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Breaking with tradition

Breaking the silence

Dirk Powell releases ‘When I Wait For You’

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HAVING SPENT HIS CAREER EXPLORING TRADITIONAL MUSIC, from his

STACEY ABRAMS SPENT A DECADE IN THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES before she lost a close gubernatorial election to Brian Kemp in a race marred by a purge of registered voters and accusations of voter suppression. Kemp was Georgia’s secretary of state, the official who oversees elections. Directors Lisa Cortes’ and Liz Garbus’ new documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy” examines that election and the right to vote. It opens Wednesday, Sept. 9, at The Broad Theater.

birthplace in Appalachia to Ireland and his longtime home in Acadiana, Dirk Powell doesn’t seem like an artist who would invoke cancel culture.

But when it comes to murder ballads, he says enough is enough.

Powell released his latest album, “When I Wait for You,” Sept. 4, and the first single, “I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly,” makes a good case for moving beyond some cultural traditions. It references murder ballads “Pretty Polly” and “Down in the Willow Garden,” and Powell says he had a revelation.

“I was literally singing (‘Pretty Polly’) at a sound check with my banjo,” he says. “I started to sing, ‘He stabbed her through her heart and her heart’s blood did flow, and into the grave she did go.’ I just couldn’t do it. I stopped mid-verse, and I said, ‘I am not doing it again. I am never going to sing this again. I am not giving this any more energy.’ We’ve arrived in a place where we don’t need this violence against women.”

It’s a little bit complicated, because songs such as “Pretty Polly” were part of tradition he grew up in.

“I loved it,” Powell says. “I learned it from my grandfather. His version was unique — in a key and a style with chords I never heard anyone play. It was unique and powerful.”

Powell’s response to murder ballads is gentle but firm. Musically, “I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly” doesn’t sound out of place on an album full of beautiful ballads. He wrote a dozen of the album’s 13 songs, though the one traditional tune comes close to a murder ballad.

In “The Silk Merchant’s Daughter,” victims stranded by a shipwreck draw lots as starvation looms. A man volunteers to take the place of the woman who gets the short straw, which is a gallant sacrifice, but in a twist of fate, the song has a joyful ending.

“The Silk Merchant’s Daughter” also leads in with a Celtic string sound, which is a tip-off of some of the musicians Powell enlisted for the project. Fiddler John McCusker and flutist Mike McGoldrick traveled from the U.K. to record at Powell’s Cypress Sound studio in Breaux Bridge. The album also has a Cajun

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Though Powell sings in French, the melody for the song was worked out

by McGoldrick on flute.

Rhiannon Giddens, formerly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, also appears on several tracks. She and Powell separately have explored traditional music and string bands, and they’ve performed together often, including a memorable set at Jazz Fest in 2017.

In his career, Powell has performed with an array of rock stars, and he spent a decade touring with Joan Baez. He’s also recorded albums for an array of artists at his studio.

On “When I Wait For You,” Powell plays guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass, accordion, piano and mellotron and also produced the album along with Donald Shaw. He shares vocal duties with a host of women, including Sara Watkins. But one of the most prominently featured singers is his daughter Amelia.

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While most of the tracks are focused on a few instrumental leads and one or two vocalists, “Jack of Hearts” has a bigger chorus and more celebratory feel. Powell says the array of background vocalists were his daughters and their friends enjoying time in the studio.

Music is the family business. Powell played in legendary Cajun revivalist Dewey Balfa’s band and married his daughter, Christine Balfa. Christine and Powell also played together in Balfa Toujours. One of their daughters is starting at Loyola University New Orleans.

“She just sent me her first songwriting assignment and it absolutely broke my heart,” Powell says. “She had to write about the word lullaby.

She sent me a song. I almost lost my mind, it’s so beautiful.”

It’s a part of a tradition worthy of passing on.

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Club rules THE FIRST RULE ABOUT ONLINE BOOK CLUB is that you don’t talk about online book club. At least that’s what one should expect of the virtual event in which “Fight Club” author Chuck Palahniuk discusses his latest novel, “The Invention of Sound,” in a discussion led by local crime writer Bill Loehfelm on Monday, Sept. 14. Hosted

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10,785 LSU football players on Aug. 28 marched across their university’s campus to protest and to call attention to police brutality, racism and social injustice. The players said they wanted to have conversations with LSU leadership about what young Black people face in today’s America and were inspired by NBA athletes who went on strike following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The approximate number of southwest Louisiana residents who have made it to New Orleans to escape Hurricane Laura and its aftermath.

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Well-known artist Ashley Longshore has been accused of using racist imagery in some of her pop art. The artist categorically denies the accusations, but the controversy has sparked larger questioning about the depiction of Black people in pop culture.

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cards to all of its nearly 10,000 employees to use at New Orleans area restaurants, which will ultimately pump around $1 million into local eateries. LCMC called its effort “Operation Bon Appetit” and intended the gifts as a show of appreciation for employees’ work during the pandemic. It also constituted a thank you to area restaurants that have fed frontline workers over the last six months.

The Mystic Krewe of Nyx on Twitter last week “liked” a racist post that said “white power.” On Aug. 31 a tweet from the krewe soliciting new members for 2021 received a racist, anti-Black Lives Matter movement reply from an account labeled Richard Breua.

Nyx hit the heart symbol, got caught and disabled its Twitter account. In a statement through a lawyer, Lea blamed an “apprentice” for the Twitter “like.”

Lake Charles and the surrounding parishes remain without electricity and running water, and officials have said it could take several weeks to repair this vital infrastructure.

According to state and city officials, evacuees are spread out across 37 area hotels.

The state’s Department of Children and Family Services have been securing basic necessities and are helping people navigate FEMA programs for assistance while they wait to return home. To find out how you can help, visit ready.nola.gov.

RACISM ALLEGATIONS ROCK CITY ARTS SCENE AN INFLUENTIAL LOCAL INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT has accused New Orleans celebrity artist Ashley Longshore of operating a hostile work environment and of using racist imagery in some of her pieces.

The controversy erupted after the Instagram account @MelAtMidnight questioned Longshore’s company and artwork, which then prompted scrutiny and a broader debate within the arts community over race and expression. In an interview with Gambit, Longshore denied all of the accusations.

The controversy comes amid a broader social reckoning over racism, the portrayal of Black people in pop culture, and social inequality that, in recent months has touched nearly every aspect of American culture, from corporate boardrooms to the film industry and journalism.

On August 30, chef and racial justice activist Melvin Rogers Stovall III posted an anonymous complaint on Instagram he had received about Longshore’s company, alleging the artist allowed a hostile work environment and mistreated her employees.

He said it prompted others to reach out about aspects of Longshore’s art, including allegations that some of her projects included blackface and other allegedly problematic or even racist depictions of Black figures and the Black experience.

Stovall posted several examples of her work, including Longshore’s reproductions of American Express black credit cards with the words “Black AmExes Matter” in a style nearly identical to Black Lives Matter posters commonly used by activists.

