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he recently concluded session of the Louisiana Legislature will rank among the most acrimonious and disappointing ever — until next year. That’s the consensus among veteran Capitol observers, including the Council for A Better Louisiana (CABL) and the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR). Both watchdog groups have noted lawmakers’ — and Gov. Bobby Jindal’s — failure to address the state’s ongoing revenue and budget crisis head on. Moreover, lawmakers failed to enact (or Jindal quashed) significant reforms in governmental ethics and transparency laws, and, in the words of PAR, “Little was done either to implement or to develop solutions to widely acknowledged problems in the state’s public health care system.”

These are tough times for Louisiana.

Ironically, the City of New Orleans fared well. Mayor Mitch Landrieu took office five weeks into the session and had little time to put forth a comprehensive package of bills.

Despite tough fiscal times statewide, state Rep. Walt Leger III ushered through bills to annualize state reimbursement for city expenses related to Harrah’s Casino (about $3.6 million). State Sens. Ed Murray and J. P. Morrell likewise led efforts to expedite recovery efforts and fight blight. The city’s success proves that, even in the worst of times, opportunities exist to make significant progress.

That’s an important lesson for next year, when federal stimulus dollars run out and the state’s fiscal picture gets even worse.

That scenario, combined with the end of the post-Katrina boom and a worldwide recession, caused state officials to dub the coming 2011-12 fiscal year “the cliff.” It’s a fitting metaphor, because unless lawmakers and Jindal take drastic steps to curb spending — and spend more wisely — state government will go into fiscal free fall a year from now.

To put things in perspective, Louisiana’s operating budget was $29.6 billion in fiscal year 2009-10, of which nearly half came from taxes and fees paid by Louisiana taxpayers. The rest came from the federal government. Over a three-year period starting in 2009, total state and federal revenues have fallen or will fall by more than $3.5 billion. “It is impossible to address that large of a financial problem — particularly with some areas of the budget more or less off limits — without expecting severe impacts in those areas that aren’t protected,” wrote CABL president Barry Erwin. We agree.

As gloomy as that picture looks, it doesn’t take into account the disastrous economic impact of the BP oil gusher and President Obama’s offshore drilling moratorium. On top of that, next year is an election year and the year in which lawmakers must redraw their districts to reflect massive post-Katrina

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Dear Curious, Nicholas Girod (1747-1840), a French businessman, was the fifth mayor of New Orleans and lived in what is now the Napoleon House, which easily qualifies him as one of the most interesting figures in our city’s history.

He served two stints as mayor in relatively close proximity, and the first was rather truncated. His first “term” was from Oct. 8 to Nov. 5, 1812, and his second was from Dec. 5, 1812 to Sept. 24, 1815 — which means he led our city through the War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans.

I’m not really sure why there was a 30-day interruption in his tenure, but I do know that the fellow who filled his shoes during that monthlong hiatus was LeBreton Dorgenois.

Girod’s famous residence, Napoleon House, was built in 1797 and probably was where he lived while serving as mayor.

Legend has it that Girod planned to offer the distinctive home to exiled French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1821 — if the little guy could escape to the New World. No one can say for sure if that was really the plan, but we do know Napoleon never made it here. Nevertheless, the name stuck.

The former mayor is said to have built a home on Esplanade Avenue in 1833 — a residence that bears his name and later became a bed and breakfast. He died in 1840, and his will makes no mention of a wife or children; the only folks mentioned in his will are an E. Mazureau, E. Montenot, a Michoud and a Fourniere.

Girod was a great philanthropist. He donated $100,000 to the city, which was whittled down to about $28,000 during a probate lawsuit; $30,000 to Charity Hospital and an equal amount to establish the Girod Asylum for French orphans.

When he died, he probably never guessed that his home would one day be more famous as home of the Pimm’s Cup cocktail rather than his hero, Napoleon.

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“I’ve been sampling in Mississippi coastal waters for 42 years and I have never seen this.” — Harriet Perry, director of the Center for Fisheries Research and Development at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, who has observed oil droplets in the bodies of blue crab and fiddler crab larvae. The discovery confirms the worst fears of marine scientists, who worry oil from the Gulf of Mexico disaster will affect every level of the Gulf food chain.

Riding the 5th AN AFTERNOON SHIFT IN THE LIFE OF BRITTANY MARIGNY, A PATROL OFFICER IN NEW ORLEANS’ 5TH DISTRICT.

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s part of his transparency pledge, new New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas has reinstituted the tradition of police ridealongs for citizens who are willing to sign an indemnity agreement. So far, it seems, no one’s taken him up on it. “The only person I’ve seen do a ride-along in 10 years was the chaplain,” front desk officer Vicky Guidry says when Gambit shows up for the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift on Saturday, June 26. “They used to do them when I first got here but they stopped. You’re in for a treat.”

Gambit was paired with Officer Brittany Marigny, 26, by her shift sergeant. Besides having worked as a police officer in New Orleans since 2004, Marigny may be uniquely qualified to patrol the city’s 5th District — which runs east from the Marigny into Holy Cross and the Lower 9th Ward, and north into St. Roch and the Desire area — because of her name.

“I sometimes joke about it when people ask,” she says. “I say, yes, I enjoy patrolling the Marigny so much with all you fine people that I asked them to let me change my name.”

Guidry’s colleague, Officer Nate Phillips, asks why Gambit doesn’t ride along in the 3rd District, which runs from Gentilly up to Lakeshore, and “have a good time.” What’s the difference between the 3rd and the 5th districts?

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“No, it’s drugs,” Duhe says. So, the suspect planned to sell them? “That’s what most of ’em do.”

Marigny and another patrol officer drive up St. Claude Avenue in separate cars. They spot a man in a red shirt with a hat on, and a white towel around his neck, walking past the shuttered Charles J. Colton Middle School two blocks away. Marigny’s fellow officer does a swift U-turn, pulls over and suggests the suspect sit in the back of her patrol car for a “field interview,” which he agrees to do.

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Underwritten by Coastal Shoring, Seither’s painting, Coastal Paradise, features a pelican flying over Louisiana. The artwork was unveiled July 1 at a party in the Davenport Lounge in the Ritz-Carlton.

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ordered a halt June 23 to demolition of all historic properties in the Veterans Administration district construction zone in lower Mid-City. The moratorium, which preservation groups had been pleading for (and which had been ignored by former Mayor Ray Nagin), was issued 48 hours before U.S. Veterans Affairs secretary Eric Shinseki broke ground on the project. Up to 100 historic structures will be saved and relocated as a result.

Cheryl Gerber,

Gambit contributing photographer, has published a book of photographs filled with images of our state bird to benefit avian rescue efforts in the wake of the BP oil disaster. The book, Love Pelicans, is a small keepsake volume of original photos juxtaposed with appropriate quotes. It’s available at www.blurb.com, and profits go directly to the International Bird Rescue Research Center.

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MARIGNY’S FIRST CALL IS TO THE SUPER 10 DISCOUNT clothing store on St. Claude Avenue — which sells a variety of outfits for men and women, none for more than $10 — looking for a suspected shoplifter who stole $30 worth of shorts last week and has returned to the store.

“We try not to put on the lights and sirens because it scares people,” says Marigny, gunning her Crown Victoria 70 mph on St. Claude, flashing her lights intermittently on the way to the call.

The Super 10 occupies a double storefront on St. Claude, between Universal Furniture and Mr. T’s Used

Officer Brittany Marigny patrols the 5th District. She’s proud of her job — but she finds the public’s distrust of the police hard to take, and she doesn’t tell people outside of work what she does for a living.

Former Mayor Ray Nagin’s administration apparently replaced the roof on the 7th District police station using FEMA funds — shortly before knocking down the entire building, according to a report given to the City Council’s Disaster and Recovery Committee on June 30. Deputy Mayor Cedric Grant passed out a facilities project list showing the status of various recovery projects, which prompted a question from District E Councilman Jon Johnson: “If you look on the second page, you’ll see that the 7th District police station was demolished, and on the next page we’ve got the roof … so did we put a roof on the building and then demolish it?”

“Councilman, I wouldn’t be at all surprised,” Grant responded. The district station, which is located in Johnson’s eastern New Orleans council district, still operates out of temporary office buildings on Lake Forest Boulevard. The old station site is at the corner of Dwyer Road and Read Boulevard, where a new station is under construction. “This is sad,” Johnson said.

“I mean, real, real sad.” — Matt Davis

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“That’s not him,” Duhe says when the officers bring the suspect back in to the discount store. “He was wearing shorts.”

Nevertheless, Marigny runs his name through the computer and discovers the suspect has an open warrant for simple battery, so Marigny drives him to the Orleans Parish Prison central lockup at Tulane and Broad avenues. As she drives away from Super 10, the suspect’s girlfriend, who was walking 50 yards behind him when he was apprehended, wanders off up the street — swinging a canvas shopping bag and looking distracted.

“Man, this is messed up,” the suspect says from the back seat. “This a damn waste of money — simple battery, that’s a municipal [court charge].”

Not when it’s domestic, says Marigny, who suspects the man’s girlfriend didn’t want to tell the suspect she had called the police about the alleged felony.

At lockup, a printout of the warrant alleges the suspect had accused his girlfriend of having sexual intercourse with her cousin earlier in June. He hit her in the face, grabbed their young child, and started to run away, punching his girlfriend repeatedly in the face when she threatened to call the police, the warrant says.

Marigny leaves the man with sheriff’s deputies for intake, and files her report from her in-car Panasonic Toughbook — a new tool for the New Orleans Police Department, which has only been using the online reporting system for a few months.

On the way back to the 5th District, Marigny drives past St. Joseph’s Church on Tulane Avenue and crosses herself.

She’s got the air conditioning on and the windows half open.

“The streets are talking,” she says.

And what are they saying? “Nothing, right now. But I like to keep the windows open when I roll up on a scene.”

MArIgNy BeCAMe A POlICe OffICer after growing up near the New Orleans fair grounds race Course and graduating from St. Mary’s Dominican High School, because she wanted to “effect change in the community,” she says. “everybody always tells me ‘I don’t know why you want to be a police officer,’” she says. “They say they’re all corrupt.”

Marigny doesn’t tell people what she does for a living outside of work. If they ask, she tells them she’s in sanitation — that way, you don’t have to worry about people asking favors, she says

as she pulls in to a McDonald’s on Louisa Street for a Grilled Chicken Classic, fries, and a caramel sundae.

Marigny doesn’t know the new chief, and she didn’t know his predecessor, Warren Riley, though she met Riley once, she says, and found him nice enough.

Asked about Serpas’ decision on June 25 to do some major reshuffling in the NOPD, which includes cutting back on management positions, Marigny is noncommittal.

“He kept the positions he needed,” she says. “What I think doesn’t matter.”

She doesn’t watch or read the news, because the papers only care about negativity, she says. If she had a bad experience at a restaurant, Marigny says she would tell 100 people, but if she had a good experience, she might mention it to one or two. The same goes for the public’s experience of policing, she feels.

Isn’t she concerned about the recent indictments of her fellow officers related to the Danziger Bridge shooting, or the shooting and burning of Henry Glover in Algiers following Hurricane Katrina?

“When I took my psych evaluation, it said I don’t care about other people,” Marigny says. “As long as Brittany Marigny isn’t getting indicted or arrested, that’s all I can do. I don’t know what they did, I try not to pass judgment on other people.

I get paid to protect and serve, so that’s what I do.”

A COuPLe CALLS fOR THe SeCOND TIMe about losing a cell phone. Marigny listens to them intently, but explains there’s very little she can do.

Afterward, she adopts a quizzical expression and says she sometimes wouldn’t mind working with her best friend at the Louis vuitton store inside Saks fifth

AT 8:50 P.M., THeRe’S A LOuD PARTy in the edith Sampson Park at the corner of Piety and Treasure streets in the Desire neighborhood. A DJ blasts hiphop through speakers as about 200 neighbors of all ages — from toddlers to an old woman who can barely walk, even with her cane — stand around talking, smoking and riding bikes.

The crowd doesn’t seem threatening, but it is large. Marigny and a fellow officer get out of their patrol cars with their lights flashing and stand on the corner chatting with a few of the neighborhood kids. They slowly deliver the message that it’s time to go home, and despite drawing a few dirty looks, appear to have communicated successfully after about 10 minutes.

Members of the crowd start to dribble away, begrudgingly, heading back into the neighborhood streets. Marigny and her colleague stand around chatting with some of the stragglers and repeat the message that it’s time to leave the park. eventually, even the old woman with the cane heads home.

Back in the car, Marigny seems relieved. “They listened,” she says.

“That’s good.” She adds that the last time a party was broken up in similar circumstances, police shot a reveler.

But she can’t talk about it. Instead, she asks with a smile. “you don’t watch the news?”

Marigny prides herself on maintaining good relations with the people of the 5th District. She recently arrested one neighborhood kid on a curfew violation, but after she made a series of follow-up calls on him, they became friends. He tells her she’s the best cop on the streets, she says, driving back to the precinct building on Burgundy Street.

Nevertheless, she finds the public’s distrust of the police hard to take.

“They just look at you funny, like you’re an insect or something in a petri dish,” she says. “People look at you like you’re the criminal, like you stole the tablecloth that’s been in their family for generations or something.

Sometimes they cuss you out and ask you what the eff you’re looking at.

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A vARIeTy Of CALLS COMe IN THROuGHout the afternoon. Marigny must cite a man at Tulane Hospital for driving around with five children in the back seat without wearing seatbelts; they got in an accident and the other driver is being blamed for the crash. Marigny asks another man to turn down his music after complaints from neighbors. Some people are suspected of breaking into a vacant house to steal copper, and there are some teenagers suspected of breaking into another house down the street. One woman claims a man threw a glass bottle into her car, but she doesn’t want him arrested.

There’s a call to Project Lazarus, a facility on Dauphine Street for men living with HIv. One of the newer patients had been missing from the facility for two days and recently returned wild-eyed, threatening to kick down the front door.

Marigny puts on latex gloves and walks around the facility, along with five other officers who also have been dispatched to the scene. There’s no sign of the suspect, so the officers tell the manager to call again if he shows up, then they leave.

Avenue on Canal Street. They make $18 an hour over there, she has heard, and you get a uniform, too. “But I just couldn’t do that job,” she says.

In the trunk of her patrol car, Marigny keeps her own Louis vuitton purse with her belongings in it. It’s real, she says. Legal. And she has a Gucci one at home, too, somewhere in New Orleans. Also, a young son and daughter whose pictures are the wallpaper on her iPhone. Their father is a firefighter, she says.

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Before Katrina, the city was 67.5 percent black and 28 percent white. Today the city is 61 percent black and 34 percent white, Rigamer said. “We know that many of our residents who were displaced did not have the resources to return,” he said.

“Maybe they didn’t have anything to return to. A lot of our citizens who depend on public infrastructure, public health care, public education, public housing — these resources have been limited.”

Rigamer noted that blight continues to be a problem, with almost a third of the city’s properties either unoccupied, abandoned or blighted — “a colossal number,” he said. Of 52,800 New Orleans applicants to the state’s Road Home program, 34,921 applicants have closed on their homes and are moving forward, but about 14,000 are showing no sign of progress after having received the money. “There is a colossal compliance issue in front of us,” Rigamer said, urging the council to look into donating out-ofcompliance properties to the Louisiana Land Trust.

“When you say people got significant money from Road Home, that doesn’t mean they got enough to do it,” Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell responded.

“I know a lot of people in the Lower 9th who really, really got shafted by Road Home,” Councilman Jon Johnson added.

“I think the last thing we need to be talking about is having these people give up their property until every single avenue has been taken.” — Davis

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Jefferson Parish Council chair John Young’s YouTube announcement that he will run for parish president in the Oct. 2 special election tossed a political gauntlet at the feet of fellow Councilman Tom Capella, who was still weighing his options at the end of last week. Both men had expressed an interest in the job vacated by former Parish President Aaron Broussard, but Assessor Lawrence Chehardy’s announced retirement suddenly gave both men a chance to avert the political equivalent of thermonuclear war in Jefferson Parish.

