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TUE. OCT. 25 | Humorist David Sedaris’ (Me Talk Pretty One Day, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls) next book is Theft by Finding, based on the diary he has kept since 1977.

Fans can hear his short works and observations at 7:30 p.m. at Orpheum Theater.

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The Illusionists TUE.-SUN. OCT. 25-30 | The touring version of the Broadway show features an array of contemporary magicians performing macabre stunts, escapes, illusions, crossbow shooting stunts, mind reading games and more. At Saenger Theatre.

The Music Box musical architecture venue and art space opens in Bywater

The Head and the Heart WED. OCT. 26 | The former Seattle buskers are in the midst of a breakout 2016: parodying a bratty upstart band on Cameron Crowe’s Showtime pilot Roadies and issuing the major-label debut Signs of Light (Warner Bros.). Declan McKenna opens at 8 p.m. at Civic Theatre.

BY ALEX WOODWARD @ALEXWOODWARD ON NORTH RAMPART STREET NEAR THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL, in a not-so-former

metal fabrication warehouse, artists turned thousands of square feet into a music workshop. The New Orleans Airlift’s Music Box — the ambitious musical architecture and art and music project that sprouted from a lot in Bywater in 2011 and has popped up in New Orleans City Park and around the U.S. — will open its permanent home and workshop this month.

Next to the warehouse is the “forest” village itself, an interactive art installation filled with pieces of musical architecture — playable houses, essentially — acting as an interactive music venue and host to performance art pieces and events.

“It’s a pretty dreamy location,” says New Orleans Airlift Director Delaney Martin. “We feel really blessed to be here and working there.”

In 2011, Airlift organizers and artists built the foundation of the Music Box on Piety Street, where the Shantytown Sound Laboratory opened as a sort of jungle gym for experimental sounds, with Quintron, Thurston Moore, Andrew W.K. and many other artists participating in “orchestras” conducted among playground structures built as miniature, musical houses — creaky piano floorboards, theremin wind machines, bathtub bass, subterranean subwoofers and endless percussion.

Last year’s Roving Village installation at City Park introduced the structures (and some new ones) to open spaces.

But Airlift always planned to bring the Music Box to a permanent home, finally opening this fall. The warehouse was sold virtually as is, and its cranes, welding tools, piles of steel, industrial hole punchers and even a truck from the previous MetFab business now are used to help build musical superstructures for the Music Box

The Jayhawks

fleet. Its inaugural lineup’s diverse range of performances offers glimpses of the Music Box’s capabilities.

“Now that we’re permanent,” Martin says. “We can try all sorts of different programming.”

“Christening the space,” Martin says, is an intimate performance from TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone with Okolona Is Adriana and Erin Durant at 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 28. Tickets are $8.

On Monday, Oct. 31, guerilla theater artists Crunch Town present Nightmare on Grunch Street! A Haunting of the Music Box, a “living” play with an immersive, interactive performance based on the legend of the grunch, a sort of Louisiana-centric chupacabra swamp monster. There’s trick-ortreating from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed

by The Live Monster Musical House Band at 7 p.m. Tickets are $13 general admission; $8 for children under 12.

For its grand opening performances (6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.FridaySaturday, Nov. 4-5), the Music Box hosts New Orleans artist Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, who leads a “tour of Creole diaspora” music alongside L’Union Creole with Dede SaintPrix and Seguenon Kone. Tickets are $25 in advance.

Tank and the Bangas performs Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18-19, and Lost Bayou Ramblers and Rickie Lee Jones and Spider Stacy perform Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2-3.

Music Box Village cofounder Delaney Martin (right) with daughter Odessa Shepherd at the art and music installation’s home.

FRI. OCT. 28 | The band’s ninth album, April’s Paging Mr. Proust, is the second following a mid-2000s reunion and a winding path from the band’s alt-country roots into confidently colorful songwriting. Walls of sound and heavenly harmonies on “Quiet Corners and Empty Spaces” glimpse the band as a Peter Buck-produced electric light orchestra. At 9 p.m. at Tipitina’s.

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OCT. 28 KYP MALONE, OKOLONA IS ADRIANA AND ERIN DURANT 7 P.M. FRIDAY THE MUSIC BOX VILLAGE 4557 N. RAMPART ST.; WWW.MUSICBOXVILLAGE.COM

In tandem with the 100th anniversary of the Dada movement, theatrical gypsy-punk rock band Gogol Bordello will use the Music Box to celebrate Dadaism on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9-10. Bandleader Eugene Hutz encourages attendees to wear Dada-themed costumes. “He decided our houses have a surrealism to them,” Martin says. “It speaks to his world strongly.”

Public hours typically are noon-5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday when there are no performances. Check the schedule for opening hours.

DJ ?uestlove with DJ Soul Sister SAT. OCT. 29 | For The Roots’ drummer and The Tonight Show bandleader’s 45th birthday in January, his Okayplayer TV channel animated a story about (among other things) getting pool-sharked

by Prince. This wee-hours Voodoo after-party will be like that, minus the cartoons, plus dancing. DJ Soul Sister opens at 1 a.m. at Tipitina’s.

New Orleans Community Print Shop Halloween cover show SAT. OCT. 29 | For the print shop’s annual benefit, bands assemble for one-night only tongue-in-cheek performances as The Get Up Kids, Linkin Park, Rudimentary Peni, Alice Cooper, King Crimson, The Offspring, Strawberry Switchblade, Suicide and Death From Above 1979. At 8 p.m. at AllWays Lounge.

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1. LONDON CALLING

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Regional officials joined executives from British Airways last week in announcing nonstop flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport — the first nonstop flight from New Orleans to Europe since 1982, according to Michael Hecht, president of Greater New Orleans Inc. The airline will fly a Boeing 787800 Dreamliner with 214 seats and wil offer four flights a week (each way) beginning March 27, 2017.