Stovall also posted an email exchange from 2018 between Longshore and a fan who expressed concern that Longshore had significantly lightened the skin of Frida Kahlo, the revolutionary Mexican artist. “I am NOT TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE WHITE!!!!! Are you insane??????!!!!!! … attacking a feminist and advocate of all women is just a waste of your energy,” Longshore wrote in response.

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of gold teeth. One is emblazoned with the words “Zip-a-dee-doodah mutha fuckin blue bird on my shoulder,” which appears to refer to the 1946 Disney film “Song of the South,” long ago pulled from circulation because of its racist depiction of Black people as minstrels.

Longshore is a well-known artist who presents a cultivated image and brand as a profane and edgy — but fun — artist. Her art has become something of a cottage industry, purchased by celebrities and featured in national periodicals.

Much of her work involves iconic images of famous people including George Washington, Michelle Obama and Lil Wayne, which she then adorns in bright outfits or flowers, or edgy slogans.

Longshore has also produced more serious pieces, particularly a series of portraits over the years of prominent women like Kahlo, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman and a recent portrait of Breonna Taylor — which was gifted to Taylor’s family, and sold for $8,500, which Longshore donated to the ACLU’s Justice Lab project.

In speaking to Gambit, she denied all allegations of fostering or allowing a hostile work environment and said no current or former employee

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has ever lodged such complaints.

She also says that she has continued to pay her staff full-time wages during the pandemic and has given non-commission employees nearly $10,000 each in bonuses recently.

And she pointed to thousands of dollars in donations she has made to local charities recently. She believes she is being targeted. “I read something like that after killing myself to give back to my community …

Does that sound like a sweatshop to you? It’s lies; somebody is trying to destroy me,” Longshore says.

When asked if she thought her work cited by Stovall might be considered racist, Longview said emphatically “No” and insisted she has used her work to highlight “strong Black women.”

She did, however, acknowledge that several of her paintings — including the Armstrong portraits and the “Black AmExes Matter” paintings — have had a negative impact, and that she would not make them today.

She said it was never her intention to cause harm, and that when she made them several years ago she didn’t understand the impact of the imagery. “The last four years have proven to be years of education” on the power of art and the impact it

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As for the accusation that she used blackface in her performance art, she says the photo Stovall is referring to is from an event she held at her gallery 18 years ago when her logo was a black background with red and white lettering. She said the two women painted in black paint were meant to depict the gallery’s logo, not Black people.

Meanwhile, Stovall recently received a letter from “Paul James Smith,” Esq., of SW Associates, accusing him of defaming Longshore and of “infring[ing] upon my client’s constitutional rights. We will therefore be filing a complaint on Monday the 31st of August listing a number of remedies. Including but not limited to … up to 6 months imprisonment.”

Smith, who did not respond to a request for comment, is not admitted — not yet, at least — to practice law in Louisiana. He is not listed in the Louisiana State Bar Association’s publicly accessible directory of lawyers licensed in the state. That could prove to be an issue for Smith: in response to Smith’s letter, Stovall’s attorney William Most points out that state law “bars the unauthorized practice of law, including furnishing of ‘legal services or advice.’ ”

Longshore said Smith is a friend and had indicated that he is practicing law under the Louisiana Supreme Court’s recent decision to grant the “diploma privilege” — excusing the passing of the bar — to 2020 Louisiana law school graduates.

In another twist, she says Smith isn’t her lawyer. “I did not pay him to write that,” she says, adding that he offered to write the letter after hearing about the posts, in an attempt to end the situation.

Furthermore, Most argued it is a breach of the lawyers’ ethics code for civil attorneys to threaten criminal action against an adverse party, as Smith’s letter appears to do.

As for Stovall, he was nonplussed.

“I saw it for what it was, strictly intimidation … I thought it was ridiculous,” he says.

Stovall also dismissed Longshore’s claim that she had not previously understood the harm her work could cause. “I believe that Ashley Longshore pretends not to know about the privilege she has as a white woman in America, but her very works [are] an example of racial capitalism,” he says, adding “I believe her justifications for doing those pieces is a cop-out.” — JOHN STANTON

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week before the opening game of the NFL season has been anything but magical in New Orleans. For most of the Drew Brees era, the days leading up to the first game have been almost Christmas-like. There’s an electricity in the air. Bars across the city buzz with debates over how many wins the team will have, who we want to match up with in the playoffs, and whether this is the year the NFL’s conspiracy against us finally ends.

But this year isn’t like others. Not by a long shot. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time in the team’s history, the Superdome will be empty during a home opener. So too, will be Champions Square and nearby parking lots normally filled with tailgaters. Poydras Street won’t be choked with fans, and from the Maple Leaf to Irish Bayou barrooms will be closed.

The idea of the Saints coming out of the tunnel and the Dome not shaking from the roar of nearly 75,000 rabid Who Dats is hard to fathom.

Then again, it was difficult to believe the season would even happen only a few months ago — and indeed, in many ways it still is.

Yes, like everyone else we are so very, very tired of the pandemic lockdown. We desperately want some sense of normalcy, a shot of adrenaline to get us through the coming year or more of economic and social upheaval. Nothing brings Americans together like the NFL, for better or worse. Even fair-weather fans still devoutly file into their local bars alongside the faithful on NFL Sundays, glad for the fellowship and energy of it all.

The problem, of course, is that COVID doesn’t take Sundays off. It won’t give us a respite or respect our traditions. Unlike the NFL conspiracy

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Despite the state’s approval, Mayor LaToya Cantrell will wait to examine data from schools reopening for in-person learning before deciding if the Superdome can reopen for fans.

against the Saints, COVID really is out to get us. And it is relentless.

As such we remain skeptical of the NFL’s ability to conduct a season’s worth of football safely. Unlike baseball or basketball, football necessitates players to literally get on top of each other breathing and sweating.

Given the fact that Americans can’t even be relied on to wear masks to the grocery store, it stretches credulity to believe that the entirety of the NFL’s players, staff and related personnel can remain COVID free.

Although state officials have given the go-ahead for the Saints to allow fans into the Dome later this month, Mayor Latoya Cantrell has wisely said she’s nowhere near giving her blessing to such a plan. At a Sept.

2 press conference, she bluntly said she and other city officials are more concerned with ensuring the reopening of schools protects our children from the illness and doesn’t result in case spikes or broad community spread.

We likely won’t know for weeks when fans may attend games, if at all.

It’s an unenviable position for Cantrell: though so far she has shown remarkable poise in the face of public and business community pressure to hasten New Orleans’ reopening, that pales in comparison to the pressure Saints fans — and the entire NFL — can bring to bear. We hope she remains steadfast in putting her constituents’ health and the long-term safety of her city ahead of political expediency.

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Democratic Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal Court Arthur Morrell, Republican Jefferson Parish Clerk Jon Gegenheimer and Louisiana’s GOP Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin have all sounded the alarm in hopes of convincing eligible voters to serve as poll commissioners at precincts across the region and state. Ardoin is the state’s chief elections officer, and his office works closely with parish elections officials (typically the clerks of court) to manage and safeguard elections at every level.