There was one hitch: Chehardy’s announcement came too late to schedule the special election to succeed him on the same Oct. 2 ballot as the parish president’s race. Instead, the special election for assessor will likely be April 2, 2011. If either Young or Capella opts to run for as-

sessor, there will have to be a measure of trust involved in any political truce — and trust is in short supply in Jefferson these days.

There was a flurry of backroom talk last week among allies of Young and Capella, with each side trying to convince the other to run for assessor rather than parish president. Young’s announcement on June 30 put the ball in Capella’s court.

The potential for a “kitchen sink” race between the two at-large council members evokes memories of another special election for parish president — the 1987 race between Michael Yenni, son of the late Parish President Joe Yenni, and Councilman Willie Hof. A potential Young-Capella race promises to equal if not exceed that one in intensity, but it was unclear as of week’s end which way Capella would tilt.

While the parish president’s office has more visibility and prestige, it also has term limits and is seen by most voters as a full-time job. That would preclude either Young or Capella, both of whom are attorneys, from practicing law on the side. Moreover, in the wake of the scandals that chased Broussard from office, a bevy of “reforms” is likely to make the office weaker vis-a-vis the council, and subject to restrictions on outside work. The assessor’s post, on the other hand, has no term limits or restrictions on outside employment. It’s also a virtual lifetime job.

Young’s announcement on June 30 came via an email to 2,000 people, along with a link to a YouTube video statement of candidacy by Young. “My reasons for doing it that way were twofold,” Young told Gambit. “I wanted to make progressive use of technology, and I thought it was the most appropriate way to announce in light of all the suffering in Grand Isle. I just didn’t think it would be a good idea to have a traditional announcement in a big hotel with all sorts of pomp and circumstance when so much attention is needed along the coast.”

Qualifying closes at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 9. Until then, anything can happen.

— Clancy DuBos CounCil time Can’t make a New Orleans City Council meeting because you have to work in the mornings? Now you can — maybe.

Beginning Aug. 26, the council will hold every fourth meeting at 3 p.m. in an effort to draw in those who can’t make the regular 10 a.m. meetings, says council President Arnie Fielkow.

In a statement, Fielkow wrote, “This pilot program will hopefully afford more citizens who might not have had the chance before the opportunity to engage and participate in the city’s legislative process.” To sign up for emailed council newsletters and calendars, visit www.tinyurl.com/nolacouncil.

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Vitter Must Go .S. Sen. David Vitter ought not qualify for re-election later this week. Instead, after serving out his term, he should slink away in shame.

Far too little attention has been paid to new revelations that the senator retained a legislative aide even after learning the aide attacked a girlfriend with a knife and held her against her will for 90 minutes. It turns out the aide has a record of brushes with the law dating back to the 1990s, a record the senator should easily have discovered once he was apprised of the knifing incident in 2008. Yet Vitter not only kept the aide on his staff, but also assigned this abuser of women to handle women’s issues.

Even for somebody with Vitter’s dodgy record, this abrogation of judgment defies belief. To understand the frightening nature of aide Brent Furer’s attack on girlfriend Nicolia Demopoulos, consider these lines from the June 23 report by ABC News in breaking the story:

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Furer already had an arrest record — three DUIs and a cocaine possession arrest. Another time, during a road-rage incident, he hit a motorcyclist with his SUV, breaking the man’s leg. Still, Vitter kept him on staff.

Vitter thus far has survived his infamous ties to the “D.C. Madam,” along with credible accusations of earlier assignations with at least one other call girl. Supporters apparently forgave his moral lapse — and overlooked the fact that paying prostitutes is a crime. Nobody should be in the Senate drafting laws if he is unwilling to abide by them.

In another incident, just last year, Vitter showed his true colors at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., reportedly yelling at an airport worker when told he was late for a plane, push-

Vitter is an unstable element waiting to go fissile, an embarrassment to his state and his party. Republicans would be in a bind if he attracts no significant primary opponent and then implodes.

date. Otherwise, when Democrats highlight the dangerously abusive aide and Vitter’s other serious character flaws, Louisiana’s sole Republican Senate seat will be as imperiled as a throat held at knifepoint.

New Orleans native Quin Hillyer, a former state chair of the Louisiana Young Republicans, is a former managing editor of Gambit and now an award-winning opinion writer for The Washington Times and The American Spectator.

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She fled to a friend’s house, and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. A slash on her chin took eight stitches to close, the police report says.

ing open the security door, and (according to one report) “invok[ing] his standing as a senator, delivering a ‘do-you-know-whoI-am’ tirade.”

Vitter’s explosive temper is legendary.

His former legislative colleagues long ago dubbed him “Bitter Vitter.” He once lost a lawsuit arising out of a 1993 town hall meeting in which a local Republican activist said Vitter became enraged at her question, pushed aside chairs to confront her, and seized her tape recorder.

For the GOP, the stakes are high. Vitter is an unstable element waiting to go fissile, an embarrassment to his state and his party. Republicans would be in a bind if he attracts no significant primary opponent and then implodes. By rights, he should not run — or GOP leaders should pressure him to defer to another candi-

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She paused and added: “But, still, I can’t publish ‘The Old Fart Died.’”

It doesn’t really seem unreasonable when you think about it.

“On one hand, I understand that those who read the obits may wonder if it is their loved one,” Suzie reasoned. “On the other hand, if it is a loved one, one would know it is theirs — wouldn’t they?”

One would hope. And since my recent columns here at Gambit have displayed a seeming preoccupation with death and dying, I took it upon myself to present Noel Edd Wilson’s obituary as he wished it to be: The Old Fart Died. Seems a small gesture of appreciation for a guy

He was no softy. His favorite means of communication was a shaken fist. And his business card said: ‘Grumpy Old Man.’ That’s how he wanted to be remembered.

who, it turns out — despite his carefully constructed ornery exterior — was the delight of his community at Westminster Tower.

A small memorial service was held for him last week at Lafreniere Park. Lots of people told the kinds of stories he couldn’t stand, the ones that talk about what a great guy he was, all the errands and favors he accommodated at the Tower, all the Thanksgiving turkeys he bought anonymously for the needy every year, all that mushy talk he could not — and would not — brook.

And then the assembled folks set aloft 75 balloons in his honor. This was another of his last wishes. Printed on the balloons was the epitaph he wanted: The Old Fart Died.

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he Old Fart Died.

That’s all. Nothing more to say about it. The Old Fart Died. End of story. Or, in this case, just the beginning.

The Old Fart — his words, not mine — was Noel Edd Wilson Sr., born in Little Field, Texas, in November 1934. He became a New Orleanian, raised a family here and died last week in Kenner after a long and grueling battle with laryngeal cancer.

For much of his life, he was a selfemployed subcontractor. He was a veteran of the Pacific Campaign in World War II, a card-carrying member of the National Rifle Association and an inveterate forwarder of online jokes, screeds and political commentaries.

He had a voracious appetite for good deeds and charitable works, though he kept quiet about it and preferred that others did, too. He preferred to carve out a reputation as a crank. He lived simply, quietly, at the Westminster Tower retirement home. He used the home’s shuttle bus to drive his neighbors to doctors’ appointments and church, and paid bills for them if they came up short at the end of the month.

But he was no softy. His favorite means of communication was a shaken fist. And his business card said: “Grumpy Old Man.” That’s how he wanted to be remembered.

And that’s how I came upon his story.

His daughter, Suzie Wilson, contacted me last week. She was frustrated with my former employer, The Times-Picayune. The reason: The newspaper refused to run her father’s death notice exactly the way he had prepared it. What it said was: “The Old Fart Died.” Nothing else. No name. No accomplishments, memberships, affiliations. Just: “The Old Fart Died.”

“My father liked what he used to call ‘a good humbug,’” Suzie told me. “We think it’s hysterical, and I’m confident readers would find the humor in it, but the T-P rejected it, saying it wasn’t appropriate for the paper. The paper was polite about it. But firm.”

I happen to know the woman who handled Wilson’s request at the paper, so – at Suzie’s request — I called to inquire about the situation.

Needless to say, The Times-Picayune employee who handled the matter needed little prodding to remember the customer who wanted “The Old Fart Died” and nothing else. In fact, she was genuinely moved by the whole episode. “I think the guy had a wonderful outlook on life and death,” she told me. (Her supervisor declined to let her be quoted by name.)

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Our final rankings reflect a host of considerations about what makes a good bar: drink selection, service, ambience, amenities and whatever unique assets lend appeal. We weighed upscale lounges against funky dives, sports bars and wine bars, neighborhood joints and tourist attractions. In general, bars in restaurants or music clubs that are only open in service to dining or during shows were not eligible unless they’re widely viewed as destinations unto themselves. Of course, all competition invites scrutiny and debate, especially given that everyone has their own favorites. We invite you to review our list, try new places and judge for yourself.

We also spotlighted some of the unique offerings of some bars, from free food to trivia nights. And we talked to local celebrities about their preferred barrooms. We hope you find something new to try and will join us in a toast to all the competitors who aim to please. Cheers.

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3701 BANKS ST., 486-9080; WWW.FINNMCCOOLS.COM Reinforced with trivia nights, dart leagues and a football team to boot, Finn McCool’s goes above and beyond the norms of a neighborhood bar. It’s a friendly second home to patrons old and new and ex-pats from the Emerald Isle and elsewhere — and bartenders excel at the Guinness pour and making a proper Irish coffee.

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hose not blessed with exceptional hand-eye coordination no longer need fear: barroom recreation extends beyond pool, darts and foosball. Competitors come out in droves for bar trivia nights, also known as “pub quiz.” The difficulty of the questions draws some Jeopardy!-caliber players, and reigning winners aggressively defend their titles. Here are some bars with trivia nights — the question of which to attend is one with no wrong answer.

45 TCHOUP (4529 Tchoupitoulas St., 891-9066) Bert’s Super Awesome Fun Time Trivia night, named for its quizmaster, doesn’t just award prizes based on correct answers: there’s also distinction for silliest team name and other categories. The night features four rounds, including a video round, with 10 questions each. Free admission. 9 p.m. Mondays.

BRIDGE LOUNGE (1201 Magazine St., 299-1888; www.bridgeloungenola.com) The Lower Garden District bar started hosting trivia this past fall, but the crowd it draws has already outgrown the space.

The quizmaster asks six rounds of questions, including a “shout-out round,” testing players’ knowledge of a range of topics.

Prizes include liquor, T-shirts and glasses.

Admission is $5 per team. 8 p.m. Tuesdays.

winners earn bar tabs; last place earns a can of ravioli. Free admission. 10 p.m.

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CARROLLTON STATION (8140 Willow St., 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com) Entertainment is highlighted at this trivia contest: one round is devoted to questions about music, movies and TV. The four rounds consist of 10 questions each, plus a tiebreaker. Prizes include bar tabs, T-shirts, hats and more; the tiebreaker winner wins a free pitcher of Abita Amber. Free admission. 6:30 p.m. Thursdays.

CROWN & ANCHOR (200 Pelican Ave., 227-1007; www.crownanchorpub.com) Algiers Point’s trivia competition features three rounds with 10 questions each and a tiebreaker; a common question has players guess a movie based on DVD chapter titles.

Admission is $1 per player, per round; winners get the money. 8 p.m. Thursdays.

FINN MCCOOL’S IRISH PUB (3701 Banks St., 486-9080; www.finnmccools.com) Billed as the “best pub quiz this side of Belfast,” Finn’s takes its trivia night seriously. The expat hub has hosted pub quiz for eight years, and the five rounds of questions cover a variety of topics. Prizes include bar tabs, pint glasses and assorted knickknacks. Free admission. 8 p.m. Mondays.

HALF MOON BAR & RESTAURANT (1125 St. Mary St., 522-0599) The trivia game here consists of three categories, which change weekly, with 10 questions each. During the second category, buying a round of shots earns teams two bonus points. First- and second-place

Hi-Ho’s trivia night is the newest of the bunch at five weeks old. Michael Lentz of bands White Colla Crimes, I, Octopus and Half a Million Strangers emcees the night, which includes three rounds of questions and a tiebreaker. Prizes include Pie Ho Pizza and bar tabs. 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

STAGE DOOR CANTEEN AT THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM (945 Magazine St., 528-1944; www.nationalww2museum.org) The museum’s entertainment venue has hosted trivia night on a monthly basis since February. The six rounds of questions include a World War II-themed round, but anything goes in the other rounds. Winners get gag prizes, and participants can order food and drinks from the American Sector bar. Free admission. Next date: July 28.

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Bartender Alan Walter is this restaurant’s bar-meetslaboratory magician and mad man, whose menu of creative, often-colorful cocktails continually evolves.

Walter’s inventive touch is in both the kitchen and his chemistry set of a bar, where Thai basil can mingle with pineapple-balsamic fusions, and house-made teas or a jungle of fresh herbs mix with premium liquors.

Revamped with a food boost from former Uptown standby J’Anita’s, this 24-hour, two-story pub cracks into Gambit’s top 10 with vastly improved draft beer offerings and a refurbished upstairs. There’s a seemingly endless draft selection from a wall of beer sure to impress even the biggest beer fanboy.

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820 N. RAMPART ST., 324-6045; WWW.BARTONIQUE.COM This low-key lounge spins its inventive craft cocktails in a dark, intimate setting tucked into the Quarter’s edge.

Read the chalkboard for drink specials, then gaze over the bar, where you’ll find a bartender’s apothecary. There are house-made ginger ales, herbs and a witches’ brew of signature mixes.

3811 ST. CHARLES AVE., 899-9308; WWW.THECOLUMNS.COM Location, location, location. Whether you grab a table on the picturesque porch overlooking the avenue or head inside to The Victorian Lounge’s dark wood nooks, this 19th-century mansion is always a place to see and be seen.

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This 213-year-old landmark practically bleeds classical charm — as well as classical music (the house jams of choice). Its Old World charm is marked by arched doorways offering views of the old Supreme Court building, worn wood surfaces, the tiled floor and photos chronicling its storied past. Order its signature Pimm’s Cup and savor the historic flavor.

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Sidney’s is situated at the epicenter of 7th Ward secondline parades and Mardi Gras Indian gatherings, and owner Kermit Ruffins performs on Sunday nights.

THE CANDLELIGHT LOUNGE (925 N. Robertson St., 906-5877)

This Treme bar is a beacon for the parades of the Dumaine Street Gang, Money Wasters, Black Men Of Labor, Ole and Nu Style and Krewe du Jieux.

Owner Kermit Ruffins is a regular performer and presence at the bar at Sidney’s Saloon.

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5. PAT O’BRIEN’S: Sure, it’s touristy, but it’s hard to beat a sunny afternoon at a great table by the fountain having a Hurricane or six.

4. CAROUSEL BAR (HOTEL MONTELEONE): A beautiful bar nestled in the Quarter, where you can measure your buzz in revolutions.

3. MONKEY HILL: A rare attempt by a New Orleans bar to be upscale.

Beautiful bartenders, and the people watchin’ ain’t too bad. And you better play some pool and shuffleboard. I once tried to talk to a girl here but leaned too far into a candle and my shirt caught on fire. My friends doused it in beer.

2. THE COLUMNS: Sitting on the veranda and watching the streetcar roll by. Does it get more New Orleans?

1. FAT HARRY’S: It’s my Cheers. Enough said. They have stories on me I’ll take to the grave.

here’s no better way to get to know a neighborhood than parading through it with its resident social aid and pleasure clubs. Grab your umbrella and tag along with the parades to these popular parade-stop bars.

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Men’s and women’s clubs including the Divine Ladies, Young Men Olympian, Ladies and Men of Unity and VIP

Ladies stop by the Sportsman’s Corner during their second lines.

ROCK BOTTOM LOUNGE (3801 Tchoupitoulas St., 895-0154)

Head toward the river to catch second-line parade stops by the Revolution, Ladies and Men of Unity, Original Four, Prince of Whales and Mahogany Ladies, or on Thursday nights for brass band music.

SEAL’S CLASS ACT (2169 Aubry St., 948-7325)

Seal’s Class Act is a popular stop for the Money Wasters, the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Keep-N-It Real, C.T.C., Undefeated Divas, Dumaine Street Gang, Black Men of Labor, Big 7 and Family Ties.