British Airways immediately began making reservations after the Oct. 20 announcement. A check of the airline’s website found nonstop economy flights from New Orleans to Heathrow going for $477 each way in March.

2. Quote of the week “It’s politics like the attorney general’s that drove businesses away from North Carolina.

If he continues to put his own political career ahead of the best interest of the citizens of Louisiana, he will do irreparable harm to our state.”

— Gov. John Bel Edwards in a statement, reacting to state Attorney General Jeff Landry asking a judge last week to prohibit enforcement of Edwards’ executive order ensuring state contracts include non-discrimination language relating to LGBT people. It’s the latest dustup between the two men; a court ruled earlier this month that Landry could reject some state contracts over that language.

3. Budget time The New Orleans City Council begins 2017 budget hearings this week, taking on what Mayor Mitch Landrieu calls his $614 million “fiscally prudent” budget that “focuses exactly on what the people told us to focus on.” Landrieu unveiled his budget plans Oct. 17. They include a seventh consecutive year of funding increases for the New Orleans Police

Department, with plans to hire 150 officers among other equipment needs and public safety measures. The budget also adds $3 million for street repairs and an additional $3 million for drainage updates.

The City Council holds budget hearings at 10 a.m. Oct. 26-28, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, Nov. 4, Nov. 7, and Nov. 9-11.

4. Hampton Inn, Marigny-style

Faubourg Marigny residents got a first look at renderings of a four-story Hampton Inn hotel planned for Elysian Fields Avenue — the first major hotel chain to break ground in the neighborhood. But residents are asking developers to make it look less like a chain and more in step with the character of the neighborhood.

The hotel’s introduction to the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association (FMIA) on Oct. 17 was a relatively sedate one, compared to the heated debates in 2012 among residents, the city and developer Sean Cummings, who until recently owned the property and had plans to turn it into luxury apartments in 2012. Cummings abandoned plans for the Elysio

Lofts after the New Orleans City Council denied a height variance that would have allowed Cummings to build up to 74 feet.

The Hampton Inn is shooting for a 50-foot height limit. That isn’t the only point on which the FMIA was sold: With the group’s objection to the practice of wholehome short-term rentals on websites like Airbnb, the FMIA sees a hotel in the neighborhood as a way to curb those types of rentals.

Hotel plans call for a twotone maroon and yellow stucco exterior with a living wall along the first floor of the Decatur Street side, where there also will be trees lining the sidewalks and 60 parking spaces.

Architect Francisco Alecha said the hotel plans likely will go before the New Orleans City Planning Commission and Historic District Landmarks Commission within the next few weeks.

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Affordable housing exhibit on view As chatter about Airbnb, gentrification and volatile rental markets flies fast and thick, a new exhibit at the Tulane School of Architec-

ture’s Tulane City Center/Small City Center (1725 Baronne St.) examines affordable housing issues in New Orleans.

Exhibit modules look at 125 years of national and local housing policy and define what makes housing affordable and for whom, following the stories of five fictional families at different income levels. The exhibit also breaks down measures from the national and international community, such as rent control, inclusionary zoning and land trust policies, and considers how they might affect New Orleans. The exhibit is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Jan. 27, 2017, and takes about an hour to view. Admission is free.

6. Safety dance Two days after Mayor Mitch Landrieu unveiled a 2017 municipal budget that would add 55 red light cameras to the 66 already in use across the city (all in the name of safety), Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux issued a report finding 87 percent of signalized intersections in the city did not have pedestrian crossing signals — in direct contradiction of the goals of both the Master Plan and Complete Streets ordinance, as well as the city’s Americans with Disabilities Act plan.

“Orleans Parish had more fatalities than any other parish in the state from 2013 to 2015,” Quatrevaux’s report concluded, “and more than twice the rate of pedestrian injuries than Jefferson or East Baton Rouge parishes.”

7. Duke in next televised Senate debate

The first statewide televised U.S. Senate debate was held last week, with only five of the 23 candidates making the required cut (5 percent support in a statewide poll and $1 million in their respective war chests). That will change in the next debate, set for Nov. 2. An Oct. 20 poll by Raycom Media showed white supremacist and former state Rep. David Duke getting 5.1 percent of the statewide vote, which means he will join the frontrunners on the podium. Raycom’s debate does not impose a fundraising minimum — just an independent poll showing at least 5 percent support.

The other five candidates who were at the Oct. 18 debate will return on Nov. 2. They are

U.S. Reps. Charles Boustany and John Fleming, state Treasurer John Kennedy (all three Republicans, as is Duke), Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell and attorney Caroline Fayard (both Democrats). Trailing Duke and the others in the Raycom poll was Tea Party favorite Rob Maness, who had complained — loudly — about his exclusion from the first debate. In the Raycom poll, Maness managed 3.4 percent.

8. It’s Pels time The New Orleans Pelicans open their 2016-2017 season on Wednesday, Oct. 26 against the Denver Nuggets at the Smoothie King Center, though it’s unclear whether star forward Anthony Davis will make it to the wood. Davis suffered an ankle injury during a preseason game in China.

Following last year’s disappointing season, the Pelicans are banking on Davis and a few roster changes this season, including the addition of rookie guard Buddy Hield.

9. SNL guys at UNO Former Saturday Night Live stars Adam Sandler and David Spade are bringing their comedy to UNO Lakefront Arena Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in a show called the “Here Comes the Funny Tour.” Also on the tour are Rob Schneider and Nick Swardson. Tickets are on sale now.