It starts with having enough people serving as poll commissioners, which poses a challenge even in normal years. This year, of course, is so far from normal that many of us have forgotten what normal feels like.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across health care systems, school systems, workplaces and communities large and small, it has dealt a particularly harsh blow to America’s elections system. Senior citizens are especially vulnerable to the dreaded disease, and most of our state’s poll workers are elderly, according to Ardoin’s office. Elections officials worry that many commissioners will opt not to serve this year, exacerbating the usual shortage.

“Poll commissioners are essential to the success of the election process,” Gegenheimer said in a statement. “We anticipate a poll commissioner shortage for the heavy-turnout November 3 election due to coronavirus concerns among existing commissioners.”

Morrell echoed that sentiment.

“In Orleans Parish there are never enough capable, committed residents willing to do their civic duty and work as a poll worker on

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“Elections cannot be successful without active citizen participation.”

The job pays $200 and entails setting up and preparing the polling location, welcoming voters and verifying voter registrations.

Commissioners also help voters understand the voting process by demonstrating how to use voting machines and explaining voting procedures.

“Poll commissioners not only receive a stipend, but also the satisfaction of knowing their service has made a positive difference in the community,” Gegenheimer said, adding, “Those who serve as poll commissioners can rest assured that all measures will be taken to ensure their safety and the safety of the public.”

Those measures include social distancing, frequently cleaning, masked poll workers, and personal protective equipment such as gloves, face masks, face shields, disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer.

Requirements for becoming a commissioner are minimal. Poll workers must be registered voters who do not need assistance, attend a one-to-two-hour training course, and be at least 17 years old and a high school senior or older.

For more information about becoming an election worker in Louisiana, contact Julie Guidroz with the Secretary of State’s Elections Division at (225) 9220900 or email electionworker@ sos.la.gov. To sign up to become a poll commissioner, visit electionworker.sos.la.gov.

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BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ Hey Blake, With the proposal to turn the French Quarter into more of a pedestrian zone, I’m reminded of old photos of cars parked in Jackson Square.

When were they prohibited and what was the reaction?

Dear reader,

Your question is timely: Jackson Square became a pedestrian mall 50 years ago this week, on Sept. 8, 1970.

A study and task force led by thenMayor Moon Landrieu’s top aide Richard Kernion suggested the change.

“A survey of people around Jackson Square, taken a few hours after it was turned into a pedestrian park Tuesday showed a sharp split in opinion on the change,” wrote Joan Treadway in the next day’s Times-Picayune. She reported that traffic was being turned away at a “reasonably swift rate.”

Some portrait artists in the square applauded the change. “It’s nice and quiet. It’s like a park instead of a parking lot,” one said. Some store owners were not happy, however.

One said it would decrease business; another worried it might increase delivery fees charged by trucking companies.

In the days leading up to the change, the newspaper reported

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that “teenage youths” handed out 10,000 copies of a brochure explaining the change. In it, Landrieu called the French Quarter an “economic necessity” and said “for too long there has been indifference to the overall significance of the Vieux Carre.”

The next month, a series of city-sponsored concerts featuring the Onward Brass Band, Deacon John, and the St. Augustine Marching 100 drew sizable crowds.

While walking through the square, Landrieu told the newspaper, “There actually are more people here than there regularly has ever been at this time of the year. I think all of this is fantastic, one of the best things to happen to the city.”

BLAKEVIEW THIS WEEK MARKS THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY of the assassination of Huey P.

Long, the iconic but highly controversial Louisiana governor and U.S. Senator whose shooting and death remain the subject of debate.

Long, a larger-than-life Democrat nicknamed “the Kingfish,” served just one term as governor from 1928 to 1932. His populist policies and brash personality earned him both intense criticism and ardent support for his social programs and public works projects. After taking office as U.S. Senator in 1932, Long became a controversial figure for his filibusters, theatrical antics and for denouncing President Franklin D. Roosevelt while preparing to mount his own presidential campaign in the 1936 election.

On Sept. 8, 1935, Long traveled to the State Capitol in Baton Rouge for a special legislative session convened to consider a redistricting plan that Long favored. The senator was shot inside a State Capitol corridor that night, shortly after the plan passed. The alleged assassin, Baton Rouge physician Dr. Carl Weiss, was shot more than 60 times by Long’s bodyguards, although the circumstances of both men’s deaths are murky, even 85 years later.

The prevailing version of events is that Long was shot by Weiss because Weiss’ father-in-law, Judge Benjamin Pavy, a Long opponent, would have been unseated by the redistricting plan. Weiss family members contend that the doctor only punched the senator and didn’t shoot him. They say his bodyguards overreacted and Long was wounded by gunfire from their weapons.

After the shooting, Long was rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery but died two days later. He was 42. Over 200,000 people attended his funeral at the State Capitol, where he is buried beneath a statue that touts his achievements.

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EVEN IN THE BETTER FORGOTTEN days of the 1980 football season, when the Saints would first earn the dubious “The Aints” moniker, Mack Cuenca couldn’t help but cheer his home team. While other fans were donning those infamous brown bag masks to register their embarrassment with the team, Cuenca went in another, happier, direction.

“I decided I wasn’t going to wear a bag, I was going to wear a wig,” Cuenca says. “I think of myself as a cheerleader.”

Cuenca’s look slowly evolved as he tried out different wigs or added suspenders to his game day outfits, until the Saints’ first ever playoff game on Jan. 3, 1988. Just before kick-off against the Minnesota Vikings, Cuenca added a simple, but defining touch: a clown nose. With that simple act of celebration, Mack the Quack the Who Dat Clown was born.

A New Orleans native, Cuenca pledged his allegiance to the Saints when the team made its debut in 1967 while he was still in high school.

Eleven years later, Cuenca and his wife as newlyweds bought season tickets. “She wanted to marry a Saints player growing up,” Cuenca jokingly says. “Instead, she married a clown.”

And for the last 33 years, Cuenca has gotten into character for every Saints home game, making Mack the Quack one of the greats in the pantheon of Saints superfans, along with the likes of the Whistle Monsta, the Bless You Boys Popes, Cyborg Saint and others. Spiritual avatars of their fellow fans, the characters not only help cheer on their team, but rally fans and electrify the stadium.

And over the years, they’ve become symbols of both the Saints and the city of New Orleans, easily recognizable to anyone who’s seen a game on TV. That is, of course, until this year, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic throwing the world into chaos — even derailing the NFL, arguably the most powerful force in American popular culture not named Beyonce.

Thanks to the pandemic, the Saints’

season opener and first home game next week will be played without fans — including superfans like Cuenca. Beyond that one game things are even more uncertain: nobody knows if fans will be allowed in at all this season, or even if an entire season will be played.

The impacts of the virus extend far beyond the stadium. Bars, normally packed on game days, remain closed. Large public and private gatherings are barred, and there’ll be no (legal) tailgating anywhere in the city. A weekly ritual of fellowship and stress relief that blurs all religious, racial, economic and even partisan lines has been taken from us, just when we need it most.

But just as they rise from the ranks of a crowd quieted by a seemingly unstoppable opposing team to bring energy and new life to fans and players alike, Saints superfans are already applying their makeup and icing down beers, beacons of hope and a late game comeback.

