otherwise conventional piano solo and Vogel’s organs bring the track back to its New Orleans foundation.

Cut to “Hey Na Na,” with a slithering bayou fuzz guitar riff, calls and responses and The Revivalists’ David Shaw yelping in rock fashion about the New Orleans Saints — and the band is clearly back in the north pole.

But Latin America leaves a mark in a big, noticeable way, whether from Brazilian samba artist Moyseis Marques (who shines on “O Coco da Galinha”) or New Orleans’ Casa Samba, which stars on a Galactic-fied “Magalenha,” made famous by Sergio Mendes. Acoustic instruments (like the unmistakable cuica and seemingly infinite percussive sounds),

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Buffa’s Lounge — Gypsy Elise, 8 Cafe Istanbul — Treme Brass Band, 8; Chuck Perkins & Voices of the Big Easy, 10 Checkpoint Charlie — Mumbles, 7; Sweet Jones, 11 Chickie Wah Wah — Grayson Capps & the Lost Cause Minstrels, 9 d.b.a. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Los Bayou Ramblers, 11

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Old Point Bar — Space Heaters, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Defend New Orleans Mardi Gras Ball feat. Supagroup, DJ Musa & DJ Dave Catchings, 10 Republic New Orleans — Big History, 11 The Reserve of Orleans — Naydja Cojoe & the Jazz Experience, 8 Rivershack Tavern — Troy Turner, 9:30 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Flow Tribe, 9:30 Siberia — This Will Destroy You, Amen Dunes, Mountains, England in 1819, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Johnny Sansone, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — BLT Ball feat. Chee Weez, 9 Spotted Cat — Brett Richardson, 4; St. Louis Slim & Andy J. Forest, 6:30; New Orleans Cotton Mouth Kings, 10 Tipitina’s — Funky Meters, Pimps of Joytime, 10

Saturday 18 Banks Street Bar — Juice, 10 Blue Nile — Luke WinslowKing, 7; Strange Roux, Mississippi Rail Company, Coyotes (upstairs), 10; Big Sam’s Masquerade Ball feat. Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Flow Tribe and others, 11 BMC — Andre Bouvier, 3; Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Jazz Band, 6; Dana Abbott Band, 9; Ashton & the Big Easy Brawlers Brass Band, midnight Buffa’s Lounge — Royal Rounders, 8

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Old Point Bar — Dana Abbot, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Morning 40 Federation, King James & the Special Men, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Mo Jelly Band, 10 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Revivalists, 9:30 Siberia — Honky, Spickle, Sunrise: Sunset:, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Hate Eternal, Disciples of Thrash Metal Cover Band, The Void, 10 Spotted Cat — Meghan Stewart & the Rebopper, 11 a.m.; Christina Perez, 3; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 10 Tipitina’s — Galactic feat.

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Old Point Bar — Brent Walsh Jazz Trio feat. Romy Kaye, 7

Cafe Prytania — Rebirth Brass Band, Mississippi Rail Co., Coyotes, 10

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there’s a technique used by visual artists called kinetic photography, in which a camera is tossed into the air or otherwise physically abused in hopes of capturing a distinctive image. while i don’t personally know any kinetic photographers, i imagine myself intimately acquainted with the process whenever a movie like Safe House crosses my path — not safe House (r) that many have. ostensibly a blockbuster Directed by Daniel espiaction-thriller starring Denzel washington and ryan reynolds, Safe House plays nosa more like a student film on steroids. the starring Denzel washingcamera constantly stutters and swirls, and ton, ryan reynolds odd angles flash across the screen in a fraction of a second. the entire movie is wide release intentionally overexposed, presumably to make it look cool.

Can’t we just let Denzel kick some butt? apparently not, but the movie’s wayward camera work is not the only culprit. the frantic rush of images fails to hide an equally fragmented and surprisingly empty story. reynolds plays a wet-behind-the-ears “housekeeper” at a hidden Cia facility, where operatives waterboard even compliant captives. washington is the legendary former agent who long ago went rogue but has just turned himself in for private reasons. they wind up on the run together from bad guys who seem to anticipate their every move. is it all an inside job? of course it is, but the movie only breaks for plot briefly between violent confrontations and implausible car chases.

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Pedigree is often key to understanding what a film has to offer, but never more so than when a country’s government is present at the moment of conception.

And when the government is that of China — which indirectly financed The Flowers of War, a graphic retelling of the horrific 1937 Nanking The Flowers of War (R) Massacre that occurred at the hands of the Directed by Zhang Yimou Japanese — cries of propaganda inevitably precede the film. No one can deny the Starring Christian Bale, movie’s obvious interest in framing history for Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang a global audience. But other than the number Chalmette Movies of victims, the facts of the massacre have never really been open to question: most estimates range between 100,000 to 300,000 civilians murdered after the capitol city was taken, and tens of thousands of adults and children raped.

The Flowers of War’s biggest problems lie not in its politics, but in its art. With a budget of $94 million, it’s the most expensive Chinese movie ever made, and it is simply gorgeous. Director Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern) is a world-class filmmaker clearly at the top of his game. The story involves two sets of “flowers” — one a class of 12-year-old girls, the other a slightly older group of women from the town brothel — hiding together from atrocity under the watchful eye of an American mortician (Christian Bale). Unfortunately, it’s all too steeped in melodrama to gain any traction. You can’t shake the feeling that the movie should never have been made this way — not as an old-fashioned Hollywood-style weepie. It doesn’t suit the subject matter, which would have been far better served by a clear-eyed, unsentimental character study. That said, it’s almost impossible to take your eyes off the screen. — KEN KORMAN

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3 RING CIRCUS’ THE BIG TOP GALLERY. 1638 Clio St., 569-2700; www.3rcp. com — “New Orleans: A Cultural Tapestry,” a group exhibition featuring Lionel Milton, D. Lammie-Hanson, Darrin Butler, Alice Redmann and Sharon Downey Varner, through Feb. 25.

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ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY. 432 Julia St., 5221999; www.arthurrogergallery. com — “Aspects of a New Kind of Realism,” a group exhibition curated by Michael Klein; “Shifting States,” paintings and drawings by Luis Cruz Azaceta; both through Saturday.

ATELIER-MAGASIN. 3954 Magazine St. — Wood and metal sculptures by Kelly Guidry; photographs by Amy James; portraits by Clay Judice Jr.; paintings by George Marks; all ongoing.

THE BAKERY. 1325 St. Bernard Ave., 495-6863 — “Love is the Bomb That Will Bring Us Together,” works by Natalie Dietz, Kiernan Dunn and Natalie Woodlock. Closing reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday.