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11 ST. JOE’S BAR The cozy, dimly lit Uptown corner spot, adorned with wooden crosses, candles and church pews, earns a devoted congregation with its blueberry mojitos and inviting Asian-accented courtyard in the back.

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2240 ST. CLAUDE AVE., 218-5778; WWW.MARIGNYTHEATRE.ORG The St. Claude Avenue spot has blossomed as a destination and odd intersection for bohemian theatergoers, indie and alternative rock fans and regulars for whom it’s long been a gay- and lesbian-friendly neighborhood bar.

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949 N. RENDON ST., 488-7257 The ultra-casual Bayou St. John hangout boasts strong drinks and a shabby chic vibe. Some gather here for retro video games, and others stop in while walking their dogs.

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3700 ORLEANS AVE., 483-6360; WWW.CLEVERWINES.COM Although billed as a wine destination, cork & Bottle Wine Shop’s adjacent bar is a sleek and modern spot with an impressive cocktail menu, artisanal beers and free live music.

The dingy 9th Ward spot is a bohemian bunker, oddly adorned with sci-fi art and home to affordable drinks, a consistently good slate of punk rock shows and the ever-popular (and sweaty) Mod Dance Party.

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(740 Dauphine St., 566-7191; www.goodfriendsbar.com) The Mystic Krewe of Barkus was founded by the owner and regulars at Good Friends Bar, which still serves as the official reviewing stand for the parade. The bar is still pooch friendly year round. Leashes are not required unless your dog doesn’t socialize appropriately. Good Friends affiliated establishments Rawhide 2010 (740 Burgundy St., 525-8106) and Cafe Lafitte in Exile (901 Bourbon St., 522-8397) also allow dogs.

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(1201 Magazine St., 299-1888; www.bridgeloungenola.com) The photos on the walls of Bridge Lounge

are a sure sign of the Lower Garden District bar’s feelings about four-legged guests.

The bar stocks dog treats, and leashed animals are welcome inside.

PAL’S LOUNGE

(949 N. Rendon St., 488-7257) Some of the bartenders at Pal’s bring their dogs to work. Patrons are welcome to bring theirs as well, and the bar has dog treats and bowls to share. Leashes are not required.

JOHNNY WHITE’S SPORTS BAR

(740 Bourbon St., 524-4909; www.johnnywhitesneverclosed.com) Johnny White’s Sports Bar is so fond of its canine clientele that it publishes an annual calendar featuring the pet regulars.

THE BULLDOG

(3236 Magazine St., 891-1516; 5135 Canal Blvd., 488-4191; www.draftfreak.com) Of course, The Bulldog is canine friendly. Both locations share the same policy: Leashed pets are allowed on the enclosed patios.

BACCHANAL (600 Poland Ave., 948-9111; www.bacchanalwine.com) The front of this Bywater wine store belongs to a cat named Minky, so dogs are relegated to the courtyard in back. Leashes are required, and owners are expected to pick up after their pets.

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214 ROYAL ST., 523-3341; WWW.HOTELMONTELEONE.COM Downtown socialites and happy hour revelers are always ready to go for a spin at the Carousel Bar. Order a Sazerac while the carousel for grown-ups revolves slowly.

1201 MAgAziNE ST., 299-1888; WWW.bRidgELOuNgENOLA.COM Although the recent addition of DJs has imparted a club vibe, the spacious bar is still the kind of place where dog-walking neighbors and top-shelf drinkers mingle.

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Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays at roughly 6 p.m., Pal’s dishes up free red beans and rice, hot wings and pasta, respectively.

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Maison grills up free barbecue every Thursday at 7 p.m., inviting patrons to protein-load before hitting the dance floor.

Spicy chicken curry and vegetarian fare from Nirvana Indian Cuisine are free every Sunday afternoon and provide a flavorful counterpoint to cold brews.

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(4801 Bienville St., 482-9113; www.mickspub.com) Red beans and rice are what’s for dinner every Monday night at Mick’s. Anything from hot dogs to chicken pot pie might be on the Mid-City bar’s free lunch menu Tuesday through Friday. On weekends, you’re on your own.

(800 France St., 944-0441; www.yellowmoonbar.com) Bring your finger-snapping and your appetite to poetry night on Wednesdays, when the Yellow Moon owners cook up chicken, spaghetti, salads and more to serve as the cornerstone for a potluck dinner.

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8316 OAK ST., 866-9359; WWW.MAPLELEAFBAR.COM Indulge in an endless sweat-soaked Tuesday night featuring the Rebirth Brass Band at this Riverbend oasis of brass and funk. This is New Orleans in a (swelteringly hot) nutshell.

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1931 ST. CLAUDE AVE., 945-9654; WWW.SWEETLORRAINES.COM The 7th Ward jazz club caters to music lovers and sophisticated drinkers with a touch of Creole elegance.

Drop by for the martini list and happy hour or check in later for live music.

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ONE EYED JACKS (615 Toulouse St., 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net)

23 MID-CITY YACHT CLUB

Two bars (and a velour-meets-Matador VIP lounge upstairs) attract whiskey and High Life crowds, but the horseshoe-shaped bar in the main room offers a prime view of the stage without sacrificing proximity to booze.

440 S. ST. PATRICK ST., 483-2517; WWW.MIDCITYYACHTCLUB.COM

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509 S. CARROLLTON AVE., 866-9104; WWW.COOTERBROWNS.COM It is perhaps the ultimate local sports bar: wall-to-wall televisions surround a barroom with more than 42 beers on draft, hundreds of varieties in bottles and a kitchen serving a bloated menu of game-friendly food.

D.B.A. (618 Frenchmen St., 942-3731; www.drinkgoodstuff.com) A small red-curtained stage features a nightly lineup of local acts, and the bar is stocked with a large international selection, including beers from Finland to France and everywhere in-between and beyond.

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HOWLIN’ WOLF (907 S. Peters St., 529-5844; www.howlin-wolf.com)

This neighborhood watering hole has distinguished itself, drawing a steady crowd of neighbors, just-offtheir-shift service industry workers and the not-infrequent roaming mob of Rolling Elvi.

Al Capone’s hotel The Lexington supplied the hand-carved, super-long mahogany bar at this Warehouse District club. Lay off the $6 beers and go straight for the liquor.

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Neighborhood barflies flock to this Uptown spot for drinks, a few rounds of pool, and a solid lineup of local acts that usually play for free — but be a big spender and drop a dollar in the bucket.

The neighborhood bar embodies the playful spirit of its name (hinting at its temporary waterfront access immediately post-Katrina). It’s home to a colorful mix of hipsters and neighborhood folks.

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TIPITINA’S (501 Napoleon Ave., 895-8477; www.tipitinas.com) Three bars — one on either side of the stage and upstairs — line this Uptown institution. Look for drink specials such as $2 Abita draft, on Homegrown Night.

CIRCLE BAR (1032 St. Charles Ave., 588-2616) The exterior of this Lee Circle hub screams “haunted house,” but inside, it’s a tiny dive with canned PBR and strong drinks in plastic cups. It also has one of the city’s best lineups for local and touring indie rock, performed nightly.

BLUE NILE (532 Frenchmen St., 948-2583) When the house lights go down, watch the bar bathe in a swirling, dim white light — or go upstairs to revel in Frenchmen Street decadence on the balcony. There is often no cover charge, so put your money to use on a good beer selection or top-shelf booze.

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HI-HO LOUNGE (2239 St. Claude Ave., 945-4446) Look to this St. Claude Avenue club for cheap drinks and a kitchen that slings pizza and other plates while the stage hosts metal, free jazz or punk rock. On Mondays, there’s an open bluegrass jam with $1 red beans and rice.

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26 POLO LOUNGE (WINDSOR COURT HOTEL)

300 GRAVIER ST., 523-6000; WWW.WINDSORCOURTHOTEL.COM Stringent attention to details manifests itself in classic cocktails like Sazeracs and Pimm’s Cups, while deep leather couches and live piano music put a relaxed spin on elegance.

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27 THE BULLDOG

3236 MAGAZINE ST., 891-1516; WWW.DRAFTFREAK.COM

The Bulldog’s pint glasses rival plastic Mardi Gras cups for ubiquity in New Orleans kitchens, but when it comes to beer selection, the tavern stands out with 50 brews on tap and many more in bottles. There’s also a location in Mid-City (5135 Canal Blvd., 488-4191).

28 MARKEY’S BAR

1. Finn McCool's Irish Pub 3701 Banks Street • Mid-City

2. The Sazerac Bar at the Roosevelt 123 Baronne Street • Central Business District

3. Carousel Bar & Lounge The Hotel Monteleone

640 LOUISA ST., 943-0785; WWW.MARKEYSBAR.COM

Bywater denizens and Hibernophiles meet at this neighborhood joint, watching sports on one of its many flat-screen TVs or playing a game (darts and shuffleboard are ever-popular) while Guinness flows from the taps.

29 CROWN & ANCHOR

200 PELICAN AVE., 227-1007; WWW.CROWNANCHORPUB.COM

Brits still sore about falling for the English Turn bluff can nurse their sorrows at this authentic English pub. A pint and a bag of Yorkshire pudding-flavored crisps, guvn’r?

214 Royal Street • French Quarter

4. Avenue Pub

1732 Saint Charles Avenue • Lower Garden District

5. Kerry Irish Pub

30 PRAVDA

1113 DECATUR ST., 581-1110

Soviet kitsch and a selection of absinthe combine to give this comfortable Lower Decatur watering hole unique appeal.

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542 S. Jeff Davis Pkwy • Mid City

With the departure of Big Daddy’s, UniSEXXX’s neon rules Bourbon Street with its groovy ’70s font promising “World Famous LOVE ACTS.”

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1100 Constance St. • Warehouse District

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SANDPIPER LOUNGE This gorgeous mirage on Louisiana Avenue features a 1940s font, an illuminated martini and a speedy arrow pointing to the door.

LAMPLIGHTER LOUNGE Turquoise ’50s-style script and darkened windows make this a place where Mad Men’s Don Draper would take his mistress — if Draper lived in Metairie.

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31 DOS JEFES CIGAR BAR

35 SWIZZLE STICK BAR

39 MOTHER-IN-LAW LOUNGE

Against a trend of no-smoking establishments, Dos Jefes welcomes serious smokers and cigar aficionados. Nightly live music and a verdant patio draw even nonsmokers into the fray.

One of the first venues among New Orleans’ new generation of local craft cocktail bars, the Swizzle Stick offers refined drinks in the airy first floor of the Loews Hotel.

Burn, K-Doe, burn. Now run by Antoinette K-Doe’s daughter, the Mother-In-Law has decided to keep the lights on after earlier announcing plans to close. There’s still K-Doe merch, cheap drinks and occasional live music and events.

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36 RIVERSHACK TAVERN

5535 TCHOUPITOULAS ST., 891-8500; WWW.DOSJEFESCIGARBAR.COM

7612 OAK ST., 861-2802; WWW.SNAKEANDJAKES.COM

There’s no better place to hide from the sunrise.

Christmas lights shed just enough light on a university neighborhood bar that takes dive-iness to surreal, even David Lynchian proportions.

(LOEWS HOTEL) 300 POYDRAS ST., 595-3305; WWW.CAFEADELAIDE.COM

3449 RIVER ROAD, JEFFERSON, 834-4938; WWW.THERIVERSHACKTAVERN.COM Kitschy décor and zanily misspelled menu offerings (“boigers” and “shack-a-tizers”) give this roadhouse some local flavor, and music by the likes of sultry crooner Gal Holiday make it worth the trip.

33 LAFITTE’S BLACKSMITH SHOP 941 BOURBON ST., 593-9761

New Orleanians observe filial piety by getting drunk where their privateer forefathers did: within the worn brick walls and candlelight-spangled corners of this 18thcentury Creole cottage.

1431 ROYAL ST., 948-7499; WWW.ROYALSTREETINN.COM

This “bed and beverage” joint is enjoying a renaissance as locals seek refuge from an ever-busier Frenchmen Street.

There are specials like free boiled crawfish on Fridays and $10 haircuts (plus a free shot).

40 WINSTON’S PUB AND PATIO 531 METAIRIE ROAD, METAIRIE, 831-8705

Properly poured Guinness, attentive staff, and fish and chips give this Metairie pub a bit of British charm and the right to claim its namesake. The menu doesn’t skimp on American fare as well — the burgers are great.

41 PAT O’BRIEN’S

37 OLD POINT BAR

545 PATTERSON DRIVE, 364-0950; WWW.OLDPOINTBAR.COM

718 ST. PETER ST., 525-4823; WWW.PATOBRIENS.COM

Just a short hop from the Algiers ferry landing, this neighborhood bar and offers a weekly lineup of live music.

Pat O’Brien’s signature Hurricane is practically the icon for New Orleans’ reputation for boozy indulgence. But locals also head to the courtyard or dueling piano room to let the good times roll.

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1500 N. CLAIBORNE AVE., 947-1078; WWW.K-DOE.COM

800 LESSEPS ST., 947-5562

Further immortalized by HBO’s Treme, Vaughan’s Lounge has always been a super-casual Bywater neighborhood spot kept on radar by Kermit Ruffins’ Thursday night jazz jams and barbecuing.

2533 CONSTANCE ST., 899-2054; WWW.PARASOLS.COM

St. Patrick’s Day festivities cemented Parasol’s place as the best-known Irish Channel pub, but the casual corner spot is busy year round. page 33

JAMES GILL, longtime columnist for The Times-Picayune

“The best bar in town is the Apple Barrel. The folks who run it are charming, the atmosphere is funky and the clientele, though varied, is unfailingly weird and chatty. Step outside and you’re on Frenchmen, the most happening of streets.”

VERNEL BAGNERIS, creator of

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“My favorite bar is the Napoleon House. The music is classical, the patio serene, and the crumbling walls of the main room barely hold on to the eclectic artwork. Located in the stables of the house built for Napoleon’s anticipated return from Elba, it remains patiently waiting since the late 1700s.

Nursing a house specialty Pimm’s Cup while sunsets melt into candlelit nights, it’s a great place to relax and

catch up with old friends. Played in the Key of low.

STACY HEAD, City Council member, District B

“Without question my favorite bar these days is Cure on Freret. The fancy cocktails are great for date night with my husband or girls’ night. And it is the scene for the hip, cool crowd and they let me in anyway!”

ARTHUR HARDY, publisher of Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide

“The Barley Oak is a new, comfortable two-story German-style pub overlooking Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville. More than 40 beers on tap and another 100 in bottles, plus great and inexpensive sandwiches (Reuben, brisket, bratwurst, German sausage) clearly makes it the Northshore’s best place for a cold one!

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“I like Markey’s for a long afternoon and Buffa’s late night, but I still have to go with Mimi’s for all-around bar. On a given night, you can see hipsters, punks, bros, yuppies, do-gooders, jazzbos, wedding partiers and the occasional lost tourist, and the mushroom toast is delicious.”

WAYNE CURTIS, spirits writer, author

of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails

“My default bar is Arnaud’s French 75, where I end up when I can’t be bothered to think about where else to go. It’s the perfect bar — it has an historic patina, and is a little oasis of civility just off Bourbon Street. More importantly, it has one of the best bartenders in town in Chris Hannah.

Our interchange always goes like this: ‘What are you drinking?’ ‘Whatever you’re

making.’ Again, no thought involved. And I have yet to be disappointed.”

DJ SOUL SISTER, WWOZ and club DJ

“My favorite bar right now, aside from Mimi’s in the Marigny, is Phillip’s on Maple Street. It’s a fun neighborhood bar, but it has a very stylish atmosphere, without pretentious vibe or prices. Drinks are always made perfectly, service is always friendly, and most times the background music is a soulful sound, which is No. 1 when I choose a bar. Even more important, I always meet really nice folks there. Phillip’s seriously reminds me of something out of the late ’70s or early ’80s. When I wanna get my underground nonconformista on, I go to The Saint. And when I’m having a jukebox attack, I go to Wit’s Inn in Mid-City because they have the best digital jukebox ever.”