After all, says Cuenca, “Fandom is fandom. I love my team.”

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It’s painful to imagine more than 72,000 empty seats, but in August, the Saints officially said they would not host a crowd at the game, citing the spread of the coronavirus in the region. Champions Square also will be closed.

“While state numbers are trending in the right direction, further mitigation of cases is needed and a reduced infection rate is required for the team to welcome back their fans,” the team said in a statement.

Although last week, state officials cleared the Saints’ proposal to host fans beginning with its Sept.

27 game against the Green Bay Packers, details about that proposal haven’t been released. What we do know is that like every other team in the league, even if fans are allowed back into the dome, the Saints

won’t allow seating in the first eight rows off of the field, and the team has hinted at limiting the size of any crowds allowed in.

But before Who Dats get into the Dome, the city will have to sign off on the plan as well. And so far, that seems like it could be a month or more from happening, if at all.

“We are still under guidelines that are associated with Phase 2 but also aligned with the state of Louisiana,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a Sept.

2 news conference. “The priority of the City of New Orleans is getting our kids back into the classroom in person … What has been approved [by the state] is the reopening plans by the Saints organization asking for some concessions. My team has met with the leadership there.

We have reviewed the plans. We’re continuing to look at our numbers and where we are in terms of public health before we make a final decision on that game.”

Whatever the risks, fans Gambit spoke with universally said they are excited to see this season’s Saints roster in action — regardless of whether or not they’ll be inside the

Mack Cuenca, dressed in his signature clown outfit, holds up a sign at the 2019 Saints and Cardinals game in the Superdome.

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“A lot of people, including myself, are optimistic about the season,” says Brandon Rizzuto, who co-organized the 2019 Boycott Bowl and whose career has been in the sports industry. “We have a solid team, a veteran-led team. It’s unfortunate we won’t be able to go to the games, especially the first one [against Tampa Bay]. We’re looking forward to that game to start off to put Tom Brady in his place. Look at the Saints’ home schedule — a lot of great games. Not being able to go as fans, it sucks. We’re a big part of the game as far as the atmosphere and creating noise on defense.”

Still, Rizzuto says he takes the coronavirus seriously and understands the need to limit crowds in the Superdome to not only protect fans but also players. The Saints organization, he says, has been handling the situation well — the team rented out four floors of the Loews Hotel downtown in order to create an optional bubble for players and staff. The organization also offered season ticket holders the choice to opt out of their 2020 packages and use money already paid toward the cost of 2021 tickets or to receive a refund upon request.

In recent years, Rizzuto and his

wife’s gameday tradition was to have brunch near the river and then work their way back to the Superdome for kickoff. At least for the beginning of this season, they’ll watch the games with friends on a rotation of houses.

“Hopefully we’ll get back in the Superdome, and we can continue [the watch parties] for away games,” he says. “You’ll be able to see each other a lot more if we can do that. So it’s still bringing everybody together under one roof, and that’s the most important thing.”

In the meantime, however, even the team’s most diehard fans are going to be largely on their own, forced to find ways to make the most of it and recreate the energy and spectacle of the Dome at home.

LEROY MITCHELL, WHO HAS DRESSED UP as the Whistle Monsta since 1995, is adjusting plans for the season similar to the way he adapted this spring during what would have been the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

To say he is an enthusiast for New Orleans celebrations would be an understatement, even in the pandemic era. For instance, this past spring each day during what should have been Jazz Fest, Mitchell sat outside the shuttered Fair Grounds and blasted WWOZ 90.7 FM, which was broadcasting “Festing in Place.”

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Notice of Initial Public Meeting New Orleans City Council Utility Docket UD-20-02, Entergy 2021 Integrated Resource Plan Every three years an Entergy New Orleans (ENO) Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is produced. This is the planning process by which Entergy assesses the resources available to meet the power supply needs of New Orleans. The IRP is produced following an open, transparent planning process through which all relevant resources are investigated. Resources considered include supply-side (such as power plants, including both conventional and renewable sources of power) and demand-side (programs to modify customer loads to reduce or shift loads from hours with high electricity costs or reliability constraints to other hours, such as demand response programs, the Energy Smart energy efficiency program, and energy storage). The factors influencing choice among these resources are considered in the planning process. The goal is to identify the optimal set of resources to meet current and future electric service needs at the lowest total cost to customers and ENO, in a manner consistent with the long-run public interest and the Council’s energy policy goals. The expected combination of costs, reliability, risks and uncertainty are considered.

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19 For the Saints season, he will still celebrate and don costume pieces. But his heavy, one-of-a-kind whistle headpiece may be sidelined in favor of a more toned-down accessory: a hand-decorated, fully sequined, feathered captain’s hat.

Mitchell at this juncture plans to stay planted on his couch for home games in his Mid-City living room, surrounded by Jazz Fest posters, costumes and an adjacent home bar that he admits has been well-stocked since pandemic restrictions were put in place and shut him out of his favorite venues.

Depending on public health data, he may venture to a friend’s house for watch parties with a crew he normally sticks with during away games.

“Everyone has pandemic fatigue, make no mistake about that,” Mitchell says. “But I don’t want to expose other people [to the virus] ... I have a huge bar at my house. And my wife and daughter already made streamers.”

His priority, he says, is to do “whatever we have to do to stay safe. Not one person’s life is worth a game.”

Cuenca has a slightly different approach. At 71, he acknowledges that he’s in a high-risk category for fatalities should he catch the virus, but he craves the human interaction and misses riling people up and “making them smile.” For now, his biggest adjustment to his costume is swapping out his clown nose for an N-95 mask — though it’s painted so similarly to his normal face paint it’s hard to tell the difference.

He hopes that the Saints organization will at least open Champions Square for gatherings that would allow for social distancing, although a team’s spokesperson told Gambit that for now it will remain closed. He also hopes that fans will continue to boost the team’s morale by greeting them at the airport when they return home from away games.

THOUGH HER OUTFITS ROTATE DURING THE SEASON, Monica Charlton’s typical gameday tradition always involves grabbing a couple of beers and her gold cape, jumping on her bike and heading to the Superdome. Once she’s past security and in the building, she obsessively times herself as she rushes up the ramp and to her seats. She has to be in her seat in section 602 within 2 minutes, crowds be damned.

This year, Charlton has already decided to watch the games either alone or in a small group. If she goes to a watch party, it has to be outside, she says. Charlton is a personal trainer and fitness instructor, and she wants to avoid any risk of exposure she could potentially pass on to her clients.

“As much as I would love to — if I don’t know you and I don’t know how careful you’re being and how serious you’re taking COVID, I don’t want to expose myself to random Saints fans, unfortunately,” she says. “I’ll probably be watching more with just close friends or people in my immediate bubble inside. Or some of those projection, outdoor-type gatherings where our chairs are a good ways away.”

Charlton says she’ll adapt a few traditions for the unusual season. Instead of her black and gold Elvis outfit, she’ll rock some Saints pants, Alvin Kamara socks and a Michael Thomas jersey. She also might rotate through a set of autographed hats, including a sweet one signed by several players at Steve Gleason’s 40th birthday party.