BARRISTER’S GALLERY. 2331 St. Claude Ave., 5252767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Post Cards From Long Island,” a group show of the Adelphi University art faculty curated by Christopher Saucedo, through March 3.

THE BEAUTY SHOP. 3828 Dryades St. — Works by Rebecca Rebouche, ongoing.

BEE GALLERIES. 319 Chartres St., 587-7117; www. beegalleries.com — Works by 15 local and regional artists including Martin LaBorde, ongoing.

BENEITO’S ART. 3618 Magazine St., 891-9170; www.bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings, prints and license plates by Bernard E. Beneito, ongoing.

ANTON HAARDT GALLERY. 2858 Magazine St., 309-4249; www.antonart. com — Works by Anton Haardt, Christopher Moses and others, ongoing.

BYRDIE’S GALLERY. 2422-A St. Claude Ave., www. byrdiesgallery.com — “Expressions of Form,” paintings

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ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., 524-3233 — Paintings by Paul Schexnyder,

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CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY. 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “WimmeBeelden Series,” oil on wood

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COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., 8916789; www.coleprattgallery. com — Paintings by Mac Ball, through Feb. 25.

COUP D’OEIL ART CONSORTIUM. 2033 Magazine St., 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “The Whelming Part II,” paintings

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COURTYARD GALLERY. 1129 Decatur St., 330-0134; www.woodartandmarketing.com — Hand-carved woodworks by Daniel Garcia, ongoing.

D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 — “Macrocosm/ Microcosm,” metal and glass sculpture by Shae Freeman, through April 5.

DU MOIS GALLERY. 4921 Freret St., 818-6032 — “The Waking,” a group show featuring Nanci Charpentier, Lisette Copping, Candy Depew, Mandy Rogers Horton and Lisa Tahir, through March 3.

THE FRONT. 4100 St. Claude Ave.; www.nolafront. org — Sculpture by Jill Reynolds and Yumi Janairo Roth; “Headphones: Listen Up!” a group sound exhibition; both through March 4.

GALLERY ORANGE. 819 Royal St., 701-0857; www. gallery-orange.com — Art Below pop-up show featuring Inkie, Art Wars, Philip Levine, Sarah Ashley Longshore, Dave Rhodes, Zack Smith and others, through February.

THE GEORGES GALLERY. Metairie Park Country Day School, 300 Park Road, Metairie, 837-5204; www.mpcds. com — “The Healing Power of Art,” works by Beverly Morris and artists from the Louisiana Art Therapy Association, through March 12.

GUY LYMAN FINE ART. 3645 Magazine St., 8994687; www.guylymanfineart. com — Mixed media with mechanical light sculptures by Jimmy Block, ongoing.

HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY. 440 Julia St., 5257300; www.heriardcimino.com — “Elemental,” paintings by Regina Scully; “Minor Keys,” wall sculptures by Martin Payton; both through Sunday.

HOMESPACE GALLERY. 1128 St. Roch Ave., (917) 584-9867 — “Good Stuff III,” a group exhibition curated by

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ISAAC DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY. Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, third floor, 615 City Park Ave., 361-6620 — “the Colorful of Wonderful,” paintings by terrance Osborne, through thursday.

JACK GALLERY. 900 Royal St., 588-1777 — Paintings, lithographs and other works by tom Everhart, Gordon Parks, Al Hirschfeld, Stanley Mouse, Anja, Patrick McDonnell and other artists, ongoing.

JAZZ & HERITAGE GALLERY. 1205 N. Rampart St., 558-6100; www.jazzandheritage.org — Works by Sarah Allen Freeman, through March 1.

JEAN BRAGG GALLERY OF SOUTHERN ART. 600 Julia St., 895-7375; www. jeanbragg.com — “Fantasy Days & Flambeaux Nights,” paintings

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JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY. 400A Julia St., 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “State of Nature,” mixed-media sculpture and collage by Marcus Kenney; “Steady Creep,” drawings and sewn constructions by Hannah Chalew; both through March 17.

School, 5333 Danneel St., 8966369; www.newmanschool. org — “Southern Writers and Other Assorted Images,” photographs by David G. Spielman, through thursday.

SCOTT EDWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY. 2109 Decatur St., 610-0581 — “Sex&Death&Rock&Roll,” photography by Sean Yseult, through April 7.

SIBLEY GALLERY. 3427 Magazine St., 899-8182 — “Magazine Street of Dreams,” paintings by Hayley Gaberlavage and Robert Post, through February.

STAPLE GOODS. 1340 St. Roch Ave., 908-7331; www. postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Brother, Can You Spare A Day?” a group exhibition of works dealing with concepts of time, through March 4.

THREE RIVERS GALLERY. 333 E. Boston St., (985) 8922811; www.threeriversgallery. com — Works by Gail Glassman, through May 10.

UNO-ST. CLAUDE GALLERY. 2429 St. Claude Ave. — “Exposed,” a MFA thesis exhibition by Shelly Barq; “Not Just a Symbol, But a Status Symbol,” a MFA thesis exhibition by Summer Winston; both through March 3.

VINCENT MANN GALLERY. 305 Royal St., 523-2342; www.vincentmanngallery. com — Works by Jacob Vincent Manguno, through March 1.

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MARTINE CHAISSON GALLERY. 727 Camp St., 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — Paintings by Shay Kun, through March.

NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO. 727 Magazine St., 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — “Observation: Alpha Centaurids,” works by Stephen Kraft, Cathy DeYoung and Melissa Clark, through February.

OCTAVIA ART GALLERY. 4532 Magazine St., 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “Nature’s Forms,” mixed-media paintings by Brad Robertson and David Kidd, through Feb. 25.

PETER O’NEILL STUDIOS. 721 Royal St., 527-0703; www. oneillgallery.com — Works by Peter O’Neill, ongoing.

REYNOLDS-RYAN ART GALLERY. Isidore Newman

MICHAEL P. SMITH FUND FOR DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY. the New Orleans Photo Alliance awards a $5,000 grant to a photographer residing in Gulf Coast states. Visit www.neworleansphotoalliance.org for details. Application deadline is March 30.

A TASTE OF COVINGTON ART MARKET. the Covington Business Association seeks artists for a fine arts market to be held on March 31 during its inaugural taste of Covington event. Visit www.atasteofcovington.com for details. Application deadline is Friday.

spare spaces CAFE DEGAS. 3127 Esplanade Ave., 945-5635; www. cafedegas.com — “Six Flags New Orleans,” photographs

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DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR. 5535 Tchoupitoulas St., 891-8500; www. dosjefescigarbar.com — Works

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museums CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER. 900 Camp St., 5283800; www.cacno.org — “As We See It: Youth Vision Quilt,” student-created quilt with more than 400 patches, ongoing.

LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS. 7 Bamboo Road, 488-5488; www.longuevue. com — “tea for two,” an exhibition of items related to tea services, through March 13.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM CABILDO. 701 Chartres St., 568-6968; www.lsm. crt.state.la.us — “New Orleans Bound 1812: the Steamboat that Changed America,” through January 2013.

RAU FOR ART FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION. M.S. Rau Antique’s foundation, which provides scholarship money to student artists in Orleans and Jefferson Parish high schools, has an art competition that awards scholarships and an opportunity to study in Italy.

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LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM PRESBYTERE. 751 Chartres St., 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — “the Louisiana Plantation Photos of Robert tebbs,” 60 gelatin silver prints by the architecture photographer, through November, and more.

ST. TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION. the organization seeks entries for its annual National Juried Artists Exhibition, which opens July 14 and is judged by New Orleans Museum of Art modern and contemporary art curator

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LEMIEUX GALLERIES. 332 Julia St., 522-5988; www. lemieuxgalleries.com — “Mann’s Mind,” works by thomas Mann; “American Ghosts,” works by Olivia Hill; both through Feb. 25.

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NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM. 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — “Infamy: December 1941,” oral histories, artifacts and images focusing on the attack on Pearl Harbor, through Sunday.

NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www. noma.org — “Light to Dark/Dark to Light,” paintings by Wayne Gonzales, through Feb. 26.

OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Ersy: Architect of Dreams”; “Oyeme Con Los Ojos,” photographs by Josephine Sacabo; both through Feb. 26.

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SOUTHERN FOOD & BEVERAGE MUSEUM. Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www.southernfood.org — “Tanqueray Olive” and “Guinness Pint,” prints by Tom Gianfagna, through Jan. 21, 2013. “Acadian to Cajun: Forced Migration to Commercialization,” a multimedia exhibit and more; all ongoing.

TULANE UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ROOM. Jones Hall, room 205, Tulane University, 6801 Freret St., 8655000; www.tulane.edu — “The Art of Proteus,” an exhibition showcasing the krewe’s costume and float designs from 1882-1907, through May 30.

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FREAKSHEAUX TO GEAUX. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.com — the troupe presents its “Carni gras” show with circus-, sideshowand burlesque-style acts and live music. tickets $10. 11 p.m. sunday.

HE LOVES AND SHE LOVES: THE GERSHWIN MUSIC WE LOVE. Mid-City Theater, 3540 Toulouse St., 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — amy alvarez and Jefferson turner’s cabaret show features george ger-

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MARDI GRAS CHORUS. Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1001 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 469-4740; www.ctk-nola.org — the men’s barbershop harmony chorus holds weekly auditions for new members. Call 363-9001 or visit www. mardigraschorus.com for details. 7:15 p.m. tuesday.

COmEDy COMEDY CATASTROPHE. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., 9440099; www.lostlovelounge. com — Cassidy Henehan hosts the weekly comedy showcase. free admission. 9 p.m. tuesday.

COMEDY GUMBEAUX. Howlin’ Wolf (The Den), 828 S. Peters St., 522-9653; www.thehowlinwolf.com — local comedians perform, and amateurs take the stage in the open mic portion. 8 p.m. thursday.

COMEDY OPEN-MIC. 12 Bar, 608 Fulton St., 2126476; www.12barnola.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts the weekly event. free admission.

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COMEDY SPORTZ. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 231-7011; www.

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FRIDAY NIGHT COMEDY SHOWCASE. The Maison, 508 Frenchmen St., 3715543; www.maisonfrenchmen. com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts the stand-up showcase featuring new orleans comedians. free admission. 8 p.m. friday.

GOD’S BEEN DRINKING. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — the theater hosts the long-form improv comedy show. tickets $10.

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IVAN’S OPEN MIC NIGHT. Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance St., 525-5515; www. therustynail.org — the rusty nail hosts a weekly open-mic comedy and music night. 9 p.m. tuesday.

LAUGH & SIP. Therapy Wine Lounge, 3001 Tulane Ave., 784-0054; www.therapynola. com — pissYopants Comedy presents the weekly event featuring louisiana comedians and live music. Visit www. pissyopants.com for details. tickets $7. 8 p.m. thursday.

LOUISIANA’S FUNNIEST PERSON. Boomtown Casino, 4132 Peters Road, Harvey, 366-7711; www.boomtownneworleans.com — the casino hosts the weekly competition for comedians living in louisiana, with semi-finals held monthly and finals on april 25. free admission. 8 p.m. wednesday.

NATIONAL COMEDY COMPANY. Yo Mama’s Bar & Grill, 727 St. Peter St., 522-1125 — the audience interactive comedy show features live local music. Call 523-7469 or visit www.nationalcomedycompany.com for tickets. tickets $8 online, $15 at the door. 10 p.m. saturday.

OPEN MIC STAND-UP. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — the theater hosts the free open mic. 11 p.m. friday.

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She begins with an elaborate costume change in a fast and hilarious number accompanied by an uptempo Bach concerto. The effort leaves her huffing and puffing, and the pantomime of pantaloons to corset to hoop skirt shows the great distance in time and custom that separates us from our aristocratic predecessors. It’s no wonder the wealthy women of the past had servants to help them get into these outfits, which seem as cumbersome as body armor.

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Born in New Orleans in 1795, the Baroness was christened Micaela Almonester — the first name suggesting the Archangel Michael, who cast Satan into Hell. The Almonesters were wealthy New Orleanians, and her father was instrumental in the construction of the St. Louis Cathedral. At the tender age of 14, Micaela was married to the scion of the Pontalba family, who were French aristocrats. The newlyweds crossed the Atlantic to live on the Pontalba estate outside of Paris.

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by D.J. Captain Charles and imaginary frenz. Visit www. louisianahospitalityfoundation. org for details. 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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CENTER FOR ETHICAL LIVING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE RENEWAL FUNDRAISER. Community Church, 6690 Fleur de Lis Drive, 483-2918; www. communitychurchuu.org — the center, which connects volunteers to opportunities in new orleans, hosts a Valentine’s Day fundraiser with music by Cindy scott, dinner and a silent auction. Call 866-4170 for details. admission $30. 6 p.m.

CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St. — the weekly market features fresh produce, kettle corn, green plate specials and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

TANGELE HAIR CHARITY DATE AUCTION. The Maison, 508 Frenchmen St., 371-5543;

www.maisonfrenchmen.com — the local business’ date auction benefiting new orleans women’s shelter features live performances and a raffle. Call (832) 755-2662 or email shamierbouie@gmail.com for details. admission $10 in advance, $15 at the door. 9 p.m.

WEdNEsday 15 COVINGTON FARMERS MARKET. Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 — the market offers fresh locally produced foods every week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. saturday.

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.

NONPAC MEETING. Seventh District Station, 10555 Lake Forest Blvd. — the new orleans neighborhood policing antiCrime Council holds its monthly meeting. 7 p.m.

WESTWEGO FARMERS & FISHERIES MARKET. 484 Sala Ave., Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego — the market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art and more, with live music and pony rides.

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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 5281944 ext. 229 for details. noon.

EPILEPSY & SEIZURE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP. East Jefferson 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) 9600587 or email kelly@epilepsylouisiana.org for details. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

FRESH MARKET. Circle Food Store, 1522 St. Bernard Ave. —

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SISTAHS MAKING A CHANGE. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — the group offers lessons in african dance and more, along with nutrition, health and wellness seminars.

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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.

MARKETPLACE AT ARMSTRONG PARK. Armstrong Park, N. Rampart and St. Ann streets — the weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, louisiana seafood, natural products, art, crafts and entertainment. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

ERACE NEW ORLEANS MEETING. Christ Church Cathedral, 2919 St. Charles Ave., 895-6602 — eraCe meets in the church’s westfeldt room for its weekly discussion group.

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NOT-SO-SUPER SUPERHERO PARTY. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.com — a not-so-super superhero identity and power are required for entrance at the annual party with music by the lagniappe brass band, rotary Downs and others. tickets $10.

9 p.m. to 3 a.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.

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TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS BENEFIT. 3 Ring Circus’ The Big Top Gallery, 1638 Clio St., 569-2700; www.3rcp. com — the bands sirens, Curie, the Heartbreak therapy, pancake, titanium Caterpillars and meta the man perform at the fundraiser benefiting the nonprofit that works to prevent depression, addiction, selfinjury and suicide. admission is a $5 suggested donation. 5 p.m. to midnight.

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MADISONVILLE ART MARKET. Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River Front at Water St., Madisonville, (985) 871-4918; www.artformadisonville.org — The monthly market features fine art from local artists including paintings, mixed media, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

MARDI GRAS BEAD SALE. Arc of Greater New Orleans, 925 S. Labarre Road, Metairie, 837-5105; www.arcgno. org — The organization holds a sale of its recycled Mardi Gras beads, as well as stuffed animals, specialty beads and other throws. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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ST. BERNARD SEAFOOD & FARMERS MARKET. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi — The market showcases fresh seafood, local produce, jams and preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment, children’s activities and more.

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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 from local bands, high schools and choirs; community services like health and legal aid; and educational services and exhibits. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday 19 BAM MARGERA’S BOOBIE BASH. Republic New Orleans, 828 S. Peters St., 528-8282; www.republicnola. com — Margera, along with fellow Jackass cast member Brandon Novak, hosts a benefit for the Save the Ta-Tas Foundation for breast cancer research. Tickets $20 general admission, $45 VIP admission (includes meet-and-greet with Margera). 9 p.m.

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BASH. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, 5814367; www.generationshall. net — The party features live music by Burgundy Collection, Kung Fu Pineapple, Chee Weez and Topcats.

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SPORTS MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS. MercedesBenz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., 587-3663; www. superdome.com — Supercross riders Ryan Villopoto, James Stewart, Chad Reed, Ryan Dungey and others compete for the 2012 AMA Supercross title. Visit www.supercrossonline.com for details. Tickets start at $10. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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Call fOR aPPlICaTIOnS COMMUNITY OUTREACH TICKETS. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Foundation makes available free tickets to the festival to low-income Louisiana residents. The foundation distributes the tickets through social service organizations who can apply to receive them. Call 558-6100 or email programs@jazzandheritage. org for details. Application deadline is March 2.

LOUISIANA BAR FOUNDATION KIDS’ CHANCE SCHOLARSHIPS. The foundation offers scholarships to Louisiana residents ages 16-25 who are dependents of a worker killed or permanently disabled. Visit www. raisingthebar.org for details.

The application deadline is Feb. 28.

SALUTE TO SENIOR SERVICE. Home Instead Senior Care seeks nominations for a senior citizen (65 or older) who does at least 15 hours of volunteer work a month. The winner receives, among other things, a $5,000 donation to the charity of his or her choice.

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Call fOR wORdS ED & SUSAN POOLE. West Bank Regional Library, 2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, 3642660; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The authors discuss and sign Hollywood on the Bayou.

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GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 8381190 — The group discusses E. M. Forster’s A Room with a View. 7 p.m. Thursday.

HANS STERNBERG & EDWARD J. BRANLEY. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1190 — The authors sign and discuss We Were Merchants and Maison Blanche Department Stores, respectively. 7 p.m. Thursday.

THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. St. Tammany Parish Library, Slidell Branch, 555 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 893-6280; www.stpl.us — The group meets to discuss mystery novels the third Monday of each month, through December.

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SOCRATES CAFE. St. Tammany Parish Library, Folsom Branch, 82393 Railroad Ave., Folsom, (985) 796-9728 — The philosophical group holds a monthly discussion. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

SPOKEN WORD. Ebony Square, 4215 Magazine St. — The center hosts a weekly spoken-word, music and open-mic event. Tickets $7 general admission, $5 students. 11 p.m. Friday.

UNIVERSES. Craige Cultural Center, 1800 Newton St., Algiers — The center hosts a weekly spoken-word, music and open-mic event. Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Sunday.

THE WELL: A WOMEN’S POETRY CIRCLE. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., 947-2121; www. stannanola.org — The group meets at 2 p.m. Mondays. Call 289-9142 or email poetryprocess@gmail.com for details.

Call fOR wRITERS NEW ORLEANS BOOK PROJECT. New Orleanians are invited to enter short written works and artwork for New Orleans by New Orleans, an upcoming collection of stories and art inspired by, set in or about New Orleans. Visit www.bookbyauthors.org for details. Submissions deadline is Feb. 14.

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Jay Broadwell, 504-309-2509. www.grout-works.com

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* Small Jobs *Repairs *Carpentry *Painting *Install AND MORE! Insured & Priced-Right Harry’s Helpful Ace Hardware Uptown * 504-896-1500 Metairie * 504-896-1550

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PRIME FRENCH QUARTER!