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43 SIDNEY’S SALOON 1301 ST. BERNARD AVE., 943-9461

Beyond the unassuming exterior facing the St. Bernard Avenue hub for second lines and Mardi Gras Indian gatherings, Sidney’s is a nicely remodeled club welcoming both street revelers and a well-heeled clientele.

44 RUSTY NAIL

1100 CONSTANCE ST., 525-5155; WWW.THERUSTYNAIL.ORG

Tucked away on the edge of the Warehouse District, the Rusty Nail has been attractively remodeled since its days as the bohemian dive Mermaid Lounge, and it offers a regular schedule of performers and open mic nights.

45 BOMBAY CLUB

830 CONTI ST., 586-0972; WWW.THEBOMBAYCLUB.COM

A voluminous list of martinis, English manor decor, jazz trios and the occasional seersucker suit and bucks set the tone for well-dressed gatherings at this French Quarter institution.

46 ERIN ROSE

811 CONTI ST., 523-8619; WWW.ERINROSEBAR.COM

Just steps off the busiest blocks of Bourbon Street, this cozy Irish-inflected pub is the eye of the storm, offering a refuge of local flavor and character in the heart of the French Quarter.

47 TOMMY’S WINE BAR

752 TCHOUPITOULAS ST., 525-4790; WWW.TOMMYSNEWORLEANS.COM

The spacious and refined environs of Tommy’s are popular for pre- or post-meal gatherings in the Warehouse District. The bar features a deep wine list and many are available by the glass.

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48 CARROLLTON STATION

8140 WILLOW ST., 865-9190; WWW.CARROLLTONSTATION.COM

Across from the streetcar barn, Carrollton Station has long been one of the Riverbend’s favored neighborhood spots, with a large, comfortable bar in front and a music hall in back that’s been home to local singer/songwriters.

Tucked away in a residential corner of the French Quarter, Cosimo’s spacious barroom combines the historic charm of the neighborhood’s Creole cottages and a touch of the excitement of downtown nightlife.

50 BRUNO’S TAVERN

7538 MAPLE ST., 861-7615; WWW.BRUNOSTAVERN.COM

It’s moved across the street from its original location, but Bruno’s has been and remains an institution for Tulane students, alums and neighbors since 1934.

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY To borrow a line from Jimmy Buffett, it’s always happy hour somewhere. Find out where with Gambit’s free happy hour app for mobile phones, available for iPhones, BlackBerrys and Androids. The app allows users to search by time, location or name and provides information on drink specials and more. A happy hour celebrating the app is scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ralph’s on the Park (900 City Park Ave., 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com). There will be drink specials and complimentary hors d’oeuvres.

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Street Style hether acquiring an armoire that has been handed down for generations or sinking into a comfy, familiar couch, people develop personal connections with their furniture. No one knows this better than John Burns, owner of Christian Street Furniture (3029 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, 841-3332; www.christianstreetfurniture.com). By displaying pieces that exude international appeal and providing technological tools to design one-of-a-kind items, the company inspires all clients to exercise their inner interior designers.

Burns opened his first furniture gallery on Christian Street in Baton Rouge in 1998, providing local previously unavailable goods from around Christian Street Furniture’s unique the world. Highly influenced by family trips abroad, Burns says his company’s basis pieces meld contemporary appeal “all goes back to the concept of a simple international gift shop.” with exotic flair.

“The growth of the small business continued over a five-year period, ” he says.

The success eventually allowed him to expand the company to its second location in New Orleans.

The furniture gallery features a wide variety of ottomans, coffee tables, china cabinets, dining tables and other home decorating essentials. Burns describes his store as a place where unconventional furniture meets transitional pieces. Christian Street Furniture provides a one-stop shop for clients who want a contemporary feel without sacrificing exotic appeal. All pieces are handcrafted, and the majority are imported from India, Indonesia and China.

Burns strives to provide his customers with a combination of ease and style, in what he refers to as “furniture you can live in.” Explaining his furnishing philosophy, he offers a familiar example. Burns recalls how his aunt had 10 children and consequently kept plastic covers over her sofas and chairs.

“You don’t live with furniture like that,” he says. “For our look, the products represent the best in eclectic, comfortable and distressed pieces.”

The store offers more than 18 different finish options on several of their collections, so customers can design furniture that matches their personal styles. In addition, the company’s website offers several user-friendly applications that allow the visitor to take a hands-on approach to improving any room in their house.

“We’ve been working on it for six years,” Burns says. “We take care of our customers.”

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KENNETH COLE has launched an online store via its Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ kennethcoleproductions), where customized T-shirts bearing phrases like “I Clean Up Well” are available for $35. All proceeds go to AWEARNESS, the Kenneth Cole foundation committed to Gulf Coast cleanup efforts.

ST. CHARLES VISION offers free monthly vision screenings at WHOLE FOODS MARKET (Arabella Station, 5600 Magazine St., 899-9119; www. wholefoodsmarket.com). The next event is 10 a.m. to noon Monday, July 12.

GALERIA ALEGRIA (1914 Magazine St., www. galeriaalegria.com) celebrates its grand opening Saturday, July 10, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a block party featuring specials and giveaways from neighboring businesses such as STARDUST HAIR SALON, GARDEN DISTRICT PUB and JACKSON . A dance party and showing of more than 30 mosaics closes the festivities.

To celebrate its move to new, larger digs, THE SKIN STUDIO (725 Joseph St., 717-4466; www.

skinstudioneworleans.com) hosts a shopping party from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 10, featuring handmade, eco-friendly skin products and crafts by New Orleans Craft Mafia mastermind Miss Malaprop. Guests can snack on free refreshments, enter a giveaway contest and make appointments for skin treatments.

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portion of the proceeds benefit the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund.

The relatively loose format allows new material and cast members to be rotated into the show to keep it fresh, and it can be customized for local audiences. A current run of the show in Pittsburgh incorporated material written by Shreveport-born quarterback Terry Bradshaw, and a local TV weatherman joined the cast. The show also shifts with the culture at large. Blog posts, Twitter feeds and Facebook musings are all considered fair game, as are the suddenly suggestive writings of Tiger Woods, for example.

But Celebrity Autobiography always walks a fine line. It finds humor in the self-indulgence of celebrities, and in our sometimes inexplicable fascination with the details of stars’ lives, but it can’t mock its subjects or come off as mean-spirited. “We sometimes get headlines that say the show ‘skewers’ celebrities, but that’s really not the point at all,” Pack says. “It’s more about lampooning memoirs in a world where if you’re famous, you get to write a book. The truth is that if it’s a celebrity, we do care.

Why is that? We like to generate this discussion.

But the best part is that audiences have a really great time.”

John Goodman, who will be doing the show for the first time in New Orleans, seems well aware of the potential pitfalls. “If you think you’re important enough to publish your thoughts on the weather, you should be interpreted,” Goodman says. “But I’m going into it with fun in mind. It’s not worth the laughs to go in with a corkscrew.”

THE WEDDING SINGER p.m. Thu.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun.; 08 8through July 25 Le Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., 5222081; www.lepetittheatre.com JUL

Based on the 1998 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore film that filtered ’80s rock through New Jersey wedding band smarm, The Wedding Singer follows Robbie’s quest to move out of his grandmother’s basement, find a nice girl and settle down. Tickets $23-$60.

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Thanks to Lightning Bolt’s visit (see Music Preview p. 43), for perhaps the first time in Bob Log III’s life, he’s not the only performer in town who sings via telephone.

Log’s full monty is a daredevil jumpsuit, phone-mounted motorcycle helmet and one-man, garage-band setup. Molly Gene One Whoaman Band and Dirty Bourbon River Show open. Tickets $10.

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BY WILL COVIELLO stripes. New Orleans’ hair and hard rock band Zebra went from playing Led Zeppelin covers in the 1970s to signing with Atlantic Records in 1983 and has toured heavily. The band is home to celebrate its 35th anniversary in style at the Mahalia Jackson Theater (801 N. Rampart St., 800-745-3000; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com) at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets $32-$92 (including fees).

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ometimes a good idea seems to drop from the sky, often at the precise moment when its time has truly come. Just ask writer and actor Eugene Pack, creator of the off-Broadway hit comedy Celebrity Autobiography, a show that has run for three years in New York and recently won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience. The idea came to Pack 10 years ago when he happened upon a copy of Vanna White’s 1987 autobiography, Vanna Speaks.

“I picked it up and saw the detail, the seriousness, that she was writing how hard it is to change the panels on Wheel of Fortune,” Pack says. “And I wondered, if people could hear this stuff out loud would they find the humor that I do?” Pack gained access to a Los Angeles comedy space and asked friends from the city’s comedy scene to find their own outrageous excerpts from celebrity memoirs and share them with a live audience. The laughs came fast and furious. “We kept building it, workshopping it, adding material, and eventually doing really creative things with it — combining different memoirs and stories, and juxtaposing different personalities,” Pack says.

Celebrity Autobiography evolved in other ways as well: Celebrities of all kinds were drawn to appear in the show and interpret the writings of their peers, and Pack starting taking the show on the road. The production pulls into Le Petit Theatre for two performances Sunday. In addition to Pack, the New Orleans cast includes Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Coolidge, John Goodman, Bryan Batt, Mario Cantone and Dayle Reyfel, who co-developed the show. A

In Stephen Sondheim’s 1962 Broadway musical, Ricky Graham stars as Pseudolus, the clever slave trying to win his freedom by delivering a beautiful courtesan to the right suitor. The vaudevillian farce features an ancient empire’s worth of bad puns and songs including “Comedy Tonight,” “Love, I Hear” and “Pretty Little Picture.” Tickets $26-$35.

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unifying characteristic. The last record, I certainly had that in mind.”

Wingo’s evolutions as a film scorer and songwriter have happened in leapfrog fashion. Ola Podrida’s eponymous 2007 debut, like those early scores, felt like a

series of vignettes.

Belly of the Lion, Dave Wingo writes songs for though written Ola Podrida and and recorded film soundtracks. almost entirely solo during a soPhOtO By auBrey edwards journ to New York City, sounds more like the work of a band — Wingo’s tenor bravely thinning on highpoints “Donkey” and “This Old World,” a chain of banjo and guitar winding ever tighter around his verses as they rise and repeat, moving toward an inevitable breaking point and precipitous hook.

The heightened drama of these “characters” has lent Ola Podrida’s songs a cinematic bent. It’s a tag Wingo doesn’t try to refute. “[Working in film] has definitely made me think a lot more in terms of atmosphere — subtle expansiveness, I guess, would be the best way to put it,” he says.

“Kind of trying to make things feel soaring and big sometimes while still maintaining a sense of subtlety. I guess that is an apt description for ‘cinematic.’”

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espite the difference in media, there’s never been much of a disconnect between David Wingo’s film scores and his folk/pop songwriting for the Austin band Ola Podrida. Penning ambient melody and accompanying mood for the independent pictures by his childhood friend, adopted New Orleanian David Gordon Green, Wingo worked with Lusine mastermind Jeff McIlwain on 2008’s Snow Angels and sat next to likeminded musicians Will Oldham (Bonnie “Prince” Billy) and the late Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) on the soundtrack for 2003’s All the Real Girls.

Wingo’s occupational gulf widened with last year’s Gentlemen Broncos, in which his delicate, spacious compositions appear along-side such gently ruminative luminaries as Black Sabbath, Kansas, Scorpions and Cher. The sci-fi-defiling spoof, written and directed by Jared Hess ( Napoleon Dynamite ), called for Wingo to reach beyond the coming-of-age fare of Green’s pre- Pineapple Express films and score a blondtranny Buck Rogers battling cyclops villains on rocket-strapped Bambi jousts in outer space.

“I got to do crazy stuff,” Wingo says, laughing. “The movie has scenes that are not like scenes in any other movie, so there’s some songs that are, like, spaghetti Western meets Logan’s Run synth stuff. ... It was definitely stepping out of my comfort zone big time. But it was a lot of fun.”

The music of Ola Podrida, a four-piece outfit featuring Wingo on lead vocals and guitar and American Analog Set singer Andrew Kenny on bass, comes closer to that comfort zone, but that doesn’t mean it’s comfortable. On its second LP Belly of the Lion (Western Vinyl) — issued in November 2009, two weeks after the release of Gentlemen Broncos — the group turns spaceward as well, with electric guitar adding tension and atmospheric texture to Wingo’s finely drawn, finger-picked fiction.

Working in film has colored the way he composes pop songs. “I think with the first record I definitely was approaching it on a song-by-song basis. Whereas with the film scores I’ve learned to really think more of the big picture and a

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Tuesday 6 Bacchanal — Mark Weliky, 7:30 Banks sTreeT Bar — Izzy & the Kesstronics, 10

Bayou Park Bar — Cortland Burke, 9 Beach house — Candy Riedl-Lowe, 7

cafe negril — Glen David Andrews, 9:30

circle Bar — Tom Paines, 6; Michael Shaefer, Jeff Pounds, Todd Voltz, Brian Berthiaume, 10 d.B.a. — New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings, 9 dos Jefes uPTown cigar Bar — Tom Hook, 9:30 The famous door — Darren Murphy & Big Soul, 3

gennaro’s — Harvey Jesus & Fire, 8

hi-ho lounge — My Graveyard Jaw, Felix, Debauche, 10 hosTel new orleans — Soul School feat. Elliot Luv & the Abney Effect, 8 irvin mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Don Vappie, 8 kerry irish PuB — Honky Tonk Open Mic feat. Jason Bishop, 9

The maison — Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; No Name Trio, 10

my Bar — Danny T, 8

oz new orleans — Leaving Brightside, 11

PreservaTion hall — Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8 rock ’n’ Bowl — Brint Anderson’s Tribute to Snooks Eaglin, 8:30 snug harBor Jazz BisTro — Pamela Hart & the Frederick Sanders Trio, 8 & 10

sPoTTed caT — Brett Richardson, Tuesdays; Jerry Jumonville, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 10 TroPical isle Bayou cluB — T’Canaille, 5 & 9

TroPical isle BourBon — Frank Fairbanks, 5; Damien Louviere, 9

TroPical isle original — Plan B, 5; Cruz Missiles, 9 yuki izakaya — Norbert Slama Trio, 8

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Bolt Action Aural masochists are in for a special treat/torture this week, when Providence, R.I., noise/rock duo Lightning Bolt brings its waste-laying drum-and-bass blitzkrieg to the bare warehouse interior at Zeitgeist. Not that Brians Chippendale and Gibson needed any help from room acoustics, but the high ceilings, irregular dimensions and undampened concrete surfaces should push the shrill factor right past the red and into the purple — precisely where the band wants it. With every record, the former Rhode Island School of Design friends and Fort Thunder collectivists have gotten better at transposing their bruising aesthetic to tape; fifth LP Earthly Delights (Load), released last October, is louder, speedier and even more spasmodic than 2005’s tongue-swallowing Hypermagic Mountain. In person, Lightning Bolt redefines maximized resources: a gun-jumping, floor-show horror in which bassist Gibson goes Beethoven on cello-tuned, restrung banjo strings, and drummer Chippendale leaves pockmarks on his skins while biting a telephone mic like a gimp’s gag. It’s a small miracle they find space for detours like tone and melody in all of the squalls. Locals Pumpkin and Emily McWilliams open. Tickets $5. — Noah Bonaparte Pais

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Banks sTreeT Bar — Dave Jordan, 9; Big Soda Band, PS Eliot, midnight

Bayou Park Bar — Ron Hotstream, 9 Beach house — Beach House AllStars, 8 Big al’s saloon — Danny Alexander’s Blues Jam, 8

Bmc — Low-Stress Quintet, 7

BoomTown casino — Foret Tradition, 8:30

circle Bar — Sam and Boone, 6; Woven Bones, Giant Cloud, Moon Dudes, 10 davenPorT lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30

d.B.a. — My Graveyard Jaw, 7; R. Scully & the Rough Seven, 10

dos Jefes uPTown cigar Bar — Rick Trolsen & the Po-Boys, 9:30 hi-ho lounge — Stooges Brass Band, 9:30

howlin’ wolf norThshore — Black Magnolia, 10

irvin mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Roman Skakun, 5; Johnaye Kendrick, 8 kerry irish PuB — Dave James & Tim Robertson, 9

le Bon TemPs roule — Soul Rebels Brass Band, 11 liTTle TroPical isle — Al Hebert, 4:30; Butch Fields, Greg Villafranco Duo, 9

mahalia Jackson TheaTer of The Performing arTs — Zebra, 8 Banks sTreeT Bar — Bionica, 10