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Kennedy gets the Shtick State Treasurer John Neely Kennedy’s folksy phrasing (“I’d rather drink weed killer”) has become a hallmark of Louisiana’s largely dull U.S. Senate race, and the Baton Rouge satire website The Red Shtick (www.theredshtick.com) had some fun with his down-home diction. A guest column purportedly written by Kennedy began, “This race for U.S. Senate is crazier than a monkey writing a letter to Santa Claus in July. It reminds me of what my momma used to always tell me growing up in Zachary: ‘You can’t make a hog smile at itself in the mirror.’ That woman was wiser than a toad on a rocket ship.” Faux-Kennedy added, “I’m counting on the good people of this great state to realize you can’t trust a mule eating waffles to pass the syrup.”

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55 Traffic cameras expected to be added to New Orleans streetscapes in 2017 AS PART OF HIS 2017 CITY BUDGET, Mayor Mitch Landrieu plans to

nearly double the number of traffic cameras in New Orleans. There currently are 66 cameras in use at 42 locations, including 37 at school zones, 23 for red light and speeding violations and six for catching speeding cars. The new cameras include 45 fixed traffic cameras and 10 mobile cameras to be used by the New Orleans Police Department.

In an Oct. 17 statement, Landrieu Press Secretary Hayne Rainey said, “This program has helped reduce speeding citations by as much as 90 percent when cameras are present and cut red-light running citations in half.”

In the same week, the New Orleans Office of Inspector General revealed in a report that the Department of Public Works interfered with pedestrian safety through a long-standing informal policy that discouraged installing signalized intersections, relying instead on “gut calls” to determine where and what type of signals were needed at intersections.

In a statement, Rainey said the city is working to install nearly 500 pedestrian signals in the CBD, and citywide infrastructure upgrades will include curb repairs, street resurfacing, sidewalks, ADA-compliant ramps and other updates — all in line with the Complete Streets ordinance. “Without additional funding specifically for pedestrian crossing signals, however, it will be difficult to expand this program further,” he said. — ALEX WOODWARD

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Patricia Boyett, director of the Women’s Resource Center at Loyola University, received the 2016 Eudora Welty Prize for the book Right to Revolt: The Crusade for Racial Justice in Mississippi’s Central Piney Woods.

The prize is awarded

by Mississippi University for Women and the University Press of Mississippi.

Donna Dees and Susan Willis, di-

rectors of the documentary Five Awake, received the Jury Prize for Louisiana Feature at the 2016 New Orleans Film Festival. The film follows the work of five advocates for survivors of domestic violence who lobbied the Louisiana Legislature to enact stronger anti-domestic violence laws last year. The filmmakers received a $10,000 camera package sponsored by Panavision and Final Draft 9.

Elaine Davis and Dr. Pramela Ganji were

sentenced to 96 months and 72 months in prison, respectively, by U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt Oct. 19 for their roles in a $34 million Medicare fraud scheme. Davis and Ganji pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges stemming from a scheme at Christian Home Health Care, which Davis owned and where Ganji served as medical director. The two admitted using elderly and disabled Medicare patients to collect insurance payments for “home care” that wasn’t provided.

Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni has said his sexting scandal is “personal and in no way does it impact my ability to govern.” Should he step down?

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In response to “Marigny residents ask for Hampton Inn on Elysian Fields to look less like a Hampton Inn”: “Bernard Marigny would be horrified.”

— Eva Marie Campos

“So now there is an opportunity to have a pleasant building that is in the family of the neighborhood architecturally. Instead some architect objects that it would look ‘old’ or ‘fake.’ How foolish!”

— Elliot Nelson

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AFTER MONTHS OF DEBATES AND PUBLIC MEETINGS OVER SHORTTERM RENTALS (STRS), their

proliferation, and the impacts they’ve had in the city over the last several years, the New Orleans City Council passed a measure Oct. 20 — introduced by Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration — that sets up a plan for short-term rentals advertised on platforms like Airbnb and VRBO. The motion prohibits full-time whole-home short-term rentals in residential areas, but it will allow whole-home “temporary rentals” up to 90 days a year. Housing advocacy groups and residents have demanded the city prohibit all whole-home rentals. There are roughly 5,000 STRs in the New Orleans area; approximately three-quarters are entire homes and apartments.

The motion serves as a starting point to amend the city’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, the city’s massive rule book for land use through which all property manners adhere.

Under the proposal, rental owners will need a license from the Department of Safety and Permits, and all rental types will be prohibited in the French Quarter (though commercial types are allowed in the 200-700 blocks of Bourbon Street).

“Accessory rentals” allow people to rent out a room or half of a double (in a property they own and live in) full time, with a maximum of six guests. “Temporary rentals” with a maximum of five bedrooms and a maximum of four units on the property can be rented up to 90 days a year. “Commercial rentals” with a maximum of five bedrooms and up to 10 guests per unit on the property can be rented out full-time in areas zoned commercial and mixed use.

Renters also will be required to have liability insurance, pay into the city’s hotel-motel tax, and pay into the city’s Neighborhood Housing Improvement Fund (NHIF). There also will be fees for temporary and commercial rentals

that don’t have a homestead exemption. For advertising a STR without a license, penalties may include daily fines, property liens, revocation of permits and discontinuation of electric service.

Deputy Mayor of External Affairs Ryan Berni says the city has worked out a plan for Airbnb and other platforms to share their data through quarterly reports.

Opponents are skeptical, as the industry has been reluctant to share data despite similar attempts in cities across the U.S. — and the city will rely on four-month-old data in a city where STRs continue to mushroom. The companies are happy; in a statement, Airbnb spokeswoman Laura Spanjian said the company is “excited that New Orleans will be joining a growing number of cities that have recognized the economic benefits home sharing brings to residents and neighborhood businesses.”