301 DECATUR ST.

New Orleans Luxury Condos & Townhomes — French Quarter —

Magnificent French Quarter Creole Townhouse Over 3,000 sqft of living space. This exquisite 2nd floor condo features gracious living and dining rooms with Venetian plaster walls, gold leaf stacked crown molding and 2 gas fireplaces. The chef’s kitchen has a large, hones black granite island, top-of-the-line appliances and a large walk-in butler’s pantry. The fabulous Master suite is truly special with an extra large custom-built closet and marble bathroom. This splendid property offers 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. It is truly a one-of-a-kind designer showcase.

On the River at the Square Jax Brewery Condos

1,2, & 3 BR Luxury Condos - Luxury decor includes wood flrs, hi-ceiling, crown moldings & easy access to lg river terrace.

2 elev. Granite kitchen, marble baths.

Rare corner location zoning allows live entertainment.

9,000 sq ft (Approx 3,000 sq ft on each floor). Beautiful light filled loft style spaces.

Possible owner financing.

Offered at $1,650,000

Unit N: large 1 bd/1 ba w/view of River & Square, $495,000 Unit J: rare 3 br, 3 bath with separate dining. 1760 s.f., $695,000 Unit H: 4th fl corner, 2 bd/2 ba overlooking Sq. & River. $795,000

www.JudyFisher.net

Lg(2300SF) 2br/2 ba, wet bar, spacious living & INTERIOR COURTYD!

Offered by L. Bryan Francher and Leslie A. Perrin 504-251-6400 or 504-722-5820.

214 Chartres St. Unit 1 • $849,000 New Listing, Hidden Gem

(504-891-6400)

Licensed in Louisiana, USA

520 St. Philip St. Unit 3 • $399,000 FQ Townhouse Building

Fully renov 1830’s. Spacious 2 bdrm w/private pation. slate flrs, granite, SS, brick & beams. Elevator access to rooftop terrace.

Esplanade Condo $115,000

1100 Royal St. Unit 9 • $459,000

Great Value! On site garage parking. 2 mstr suites. 1760 livable sq. ft in Qtr’s best residential area. 2nd floor rar. Only $270/sf. $459,000

Judy Fisher, Inc R E A L T O R S Direct: 504-388-3023 Office & Fax: 504-524-5839

COURTYARD STUDIOS

— Warehouse District — Two-story renovated townhouse condo with all the amenities.

333 Julia Place

Tasteful kitchen with maple cabinets and stainless appliances, central A/H, pool and dedicated off-street parking spot, & 1 block to the French Qtr.

Unit 208: New renov, beaut hdwd flrs, granite cntrs & top of line app.

Lg 1 br/1 ba 720 sq. ft on atrium! Rooftop pool & cabana. $229,000 Unit 504: Beaut renov 5th flr corner. Chef ’s kitch & open bar into lg liv & din w/ wall of windows. 1 pkng space in int garage, $395,000

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All properties can be shown by appointment at your convenience!

E.J. Maysonave Broker/Consultant (504) 554-6210

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1012 ST. PETER STREET MULTIPLE UNITS AVAILABLE

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Call 495-9181 for all your Real Estate Needs

Dorian Bennett

Extraordinary character is timeless.

This condo is simply fabulous with a breath-taking view of the St. Louis Cathedral from the balcony.

Beautiful private master bdrm marble floors in the bath, high ceilings, hrdwd flrs,courtyard & more.

Only a 2 blk walk to Bourbon Street’s great food, great music, fabulous antique shops.

Call Agent For Details.

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Delisha Boyd, BA, MBA, DBA(abd) Prudential Gardner Realtors 3725 MacArthur Blvd. New Orleans, La 70131 504.415.1802 Direct, 504.366.4511 Office, 504.366.4519 Fax www.Delishaboyd.com |Delishaboyd@aol.com

8601 Leake Ave • New Orleans, La 70118 Each Office Independently Owned & Operated

Luxury FQ Condo Own a Piece of New Orleans History

BUYING OR SELLING IN FRENCH QUARTER?

1201 Canal Street • Unit: 257 WOW! One of the best renovations in the City!

1 block from the French Quarter, Jump on the Streetcar right out your front door. Next to the Saenger Theatre, 24-Hr Valet Parking, Concierge, Roof Top Pool, Fitness Center, Parade Route. Condo features 2 BR, 2 BA, granite in both the kitchen and bath, hardwd floors throughout, ss appliances, soaring ceilings. FIRST CLASS ALL THE WAY! $285,000

Theresa Rowe, Agent • 985-502-5055 1131 N. Causeway Blvd, Mandeville

www.JudyFisher.net

Amanda Carter & Theresa Rowe

1124 Burgundy St. For Sale - $2,800,000 Architectural palace with unique features and old world elegance.

5,990 sq. feet, parking included.

It is a fortunate, sophisticated buyer who will call this home.

(504) 944-3605 2340 Dauphine St., New Orleans

Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated

FOR SALE

Marigny Triangle 1918 Burgundy Street

CALL JUDY GIGLIO TODAY 504-259-1873

REAL ESTATE PARTNERS, INC.

4141 Veterans Memorial Blvd.

Metairie, LA 70001 504-888-9900 Each office is independently owned and operated.

Beautiful updated and maintained, large owner’s unit with 1 bedroom apt. Great private yard large enough for pool. Walk to everything; food, music, art, etc.

Possible B&B. $625,000.

Patty Bradford (504) 416-7747

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Margarita Bergen

514 DUMAINE ST.

Charming studio w/crtyd balcony and 1 BR w/ coveted street balc w/enough room for a small party!

Starting at $104,000

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922-24 Dauphine St. $875K Four 1 bedroom apartments.

Parking for 5+ cars.

938 Royal St. A $215K Great location for this condo. Perfect for your weekend getaways! Quaint & comfortable.

1 br, great kit & bath.

835 Royal St. $349.5K Great location, secluded hideaway! Spac 2 br, 2 marble tile baths. Small rear balc overlooking garden.

617 Duphine St. $268K Spacious light filled condo. Great floor plan.

Fabulous pool and courtyard. Being sold furnished.

In the heart of the quarter.

Paula Bowler, Agent • French Quarter Realty o:504-949-5400 • c:504-952-3131 • www.frenchquarterrealty.com Condo, 158 Avant Garde

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

2br, 1.5ba vaulted ceil, firepl, hdwd flrs, Tennis, pools. Pet friendly. $139K. David Reeves, 504-982-6700. Latter & Blum,. ERA powered, independently owned & operated. 866-7000.