Bayou Park Bar — Lynn Drury & Friends, 10 Beach house — Poppa Stoppa Oldies Band, 8

Big al’s saloon — Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone Blues Party, 7 Blue nile — United Postal Project, 8; Khris Royal & Dark Matter, 10; Gravity A, 10

howlin’ wolf (The den) — Booty Trove Brass Band, 9

huddle sPorTs Bar — Band of Brothers, Third and First Wednesday of every month, 9

irvin mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Sasha Masakowski, 5; Irvin Mayfield’s NOJO Jam, 8 kerry irish PuB — Chip Wilson, 9

Bmc — Domenic, 7; Benny Turner & Real Blues, 9:30

liTTle TroPical isle — Captain Leo, 4:30; Butch Fields, Lacy Blackledge Duo, 9

candlelighT lounge — Treme Brass Band, 9

moJo sTaTion — Ed Wills, Blues for Sale, 8

columns hoTel — Ricardo Crespo, 8

old PoinT Bar — Mike Burkart, 8

cafe negril — World Jazz Project, 9:30

The maison — Teddy Bear Elvis, 7; Cat’s Pajamas, 10

circle Bar — Jim O. & the No Shows feat. Mama Go-Go, 6; Geraniums, James Hayes 10

old firemen’s hall — Two Piece & a Biscuit feat. Brandon Foret, Allan Maxwell & Brian Melancon, 7:30

d.B.a. — Mirlitones, 7; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 10

Palm courT Jazz cafe — Lars Edegran, Palm Court Jazz Band, 8

deckBar & grille — John Lisi & Delta Funk, 8; Dr. Porkchop Blues Band, 10 dos Jefes uPTown cigar Bar — Carl Leblanc & Ellen Smith, 9:30 The famous door — Darren Murphy & Big Soul, 3

funky PiraTe — Big Al Carson & the Blues Masters, 8:30 gennaro’s — Funagles, 8

hi-ho lounge — Ratty Scurvics, 7

rock ’n’ Bowl — Swingaroux, 8:30 rusTy nail — Jenn Howard, 8

snug harBor Jazz BisTro — Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, 8 & 10

sPoTTed caT — Brett Richardson, 4; Loose Marbles, 6; St. Louis Slim & the Frenchmen Street Jug Band, 10 TroPical isle BourBon — Damien Louvier, 5; Jason Bishop & the Garlic Truck Band, 9 yuki izakaya — By and By, 8

The maison — Soul Project, 9; Proud Father Radical Temple (penthouse), 10 maPle leaf Bar — The Trio, 10

Palm courT Jazz cafe — Otis Bazoon, Leon Brown, Crescent City Joymakers, 8 PreservaTion hall — Tornado Brass Band, 8

rock ’n’ Bowl — Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, 8:30

snug harBor Jazz BisTro — Barry Martyn Trio, 8 & 10 sPoTTed caT — Brett Richardson; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; New Orleans Moonshiners, 10 TiPiTina’s — Raw Revolution, Official Business Entertainment, 8:30 TroPical isle Bayou cluB — Can’t Hardly Play Boys, 1; Bruce Daigrepont, 5; T’Canaille, 9

TroPical isle BourBon — Mark Barrett, 4; Debbie & the Deacons, 9 TroPical isle original — John Reno, 2; Late As Usual, 6; Jerry Diaz, 10

vaughan’s — Kermit Ruffins & Barbecue Swingers, 8:30

windsor courT hoTel (Polo cluB lounge) — Michael Pellera, 7 yuki izakaya — Wazozo, 8

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funky piraTe — Mark Penton, 4; Willie Lockett & All Purpose Blues Band, 8 house of Blues — Sunday Gospel Brunch feat. New Orleans Spiritualettes, 10 a.m. howlin’ wolf — Michael Liuzza, 8

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circle Bar — Micah McKee & friends, 6; Girlfriends, Dives, Dead People, 10

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Shannon Powell, 8 roosevelT hoTel (Blue rooM) — James Rivers Movement, 11 a.m.

Banks sTreeT Bar — Turnip Greens, 4; Marc Stone, 9

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The Maison — St. Claude Serenaders, 4; Larry Scala & the Rhythm Jesters, 7; Lynn Drury, 10

sing sing cluB — Big Soul Band, 9

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My Bar — Danny T, 8

old poinT Bar — Brent Walsh Trio, 8 one eyed Jacks — Bob Log III, Molly Gene One Whoaman Band, Dirty Bourbon River Show, 9 preservaTion hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Band feat. Mark Braud, 8

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TipiTina’s — Bruce Daigrepont, 5:30

Tropical isle BourBon — Mark Barrett, 5; Debbie & the Deacons, 9

Tropical isle original — Rhythm & Rain, 2; Vince Vance & the Bourbon Street Revue, 6; Late As Usual, 10

voilà — Mario Abney Quartet, 9 a.m. whiskey dix — Gypsy Elise & the Royal Blues, 7

windsor courT hoTel (polo cluB lounge) — Zaza, 7

yuki izakaya — Luke Winslow King, 7

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Bacchanal — Jonathan Freilich, 7:30

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d.B.a. — Glen David Andrews, 9 donna’s Bar & grill — Les Getrex & the Blues All-Star Band, 9

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four poinTs By sheraTon (M!x ulTralounge) — Tim Sullivan Jazz Trio, 7

funky piraTe — Mark Penton, 4; Willie Lockett & All Purpose Blues Band, 8

green rooM — Noelle Link, 10

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hi-ho lounge — Blue Grass Pickin’ Party, 8

palM courT Jazz cafe — Lucien Barbarin, Sunday Night Swingsters, Mark Braud, 8

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The Maison — Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Sunrise Band, 7; Musicians Open Jam feat.

Soul Project, 10

irvin Mayfield’s Jazz playhouse — Bob French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 8

liTTle Tropical isle — Jason Bishop, 9

spoTTed caT — Brett Richardson, 4; Dominic Grillo & the Frenchmen Street AllStars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10

Tropical isle BourBon — Joe Bennett, 5; Truman Holland & the Front Porch Revue, 9 Tropical isle original — Damien Louvier, 5; Rhythm & Rain, 9

windsor courT hoTel (polo cluB lounge) — Zaza, 7

classical/ concerts naTional world war ii MuseuM — 945 Magazine

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pavilion of The Two sisTers — City Park, 1 Palm Drive, 482-4888 — Sat: Twilight in the Garden Concert Series presents Wilson-Moore, 6 ponTcharTrain vineyards — 81250 Hwy. 1082 (Old

Military Road), Bush, (985) 892-9742; www.pontchartrainvineyards.com — Sat: Jazz ’n the Vines presents Sentimental Serenaders, 6:30

roseTree glass sTudio —

446 Vallette St., Algiers, (888) 767-3873; www.rosetreeglass. com — Wed: Wednesdays on the Point presents Fredy Omar Con Su Banda, 6

sT. anna’s episcopal church — 1313 Esplanade Ave., 9472121 — Wed: Mission to Musicians Concert Series presents Zion Trinity, 7:30

sTage door canTeen aT The naTional world war ii MuseuM — 945 Magazine St., 528-1944 — Victory Belles & Victory Six, 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. TriniTy episcopal church — 1329 Jackson Ave., 522-

0276; www.trinitynola.com — Thu: Trinity Artist Series presents Evensong Choir, 6:30; Thu: Harold Orozco, 7; Sun: Kim Hickey & Friends, 5; Mon: Taize, Mondays, 6

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IRON MAN 2 (PG-13) — Robert

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Based on Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novel, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo delves into sadistic sex and violence, cutthroat family dysfunction and the shadowy worlds of Nazi sympathizers and financial crime as a computer hacker tries to help a disgraced journalist solve a 40-year-old murder. The two-and-a-half-hour thriller was the most popular film in Europe last year.

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BRIT WIT — The Big Top screens British

comedies every week. 7 p.m. Tuesday, 3 Ring Circus’ The Big Top Gallery, 1638 Clio St., 569-2700; www.3rcp.com

GOLD (NR) — Bob Levis’ 1968 film stars

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Saturday, Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812; www.cabaretlechatnoir. com

MONKEY BUSINESS (NR) — On a luxury

liner, the Marx brothers are up to their usual antics and manage to annoy everyone on the ship. 8 p.m. Monday, La Divina Cafe e Gelateria, 621 St. Peter St., 302-2692; www.ladivinagelateria.com

THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS (NR) — The

newest version of the iconic silent film contains 25 minutes of recently discovered and digitally restored footage.

Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students/seniors, $5 members. 7:30 p.m.

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

STONEWALL UPRISING (NR) — The film

depicts the events and social climate surrounding the 1969 police raid of the Greenwich Village gay bar. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students/ seniors, $5 members. 5:30 p.m. TuesdayWednesday and Friday-Sunday, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

VIEUX CARRE MATINEES — The Historic New Orleans Collection screens short films on Louisiana history and culture. Visit www.hnoc.org for details.

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Tuesday-Saturday, Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com

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CAFE GAMBINO. 4821 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-9717 —

Works by Gerry Claude and Doris Cowan, through Aug. 3. Opening reception 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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

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

ALL IN THE FRAME GALLERY. 2596 Front St., Slidell, (985) 290-1395 — “Serene Waters, Clear Horizons,” paintings by Annie Strack, ongoing.

AMMO. 938 Royal St., 220-9077; www.ammoarts.com — By appoint-

ment only. The gallery showcases emerging and established contemporary artists.

AORTA PROJECTS. Poland Avenue and North Miro Street, ; www.aortaprojects.blogspot.com — “Blue Fence,” installation by Jennifer Odem, through December.

ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., 524-3233 — Group exhibition of gal-

lery artists, through July.

ART BY CHRISTY. 733 Royal St., 586-3886; www.artbychristy.com —

Large-scale oil paintings and other works by Christy Works-Boutte, ongoing.

ART GALLERY 811. 811 Royal St., 5246918 — Paintings, sculpture and

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

Teresa Cole’s Transfer expo recycles Victorianera trends into the globalized present. In Victorian England, the art of paper cutting became a domestic style obsession.

Cutout paper silhouettes of family members and elaborate, highly stylized landscape scenes adorned fashionable parlors all over the English-speaking world. Meanwhile, fabrics stenciled with botanical patterns in the teeming, then-British colony of India found a popular following in the West, where they were rebranded with British-sounding names like “paisley.” These design elements, along with some other oddball twists, add up to a cryptically decorous lexicon of signs and symbols in this unusual show at Gallery Bienvenu. This is possible because familiar decorative motifs often have a secret history of their own. For instance, the popular paisley fabric pattern is based on the sacred Tree of Life symbol of the ancient Zoroastrian religion.

Cole harks to the Indian printed fabric tradition while emphasizing the fluid nature of common design motifs and their sometimes veiled meanings in works like Serpentine or Vine, gauzy 8-foot-long hanging tapestries where hand-printed animal or botanical forms are silver-leaved and arranged to cast sinewy shadows on the gallery wall. In the East, such forms often turned up as designs on ancient temples and sacred structures, where they held deeply symbolic meanings. But are they reduced to mere decoration in the West, or do they still communicate subconscious sensibilities? Such are the questions Cole’s compositions seem to pose, as we see in an installation of cut-paper prints on the rear gallery wall. One untitled piece (pictured) looks strictly Victorian at first, with languorous figures, decorous animals and children reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland.

But some figures are upside down, and closer examination reveals that some of those spiky forms in the background are silhouettes of giant mosquitoes. Here Victorian order comes unraveled in a Rorschach-like print that is actually a symbol of the multi-layered nature of civilization, and of the cultural and ecological forces that inevitably simmer just beneath the surface. — D. Eric Bookhardt

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Transfer: recent prints by Teresa Cole Gallery Bienvenu, 518 Julia St., 525-0518; www.gallerybienvenu.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ongoing.

and Pao, ongoing.

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

Louis Valtat and other artists of the Barbizon, Impressionist and PostImpressionist schools, ongoing.

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

Earth,” photographs of Grand Isle

by Zack Smith.

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

ists featuring works by Bruno Paoli and Andrea Stella, ongoing.

CARIBBEAN ARTS LTD. 720 Franklin Ave., 943-3858 — The gallery show-

cases contemporary Haitian and Jamaican art.

CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY. 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130; www. carolrobinsongallery.com — “30

Year Anniversary Exhibition,” works

by David Goodman, John Oles, Christina Goodman and Jere Allen, through July.

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

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

D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 — Annual group exhibition featuring sculptures, paintings and mixedmedia works by gallery artists, through Aug. 3.

DU MOIS GALLERY. 4921 Freret St., 818-6032 — “Cold Drink,” a print-

making invitational featuring 31 regional and national printmakers, through July 17.

DUTCH ALLEY ARTIST’S CO-OP GALLERY. 912 N. Peters St., 412-9220; www.dutchalleyonline.com — Works

Tom Rhodes

July 7 • 7:30pm & 9:30pm Coming soon: Carol Pennington (7/14)

ELLIOTT GALLERY. 540 Royal St., 523-3554; www.elliottgallery.com — Works by gallery artists Coignard, Engel, Papart, Petra, Tobiasse, Schneuer and Yrondi, ongoing.

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

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

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

Guess, ongoing.

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

Ladies enjoy 2-for-1 mixed drink specials.

Karaoke • 8:30pm-9:30pm Foret Tradition July 8 • 9:30pm-1:30am Coming soon: The Topcats (7/15)

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

White, ongoing.

GALERIE PORCHE WEST. 3201 Burgundy St., 947-3880 — Photography by Christopher Porche West, ongoing.

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

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

GALLERY BIENVENU. 518 Julia St., 525-0518; www.gallerybienvenu.com — “Transfer,” prints by Teresa Cole, through July 22.

Local Favorite Fridays Junior & Sumtin Sneaky July 9 • 9:30pm-1:30am Coming soon: Brandon Foret (7/16)

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

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

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

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

Louisiana Saturday Nights The Molly Ringwalds July 10 • 9:30pm-1:30am Coming soon: 5 Finger Discount (7/17)

works by Joe Hobbs, ongoing.

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

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

COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery. com — “Details: Works on Paper,”

GUTHRIE CONTEMPORARY. 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688; www. guthriecontemporary.com — “Impact,” works by Bernd Haussmann, ongoing, First Tuesday-Saturday of every month. “Schemata,” works by Susan Dory, ongoing.

paperworks by Robert Berguson, Robert Lansden and Dale Newkirk, through Aug. 15th.

Wednesday Night Comedy

by New Orleans artists, ongoing.

CASELL GALLERY. 818 Royal St., 5240671; www.casellartgallery.com —

Pastels by Joaquim Casell; etchings

by Sage; oils by Charles Ward; all ongoing.

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Expanded listings at bestofneworleans.com page 49 299-8900 — Paintings by David

Harouni, ongoing.

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

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

Marc Rosenbaum; raku by Kate Tonguis and John Davis; all ongoing.

JEAN BRAGG GALLERY OF SOUTHERN ART. 600 Julia St., 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com —

“Dog Star,” a group exhibition featuring Oscar Quesada, through July.

JON SCHOOLER GALLERY. 8526 Oak St., 865-7032; www. jonschooler.com — “Sublimi-

nal WOWs,” paintings by Jon Schooler, ongoing.

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

“reconsidered,” new paintings

by Stephen Hoskins, through July 28.

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

photographs by Lesley Wells, ongoing.

JUPITER ARTPROJECTS. 1901 Royal St., 281-4230; www.jupiterartprojects.com — “Can’t Knock

Tha Hustle,” works in response to Nigerian scam artists by Terrence Sanders, through July 15.