“And my section 602 cape. We made capes two years ago and we wear our capes to every game,” she adds with a laugh.

“We call it the Section 602 Fan Impact Players. Whenever they say ‘That’s a fan impact play’ — we like to take personal credit for that.”

Charlie Fontenelle is quick to joke the virus is the latest part in the conspiracy against the Saints, just like the endless penalties and blown or outright fabricated calls that have plagued Who Dat Nation for years. It’s a lighthearted remark, and Fontenelle makes clear he understands the seriousness of the illness. Still, like most New Orleanians, the Saints are special for Fontenelle.

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“If for some reason they can’t pull off this year because of this COVID thing, it’s just gonna break all of New Orleans’ hearts, you know,” he says. “There are so many of us Saints fans feel it’s a repeat of 2005, where we were just horrible — I don’t think we’ll ever be that bad.

But what happens, for instance, if your entire offensive line gets COVID, and now, Drew Brees is running for his life. This is a very deadly disease. What if an NFL player gets sick and passes away? So this is just all in the back of our heads, like the next storm coming in the Gulf, you know.”

Fontenelle helps organize The Korner Krewe, a large tailgate group that has set up in a parking lot at the corner of Poydras and Clara streets for almost two decades.

Their tailgates attract 400-500 people in the hours before kickoff, attracted by the cold beers, smells of the barbecue pit and occasionally the sounds of a band or a drumline.

The Korner Krewe is just one of a sea of black and gold tailgaters that stretch along South Claiborne Avenue and the surrounding area, sharing music and burgers and bowls of gumbo.

Fontenelle says he isn’t entirely sure of his group’s plans this season. They’re playing it by ear.

But he may watch the games at a couple of local restaurants or with his buddy Scott “Sparky” Sparks in Sparks’ Saints-decked-out man cave. Sparks and Fontenelle also have a Saints-themed repurposed school bus they could pull out for impromptu tailgates, although

Fontenelle isn’t sure how much of a crowd they could draw right now.

“We’re going to try to keep the group together as much as possible this year,” Fontenelle says. “But yeah, it’s going to be tough. If you don’t have that draw — there’s just something about being outside, being together, the music, the people. It’s tough to keep that if you don’t know if you’re going into a stadium.”

WHEREVER HE DECIDES TO WATCH THE GAMES, KEITH “FISH” WILLIAMS will be decked out in beer-blessed vestments and a fleur-de-lis crested pontiff hat. Williams is one of the original Bless You Boys Popes, normally seen in the first few rows doing the Lord’s work and tossing good-natured taunts at opposing players on the sidelines.

Williams and his friends Mark Morice and Hank Staples started the Popes in 2009, and they have become crowd favorites. Morice and Staples decided to retire their cassocks in recent years, but with a cloud of white smoke, Kerry Clanton and Romeo Della Santa have recently stepped into their robes.

“We’re Bless You Boys and we’re truly blessed that we’re able to affect people in a positive way and give [Saints fans] this rallying cry,” Williams says.

Williams says he intends to watch each game, but the details aren’t finalized — he half-jokingly says he and a group of friends would love to

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“Mean” Willie Green also has joined the Bless You Boys as a Pope in past seasons. The drummer says he’ll be watching the games this season at his house or with some friends and a glass of wine.

“New Orleans, we always dress up for occasions,” Green says.

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BY B E T H D ’A D D O N O WHY DOES A CLASSICALLY TRAINED CHEF do a 180 and leave foie gras

and bearnaise in favor of kaathi rolls and tandoori chicken?

It was a huge leap, but that’s what chef Tyler Stuart and his partner Merritt Coscia did when they opened Plume Algiers in July. Like so many of life’s momentous decisions, it happened over dinner.

“We were eating at Nirvana,” says Coscia, who met Stuart when they both worked at Carrollton Market.

“Tyler had a lot of responsibility at the restaurant — he was a sous chef by 24 — and he was saying he’d never even left the country. He wanted to travel and learn something new in a place that was affordable.”

Italy and France seemed expensive. They talked about Thailand but agreed the New Orleans area already had plenty of Thai cooking.

Coscia suggested they go to India.

She hails from the Washington, D.C., area, where Indian food is abundant.

Stuart, a native of Auburn in western Massachusetts, didn’t have much experience with the cuisine.

They built a plan, including lining up stages and cooking lessons at restaurants and hotels at each stop of the trip. Then the couple embarked on a great adventure, spending two months — the longest visa option available — traversing India in fall 2017. Their favorite stops included the southern region around Goa, with its Portuguese influence, and Gangtok, to the northeast, close to the Himalayas.

“Stuart cooked, and I ate the whole trip,” Coscia says. The couple made friends and found encouragement and mentoring along the way.

“What we do wouldn’t be possible without learning from the people of India who did it first,” Coscia says.

“We are very aware that we aren’t Indian. We are especially respectful

and appreciative of tradition and the help we continue to get.

The way we look at it is that Plume gives us a platform to show that appreciation and share information about regional Indian cuisine.”

They include a blog on their website that references experts like Madhur Jaffrey, the respected Indian actress and cooking teacher and her discussion of why the term “curry” is pejorative because of its colonial roots. Another article takes a deep dive into the history of ghee by physicist and cheesemaker Aditya Raghavan.

Stuart’s fine dining background and culinary training at Johnson & Wales University shines through in the deft execution and careful attention to ingredients used in dishes like the kaathi roll, the Indian version of an egg roll, with tender tandoori chicken, fermented cabbage, yogurt and cilantro wrapped in paratha, a housemade layered flatbread. A vegetarian version made with finely chopped mushrooms and goat cheese is a popular menu item. Crab, cucumber, tamarind and papaya join tandoori shrimp in the zesty recheado salad.

Fried pakoras made with chickpea batter encase local crabmeat.

Every Indian kitchen revolves around fresh spices and herbs, and Stuart’s is the same, with fresh herbs in the basmati rice and bits of curry leaf and tomato adding nuance to his dal, the staple dish of stewed yellow lentils. His version of vegetable chow mein, a dish popular in Kolkata, is influenced by the Nepalese chili-forward version he ate in Gangtok, warmed with his own blend of garam masala.

For the chef, who also staged at fine Indian restaurants including Junoon in New York and Cricket in London, it was easy to fall in love with regional Indian dishes.

“I’d never worked with a tava and a tandoor before,” Stuart says. “There

Tchoup shop EL CUCUY, A NEW CASUAL MEXICAN RESTAURANT AND BAR,

officially opened Sept. 4 at 3507 Tchoupitoulas St. The restaurant’s opening has been anticipated: The building has had a large El Cucuy sign posted for months and it was almost ready to open when the pandemic set in.

Owner Austin Travis Lane has been working on the space, which is his former home, for more than a year.

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are different fats used in cooking, like coconut, mustard oil and ghee.

I worked for a chef who didn’t allow us to use black pepper in his kitchen, which is pretty much the opposite of Indian cooking. Heat was always the missing component with French cooking. Learning the difference between heightening a dish’s flavor versus strengthening its heat was another balancing factor I had to learn.”