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1320 31st St. $98,756

Multifamily hm comes w/ 3 BR one side 2 BR on one side. Maria Best 504-388-9634, 504-456-7890 GULF SOUTH INTERNATIONAL REALTORS Licensed in Louisiana, USA

16 BISTINEAU CT

4 BR, 3 BA, in Woodlake South. Master Suite w/ firepl & jacuzzi. $189,500.

Pat Arnold 504-915-3184, Latter & Blum, ERA powered is independently owned and operated. 504-888-4585

2124 KANSAS

$39,900. 2/1 in need of repair. For more hud hms: www. gsihomes. com Debora Gonzales 504-914-5115, 504-456-7890 GULF SOUTH INTERNATIONAL REALTORS . Licensed in Louisiana, USA

METAIRIE 231 FRIEDRICHS $1,439,000

Recently updated throughout. Prof. designer touches & newly painted inside/out. Custom kit w/dble ovens, granite cnttps & high end appl. Kit opens to brkfst area & lrge living rm w/ gas fp. Fr. doors w/beautiful plantation shutters overlook the new terrace & stunning backyrd. A 350 sq ft carriage house w/1 BR/1 BA, & kit area is included in living area. John Schaff, (504) 343-6683, (504) 895-4663 Latter & Blum, ERA powered, independently owned and operated.

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Building on a real estate heritage since 1905

THE FERNANDEZ HOUSE

1 story home. Met Club Grdns. No flooding! Beautiful pool & yard. 3-4BD, 3.5BA. 3,660 sq.ft liv. Lg. lot 77 x 144.

Call Susan & Skye Price 908-3317.

Gardner Realtors 891-6400.

2512 Haring Rd

Ann de Montluzin Farmer BROKER

(504) 895-1493 (504) 430-8737

200 GERANIUM ST.

927 DAUPHINE STREET $1,895,000 An excellent example of an early creole cottage set in a serene compound. Beautiful courtyard with mature plantings in a classic partere garden. Property consists of the main house, 4 income producing apartments and a large bonus space-- office, workshop, gym, etc. Parking for multiple cars. Great location.

Paula Bowler, Owner/Agent • French Quarter Realty o:504-949-5400 • c:504-952-3131 www.frenchquarterrealty.com

Cute 3/2. One owner, well maintained. Never flooded! Wood flrs, screened patio, lush back yard. Approx 1702 sq ft. $149k. Tim Armstrong, Bonano Properties.

504-458-1802

2708 Whitney Place, #911

Convenient 1BR, 1BA 3rd flr condo overlooking pool. Well maintained, onsite mgmt, laundry. $88k OBO. Judy Fisher Realtors, JudyFisher.net 504-524-5839

30 TRIBUNE ST. $178K

Meticulous brick home. 3 bedrms. Wd floors. Central air/heat. New roof after Katrina. Garage. A real jewel! Latter & Blum Realtors, Inc. (504) 866-2785 Joan Beauchamp (504) 421-1234.

8717 26th St. $154,900

4/1, hdwd flrs w/deck in bk & fenc’d yd. Newer appl. Conv’t garage = a LARGE bedroom. Leveled in 2009 w/ lifetime warranty! Marty, 504-2310396 , GSI Realtors 504-456-7890.

Licensed in Louisiana, USA

NO BANK FINANCING

Take over pymts 5% down + $1630/ mo. 1700 SF, 24x16 workshed w/ heat & AC, hot tub. Renovated. Safe area, 4737 Kawanee. O/A Dave Lewis, Rodi Realty, 641 Rosa Ave, Met. 504485-9596

Penthouse Condo!

Unit 7-B, 3901 Ridgelake 3 BR 2.5 Baths, 1945 sf with Pool, parking Sencore Properties (800) 340-2185

Ponchartrain Park Condos

420 Old Hammond Hwy.across from lake. 1 & 2 BR, sale or lease. Secure.

Pkg. Joy Naylor, 504-616-7455. RE/ MAX Affiliates, 504-838-7629. Each office independently owned & operated.

3900 N. HULLEN $599K

Incredible renovation in premier Metairie. Gourmet kitchen. Newly Renovated saltwater pool. 6br/6ba 5000sf. Polly Eagan 504-862-0100 Keller Williams Realty New Orleans

4640 TAFT PARKWAY

4/3, 3651 sq ft, pool, renovated marble flrs, custom cabinets, granite. $445,000. Lee Pennebaker, 504-6691234. Coldwell Banker TEC Realtors, 899-4040. lee.pennebaker@cbtec.com

OLD METAIRIE OLD METAIRIE BEAUTY JUST $499,000

Beautiful & stately brick 2-story, perfect for entertaining, fp, lge den overlooking gorgeous backyard, 4BR/2.5BA, only 6 yrs old! Francher Perrin Group, Gardner Realtors, Licensed in Louisiana 504-251-6400, 504-722-5820 www. francherperrin.com

701 RIDGEWOOD

$419,000. 3 BD., 2.5 Ba./Custom 10’ Ceiling Down, 9’ Up Fabulous. (504) 616.3045 Joe Ory, Inc. Realty Group

738 ORION AVE $217.5K

3BR/2BA in Met., off Bonnabel. Solid wd flrs, chef’s kit. w/Viking range w/ hd, 2 drwys. Great place to call home!

Call Todd 232-0362, RE/MAX Real Estate Partners 888-9900. Each office Independently owned & operated.

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY Best Value in French Qtr

1020 ESPLANADE #103. Lovely 2 br, 2 ba condo, high ceil in den, sparkling pool, courtyd, fenced pkg. Private attached alley could be dog run. $339K. Lana Sackett, Gardner Realtors, 504352-4934. www.lanasackett.com

HISTORIC VICTORIAN

Renovated, 2 blocks from the Fr. Quarter. 4 bedrooms/4baths, 2 story with courtyard - FANTASTIC! Call Aimee with DEMAND REALTY at 319-0443 or 837-3000.

LOWER GARDEN DIST./ IRISH CHANNEL 962-64 FELICITY $299K

Lower Garden District, handsome renovation, off of Magazine, 10 minutes from CBD, Mike Dianda(504) 715-1056, (504) 895-4663. Latter & Blum, ERA powered is independently owned and operated.

LGD CONDO $118,000

Studio w/full ss/granite kit, gtd pkng, marble bath, wd flrs, w/d. Josie Occhipinti, Realtor (504) 710-1771,(504) 710-1771 Latter & Blum, ERA powered is independently owned and operated.

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 4510 Lennox Blvd $255K

Great buy on Golf course. Stately home on quiet street near park, 4/2.5, Must see! Call Cecelia, 583-2902, Gardner Realtors.