KAKO GALLERY. 536 Royal St., 565-5445; www.kakogallery.com — New paintings by Don Picou

and Stan Fontaine; “Raku” by Joy Gauss; 3-D wood sculpture

by Joe Derr; all ongoing.

Hansen, Tora Lopez, John Oles and William Murphy, ongoing.

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

specializes in 18th and 19th century European oil paintings by artists from the French Salon and Royal Academy as well as French Impressionists

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

of Treme,” works by Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun, ongoing.

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

New paintings by Holly Sarré, ongoing.

LEMIEUX GALLERIES. 332 Julia St., 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Growing Pains,”

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

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

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

MICHALOPOULOS GALLERY. 617 Bienville St., 558-0505; www. michalopoulos.com — Paint-

ings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.

MICHELLE Y WILLIAMS GALLERY. 835 Julia St., 585-1945; www.michelleywilliams.com — Works by

Michelle Y. Williams, ongoing.

NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111; www.noafa.com —

Student art exhibition, through July 24.

NEW ORLEANS ARTWORKS. 727 Magazine St., 529-7279 — “Glisten With Glass, Print and Metal,” works by Michelle Knox, David Lindsley, Melissa Clark and Carrie Quandt, through July.

OCTAVIA ART GALLERY. 4532 Magazine St., 309-4249; www. octaviaartgallery.com — “The Colors of Summer,” a group show of gallery and invited artists featuring mixed-media paintings, drawings and photographs, through July.

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

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

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

PHOTO WORKS NEW ORLEANS. 521 St. Ann St., 593-9090; www. photoworksneworleans.com — Photography by Louis Sahuc, ongoing.

REINA GALLERY. 4132 Magazine St., 895-0022; www.reinaart. com — “Vintage New Orleans

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

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

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

Ave., 945-4446 — Works by Robin Durand, Brad Edelman, Tara Eden, Eden Gass and others, ongoing.

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

MCKEOWN’S BOOKS AND DIFFICULT MUSIC. 4737 Tchoupitoulas St., 895-1954 — “The Book

Travis and Lexi Linde, ongoing.

Genti H2O,” works by Shmuela Padnos, ongoing.

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

Phipps, ongoing.

SIBLEY GALLERY. 3427 Magazine St., 899-8182 — “Works on Paper,” works by Stephanie Hierholzer and Amanda Sibley, through July.

SLIDELL ART LEAGUE GALLERY. Historic Slidell Train Depot, 1827 Front St., Suite 201, (985) 847-9458 — “Out of the Blue,” a

group exhibition and competition, through Feb. 3.

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

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

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

sculpture and paintings by Steve Martin and other Louisiana artists, ongoing.

STUDIO 525. 525 E. Boston St., Covington, ; www.studio525covington.com — Works by Sarah

Dunn, through July.

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

ment,” works by Tina Stanley, ongoing.

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

THOMAS MANN GALLERY I/O. 1812 Magazine St., 581-2113; www. thomasmann.com — “Where’s the Money?” group exhibit interpreting the economy, ongoing.

VENUSIAN GARDENS ART GALLERY. 2601 Chartres St., 943-7446; www.venusiangardens.com —

“Luminous Sculpture,” works by Eric Ehlenberger, ongoing.

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

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

Will Smith, ongoing.

RIVERSTONE GALLERIES. 719 Royal St., 412-9882; 729 Royal St., 581-3688; Riverwalk, 1 Poydras St., Suite 36, 566-0588; 733 Royal St., 525-9988; www.riverstonegalleries.net — Multimedia works by

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

Ricardo Lozano, Michael Flohr, Henry Ascencio, Jaline Pol and others, ongoing.

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

gue, ongoing.

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

glasswork, ongoing.

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

spare spaCes ALVAR LIBRARY. 913 Alvar St., 5962667 — “Youth,” sculpture by

Betty Petri; “The Solitary Chair,” sculpture by Michael Moreau; both ongoing.

CAFE GAMBINO. 4821 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 8359717 — Works by Gerry Claude

and Doris Cowan, through Aug. 3.

HI-HO LOUNGE. 2239 St. Claude

of Kells, Revisited,” encaustic paintings by Patricia Kaschalk, ongoing.

MOJO COFFEE HOUSE. 1500 Magazine St., 525-2244; www. myspace.com/mojoco — Photographs by Marc Pagani, ongoing.

NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEEHOUSE. 5110 Danneel St., 8913381; www.neutralground.org —

Work by local artists, ongoing.

NEW ORLEANS CAKE CAFE & BAKERY. 2440 Chartres St, 9430010 — Oil landscapes of the

Ustabes by Will Smith, ongoing.

PEACHES RECORDS. 408 N. Peters St., 282-3322 — “Gospel and

Blues,” photographs by Rita Posselt, ongoing.

SOUND CAFÉ. 2700 Chartres St., 947-4477 — Mixed-media paint-

ings by YA/YA alumnus Gerard Caliste, ongoing.

SURREY’S CAFE & JUICE BAR. 1418 Magazine St., 524-3828; www. surreyscafeandjuicebar.com —

Watercolor, pen and ink series of New Orleans landmarks by Will Smith, ongoing.

SWIRL. 3143 Ponce de Leon St., 304-0635 — “In NOLA Words,” works by Paulette M. Lizano and David C. Porretto, through July.

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

submissions, as well as Arab, Persian or Middle Eastern musicians, multi-media installations and performance pieces, for the November event. Visit www. nolamideastfilmfest.blogspot. com for details. Submission deadline is Sept. 30.

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

are invited to submit works expanding on impressions of New Orleans life, culture, food, art and music for the November exhibition. Email rhinocrafts@ yahoo.com for details. Submission deadline is July 15.

PROTECT OUR WETLANDS, PROTECT OURSELVES VIDEO CAMPAIGN. The Charitable Film

Network invites participants to make videos about environmental issues facing Gulf Coast communities for a chance to win cash and prizes. Visit www. charitablefilmnetwork.org for details. Submission deadline is Aug. 6.

museums AMERICAN-ITALIAN MUSEUM & RESEARCH LIBRARY. 537 S. Peters St., 522-7294 — Permanent

exhibits of jazz artists, a St. Joseph’s altar replica, the Louisiana Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame and a research library with genealogy records.

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

BACKSTREET CULTURAL MUSEUM. 1116 St. Claude Ave., 522-4806; www.backstreetmuseum.org — Permanent exhibits

of Mardi Gras Indian suits, jazz funeral memorabilia and social aid and pleasure club artifacts, ongoing.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER. 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “As We See It: Youth Vision Quilt,” studentcreated quilt with more than 400 patches, ongoing.

GREAT AMERICAN ALLIGATOR MUSEUM. 2051 Magazine St., 5235525 — The museum features

fossils, taxidermy, folk art, kitsch, Americana and more.

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

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

LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS. 7 Bamboo Road, 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — “Unti-

tled No. 6029,” sculpture by Eric Dallimore, through December.

“Serigraphs from the Toussaint L’Ouverture Series, 1986-1997,”

by Jacob Lawrence, through July 15.

LOUISIANA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. 420 Julia St., 523-1357; www.lcm.org — “Mr. Rogers’

Neighborhood: A Hands-On Exhibit”; “Fetch,” a scavenger hunt designed to develop problem-solving skills; “Team Turtle Training Camp,” handson exhibit designed to teach kids how to make healthy choices; all ongoing.

LOUISIANA FILM MUSEUM. Montrel’s Bistro, 1000 N. Peters St., 524-4747; www.louisianafilmmuseum.org — The museum

features props, costumes, video clips, still photographs, posters and other exhibits from major films produced in Louisiana.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., 568-6968 — “Target America:

Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause,” an interactive exhibit exploring the damaging effects of illegal drugs, through Nov. 24.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM CABILDO. 701 Chartres St., 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “Unsung Heroes: The

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

LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT MUSEUM. Louisiana Supreme Court, 400 Royal St., 310-2149; www.lasc.org — The Supreme

Court of Louisiana Historical Society sponsors the museum’s exhibitions of the people and institutions that have contributed to the development of Louisiana law for 300 years.

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

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

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

“Scents and Sensibility,” 125 objects covering the history of perfume bottles, through Oct. 24. “SWEET Suite Louisiana,” color intaglio prints by Warrington Colescott; “Beyond the Blues: Reflections on African America from the Fine Arts Collection of the Amistad Research Center,” a selection of works from African-American artists, and more.

NEW ORLEANS PHARMACY MUSEUM. 514 Chartres St., 5658027; www.pharmacymuseum. org — Exhibits on 19th-century

pharmacy, medicine and health care, all ongoing.

OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org —

“Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues,” photographs by William Ferris; William Ferris Folk Art Collection; both through July 25.

“Where They At: New Orleans Bounce and Hip-Hop in Words and Pictures,” by Aubrey Edwards and Alison Fensterstock, through Aug. 1, and more.

SOUTHERN FOOD & BEVERAGE MUSEUM. Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www.southernfood. org — “Acadian to Cajun: Forced

Migration to Commercialization,” a multimedia exhibit, ongoing, and more.

TANGIPAHOA AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM & BLACK VETERANS ARCHIVES. 1600 Phoenix Square, Hammond, (985) 542-4259; www.africanamericanheritagemuseum. com — The museum exhibits

works that preserve and tell the history of African-American ancestors in Louisiana and also houses the country’s first memorial to black Vietnam War veterans, ongoing.

TEKREMA CENTER FOR ART AND CULTURE. 5640 Burgundy St., 2472612 — “Healing Waters: Reflec-

tions of the Gulf,” an exhibition and meditation site centering around “Healing Waters” by Niko Ciglio, through August.

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

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TheaTeR BLACKBIRD. Elm Theatre, 220 Julia

St., 218-0055; www.elmtheatre. org — A Gulf War veteran and a drug-addicted former stripper cling to each other in hopes of escaping their grim lives. Tickets $15. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday through Aug. 14.

BLANK CANVAS. First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans, 2903 Jefferson Ave., 866-9010; www.firstuuno.org — In the oneact play, a painter’s works come to life and make people re-experience the most intense version of love they have ever known. Email blankcanvasproject@yahoo.com for details. Tickets $5. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

CATS. Playmakers Theater, 19106

Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671; www. playmakersinc.com — The theater hosts a production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Tickets $25 adults, $15 students. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through July 25.

CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre. com — Ryan Reynolds, Bryan Batt, Mario Cantone and others read from stars’ autobiographies in this off-Broadway hit. A portion of ticket sales benefits the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund. Tickets $69 general admission, $99 premium seating. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday.

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Theater, Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave., 598-3800; www.crescentcitylights.org — NORD’s Crescent City Lights Youth Theater presents the musical that recalls 1930s and ’40s films. Tickets $15. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

LOVE AFTER LOVE. Red Star Gallery, 2513 Bayou Road — The multi-genre performance combines modern dance, jazz and spoken word.

Tickets $10 suggested donation. 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

The show will also be performed at Shadowbox Theatre (2400 St. Claude Ave., 523-7469; www. theshadowboxtheatre.com) 8 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday.

MATT & BEN. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.

Charles Ave., 581-5812; www.cabaretlechatnoir.com — Two women portray actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers’ play. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Monday.

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Chapel, Tulane University, 862-3214 — The children’s theater group presents the production. Tickets $8.

10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. Saturday through July 17.

and storytelling. Tickets $7 (includes one drink). 8 p.m. Tuesdays through July 29.

There’s no mistaking how the Shakespeare Festival at Tulane University frames Macbeth as a production in an 1830s-era New Orleans gaslight theater.

Thespians and rabble-rousers — some carrying muskets — cavort around the stage as the audience files into the theater, and there’s one exhortation about raising a volunteer army to help Texas with its rebellion against Mexico.

When Macbeth proper starts, it’s with the three “weird sisters” (Emilie Whelan, Rebecca Frank and Tori Gural), or witches, who seem like timeless members of New Orleans’ bohemian class, in both dress and quirky darkness. When they conjure magic to forecast Macbeth’s future, the ingredient list of dog tongue, toads and other reptilian items almost comes off like a recipe for a gumbo of the doomed.

It’s no spoiler to mention everyone in the play is cursed, and the witchy sisters add some entertaining distractions and dramatic effects. Shakespeare’s bawdy riff on alcohol increasing romantic desire while decreasing performance also is a funny moment, here delivered by Martin Covert as the Porter in an eerily pre-vaudevillian comic mode.

While the New Orleans context incorporates tarot cards and some voodoo-esque accoutrements at the side of the stage, most of the play and costumes are straightforward, characterizing the medieval power struggle with a small flourish of robes, broadswords and an armored breastplate. There are many strong performances. Ashley Nolan was impassioned as Lady Macbeth, both a catalyst and co-conspirator with her husband to ascend the throne through murder. Drew Battles was forceful as the valorous and commanding Macbeth, but he took a while to warm up to the full range of emotion and psychological weight Shakespeare’s tragedy assigns him in long solo stints contemplating his actions. In contrast, Michael Aaron Santos was more emotive and compelling as the aggrieved and vengeful Macduff. Other notable performances include A.J. Allegra’s Malcolm. The large cast delivered a more vigorous than ponderous version of the play, and the extra flourishes were very entertaining. — Will Coviello

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RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL. Attractions Salon, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 639-8294 — The off-Broadway musical tells the story of a dull housewife and her talented 8-yearold daughter who is desperate to perform. Tickets $17. 8 p.m. FridaySaturday, 2 p.m. July 18 through July 24.

VERBATIM VERBOTEN. AllWays

Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 2185778; www.marignytheatre.org — Actors perform staged transcripts of verbal gaffes of notable people.

Tickets $7 (includes one drink). 7 p.m. Sundays through July 25.

THE WEDDING SINGER. Le Petit

Théâtre du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081; www.lepetittheatre.com — The theater hosts a production of the stage-musical adaptation of the 1998 film. Tickets

$23-$60. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through July 25.

ZOMBIE TOWN: A DOCUMENTARY PLAY. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles

Ave., 581-5812; www.cabaretlechatnoir.com — The mockumentary follows a San Francisco theater troupe that travels to the site of a zombie attack to interview survivors. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday through July 18.

CabaReT CORDELIA WAS THE FOOL. AllWays

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

SLOW BURN BURLESQUE & GRINDIN’ DIAMONDS. Howlin’ Wolf, 907 S. Pe-

ters St., 522-9653; www.howlin-wolf. com — The burlesque and go-go dancer troupes perform together for their “South of Heaven” show.

Tickets $12 general admission, $10 in advance, $15 for VIP seating. 9 p.m. Saturday.

VA-VA VICTORY! Howlin’ Wolf, 907

S. Peters St., 522-9653; www.howlinwolf.com — Burlesque dancers Fleur de Tease and Morgan la Rue perform at the event benefiting U.S. military troops serving overseas. Tickets $15, $10 in advance. 7 p.m. Friday.

audiTions BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY.

Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1001 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 469-4740; www.ctk-nola.org — The Greater New Orleans Chapter holds new member auditions for its Mardi Gras Chorus. Call 363-9001 or visit www.mardigraschorus.org for details. 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.

CRESCENT CITY SOUND CHORUS. Delgado Community College, City Park campus, Orleans Avenue, between City Park Avenue and Navarre Street; www.dcc.edu — The chorus holds weekly auditions for women ages 16 and older for its original show A Streetcar Named Who Dat to be performed in October. Call 453-0858 or visit www.crescentcitysound.com for details. 7 p.m. Monday.

Comedy GROUND ZERO COMEDY. Maison 508, 508 Frenchmen St., 309-7137 — The show features local stand-up comedians. Sign-up is 7:30 p.m.

Show is 8 p.m.

J. DIAMOND WASHINGTON & WES CANNON. Gut-Buster Comedy Room,

Holiday Inn, 501 N. Hwy. 190, Covington, (800) 465-4329; www.holidayinn.com — The comedians perform.

Tickets $15. 9 p.m. Saturday.

NATIONAL COMEDY COMPANY. Shad-

owbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., 523-7469; www.theshadowboxtheatre.com — The troupe performs interactive improv comedy. Tickets $5. 7 p.m. Saturday.