“We will be able to use their disruptive technology to disrupt them if they don’t follow the guidance they lay out,” said Councilman At-Large Jason Williams before his vote.

In August, the New Orleans City Planning Commission produced a lengthy report with recommendations to the City Council on how to regulate STRs. The City Council deferred voting on the motion until Oct. 20 — leaving just a few days before the report’s 60-day window expired, which would have left the matter to the next administration. This was the first glimpse of Landrieu’s “compromise” package.

“Our point was: we’re not going through another startfrom-scratch process,” Berni told Gambit. He doesn’t believe the recommendations from the CPC would’ve passed as is.

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The Jefferson Parish Council casts a vote of ‘no confidence’ in Mike Yenni and a recall effort is underway.

BY KEVIN ALLMAN |

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STILL ENSNARED IN A “SEXTING” SCANDAL INVOLVING A THEN-HIGH SCHOOL BOY, Jefferson Parish

President Mike Yenni made an appearance before the Jefferson Parish Council Oct. 19 and repeatedly cast his “iniquity” in religious terms, citing his Catholic faith and his quest for redemption. Yenni did not, however, do what the council and many in the audience wanted him to do — step down as parish president — and the council cannot force him to do so.

Outside the Council Chamber, two people from the newly formed group Recall Yenni (www.recallyenni.com) gathered signatures on a petition to formally recall the parish president. Inside, several people had signs saying “Resign” and “Take a Hike Mike: Resign.”

Yenni has admitted sending “improper texts” to a 17-year-old high school senior at his Catholic alma mater, but he insists he broke no law. Under Louisiana law, the age of sexual consent is 17. Federal law, however, criminalizes sexting to a person under 18 years of age.

Meanwhile, the Archdiocese of New Orleans has banned Yenni from all Catholic schools and church gatherings where youth are involved. He likewise has been barred from his alma mater. The Jefferson Parish School Board is expected to adopt its own resolution banning him from campuses and public school functions.

In response to a WWL-TV report that the FBI was looking into the matter, Yenni paid for a commercial that ran on local news, stating, “Last summer I was old enough to know better, but I guess I was still young enough to do something stupid (Yenni was 38 at the time). I chose to send improper texts to a young man. I won’t go into details out of respect for the rights and privacy of all parties.”

Yenni said at the time that he has not been contacted by the FBI, then refused to discuss the matter further. He skipped a Jefferson Parish Council meeting earlier in the month.

Finally, at last week’s Jefferson Parish Council meeting, the em-

battled parish president addressed the council right after the Pledge of Allegiance. He made a brief statement that was long on contrition but short of what virtually every elected official in Jefferson has asked of Yenni: resigning. Citing his Catholic faith as having “guided me through this storm,” Yenni said he had “prayed longer and harder than I ever have before.”

Speaking of what he called the “immorality that once weakened me,” he added, “I never expect you or the people I disappointed to forget my iniquity. My personal life has been invaded, but I shall not let my professional life be invalidated,” Yenni said. “But now it is my job to lead our parish forward, and I humbly ask you to let me do this job.”

No one on the council replied.

RUMORS OF INDISCRETIONS RELATED TO TEXT MESSAGES have

dogged Yenni’s political career for years, beginning with his 2010 race for Kenner mayor. At that time, two high-ranking staffers in the city’s technology office resigned amid an investigation into whether Yenni’s text messages had been supplied to his opponent, Nick Congemi.

Rumors of the current sexting scandal spread among politicos last year, when Yenni ran for Jefferson Parish president. They bubbled up again earlier this year when a college freshman (the same high schooler Yenni sexted) published an online essay about his encounter with a man he called “Kevin” — whom he described as “a politician with a wife and young child.”

“Kevin,” the student wrote, “discussed the possibility of eventually meeting to sleep together,” repeatedly texted him, bought him designer underwear and kissed him in the bathroom of a local mall.

The student’s essay was a cautionary note to other young gay men. It ends with a warning: “After my own experience, I feel the need to warn other young, gay men — particularly those in relatively conservative environments — to steer clear of older men, especially

in clandestine, intimate situations.

These men abuse the immaturity and lack of experience of younger men. ... If any young men find themselves in a situation similar to mine, I urge them to consider the predatory nature of anyone sexually pursuing someone half his own age.”

At last week’s Jefferson Council meeting, the first public speaker was the only one to express support for Yenni. Pastor Aubrey Wallace of the Louisiana Coalition for Change called Yenni’s actions “sleazy” and “the lowest you can get,” but stressed God’s redemption: “All of us got flaws. I don’t think Sheriff Lee (the late Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee) would ask this man to resign, but maybe I’m wrong.”

Waggaman resident George Peterson called the flap an “international embarrassment” and added, “Mike, please. Do the right thing. Resign.”

Throughout the meeting, Yenni sat with his back to the audience.

At no time did he turn to face his accusers — or his constituents.

When public comment was over, Yenni suggested “political antagonists” were working against him as “moral police” on this issue and reeled off a list of his accomplishments in office as proof he should continue.

“I’m deeply sorry for my actions,” he concluded — still addressing the council, not those in the room.

The council cast a unanimous vote of no confidence in Yenni.

If Yenni continues to refuse to step down, the recall petition will proceed under state law, which allows 180 days to gather signatures from one-third of Jefferson’s registered voters. Meanwhile, a host of Jefferson Parish officials has called for Yenni’s resignation, including the Gretna, Westwego, Kenner and Harahan City Councils, Sheriff Newell Normand, Assessor Tom Capella, Clerk of Court Jon Gegenheimer and the Republican Party of Jefferson Parish.

clear and easy to understand so we can enforce it.”