After two years of pop-ups, the couple opened Plume in their neighborhood of Algiers. They had the opportunity to buy the building on Teche Street, a few blocks from the levee. Pre-pandemic, their thought was to have a casual menu of street food served at the kitchen bar and offer a more elegant chef’s tasting menu on weekends. Neither of those things can happen right now. Instead, they offer takeout through a window in front of the restaurant, packing a rotating menu of regional Indian dishes to go.

“We hope to get back to that model, but for now, this is working,” Coscia says.

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Delilah — is usually parked in front of the building and lighted side patio.

The restaurant focuses on Mexican street food, including tacos and tortas filled with carne asada, pollo asado, trompo al pastor or nopales (cactus). There also is shrimp cocktail, elotes and beans. Its signature duros are puffed wheat wheels coated with lime, salt and hot sauce.

The bar features an $8 house margarita, inexpensive beers and higher-end canned wines. It soon will offer palomas on draft.

Lane did most of the construction on the space. He’s from Texas and formerly ran food trucks in Houston and Austin. Originally, he planned to open a food truck here. But more recently, he’s focused on carpentry and custom fabrication. He’s built several local hotel bars.

El Cucuy looks like a Texas roadhouse inspired by B-grade horror movies and car and motorcycle culture.

Currently, only outdoor seating is available. There’s room for 65 people in a courtyard with shade canopies, strings of lights and an (unused) Airstream trailer. There’s a large bar inside, but it won’t be open for seating under the city’s current pandemic restrictions.

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Surf and turf THE RED AND YELLOW FOOD TRUCK

parked on Franklin Avenue in Gentilly has giant crawfish painted across its flanks, though lately the scent of seafood boils has been replaced by the aroma of barbecue.

Chris “Shaggy” Davis, founder of the catering company NOLA Crawfish King, is building a new market and takeout shop at 5321 Franklin Ave. Slated to open in October, it will be called NOLA Crawfish King Seafood & Barbeque and offer seasonal boiled seafood and yearround smoked meats.

Until the shop is open, Davis is slinging barbecue plates, sandwiches and snacks from the food truck. The shop represents a big change of plans and a bid to keep his company alive as his main business has been sidelined by the pandemic.

Davis got his start with backyard boils, and he once had an eatery in Mid-City called Shaggy’s, a forerunner to the dressed-up hot dog trend. But event catering became his focus. NOLA Crawfish King provides boils at events and festivals around the country, including a long-running summer gig cooking backstage for musicians and crew at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee.

In New Orleans, he started a spinoff catering brand, NOLA Cochon King, to field barbecue requests, and he created the NOLA Crawfish Festival a few years back as a music and food event between Jazz Fest weekends.

With giant, trailer-mounted boilers, he’s equipped to feed hundreds or more at once. Now, he’s banking on a smaller scale neighborhood business, in an area hungry for more food options.

This Franklin Avenue storefront had been a seafood market called Cousin’s Seafood, though it’s been vacant for years. Now, its exterior has been transformed with murals by local artist Zac Maras, who also painted the food truck (his work also covers the exterior of Central City BBQ).

The new shop will have takeout meals but won’t be a dine-in restaurant. Inside, there will be a counter for seafood and cases for specialty meats (like cracklings and hog’s headcheese) and grab-and-go prepared foods.

NOLA Crawfish King Seafood & Barbeque will join a small cluster of businesses on Franklin Avenue by Fillmore Avenue, between the Original Fiorella’s Cafe, Pepperoni Ray’s at Cafe Gentilly and the Happy

Discount gas station and market.

Davis set up his food truck here over the spring to sell crawfish and was impressed by the response.

As crawfish season trailed off, he switched to barbecue and has been smoking meats on a portable trailer.

He plans to keep the food truck serving while construction continues next door. Look for ribs, smoked wings and platters or sandwiches of brisket and pulled pork, plus traditional sides and a pair of barbecue eggrolls, one filled with brisket boudin, the other with pork and mac and cheese.

To assist Hurricane Laura relief, he’s bringing some of his mobile kitchen equipment to the Lake Charles area to cook with the local group Gulf Coast Disaster Relief.

The food truck will remain operational in Gentilly following its normal hours, beginning at 11 a.m.

Wednesday through Saturday.

Visit crawfishking.com for more information. — IAN McNULTY/ THE TIMES-PICAYUNE | THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE

New brews DIXIE BREWING COMPANY announced a new small-batch beer inspired by Cafe Du Monde coffee and beignets.

Beignet Au Lait is an imperial blonde ale with notes of coffee and vanilla and with added lactose for “a mouthfeel that is as fluffy as New Orleans’ favorite pastry,” the brewery says. The 7% alcohol by volume beer is part of the brewery’s Crafted by Dixie series and is available in 16-ounce cans at the brewery. Four-packs ($13.99) and single cans ($5) are available for pre-order, and orders can be picked up from the brewery 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Visit Dixiebeer.com to order for pickup.

Urban South Brewery also is brewing in support of Laura relief efforts. The brewery has launched the Coastal Harmony beer collaboration, an initiative to raise funds for impacted communities in Louisiana and Texas.

Urban South is sharing the recipe for Coastal Harmony, a double IPA, and asking other breweries to create their own versions and donate a portion of the funds raised through those beer sales to the Urban South Coastal Harmony Fund, managed by the Greater New Orleans Foundation. Those funds will be directed to hurricane relief organizations.

Participating breweries include New Orleans’ NOLA Brewing and Second Line Brewing and Georgia’s Pontoon Brewing. More information about the Coastal Harmony initiative can be found at urbansouthbrewery.com/coastal-harmony.

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who also works with a nonprofit focusing on projects in Thailand.

He also runs Lahpet, a Burmese food pop-up, which he is doing less often during the pandemic. LaMaire started the quarter-acre urban farm Pelican Gardens to grow food for Lahpet and now supplies some local chefs with hard-to-find ingredients used in Asian and Indian cuisines.

How did you start gardening?

MARK LAMAIRE: I got into gardening through doing Lahpet. The food focused on southeast Asian cuisines — Burmese and Thai food and stuff like that. I was into using local ingredients and trying to get away from using ingredients you can buy everywhere. That was six years ago, and I was getting a lot of stuff from Hollygrove Market [& Farm] — things like persimmons, unique citruses and different varieties of okra. When it went out of business, that was a real blow to the pop-up, so I started to garden at home.

I bought property in December 2017 in Algiers. I picked up gardening from getting to know local gardeners, like Andreas Hoffmann from Green Light New Orleans. He’s been a friend for a while. He helped me get started by setting up my first raised-bed garden. My friend Simond Menasche was a mentor and teacher.

I started off with what I knew would be easy and productive.

I grow a lot of okra, which is a crossover between Louisiana and Asian and Indian cuisines. I’ve been slowly building it up.

What are some exotic things you’ve grown?

L: I tried a great Thai pumpkin variety that thrives in the heat, and winged beans, a kind of legume.

There’s a great Thai dish called winged bean salad, or yum tuapu.

No one here grows that ingredient.

I grew watermelon and an interesting version of cantaloupe.