NATIONAL COMEDY COMPANY DINNER SHOW. Memeworks Integrated

Creative Arts, 527 Julia St., 523-SHOW — The improv group features a comedy show with a dinner option.

Tickets $10 for show only. 8 p.m.

Friday.

O, VENGEANCE! La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 644-4300; www.nolacomedy.com — Actors improvise Shakespeare based on audience suggestions. Tickets $8. 10 p.m. Saturday.

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Museum, 420 Julia St., 523-1357; www.lcm.org — The museum hosts special Tuesday and Thursday activities for children ages 3-under and their parents or caregivers.

Admission $7.50, free for members.

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

Wednesday 7 LONGUE VUE VISITS THE LIBRARY: LIFE AROUND OUR POND. Lafitte

Library, 4917 City Park Drive, 6893354 — Longue Vue House and Gardens present discussions and activities focused on pond life held in libraries around the city. Call 488-5488 ext. 320 or email jgick@ longuevue.com. 11 a.m.

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What happens when you mix a French Quarter pub crawl with a wild Spanish display of machismo? Add the Big Easy Rollergirls and you get New Orleans’ Running of the Bulls. In sync with Pamplona’s annual rites, runners dressed in all white with red neckerchiefs gather at The Three Legged Dog (400 Conti St.) for pre-run drinks. Horned, whiffle bat-wielding rollergirls will be released upon the crowd at 8 a.m. and will pummel errant runners all the way along the route to Ernst Cafe. The frenzy included more than 3,000 people last year, and 2010 festivities have expanded into a weekend of events. The celebration kicks off 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday night with “El Txupinazo,” a pre-party at The Chicory (610 S. Peters St.) featuring tapas from local restaurants. Los Poboycitos, Javier Tobar and Dr. Gumbo’s Spanish Soundsystem headline the Fiesta de Pantalones at 12 Bar (608 Fulton St.) starting at 8 p.m. Saturday night. Sunday brings an impromptu acting competition (12:30 p.m.) using scenes from Ernest Hemingway stories and there’s a World Cup viewing party (1:30 p.m.), both at Ernst Cafe. Running with the bulls is free. Visit www.nolabulls.com for details and prices for other events. — Jennifer Kilbourne

START WITH ART. Ogden Museum

of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — Parents and children 18 months to 5 years old experience music and art in a museum setting to nurture rhythm, movement and self-expression. Call 539-9608, or email kbarron@ogdenmuseum.org for details. Admission $45 for the three-week session, $15 for each additional child; free for members.

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Thursday 8 Southern Art, 925 Camp St., 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The Ogden offers art activities for kids during the weekly After Hours concerts. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday 10 MAGIC, MAGIC & MORE MAGIC .

Children’s Castle, 501 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 468-7231 — Magic entertainer Glen Ghirardi performs.

Admission $5. 11:30 a.m.

SIMON KIDGITS CLUB: AROUND THE WORLD. The Esplanade, 1401 W.

Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 465-2161; www.shoptheesplanade.com — Interactive activities and games teach participants about different continents. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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market features fresh produce, kettle corn, Green Plate specials and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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

DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE . Tulane-Lakeside

Hospital, 4700 South I-10 Service Road West, Metairie — The peer support group meets the first and third Tuesdays of every month.

Visit www.dbsaneworleans.org for details. 7:30 p.m.

DIVORCE AND BEYOND. Counseling

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

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ROAD HOME ASSISTANCE .

Community Center of St. Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St., Arabi, 281-2512 — Representatives are available at the center to assist homeowners with questions and concerns. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.

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CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Broadway Street Market, 200 Broadway St., 861-5898; www. marketumbrella.org — The weekly

COVINGTON FARMERS MARKET. Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 — The market offers fresh

local goods every week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday.

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.

GAMBIT HAPPY HOUR AT RALPH’S ON THE PARK . Ralph’s on the Park,

900 City Park Ave., 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Gambit celebrates its mobile app with a happy hour featuring drink specials, hors d’oeuvres and door prizes from Tales of the Cocktail.

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP. East

Jefferson General Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 454-4000; www.ejgh.org — The American Cancer Society sponsors a group for those who have experienced the death of a loved one. Call 4565000 for details. 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

INFANCY TO INDEPENDENCE . St.

Matthew/Central United Church of Christ, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 861-8196; www.stmatthew-nola.

LGBT YOUTH PEER SUPPORT GROUP. LGBT Community Center of New Orleans, 2114 Decatur St., www. lgbtccno.org — The center provides a support group for 18- to 24-yearolds dealing with the struggles of coming out, sexuality, family and relationships. Email programs@ lgbtccno.org for details. 7 p.m.

Wednesday. First Wednesday of every month.

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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 528-1944 ext.

229 for details. 12 p.m.

MEET MITCHELL GAUDET. New

Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www.noma.org — Guests have the opportunity meet the glass artisan and owner of New Orleans’ Studio Inferno in the Museum Shop. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS PERSONAL COMPUTER CLUB MEETING .

Harahan Senior Center, 100 Elodie St., 737-3810 — WWL meteorologist Derek Kevra presents the program “Hurricane Prep Using the Latest Technology.” Visit www.nopc.org for details. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

START THE ADVENTURE IN READING SUMMER WORKDAY. St. Charles

Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1545 State St. — Participants prepare materials needed for the next school year, learn more about STAIR and exchange ideas about tutoring.

Call 899-0820 for details. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

TALENT SHOWCASE . Le Roux, 1700 Louisiana Ave. — Masse Media Consulting, KMP and Men of Business host a weekly “You’ve Got Talent” showcase open to all poets, singers, dancers and others. Call 899-4512 for details. General admission $10, performers $5. 9 p.m. to midnight.

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT JW MARRIOTT. JW Marriott New

Orleans, 614 Canal St., Suite 4, 5256500; www.marriott.com — The hotel showcases local music and art with spirit tastings and hors d’oeuvres. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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

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

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

Thursday 8 ALVAR CHESS. Alvar Library, 913

Alvar St., 596-2667 — Library guests can play chess with expert player Bernard Parun Jr. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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CHANGES. Hey! Cafe, 4332

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

FRESH MARKET. Circle Food

Store, 1522 St. Bernard Ave. — The Downtown Neighborhood Market Consortium market features fresh produce, dairy, seafood, baked goods and more. EBT and WIC accepted. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Center (Outpatient Diagnostic & Therapy Center), 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 464-8506 — The program topic is “Keeping Your Cool from Perimenopause to Menopause.” Pre-registration is recommended. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

IRON RAIL LADIES’ NIGHT.

The Iron Rail, 511 Marigny St., 948-0963; www.ironrail.org — Iron Rail offers a weekly creative space for women.

Email ladiesnight.ironrail@ gmail.com for details. 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

701 Chartres St., 523-3939; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — The program topic is “A House Divided: The Evolution of the Louisiana Superdome from a Divisive Concept into a Symbol of New Orleans and the Surrounding Areas.” 6 p.m.

SISTAHS MAKING A CHANGE .

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

Thursday and Monday.

The Museum’s popular new entertainers will take you on a nostalgic journey through 1940s musical classics with spirited renditions of such hits as Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, I’ll be Seeing You and a rousing patriotic finale!

The High Ground Drifters July 16-17-18

$45 $30 $55

5290 Canal Blvd., 482-5775; www.fbcno.org — The church hosts “I Can Cope,” a series of educational classes for people facing cancer. Call 957-5226 for information. 6:30 p.m.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM SECOND THURSDAYS. Cabildo,

The Victory Belles & The Victory Six! July 9-10-11

Friday and Saturday evenings John Besh’s All-American Buffet @ 6pm; Show @ 7:30pm: Show only Sunday Brunch Matinée @ 11am; Show @ 1pm:

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BROAD STREET BAZAAR .

300 N. Broad St., corner of Bienville Street — The monthly market features health screenings, jewelry, food vendors and more. Call 561-7495 or visit www.broadcommunityconnections.org for details.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Magazine Street

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

EAGLE WATCH . Fontainebleau

State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, (888) 677-3668 — A park ranger leads a viewing of the park’s eagle nest. 3 p.m.

ERACE NEW ORLEANS MEETING . J. Singleton School,

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

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48 HOUR FILM PROJECT NETWORKING RECEPTION .

GERMAN COAST FARMERS MARKET. Ormond Plantation,

3 Ring Circus’ The Big Top Gallery, 1638 Clio St., 5692700; www.3rcp.com — The filmmaking competition hosts a reception to connect project participants.

Visit www.48hourfilm.com/ neworleans for details. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

FABERGE WALK THROUGH .

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BASTILLE DAY BLOCK PARTY. Faubourg St. John, (3100 block of Ponce de Leon Street between Esplanade Avenue and North Lopez Streets) — The party includes food, live music and a children’s activity table. Call 913-9073 or email rwt1@fairgrinds.com for details. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Southern Food & Beverage Museum, Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www. southernfood.org — The gelato purveyor demonstrates how to make the Italian ice cream at home. Admission $10, free for members. 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www.noma. org — The NOMA staff leads a walk through the museum’s extensive Faberge egg collection. Noon.

Magazine Street at Poeyfarre H 504-528-1943 H www.stagedoorcanteen.org

www.howlin-wolf.com — The fundraiser for Adopt a Unit, which benefits U.S. military troops serving oversees, features burlesque dancers, live music and a silent auction.

Visit www.adoptaunit.org for details. Admission $15, $10 in advance. 7 p.m.

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

GRETNA FARMERS MARKET.

Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, 362-8661 — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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AUCTION . Deutsches Haus,

200 S. Galvez St., 522-8014; www.deutscheshaus.org — Guests can meet the 2010 Oktoberfest parade Grand Marshal and sign up for the parade. Admission $20, $10 children 12 and under (includes dinner). 7 p.m.

HANDCRAFTED SHOPPING PARTY. The Skin Studio, 725

Joseph St., 717-4466; www. skinstudioneworleans.com — Skin Studios celebrates its new location with a shopping party featuring products by Miss Malaprop. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

NATURE: A CLOSER LOOK .

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

ORTHO EXPO FOR ADULT ATHLETES. Touro Infirmary,

1401 Foucher St. — The program includes interactive seminars about common types of exercise- and sportsrelated injuries and how to prevent and treat them. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

PET ADOPTIONS. Jefferson

Feed, Pet & Garden Center, 4421 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson — LA/SPCA volunteers are on hand to facilitate pet adoptions. Visit www.la-spca.org for details. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

RHINO 23RD BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA . Rhino

Contemporary Crafts Company, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts. com — The event includes a children’s art workshop, followed by a birthday celebration with refreshments and meet-the-artist events. Art workshop 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., celebration at 2 p.m.

RUNNING OF THE BULLS.

French Quarter, 300-700 blocks of Royal Street — The event pays homage to the Encierro of Pamplona, Spain, and the “bulls” are Big Easy Rollergirls and participants from roller derby leagues across the country. Visit www. nolabulls.com for details. 8 a.m.

ST. CLAUDE SANKOFA MARKETPLACE. Sankofa

Marketplace, St. Claude and Caffin avenues — The monthly market features health screenings, children’s activities, a farmers market, art, live music and more. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SURVIVOR SERIES. Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — The program covers basic survival skills including foraging for food, starting fires and constructing shelters. 11 a.m.

TRESTLEFEST ARTMART. Dixie Art Supplies, 5005 Bloomfield St., 733-6503; www.dixieart. com — The monthly indoor art market features art ven-

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

WRITING WORKSHOP. United

Teachers of New Orleans, 4718 Paris Ave., 304-2160; www. utno.org — Students at the Center, Andover Bread Loaf Writing Workshop and United Teachers of New Orleans offer a free monthly writing workshop for New Orleans public school teachers. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

YOGA IN THE GARDEN .

Besthoff Sculpture Garden, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, 4882631; www.noma.org — The East Jefferson Wellness Center hosts a yoga session.

Admission $5, free for NOMA and Wellness Center members. 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.

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Lyceum, 618 City Park Ave., 460-9049; www.lyceumproject.com — The nonreligious, holistic discussion group focuses on human behavior with the goal of finding fulfillment and enlightenment. Call 368-9770 for details. Free. 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

LOUISIANA BOOKS 2 PRISONERS WORKNIGHT.

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

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

NEEDLE JUNKIES. 3 Ring Circus’

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

Monday 12 COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE MEETING: 2ND & 3RD DISTRICTS. Dryades

YMCA, 1746 Jackson Ave., 522-8811; www.dryadesymca. com — The meeting explains and seeks feedback on the zoning principles to be used

FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS WORKSHOP. Marrero

Community Center, 1425 Marrero Road, 349-5454 — The program discusses financial fitness and other pertinent information for first-time homebuyers. Call 736-6159 for details. 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

TECHNOLOGY ROAD SHOW.

Cox Communications, 2121 Airline Drive, Metairie — The event educates and creates greater awareness of the technology initiatives going on in Louisiana through presentations by state businesses. Call 304-2911 or email at mlewis@ ltc-la.org for details. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Call for appliCations CENTER FOR CULTURAL INTERCHANGE . The center

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

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

Application deadline is Aug. 31.

FINS AND GRINS PHOTO CONTEST. The Audubon

Aquarium of the Americas holds a contest to find the best pictures of aquarium exhibits and visitors. Visit www.audubonInstitute.org for details. Submissions deadline is July 31.

FLO WOODARD MEMORIAL BARTENDING SCHOLARSHIP.

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

LOUISIANA YEAR OF THE SONG 2010 SONG CONTEST.

The contest winner wins a two-day writing session with songwriter Jim McCormick.

Visit www.nosongfest.com/ song+contest for details.

Application deadline is Oct. 15.

NEW ORLEANS TRADITIONAL JAZZ CAMP. The summer

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

YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST. The

New Orleans Public Library system accepts essays answering the questions, “How do I feel about New Orleans in 2010? Where are we now and where are are we going?” Winners will travel to Vero Beach, Fla.

with City Council President Arnie Fielkow for an educational and recreational trip.

Applications available at New Orleans public libraries.

Submission deadline is July 16.

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513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The author signs Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green from Traditional Japan. 6 p.m.

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DREW BREES. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135 — The New Orleans Saints quarterback signs Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity. 9 a.m. Saturday.

IMAGES OF AMERICA . Maple

Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — The authors of AfricanAmericans of New Orleans and Brothers of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans sign their books from the series. 1 p.m.

Saturday.

KEVIN SAMPSELL . Maple Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The author signs A Common Pornography.

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MAPLE STREET BOOK SHOP BOOK CLUB. Maple Street

Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The group discusses Colin Thurbin’s Shadow of the Silk Road. 6 p.m.

Tuesday.

O’NEIL DE NOUX . Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — The author signs and reads from Indian Country Noir. 1 p.m. Saturday.

OUTLOUD! Rubyfruit Jungle, 1135 Decatur St., 571-1863; www.rubyfruit-jungle.com — AR Productions presents a weekly spoken-word and music event. Admission $5. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The group discusses George Effinger’s When Gravity Fails. 10:30 a.m.

Saturday.

WALLACE STEVENS GROUP. New Orleans Lyceum, 618 City Park Ave., 460-9049; www. lyceumproject.com — The group meets every other Sunday to discuss the poet’s works. Call 460-9049 for details. 10 a.m.

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“The chips with sauce is what you’d find back home in Ireland at Chinese restaurants open late, the places catering to people leaving the pubs,” Stephen says.

On some game days, the kitchen serves Irish sausage rolls or Scotch eggs, which are hard-boiled, wrapped in sausage and fried for a treatment any Cajun would respect. And every day during competition, Pauline Patterson devises a lunch special based on traditions from one nation represented on that afternoon’s schedule.

“I try to guess which nation will have the most followers turning up and that’s the nation we honor with our special,” she says.

When Honduras played, the special was picadillo, a peppery beef dish with beans and rice. The Italian team inspired pasta bolognese and England’s appearance against Algeria led to a roast beef dinner with Yorkshire puddings, those eggy popovers so essential to a traditional British roast. African beef stew, German sausages and American sloppy Joes have all made appearances.

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s the World Cup has rolled along, Finn McCool’s Irish Pub has become a local clubhouse for international sport, as fans fill the place with their national colors and native tongues.