The City Council will hear from the administration during budget hearings, which begin this week, about funding the department, which Berni anticipates will be self-sustained with permits and fees from the STRs at roughly $1 million.

Opponents frequently booed or called council members “sellouts” for what they believe is collusion with an industry that already has defied laws banning those types of rentals.

Breonne DeDecker with the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative told Gambit that “the shift of whole-home rentals solely into the temporary category at the last minute — after the community has spent years organizing and talking about a specific legalization scheme set up and put forth by City Planning — undermines the process and is so disrespectful to the community.”

District D Councilman Jared Brossett cast the only “nay” vote. “Short-term rentals are eroding our character,” he said.

“Without (requiring the owners to have a) homestead exemption, I can’t support what’s being proposed.”

Brossett criticized the “changing character” and commercialization of neighborhoods as housing costs continue to rise. New Orleans is in a housing crisis, he said, and the city has not addressed the housing taken off the market as short-term rentals increase.

Still unclear is whether the softening of the types of allowed rentals could allow mixed-use developments and commercial areas to turn over to STRs. New Orleans listings on Airbnb top hundreds of dollars a night. If STRs can operate full-time up to 90 days a year, residents fear those properties effectively are off the longterm rental market — landlords can make a killing in a week, particularly during peak tourist seasons, rather than relying on month-to-month payments.

Council members admitted they left a lot off the table.

They’ll be back to face the full ordinance in the coming weeks.

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COMMENTARY

Our endorsements EARLY VOTING STARTS THIS TUESDAY, OCT. 25 AND CONTINUES THROUGH NOV. 1 for hundreds of local, state and federal elections on the Nov. 8

ballot. Topping the ballot, of course, is the bitter presidential contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton — a race that has become so toxic that many voters can’t wait for it to end. It has divided friends, colleagues and families like no other election in memory. As a newspaper that focuses exclusively on local issues, Gambit has never endorsed in a presidential election. Like our readers, we have plenty of local and statewide races to ponder. Herewith our recommendations.

FOR U.S. SENATOR:

Boustany and Fayard THE RACE TO SUCCEED U.S. SEN. DAVID VITTER has attracted the

largest field of candidates ever to qualify for statewide office in Louisiana. While Louisiana is a conservative state, many of our readers across metro New Orleans embrace a more progressive strain of politics. In fact, many have noted that the Nov. 8 jungle primary has devolved into two virtual primaries between the two leading Democrats and the top four Republicans.

With those factors in mind, we have decided this year to make two recommendations to our readers: Congressman Charles Boustany for those who want to vote for a Republican; and attorney and business owner Caroline Fayard for those who prefer an independent or Democrat. Our reasons for endorsing each are distinct, but we believe Boustany and Fayard share one important attribute — each displays a determination not to contribute to the gridlock that has paralyzed Washington for more than a decade. Instead, both have the temperament and the courage to reach across the political aisle to build coalitions that will move our country forward.

A social and fiscal conservative, Boustany is also a realist who builds relationships that inure to the benefit of his district and state.

He voted against (and to repeal) the Affordable Care Act, but as a physician he recognizes that repeal alone is an empty promise unless something better replaces it. He says he wants to see America institute policies that increase patient choice and transparency (read: improving patient access to the actual costs of their health care), while also focusing on the doctor-patient relationship. As a leader in his party’s push to overhaul federal tax policy, Boustany proposes two or three brackets for personal income taxes, with fewer deductions but much lower rates, and a significantly lower corporate rate to end the current shell game

of companies moving income overseas.

While we don’t agree with all of Boustany’s positions, we like his real-world approach to tackling the issues that have vexed the House and Senate for too long. In some ways, he reminds us of how former Sen. John Breaux, a Democrat, often served as a moderating influence on both parties — to the benefit of the country as well as Louisiana.

An attorney in private practice who also co-owns an airline serving medium-size Southern cities, 38-year-old Fayard represents a new generation of Democratic leadership. She supports repairing rather than repealing the Affordable Care Act and would vote to increase the minimum wage to at least $10 an hour. Fayard says her Senate priorities would be health care reform, making college more affordable (or at least helping students graduate with less debt), and keeping flood insurance affordable. She also supports equal pay for women and says existing federal law doesn’t address all pay issues, particularly since Louisiana has the nation’ largest gender pay gap.

Fayard’s main Democratic rival, Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, has criticized her for her family’s past contributions to GOP candidates, but we reject the notion that people have to be ideologically “pure” to hold public office. That kind of thinking created the current gridlock in Washington.

Besides, Campbell has declined to say whether he voted for President Barack Obama (Fayard says she voted for him both times), and he refuses to say if he supports Hillary Clinton — whereas Fayard publicly supports her. We think Fayard is the better Democratic choice.

FOR CONGRESS:

Scalise, Richmond THEY DON’T RUN ON THE SAME TICKET, BUT THEY ALWAYS SERVE ON THE SAME TEAM FOR LOUISIANA. Second District Congressman

Cedric Richmond, a New Orleans Democrat, and 1st District Congressman Steve Scalise of Jefferson, the GOP’s House Majority Whip, rarely vote alike on hot-button national issues. However, these two men — whose friendship dates to their days in the Louisiana House of Representatives — could teach their colleagues a lot about building bipartisan coalitions and ending gridlock. The most recent example is the just-passed $500 million emergency flood relief appropriation for greater Baton Rouge and large swaths of Acadiana. Both men played key roles in securing the badly needed aid, and both are rising stars in their respective parties.