100 MARYLAND DR. $459K

Uptown Charm renov w/all amenities.

3 /3, 2 car off st pkg. Helen Katz, 504-236-6825. Latter & Blum Realtors, ERA powered. independently owned & operated. 504-866-2785.

1201 Napoleon - Rare Oppty

Historic 3 story, 5000 sq ft, attch’d 2 story gar., on parade route. 14’ ceil $1.35 mil. Margaret Oesterle, Keller Williams N.O. 504-975-1833. Independently Owned & Operated.

1301 N. RAMPART #301

$555K 2/2 corner unit. Conv. of historic bldg. 2 gtd & assign’d pkng places, hdwd, marble flrs, hi ceils, millwk, gran. cntrs, ss appli. Jetted tubs, spa-style shwrs, stone vanities, lndry w/stack w/d. Jeff Craig @ 504352-6190.

8309 Sycamore Street & 2214 Dante Street

Large executive sized home (5000 sq. ft.) on double lot with gourmet kitchen, chic master bath, huge den, 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, sutdio/game room/2nd den and an office plus a six (6) car garage and 3 bedroom/2 bath rental (great tenant at $1575 per month) on an adjacent property.

Package Price $ 699,000 Sycamore house may be sold separately for $ 529,000

Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 28 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

CLASSIFIEDS REAL ESTATE 1414 EUTERPE ST-CONDO

1/1 Upper. 2 balcs, hist. charm w/big windows, hi ceil & fp mantles. $135K Caroline Mang, (504) 251-0385, (504) 895-4663. Latter & Blum, ERA powered is independently owned and operated.

2227 CHESTNUT ST.

Beautifully appointed 3/2, two story home. Courtyard, cocktail pool. $525,000. Ricky Lemann, 504-4606340. Keller Williams Realty N.O. 504-862-0100. Independently owned & operated.

3516 NASHVILLE AVE.

2 BR, 2 BA, total renovation. Great curb appeal! Offstreet parking. $289,000. Janet Favrot, Coldwell Banker TEC REALTORS, 504-615-0813

3655-57 TCHOUPITOULAS

Nice dbl, shotgun, 3 rooms, kit & bath.

Ready to rent. 4 yr roof, spacious back yd. Only $85,000. Walk to supermart.

Lois Landry Realty, 504-586-1019

5014 WILLOW STREET

Double, shot gun, xlnt cond, owner’s unit has separate enclosed rms. original pine wood floors, 12 ft ceil, $177,500. Myrna Shelton, 504-2889938. Gardner Realtors, 504-891-6400

726 Aline St. $479,000

Beautiful New Renovation. 3 BR, 2 BA. Parking. Steve Richards, 504-2581800. Latter & Blum, ERA powered.

Independently owned & operated, 504-948-3011

808 Ninth St. $225,000

3 BR, 2 full BA, cathedral ceiling, hardwood flrs. Walk to Magazine St. Jennifer Pearl, Agent, 504-258-5724.

Urban Vision Properties, LLC, 4025 Ulloa, NOLA 70119

823-825 DELACHAISE ST

Historic district double, 2BR/1BA each, $250,000. Sharron Baudier, 504-339-6932. Keller Williams New Orleans, 504-862-0100. Each office independently owned & operated.

Condo, 1550 2ND ST. #2E

1/1, Lg Liv/Din rm, rooftop patio.

Bldg faces St. Charles. $$169,000.

Judy Phillips, Latter & Blum, ERA powered, independently owned & operated.

985-641-1000, 504-669-4969 (cell)

CORPORATE RENTALS LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT

3 BR, 3 BA Greek Revival. Totally renovated. Completely furnished incl linens. $250/day (10 day minimum) or $3000/mo. 504-202-0381, 738-2492.

New Orleans Area (Metairie) 10 Min to Downtown N.O.

1 & 2 Br Apts, 1 Ba, furn. Qn bed, WiFi, Cbl. Pkg.Util Incl. Lndry Fac. Sec Cameras From $1200/mth. 1 mth min. 2200 Pasadena, Met. 504491-1591.

NEW ORLEANS RIVERFRONT

2 BR, 2.5 BA. Furn, healthclub, pool, parking. All util incl, wifi. Minimum 1 month. $3000/mo. Also 3 BR Penthouse $3800/mo. 781-608-6115.

COMMERCIAL RENTALS

GARDEN DISTRICT

1, 2, 3 & 4 ROOM OFFICES STARTING AT $495 INCLUDING UTILITIES

CALL 899-RENT 1014 HARMONY

OFF MAGAZINE. COMMERCIAL. $1850 PER MONTH. Call (504) 895-6394 or (504) 289-9977.

Kenner Warehouse & Office

6420 sq ft warehouse with office 20 x 60 ft fenced yd 625 Maria. Nr airport.

1 yr lease. $1850/mo. 504-421-3135, jaymclellan@cox.net.

1706 Jackson Ave. Over 6000 sq ft, 10 BR, 7 BA, 3 stories. $590,000. Debbie Powell, 504-352-5956, Keller Williams, N.O. 504-862-0100. Each office independently owned & operated.

LOW PRICED OFFICE

Fabulous Deal on the Avenue!

MARRERO - WESTBANK

1750 St. Charles, #312. $199,900.

2/2 condo. 24 hr sec, fitness ctr, rooftop terr. Covered gar. Short sale, bring offer. Samara Poche, 504-319-6226.

French Quarter Realty. 504-949-5400

Garden District 2 BR

Freshly painted condo in fab location.

Priced to sell at $179,500.

Gail Ruddock 504-897-6000.

Gardner Realtors 504-891-6400

Unique Renovation, University

2 story with huge brick patio, Super large kitchen with granite & SS, 2/2 down & 3/1 up. $349,500. Eileen Wallen, 504-250-5656. Gardner Realtors 504-867-7575.

MISSISSIPPI

Central Met 2909 Division St. Approx 1385sf. $9/sf per yr + electric. Emily Kramer, Corporate Realty, 504-5815005. ekramer@corp-realty.com 2273 Barataria Blvd.

900 sq ft office + half bath. 2 rms, prof’l mgmt. Easy free parking. Desks avail. $800/month. 781-608-6115

HARAHAN/RIVER RIDGE FABULOUS RENOV 4BR/2BA

Quiet cul-de-sac, walk to levee, new hdwd/ceramic floors, surround snd, recess lighting, sec sys, great backyd & deck for entertaining. Pets OK. Lse. $1600/mo Sylvia 504-415-6501

KENNER 3BR/2.5BA TOWNHOUSE

O/S prkng, wtr paid, all kit appls, priv yard, conv. location, cable ready, Pets ok. $950/mo. 504-913-4803.