All the while, the Mid-City pub has been catering to the polyglot crowd with an exhibition of international eats.

“We committed to show every game of the World Cup, and the food part of it really started because those first morning games came on so early,” says Pauline Patterson, a Belfast native who owns Finn McCool’s with her husband Stephen and their partner Stevie Collins. “We didn’t want people starting to drink without food in their stomachs.”

Their answer was to serve the Belfast bap, a sandwich packed with lean Irish bacon, narrow links of light-colored Irish sausage, fried eggs, cheddar and white and black pudding, two types of traditional Irish pork sausage. White pudding is a bit like Louisiana boudin, with oatmeal in place of rice, and black pudding gets its robust flavor and tarry color from pork blood mixed with cinnamon and tiny bits of gristle, lending extra texture.

These baps are essentially hand-held versions of the Ulster fry, a classic excess of traditional Irish cookery that calls for all items to be fried in lard and piled on the plate. But Patterson lightens it by grilling the meats, and vegetarians can get Bombay baps with egg, cheese and Patterson’s chunky vegetable curry.

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

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

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

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

THE RIVERSHACK TAVERN — 3449

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

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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

Credit cards. $$

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

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

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

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

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

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

PARKVIEW CAFE AT CITY PARK —

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

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

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

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

Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $

THE RUBY SLIPPER CAFE — 139

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

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

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

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

A small menu includes creative sandwiches, salads and specials.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/ DESSERT ANTOINE’S ANNEX — 513 Royal St., 581-4422; www.antoines.com —

The Royal Street salad features baby spinach and mixed lettuces with carrots, red onion, red peppers, grapes, olives, walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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ans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 887-5656 — Ben ’n Jerry’s offers ice creams in signature flavors, ice cream cakes, frozen drinks, smoothies and sundaes. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

Blvd., Kenner, 441-5600; 4150 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson, 833-9349; 6633 Airline Drive, Metairie, 7340301; 10701 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, 738-9678; 12179 Hwy. 90, Luling, (985) 785-6836 — Burgers, eggs with bacon, grits and biscuits, fruit pies and daily specials are the pillars of Dot’s menu. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $

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SAL’S SNO-BALL STAND — 1823

Metairie Road, Metairie, 666-1823 — Enjoy something cold and sweet from this 50-year-old business, which offers an assortment of flavored sno-balls, soft-serve ice cream, malts, banana splits or ice cream cones dipped in chocolate. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Cash only. $

CREOLE ANTOINE’S RESTAURANT — 713 St.

Louis St., 581-4422; www.antoines. com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms.

Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ AUSTIN’S RESTAURANT — 5101 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s cooks hearty Creole and Italian dishes like stuffed soft-shell crab and veal Austin, which is crowned with crabmeat. No reservations.

Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

GUMBO SHOP — 640 St. Peter

St., 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. $

LE CITRON BISTRO — 1539 Religious St., 566-9051; www.le-citronbistro. com — The quaint bistro serves starters like chicken and andouille gumbo and fried frogs legs.

Entrees include choices like fried chicken, Gulf fish and burgers.

Reservations accepted. Dinner Wed.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ MR. ED’S CREOLE GRILLE— 5241

Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 889-7992; www.mredsno.com — Mr. Ed’s offers seafood dishes and some Italian accents. Try shrimp beignets with sweet chili glaze or creamy blue crab dip. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

MONTREL’S BISTRO — 1000 N. Peters St., 524-4747 — The menu includes crawfish etouffee, boiled crawfish, red beans and rice and bread pudding for dessert. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

DELI MARTIN WINE CELLAR — 714 Elmeer

Ave., Metairie , 896-7350; www. martinwine.com — Sandwiches, salads, soups and lunch specials are available at the deli, including the Cedric: chicken breast, spinach,

DINER DOT’S DINER — 2239 Willliams

STEVE’S DINER — 201 St. Charles Ave., 522-8198 — Steve’s serves hot breakfasts until 10 a.m. Lunch features sandwiches, salads and hot plate lunches. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.Fri. Credit cards. $

FRENCH MARTINIQUE BISTRO — 5908

Magazine St., 891-8495; www. martiniquebistro.com — Try 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. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $

INDIAN JULIE’S LITTLE INDIA KITCHEN AT SCHIRO’S — 2483 Royal St., 944-

6666; www.schiroscafe.com — Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or 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, 8366859 — The 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. $$

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

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

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BACCO — 310 Chartres St., 522-

2426; www.bacco.com — Bacco blends Italian and contemporary Creole cuisine. Chef Chris Montero artfully prepares homemade pastas and fresh seafood, including lobster and shrimp ravioli. Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

CAFE DIBLASI — 1801 Stumpf Blvd.,

Gretna, 361-3106; www.cafediblasi.com — For casual Italian dining, head to Cafe DiBlasi for pan-fried veal topped with lump crabmeat and lemon cream sauce or a traditional veal shank osso buco served with rich brown sauce.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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TAURANT — 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie, 455-2266 — This Italianstyle eatery serves New Orleans favorites like stuffed crabs with jumbo lump crabmeat with spaghetti bordelaise and trout meuniere with brabant potatoes. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ TONY MANDINA’S RESTAURANT — 1915 Pratt St., Gretna, 362-2010;

www.tonymandinas.com — Tony Mandina’s serves Italian and Creole cuisine. Dishes include pasta, veal parmigiana, veal Bordelasie and specialties like shrimp Mandina and battered eggplant topped with shrimp and crabmeat in cream sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE KYOTO — 4920 Prytania St., 8913644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads.

“Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

MIYAKO JAPANESE SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE — 1403 St. Charles

Ave., 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

ROCK-N-SAKE — 823 Fulton St., 581-

7253; www.rocknsake.com — Rockn-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists.

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

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

5252 — Enjoy Latin home cook-

LOUISIANA CON— TEMPORARY ATCHAFALAYA RESTAURANT —

901 Louisiana Ave., 891-9626; www.cafeatchafalaya.com — Atchafalaya serves creative contemporary Creole cooking.

Shrimp and grits feature head-on Gulf shrimp in a smoked tomato and andouille broth over creamy grits. There’s a Bloody Mary bar at brunch. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ BOMBAY CLUB — 830 Conti St., 586-0972; www.thebombayclub. com — Mull the menu at this French Quarter hideaway while sipping a well made martini. The duck duet pairs confit leg with pepper-seared breast with black currant reduction. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

MILA — 817 Common St., 412-2580; www.milaneworleans.com — MiLA takes a fresh approach to Southern and New Orleans cooking, focusing on local produce and refined techniques. Try New Orleans barbecue lobster with lemon confit and fresh thyme. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.Fri. dinner Mon.-Sat. $$$ RALPH’S ON THE PARK — 900

City Park Ave., 488-1000; www. ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include baked oysters Ralph, turtle soup and the Niman Ranch New York strip. There also are brunch specials. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ 752 Tchoupitoulas St., 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

TOMMY’S WINE BAR —

MEDITERRA— NEAN/MIDDLE EASTERN ATTIKI BAR & GRILL — 230 Decatur St., 587-3756; www.attikineworleans.com — Attiki features a range of Mediterranean cuisine including entrees of beef kebabs and chicken shawarma. Reservations recommended. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ PYRAMIDS CAFE — 3151 Calhoun

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

Credit cards. $$

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

Magazine St., 595-3211; www. maggieritas.com — Mexican fa-

vorites include sizzling fajita platters, quesdillas, enchiladas and a menu of margaritas. There also are Latin American dishes, paella and fried ice cream for dessert.

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

COUNTRY FLAME — 620 Iberville St., 522-1138 — Country Flame serves a mix of popular Mexican and Cuban dishes. Come in for fajitas, pressed Cuban sandwiches made with hickory-smoked pork and char-broiled steaks or pork chops. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ JUAN’S FLYING BURRITO — 2018

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

NACHO MAMA’S MEXICAN GRILL — 3242 Magazine St., 899-0031;

1000 S. Clearview Pkwy., Harahan, 736-1188; www.nachomamasmexicangrill.com — These taquerias serve Mexican favorites such as portobello mushroom fajitas and chile rellenos. There are happy hour margaritas on weekdays and daily drink specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

SANTE FE — 3201 Esplanade Ave.,

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

Credit cards. $$ TOMATILLO’S — 437 Esplanade

Ave., 945-9997 — Enjoy combinations like Tomatillo’s Fiesta, which includes a taco, tamale and enchilada served with rice and beans. There are many margarita options. No reservations.

Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$

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GAZEBO CAFE — 1018 Decatur St.,

525-8899; www.gazebocafenola. com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

HOUSE OF BLUES — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/ neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

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tur St., 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on poboy bread and gyros in pita bread.

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

SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — 626 Frenchmen St., 949-0696; www. snugjazz.com — Traditional Creole and Cajun fare pepper the menu along with newer cre-

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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. $$

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NEIGHBORHOOD GOTT GOURMET CAFE — 3100

Magazine St., 373-6579; www. gottgourmetcafe.com — The cochon de lait po-boy made with pulled pork, homecooked Dr. Pepper-honey-baked ham, pickles, Gruyere cheese, ancho-honey coleslaw and honey mustard-chile mayo. No reservations. Breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Fri. Credit cards. $

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3636 Bienville St., 482-9120; www. liuzzas.com — The Frenchuletta at this casual neighborhood restaurant is a muffuletta on French bread served hot. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$

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W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 4633030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, 838-0022 — Popular dishes include seafood-stuffed bell peppers loaded with shrimp, crawfish and crabmeat. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

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832-8032; www.marktwainspizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

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Gourmet pies are topped with ingredients like pancetta, roasted eggplant, portobello mushrooms and prosciutto. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

POMPEII PIZZERIA — 1068 Magazine St., 708-4213; www.pompeiipizzeria.com — The barbecue bacon cheeseburger pizza features ground beef, applewood-smoked bacon, onions and smoky barbecue sauce. The Beaurantula is a Philly cheese steak loaded with vegetables and ranch dressing.

Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.Mon. Credit cards. $

REGINELLI’S — 741 State St., 8991414; 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. $ R&O’S RESTAURANT — 216 Old

Hammond Hwy., 831-1248 — R&O’s offers a mix of pizza and Creole and Italian seafood dishes.

There’s everything from seafood gumbo and stuffed artichokes to po-boys and muffulettas. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $

SLICE RESTAURANT — 1513 St. Charles Ave., 525-7437 — Neapolitan-style pizza rules, but you can buy pizza by the slice and add or

subtract toppings as you choose.

There are also a full coffee bar, Italian sodas and organic teas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ THEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA — 4218 Magazine St., 894-8554;

4024 Canal St., 302-1133; www. theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies or build your own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings.

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

WIT’S INN — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, subs, salads and more.

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

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

Magazine St., 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys, breakfast burritos in the morning or daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $

MAHONY’S PO-BOY SHOP — 3454

Magazine St., 899-3374; www. mahonyspoboys.com — The Peacemaker po-boy is filled with fried oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese. 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. $

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SOUL WILLIE MAE’S SCOTCH HOUSE —

2401 St. Ann St., 822-9503 — Willie Mae Seaton’s landmark restaurant is run by her granddaughter and serves her renowned fried chicken. There are also changing daily specials. No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Sat. Cash only. $$

STEAKHOUSE RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE — 3633

Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 888-3600; www.ruthschris.com — Ruth’s top-quality steaks are broiled in 1,800-degree ovens and arrive at the table sizzling.

Reservations recommended.

Lunch Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH GALVEZ RESTAURANT — 914 N.

Peters St., 595-3400; www.galvezrestaurant.com — Located at the former site of Bella Luna, Galvez offers tapas, paella and a Spanishaccented bouillabaisse. Besides seafood, entrees include grilled Black Angus sirloin and roasted chicken. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

MIMI’S IN THE MARIGNY — 2601 Royal St., 872-9868 — The decadant Mushroom Manchego Toast is a favorite here. Or enjoy hot and cold tapas dishes ranging from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

VIETNAMESE AUGUST MOON — 3635 Prytania

St., 899-5129; www.moonnola. com — August Moon serves a mix of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine. There are spring rolls and pho soup as well as many popular Chinese dishes and vegetarian options. Delivery available.

No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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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. Tobasco and Steen’s Cane Syrup glazed salmon is served with shrimp mirliton ragout.

Reservations recommended.

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PHO NOLA — 3320 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, 941-7690; www.pho-nola.com — Pho NOLA serves spring rolls and egg rolls, noodle soups, rice and vermicelli dishes and po-boys. Beverages include boba teas, milk teas, coffee drinks and smoothies. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

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Auction: July 10th 11 AM Held Onsite (3,200 sf.)

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High end 1-4BR. Near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750$1200/mo. 504-362-7487

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FrenCh Quarter/ FauBOurg Marigny 514 MADISON St/ $1000

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504-949-5400 1204 Chartres #9 1/1.5 926 Port 2/1 1205 St Charles Studio 830 St Philip “G” 1/1 735 Esplanade “6” 1/1 1022 Toulouse “BC22’ 2/2 829 Ursulines #1 1/1 829 Ursulines #5 1/1 833 Ursulines #4 1/1 833 Ursulines #6 1/1 448 Julia Unit #219 1/1 718 Barracks 1/1 528 Gov Nicholls 1/1 739 ½ Gov Nicholls 1/1 3607 Magazine 1704 Napoleon 1/1 814 Orleans 1/1 210 Chartres “3E” 2/1 921 Chartres #9 2/1.5 712 St. Philip 1/1 1720 Second 2/2 1028 Kelerec #1 1/1 1028 Kelerec #2 1/1 1028 Kelerec #3 1/1 1229 Royal 2/1.5

FQ,loft bd,great loc,hi ceil,ctyd $975 half double,ss app,ctyd,pets ok $1200 St. car Line, Pool, Pkng, Gym $850 Hi Ceils,Lg Balc,Prkng,Exc Loc $1995 Hdwd Flrs, Ctyd, Exc Loc $850 Pkng,Pvt Balcs,Ingnd Pool $2200 furnished w/wifi, tile floors $950 Lotsofwindows,newcarpet,crtyrd$1050 tile floors,courtyard,525 sqft $800 Upperrearunit,newcarpet,600sqft$1000 furn,Utils Cable/WiFi included $1950 Carriage house w/Priv Pool&Ctyd.$1800 carriage house w/ crtyrd $1025 Util included, furn., great loc! $950 Commerical, 750 sqft $2000 spacious, hi ceils, 2 small side balcs $800 new kitch&bath,great location $1500 Fully furnished apt.w/d on site $1450 condoindesirableblock,HUGEcrtyrd!$1700 Grndflraptw/beautcommoncrtyrd!$1700 parking,big kitch,big back yard $1300 nice lay out,great loc,water paid $950 wd flrs, central air, water paid $950 d/w, great loc, water paid $950 street balc,prkng,prime loc $1800

FURNISHED CORPORATE UPSCALE SPACIOUS 2 & 3 BEDROOM CONDOS. SECURED PARKING, GYM, POOL, INTERNET. ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED. New Orleans-Algiers Point river front! Convenient to everything.

The longer the stay, the better the deal. Multiple rental discounts. Minimum term is one month.

W/D, alarm syst, high ceils, exp. brick, balcs & priv rooftop decks.

504.949.5400

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RENTALS 1418 Chartres studio $650 210 Chartres 3d 1/1 $850 1233 esplanade #4 2/1 $900 1908 dauphine #2 2/1 $925 1022 st peter #203 1/1 $995 210 Chartres #3e 2/1 $1500

Large storage closets, Direct tv. Wide screen tv!

King size master bed bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms.

Extra queen sofa bed in living room. All you need is your bag! Completely corporate furnished!

Friendly active neighborhood. 3 minute walk to free Algiers Point ferry which takes 8 scenic minutes landing at Canal St. At Harrah's casino/ French Quarter and Central Business District.

FROM $2500/MO! A DEAL FOR 1700 SQ. FT!

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Renov, cute 3 br, 2 ba, liv, eat-in kit,w/ gas appls & granite, alarm, drive.

Grady Harper Inc, 861-4551.

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