FOR ORLEANS SCHOOL BOARD:

Koppel, Marshall FOUR OF THE SEVEN SEATS UP FOR GRABS THIS YEAR ON THE ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD have

already been filled. Two incumbents drew no opposition and, in two other districts, candidates withdrew or were disqualified. In the three remaining races, we endorse District 6 incumbent Woody Koppel Jr. and District 7 incumbent Nolan Marshall Jr. We make no endorsement in District 4. Both Koppel and Marshall bring real-world experience to bear on the board, and both are voices of reason in the debate over local control of all public schools. We believe both men have earned another term on the board, which will regain control of state-run public schools in New Orleans in the coming years.

FOR KENNER MAYOR & COUNCIL:

Zahn & Willmott VOTERS IN KENNER WILL ELECT A NEW MAYOR AND AT-LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER in a special election

on Nov. 8. In the mayor’s race, we recommend parish Councilman Ben Zahn. He is a former Kenner City Council member who knows the issues that confront the city and the importance of maintaining relationships at the parish level — particularly as they pertain to Kenner’s infrastructure needs. In the at-large council race, we recommend attorney and state Rep. Tom Willmott. He has represented his district well in the Legislature for the past nine years, and we believe he will be a steady hand on the council. He also pledges to focus on improving drainage in Kenner’s many low-lying neighborhoods.

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Mike Yenni: a delusional suburban Caligula SO NOW IT’S THE PEOPLE VERSUS MIKE YENNI. The disgraced Jeffer-

son Parish president last week invoked God, prayer and redemption as his excuse for not resigning in the face of a sordid sexting scandal, even though more than 70 percent of his constituents and close to 100 percent of his fellow elected officials are telling him to give it up.

In the short space of a year, Yenni has gone from the youthful, energetic face of Jefferson Parish to a delusional suburban Caligula no one wants to see — anywhere.

After WWL-TV broke the story about him sexting a 17-year-old high school senior for weeks — giving the young man designer underwear, kissing him in the men’s bathroom of a shopping mall and sending him graphic texts describing sex acts he’d like to perform on him — Yenni has been barred from schools, churches and anywhere else young people gather.

He’s now gone into full-blown bunker mode. Judging by his few public pronouncements, he’s either getting really bad advice, or he’s suffering a complete break from reality. Or both.

Here’s some reality for Yenni to face: A poll conducted by Ron Faucheux for WWL-TV and The Advocate showed 72 percent of Jefferson voters would toss Yenni out of office if given the chance.

Metairie Attorney Rob Evans hopes to give voters that chance, having filed a recall petition against Yenni. Evans has less than six months to gather signatures from one-third of Jefferson’s nearly 270,000 voters. That’s a tall order, but folks in Jefferson are plenty upset at Yenni right now, and rightly so.

Here’s the question: Can voters sustain their anger long enough for 90,000 or more of them to sign the recall petition? Yenni is banking they can’t, or won’t. He thinks if he can weather the immediate storm, voters eventually will overlook (if not forgive) his perverse pursuit of someone less than half his age — and still in high school — and give him a pass. Yenni, now 40, was 38 when he began sexting the high school kid, who now is a college student.

The scandal came to light when the young man wrote an essay

warning other young gay men to avoid “predatory” older men like Yenni. Yenni responded last week by showing his true narcissistic, Machiavellian colors. He referred to the youth as “a college-bound adult” — as if to cast his 17-year-old victim as a fully formed man. Seventeen may be the age of sexual consent under state law, but federal law criminalizes sexting to people under the age of 18 — which is also the age one must be to vote or join the military.

Many are wondering why the feds haven’t moved on Yenni. WWL-TV’s David Hammer reported several times that the FBI is looking into the matter, and speculation abounds that Yenni has other victims. This much is certain: The feds don’t rush when putting together a case like this. They have a high conviction rate because they move deliberately and methodically to put together airtight cases. Yenni did them a solid when his crack PR team had him admitting in a scripted video statement that he sent “improper texts.” If other victims come forward, Yenni will be lucky if the feds merely let him resign.

Meanwhile, Yenni refuses to face the media, and last week he declined even to face the voters he claims to be serving. At the Parish Council meeting on Oct. 19, seated literally and figuratively with his back to the public, he told the parish council that his Catholic faith and his hope for redemption will carry him through.

That may be true on a spiritual level, but this is not a matter of

judging Yenni’s immortal soul.

This is a matter of holding him accountable to the body politic. To paraphrase Jesus, the question of whether Yenni should remain in office is in Caesar’s court, not God’s.

Yenni clearly won’t leave unless forced to do so, either by the feds or by the voters. To the people of Jefferson, I say: Don’t count on the feds, folks. If you want Yenni out, get off your duffs and recall him. It’s the surest way to save your parish.

A TIMELY POLITICAL GATHERING — Next Thursday, Nov. 3, the

Loyola Institute of Politics (IOP) will host its annual fundraiser from 5:30 p.m. till 7:30 p.m. at the Basin Street Station, 501 Basin St., near the French Quarter. The annual fundraiser not only benefits a great cause, but it also occurs every year at the height of campaign season.

This year there’s an additional twist: Former Campaigns & Elections Editor Ron Faucheux and I will offer commentary on the current political season — from the race for the White House to local and statewide elections.

The IOP event always attracts an A-list of local movers, shakers and politicos, and this year’s fundraiser will provide a fitting backdrop for an evening of analysis, speculation and rumors. Tickets are $75 a person, but additional donations are happily accepted. For tickets and more info, contact IOP Director Tommy Screen at (504) 864-7082 or email tscreen@loyno.edu.

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BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN™ @GambitBlake | askblake@gambitweekly.com

Hey Blake, I’ve lived in New Orleans for six years and am still mystified by the Earhart Expressway. Why are there no exits going into Mid-City or on ramps going toward Elmwood? Did the city/state run out of money?