METROWIDE APTS

1, 2 & 3 BDRM apt homes $530 $3000+. Free wifi incl.

Free I Pad w/any rental! (504) 304-HOUSe (4687) www.BrunoInc.com

METAIRIE

ESPLANADE RIDGE 1 BEDROOM

Living room, kit & bath, private balcony, gated. Water included & laundry facilities on property. Gated. $850/mo + dep. Call (504) 615-1716.

LAKEFRONT

3008 DELACHAISE

LARGE ATTRACTIVE APT

2BR, 2BA w/ appls, beautiful courtyard setting w/swimming pool, quiet neighborhood. $850/mo. 504-4956044 or 504-756-7347

1208 N. GAYOSO

1 MONTH FREE RENT!

Modern 1 BR Apt. $775/mo incl free wifi & assigned pkg. 1 yr lease. $400 sec dep & rental application. 2325 Pasadena Ave. (nr Clearview & I-10).

504-366-7374 or 781-608-6115.

212 SEVERN AVE

1bdrm, newly renovated. Water paid.

No pets/No mmokers. $585/mo. Call (504) 887-1814.

4529 Carthage, Great Loc

1 blk to JCC, 2 blks to Lake. In ‘06 new kit appls, flr, cabnts & tops, 4bd 2.5ba, 2 car gar, 2628 sq ft. $359K. Property New Orleans LLC. Patrick Tucker, 504-908-6364

Upper 2 BR, LR, DR, 1 BA, KIT, wood/ ceramic flrs, high ceilings, cen a/h, w/d hkups, no pets. $1050 mo.

432-7955.

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY 941 ROYAL

2 BR, 1 BA, $1500/Mo. ALSO 1 br loft , 1ba, $1250/mo. All fully furn, pool, w/d onsite, shared balc, elevator, no pets. 504-236-5757, 236-7060.

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IRISH CHANNEL 2505 CONSTANCE

719 VETS - CASH COW

$189K Immediate cash flow, $2800/mo rent.

4 Plex or 5 Plex. Call Andy Severino, 914-787-9513. Sharpe Realty, 504684-4448. neworleansrealestatenow.com

3 BR, 1 BA, liv rm, kit with refrig & stove, hardwood floors. Bath & kitchen ceramic tile. $850/mo.

Call 504-495-0074.

A HIDDEN GEM

110 EGRET, LAKE VISTA

Near heart of Metairie, dead end street. 1 bdrm $625, wtr pd., Rsvd pkg, 1 car. No smoking/pet 504-7801706 orrislaneapts.com

FURNISHED 1 BRDM CONDO Great location, w/d, gated, nr Causeway & Veterans. $900/mo incls utils.

Call 504-957-6456 or 504-838-9253

The Best Homes Palmetto Creek!

Come home to the finer things in life!

Luxury 1 and 2 BR w/ x- large plans...

Recessed lighting, gated, alarms, & more... Call now! 504.267.2153

OLD METAIRIE

LAKEVIEW/LAKESHORE

MID CITY 3 BR SPACIOUS HOUSE

1100 Crete St, Historic Bayou St John.

Near restaurants. 2 story, 1.5ba, lg eat in kitchen, wood floors, c-a/h. $1200+dep. 504-587-7868

SMALL OFFICE SPACE

MID CITY - Offstreet parking for one vehicle. Separate entrance. Available Now. Contact Jane, (504) 482-5292

UNIVERSITY AREA Spacious & Bright, 1 br, 1 ba, living rm, , dining rm, furnished kitchen with washer & dryer. Secure. Dep + lease.

504-865-7815

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1913 7th St. 1 BR $475

Redone & All New. Water Paid.

Deposit $475. Credit & employment checked.

Downing Realty, 504-813-3086

6233 CATINA

2 BEDROOM APT

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2511 S Carrollton Ave. 2/1 Furn kit, cen a/h, off st pkg. $825/mo, wtr pd. Background ck required. 504-450-7450.

2 Blks to Law School

3BR, 2BA

Single family home. 8117 Apricot St. (off S. Carrollton Ave). Refrig, gas range, yd with slate patio. $1650/mo..

Call Suzanne (504) 342-2425

8416 OAK ST. CORPORATE

Elegant 2/2 condo, fully furn. gourmet kit, garden tub, pool, secure pkg. $2500. Joy Naylon, 504-616-7455 RE/ MAX Affiliates, 504-838-7629. Each office independent owned & operated.

FURN CORP. APT

Beautifully furn 1 BR/1.5 BA apt. w/ hdwd flrs, nice kit, lg patio, pool, pkng & laundry. Avail now! Maselli Properties, (504) 891-2420.

OLD NEW ORLEANS CHARM

3301 JEFFERSON AVE.

2 BR, DUPLEX. Walk to Pios School & City Park. All appliance. One offst parking. Small pets OK with deposit. $1100. 504-908-6751.

3/2, furn kit, w/d hkps, ca/h, carport w/storage in back alley. All renov’t. No pets, no smoking. $1200 + $1200 sec. dep. 1 yr lease, refs. 455-2674

3 BR, 1 BA, front porch, back yard, stove & refrig incl. W/D hkups, cent air/heat, hardwood flrs. $800/mo.

Call Ann, de Montluzin investments, 504-895-1493, 504-430-8737.

1 Bedrm, Liv,kit/din area, 1ba, good closets, A/C, free laundry, parking, bike storage, wood fls, mini blinds $795 Clara owner/agent 858-5837

1 BR 1 BA Condo. Completely renovated, High ceil, hardwood flrs.

754 Louisiana, Close to Magazine & shopping. 700 sq ft, $1350/mo. Lease. 504-214-7215

St. Charles Ave. - Rent

1 bd, 1ba, gated cvrd park! Fab Cond.

Storage! $1,300 504-579-4717.

Middleton O’Malley - Keller Williams New Orleans. Each Agency Independently Owned & Operated

RENTALS TO SHARE ALL AREAS - ROOMMATES.COM. Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse!

Visit: http://www.Roommates.com.

Uptown- Nr Fontainbleau

Professional female seeks same to share large home. Very nice neighborhood. $150/week includes utilities.

Call 504-881-0379

Over 40,000 People Agree.

1/2 OFF FIRST MONTH OLD METAIRIE SECRET

1 or 2 BR, Sparkling Pool, Bike Path, 12’ x 24’ Liv.Rm, Sep Din, King Master, No Pets, No Sect 8, $699 & $799 .

504-236-5776

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ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

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