I grow and juice sugarcane. I grow a lot that crosses over with Asian and Indian cuisines. I always grow herbs, like lemon basil, cinna-

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mon basil, Thai basil and a lot of different mints, like apple mint. I grow these Korean leeks that have unique flavor.

For fall, I am growing some heirloom varieties of radishes and gourds, different types of greens, wasabi and some Indian squash varieties. Cilantro and coriander are the same plant, but coriander stems are popular in Thai curries.

That’s not something you can buy here. Also, gai lan, or Chinese broccoli. Cumin I’ve never grown before.

I am going to grow black cumin.

How has it been working with restaurants and pop-ups?

L: I have been working with Plume in Algiers and doing some things especially for them. I grew a certain type of Indian pepper they wanted; baby cucumbers; and moringa, an Indian tree with edible leaves and seedpods. That’s a delicious food you can’t find here.

I started growing food for myself and my friends. Then I started to incorporate it into Lahpet. I started working with restaurants and pop-ups and grocery stores to get the food out there, but I have been more focused on food trades and working on the barter system instead of selling food. I do direct trades with restaurants. That’s why I work with places where I like their food. And especially since losing main source of income to COVID, I’ve been focused on eating for free.

Find information about Lahpet at facebook.com/lahpetkitchen and about Pelican Gardens at facebook.com/pelicangardens.

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BYWATER Luna Libre — 3600 St. Claude Ave., (504) 237-1284 — Roasted chicken enchiladas verde are filled with cheese, hand-rolled and served with special house-made cheese dip. The menu combines Tex-Mex and dishes from Louisiana and Arkansas.

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Curbside pickup and delivery available. L and D daily. $$ Eat Well — Pythian Market, 234 Loyola Ave.; www.pythianmarket.com — Phoritto is a spinach tortilla filled with brisket, chicken or tofu, plus bean sprouts, jalapenos, onions and basil and is served with a cup of broth. Curbside pickup and delivery available. L and D daily. $ Kais — Pythian Market, 234 Loyola Ave., (941) 481-9599; www.pythianmarket.com — A Sunshine bowl includes salmon, corn, mango, green onions, edamame, pickled

ginger, ponzu spicy mayonnaise, cilantro, masago and nori strips. Curbside pickup and delivery available. L and D daily. $$ La Cocinita — Pythian Market, 234 Loyola Ave., (504) 309-5344; www.lacochinitafoodtruck.com — La Llanera is an arepa stuffed with carne asada, guasacasa, pico de gallo, grilled queso fresco and salsa verde. Curbside pickup and delivery available. B, L and D daily. $ Meribo Pizza — Pythian Market, 234 Loyola Ave., (504) 481-9599; www.meribopizza. com — A Meridionale pie is topped with pulled pork, chilies, ricotta, mozzarella, collard greens and red sauce. Delivery available. L and D daily. $$ Willie Mae’s — Pythian Market, 234 Loyola Ave.; www.williemaesnola.com — The Creole soul food restaurant is known for its fried chicken, red beans and more. Takeout available. L and D Mon-Sat. $

CARROLLTON/UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOODS Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 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. Takeout and delivery available.

L Sun-Fri, D daily. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as shawarma prepared on a rotisserie. Takeout and delivery available. L, D daily. $$

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

FAUBOURG MARIGNY Kebab — 2315 St. Claude Ave., (504) 383-4328; www.kebabnola.com — The sandwich shop offers doner kebabs and Belgian fries. A falafel sandwich comes with pickled cucumbers, arugula, spinach, red onions, beets, hummus and Spanish garlic sauce. No reservations. Takeout and delivery available Thu-Mon. $

HARAHAN/JEFFERSON/ RIVER RIDGE The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials.

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L, D daily. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 733-3803; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. Curbside pickup and delivery available. L, D Tue-Sat. $

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METAIRIE Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 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. Curbside pickup and delivery are available. L, D daily, brunch Sun. $$$ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come from the Bronx. Takeout available. L Sun-Thu, D Mon-Thu. $ Mark Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www. marktwainpizza.com — Mark Twain’s serves salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. Takeout and curbside pickup are available. L Tue-Sat, D Tue-Sun. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504)

510-4282; www.theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $

MID-CITY/TREME Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. Window and curbside pickup. L, D Tue-Sun. $ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Sample items have included smoked brisket served with smoked apple barbecue sauce, Alabama white barbecue sauce, smoked heirloom beans and vinegar slaw. A Brunch burger features a brisket and short rib patty topped with bacon, brie, a fried egg, onion jam and arugula on a brioche bun. Takeout, curbside pickup and delivery are available. $$ Doson Noodle House — 135 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-7283; www.facebook.com/ dosonnoodlehouse — Bun thit is Vietnamese-style grilled pork with cucumber, onions, lettuce, mint, cilantro and fish sauce served over rice or vermicelli. The menu includes rice and vermicelli dishes, pho, spring rolls and more. Takeout, curbside pickup and delivery are available. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — 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. Takeout and delivery available. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles

pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. Takeout, curbside pickup and delivery available. L and D Tue-Sun. $$ Nonna Mia — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www.nonnamianola.com — A Divine Portobello appetizer includes chicken breast, spinach in creamy red pepper sauce and crostini. The menu also includes salads, sandwiches, pasta, pizza and more. Curbside pickup and delivery are available. Service daily. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503; www.williemaesnola.com — This neighborhood restaurant is known for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations.

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

UPTOWN Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Sauteed trout Tchoupitoulas is topped with shrimp and crabmeat and served with vegetables and potatoes. Takeout and delivery available. $$ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Maga-

OUT TO EAT zine St., (504) 894-8554; www.theospizza. com — See Harahan/Jefferson section for restaurant description. $

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Carmo — 527 Julia St., (504) 875-4132; www. cafecarmo.com — Carmo salad includes smoked ham, avocado, pineapple, almonds, cashews, raisins, cucumber, green pepper, rice, lettuce, cilantro and citrus mango vinaigrette. The menu includes dishes inspired by many tropical cuisines. Takeout and delivery are available. Mon-Sat. $$ Provisions Grab-n-Go Marketplace — Higgins Hotel, 500 Andrew Higgins Blvd., (504) 528-1941; www.higgingshotelnola.com — The coffeeshop serves salads, sandwiches, pastries and more. Takeout available. Service daily. $

WEST BANK Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 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. Curbside pickup available. D Wed-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines Old World Italian favorites and pizza. Chicken piccata is a paneed chicken breast topped with lemon-caper piccata sauce served with angel hair pasta, salad and garlic cheese bread. Takeout and delivery available. Service daily. $$

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DOMINIC MINIX’S LATEST RELEASE , “Sun Will Show Again,” is optimistic yet dark.

“The way I feel about this record, it’s kind of a yin and yang,” the New Orleans multi-instrumentalist and vocalist says. “The phrase ‘sun will show again,’ it assumes we’re currently in a place where the sun is not up, a dark place. I think these songs are about the work that it takes to get through to the other side.”