BARBARA

Dear Barbara, The history of Earhart Expressway traces a long and winding path, much like the roadway itself. Like Earhart Boulevard which it joins, the expressway is named for Fred Earhart, a former state lawmaker, utilities commissioner and New Orleans City Council member who died in 1948.

Earhart Expressway first was proposed in the late 1950s, after regional leaders recognized the growth of the suburbs and the need for more routes in and out of Jefferson Parish. Original plans called for a six-lane expressway to stretch from the Orleans Parish line to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner. That idea was dropped when an on-ramp linked the Airport Access Road to Interstate 10.

After years of delays, construction of Earhart Expressway began

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in 1971. Because state and federal money was available only in phases, the work was done over time.

Earhart’s first phase, dedicated in 1977, connected Dickory Avenue to Clearview Parkway. In 1981, the second stretch connected Monroe Street to the Orleans-Jefferson Parish line. By 1986, the fifth and final stretch between Clearview and Cleary avenues marked the end of construction on the 4.8-mile, $52.4 million expressway.

Later studies recommended extending the project to the St. Charles Parish line, but funding ($138 million by some estimates) always was the roadblock. One state lawmaker even proposed a 25-cent toll to drive on the roadway, but that idea went nowhere. A 2007 state proposal suggested adding an interchange at Causeway Boulevard, with an estimated $48 million price tag. It remains a project only on paper for now.

BLAKEVIEW THIS WEEK WE MARK THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY

of the release of a local classic, “Ain’t Got No Home.” Clarence “Frogman” Henry’s signature song was released Oct. 27, 1956. The New Orleans native, a regular performer on Bourbon Street in his teens, wrote the song, which features his imitation of a girl, a boy and a croaking frog. It wasn’t expected to do much, with most radio stations instead playing the record’s A-side, “Troubles, Troubles.” Henry later told the Rockabilly Hall of Fame that local disc jockey Poppa Stoppa began playing “Ain’t Got No Home” instead, to the delight of listeners. “They didn’t know the title of the song or who was singing it so they said, ‘Play the frog song by the FrogPH OTO BY G R EG M I LE S man!’” Henry had a new nickname and a hit on his hands. He even toured with the Beatles, opening at their 1964 concert in New Orleans City Park. Now 79 years old, Henry’s songs, including “But I Do” and “You Always Hurt the One You Love,” have been featured in movies and on TV. He still performs often in New Orleans and on the road.

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SURPRSINGLY, ST. CHARLES VISION (citywide; www.

stcharlesvision.com) is not named after St. Charles Avenue, where its flagship store is located.

Founding optometrist Dr. Charles Glaser began his independent practice in 1976 in Boutte, Louisiana in St. Charles Parish — the clinic’s namesake.

For 40 years, St. Charles Vision has stayed competitive by continually modernizing, says Matthew Rosenthal, director of marketing and operations.

“It’s been our goal to innovate and to have the most technologically advanced offices, and to train our staff as well as we possibly can, and to have the best products that are out there,” he says. “That’s really been the backbone of St. Charles Vision.”

St. Charles Vision has state-of-the-art eye care technology in each of its six locations, from eyewear to diagnostic machinery. The new Optos machines deliver a 200-degree panoramic photo of the back of the patient’s retina within minutes, and the image is accessible to doctors and patients.

“It provides an experience of your own eye and your own health that’s completely unprecedented,” Rosenthal says.

St. Charles Vision also offers the latest in multifocal contact lenses, so patients who have been unable to wear single-focus contacts can wear comfortable and convenient disposable lenses.

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Eyeglass frames get updates, too.

Traditional acetate meets titanium trim in lightweight, mixed-media frames, and hinges make normally inflexible wooden frames easy to adjust. Plastic frames feature bright colors and translucence, as well as special details like fleurs-de-lis stamped on the temples.

MARSHALLS (560 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-488-8369; Elmwood Shopping Center, 1200 S. Clearview Parkway, 504734-1151; 1500 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, 504367-0116; www.marshallsonline.com) celebrated the grand opening of its new 20,000-squarefoot store in Mid-City last week.

With the imaging machines, glossy white counters and reflections cast by hundreds of designer eyeglasses frames on display, the Uptown store looks like an ultra-modern eye clinic. It’s a futuristic scene, until the occasional streetcar glides by.

“We’re excited that we’ve served New Orleans for the last 40 years, and that we will continue doing so,” Rosenthal says. “[Our optometrists and staff] will find you a pair of glasses that you love and that works for you. They will take the time to get you the product and service that you need.”

THE SHOPS AT CANAL PLACE (The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., 504522-9200; www.theshopsatcanalplace.com) hosts Shivers at the Shops from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, when kids can trick-or-treat at stores and compete in a costume contest, do crafts and listen to music.

THE MARKET AT MAGAZINE & 6TH (2855 Magazine St., 504-510-3303; www.facebook.com/ marketatmagazine) celebrated its grand opening this month.

The collective offers art, jewelry, gifts, home decor and furnishings made by a variety of Southern artists.

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Second slice UPTOWN BREAKFAST SPOT TOAST OPENED A SECOND LOCATION

Blue Oak BBQ is smoking in Mid-City.

(1845 Gentilly Blvd., 504-351-3664; www.toastneworleans.com) Oct. 21 near the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

The original Laurel Street location (5433 Laurel St., 504-267-3260), which is operated by the same folks who run Tartine (7217 Perrier St., 504-866-4860; www.tartineneworleans.com), opened in 2014. The casual spot serves a French-leaning breakfast menu and sweet and savory crepes.