Minix’s “Sun Will Show Again” was released at the end of July on cassette and digital download through Community Records. The 22-minute EP has just four tracks, but Minix patiently fills the songs with deep production, electronics, effects-laden organic instrumentation and building intensity.

Minix sings on each track except for “Ruckus,” which features A.J. Haynes, singer and guitarist for the Seratones.

Along with leading his projects The Dominic Minix Quartet and Yung vul as well as backing musicians such as Solange and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Minix has been producing music the last 10 years, but hasn’t released any of those largely solo tracks until this EP. The Dominic Minix Quartet and Yung vul used jazz as a starting point in the conversation and often encompassed an array of genres, like Yung vul’s racing amalgam of punk, jazz and hip-hop. In comparison, though, the songs on “Sun Will Show Again” lean toward beats, synths

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and textures and are singular among Minix’s releases.

“I feel like at my core, I’m a jazz guitar player, but there’s a lot of other skills that interest me as well.

Producing is one of them,” Minix says. “It just seems like a skill a lot of musicians need to have these days.

So these four songs were exercises in learning how to produce and learning how to write good songs.”

Minix says he wasn’t intending to release these tracks. But Greg Rodrigue at Community Records convinced him otherwise and the release came together spontaneously.

“I think what really made me decide to release the record was at some point in the winter, I finally had gotten back together with Yung vul, and we were working on music. And we put two goals down, one goal was for me to release an album and for Yung vul as a unit to release an album. Then the pandemic happened and we forgot about those plans. But then this record — my solo record — came together.”

The songs on “Sun Will Show Again,” Minix says, were developed in “an exercise in creativity.”

“At its best, music is just an exercise in creativity. It’s just playing with colors,” Minix says. “This is what happens when I have time and space to play with colors and to experiment and to grow.”

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ELSA KREMSER AND LEVIN PETER’S “SPACE DOGS” is inspired by Laika,

the dog that became the first creature to orbit the earth when the Soviet Union sent her into space in 1957. There may be some popular sentiment about Laika’s fame, but the reality is cruel. Not only did Laika not survive long in space, the russians did not plan to bring her back alive. parts of this unconventional film are hard to watch, and not just because of the history of space efforts.

“Space Dogs” invokes a myth that Laika, whose body burnt with the space capsule on re-entry, returned to earth — or russia — as a ghost.

It’s hard to say what that means, but the filmmakers weave together two threads in a poetic and sometimes horrifying way. The camera follows stray dogs at their eye level through the streets of Moscow, which at times is strangely compelling. The film also very loosely traces the use of animals by the Soviet space program. Other dogs came back to earth and became living trophies in the era’s propaganda.

Moscow has a population of stray dogs, and the space program is said to have used them because it expected them to be sturdy from coping with the cold and hunger.

The filmmakers say they wanted to consider humans from dogs’ point of view, so they filmed dogs on the streets for months. It’s not clear to what extent they followed the dogs or the animals followed them. Half of the film focuses on two pairs of dogs who wander around bus stops, apartment buildings and parks. At times they hang around humans outside of dreary sounding nightclubs. Sometimes people toss them food, but by far one of the harshest scenes is of two dogs cornering a cat. perhaps it’s just an

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overly candid view of the reality of animals living on the street, but it’s horrible to watch the dogs toss around a carcass.

The film also touches on other creatures sent into space. Scientists around the globe didn’t know if a human body would be able to survive various aspects of a space mission and zero gravity.

The Soviets launched many dogs into space, and the U.S. sent some chimpanzees in the early 1960s.

One of the film’s bizarre overlays is a sequence reviewing an American rocket launched with a chimp inside while showing russians dressing up a chimp to perform at a children’s birthday party.

Subtitles are provided for the russian language narration (though the filmmakers are Austrian and German). A good portion of the latter half of the movie focuses on the Soviet preparation of animals to go into space: testing their bodies and medically equipping them to be monitored. The humans look no better than a team of Dr. Frankensteins outfitting a creature for their own purpose. Whatever the intent of the film, or its unflinching approach, it raises the issue of the ethical treatment of animals.

Asking if the animal can survive is not the same as asking if it’s OK to put it through an ordeal. The “progress” may be in scientific knowledge or in political aspirations, but it’s certainly not humane.

For the dogs running the streets, that means little, though they still survive in a tough environment.

“Space Dogs” opens at Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge on Friday, Sept. 11.

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Lot 430: American Carved Pineapple Post Canopy Double Bed, late 19th c., H.- 84 1/2 in., Int. W.- 56 1/2 in., Int. D.- 76 in.

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Lot 393: Guy Martin Chapel (1871-1954), “French Quarter Patio,” 20th c., oil on board, signed lower left, H.- 23 1/2 in., W.- 12 1/2 in. Est. $1,000-$2,000

Lot 391: Clementine Hunter (1886-1988, Louisiana), “Wash Day,” c. 1985, oil on canvas, signed lower right center, H.- 17 5/8 in., W.- 23 1/2 in. Est. $3,000-$5,000

Lot 372: Unusual Large Ornate Silver Plate Nine Light Candelabra Centerpiece, c. 1890, H.- 30 in., Dia.- 28 in.

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Lot 553: Unusual Venetian Carved and Polychromed Wood Blackamoor, 19th c., H.- 82 1/2 in., W.- 20 in., D.- 12 in.

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Lot 326: Edouard Joseph Dantan (1848-1897, French), “Two Dogs on Point,” 20th c., oil on canvas, signed lower right, H.- 20 3/4 in., W.- 25 in.

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Lot 830: Auguste Henri Musin (1852-1923, Belgian), “Harbor Scene with Sailboats,” 19th c., oil on canvas, signed lower right, H.- 26 in., W.- 47 in.

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Lot 368: One Hundred Forty Piece Set of Sterling Flatware, by Reed and Barton, in the “Francis I” pattern, Wt.- 175 Troy Oz. Est. $3,000-$5,000

Lot 371: Sterling Silver Tea Tray, c. 1925, by Reed and Barton, in the “Heritage” pattern, #940C, circa 1925, H.- 1 3/4 in., W.- 27 3/8 in., D.- 19 3/8 in., Wt- 145 Troy Oz. Est. $3,500-$4,500

Lot 401: George Rodrigue (1944-2013), “Flames of Hope,” 1992, oil on canvas, signed lower right, also signed, titled and dated verso, H.- 13 1/2 in., W.- 10 3/4 in.

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Lot 392: Alberta Kinsey (1875-1952, New Orleans), “Her Patio, 823 Royal St.,” 1934, oil on masonite, signed lower right, H.- 14 7/8 in., W.- 9 1/2 in.

Est. $1,200-$1,800

Lot 395: Knute Heldner (1877-1952, New Orleans), “Pirate’s Alley, Old New Orleans,” 20th c., oil on board, signed lower right, H.- 19 1/2 in., W.- 15 1/4 in.

Est. $3,000-$5,000

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Est.- 500-1000

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Est. $2,000-$3,000

Lot 765: Cast Iron Garden Figure of a Classically Draped Woman, 19th c., atop a cast iron stand, Total H.- 91 in., W.- 23 1/2 in., D.- 23 1/2 in.

Est. $800-$1,200