The menu at the new spot is similar to the original location, with many of the same omelets, crepes and namesake toasts. Special to the Gentilly Boulevard menu are a toast topped with ricotta cheese, ratatouille and an egg; spicy fried chicken served over a waffle with maple syrup and cayenne butter;

BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund IN 2012, RONNIE EVANS AND PHILIP MOSELEY REALIZED A BARBECUE RENAISSANCE WAS UNDERWAY IN NEW ORLEANS. They started a barbecue

pop-up in the Uptown sports bar Grits and quickly moved on to the kitchen at the Mid-City music hub Chickie Wah Wah. In April, the duo graduated to even bigger digs, taking over the old Fellini’s Cafe space on North Carrollton Avenue. Their Blue Oak BBQ is building a solid following and serves some of the best barbecue in the city.

Though there are fun daily specials and whimsical appetizers, including the large plate of barbecue nachos and crispy, pulled pork-stuffed egg rolls, it’s the standard menu that shows off the duo’s low-and-slow barbecue prowess. Instead of settling on any one method, the menu is an amalgamation of barbecue techniques borrowed from various regional styles using a mix of pecan and white oak to smoke meats.

There are St. Louis spare ribs, with meat so tender it practically slips from the bone, and soft and slightly sweet pulled pork, reminiscent of versions smoked in the Carolinas or Alabama. Central Texas serves as the inspiration for charred slabs of subtly rich beef brisket, which carry the requisite fatty bits, burnt edges and a dusty pink smoke ring.

If there’s one dish that seems destined to be the restaurant’s calling card, it’s the excellent smoked chicken, which comes packed in a spice rub that blackens inside the smoker.

A second step sends the chicken to the fryer, giving the bird extra crispy skin and impossibly juicy meat.

Spicy sausage links arrive taut and shiny with a nice snap that gives way

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to crimson pork flecked with green onions. Smoked sausages can dry out quickly, but the ones here avoid the pitfall, packing heat and flavor with each bite.

Sauces are original creations, much lighter than the standard molasses or ketchup-tinged varieties. The house version carries subtle heat with a light touch of acid and sweetness. The spicy Carolina version is a classic vinegar-based sauce, a fiery elixir speckled with red pepper flakes that is well-suited for the pulled pork, boasting a powerful acidic jolt that wakes up the rich meat. I wasn’t crazy about the jerk sauce, which tasted strongly of allspice without any of the kick typically associated with the Caribbean spice blend.

Skilled craftsmanship with the smoker is just one part of the equation for any successful barbecue joint. Equal care should be bestowed upon the sides, and Blue Oak’s addictively crispy Brussels sprouts and creamy barbecue baked beans don’t disappoint. A casual, no-frills setting also is a must. Blue Oak BBQ knocks

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Ronnie Evans (left) and Philip Moseley opened Blue Oak BBQ in Mid-City.

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it out of the park with all three, but it’s the welcoming indoor-outdoor setting that won me over right away.

There’s the intoxicating fragrance of smoked meat and burning pecan wood wafting through the neighborhood, and on most nights, the restaurant fills quickly.

The shaded patio serves as a MidCity oasis, with families gathered around picnic tables while cheers from sports fans at the neighboring Parkview Tavern punctuate the chatter. It serves as a reminder that good food needn’t be accompanied by fuss or fancy tableware, and it’s often just as satisfying to eat with your hands, with barbecue sauce running down your chin, surrounded by neighbors and friends.

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and a brisket burger dressed with roasted tomato and “Dijonnaise.”

The new spot features wood furnishings by local carpenter and woodworker Matthew Holdren. The main dining area includes bar seating, window booths, tables with seating for 50 people.

Alcohol is not available, but owner Cara Benson says the restaurant has applied for a permit and plans to serve mimosas, bloody marys and

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Piedmont salute REBELLION URBAN KITCHEN & BAR’S CHEF CHRIS DEBARR AND AUTHOR SUZANNE HOFFMAN are teaming up

Oct. 25 for an evening of wine and food from Italy’s Piedmont region.

Hoffman is a New Orleans native who attended Tulane University and fell in love with the wines of Piedmont while living in Zurich, Switzerland. Her book Labor of Love: Wine Family Women of Piemonte recounts the histories of women in 22 winemaking families.

“What I think is so striking about the stories is that they show the role of women not just in winemaking but in all areas of the (business),” Hoffman says. “Over the centuries, the women were always there … but it wasn’t until the 1980s that women stepped into ownership.”

The book-signing event at Rebellion Urban Kitchen & Bar (748 Camp St., 504-298-7317; www.nolarebellion.com) features tastings of 15 wines from the Piedmont region, including several DeBarr sourced from estates featured in Hoffman’s book, including Punset, Cascina delle Rose, Marchesi di Barolo and Monchiero Cabrone. DeBarr’s menu is inspired by traditional Piedmontese fare, including golden beet ravioli filled with truffled goat cheese and a Louisiana risotto made with pumpkin, boudin and red beans.

DeBarr has cooked at Commander’s Palace, Serendipity and Green Goddess. He took over the kitchen at Rebellion in June after a threeyear absence from New Orleans.

The dinner is 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets are $50.

— HELEN FREUND

Royal ramen ROYAL SUSHI & BAR (1913 Royal St.,

504-827-1900; www.), a sushi and ramen spot, opened Oct. 15 in Faubourg Marigny.

The menu includes a selection of specialty rolls, appetizers such as salmon poke, gyoza and tuna tataki, and various Japanese-style salads.

A section of ramen bowls features a choice of chicken, beef, shrimp, barbecued pork or vegetables, several broth-styles (tonkotsu, kombu or shoyu spinach) and a lengthy list of add-ons, including mustard greens, marinated boiled egg, kimchi, crab stick and seaweed, among others.

Hours or operation are still being

finalized. Currently, the restaurant is open from noon to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday.

Royal Sushi follows a couple of short-lived restaurants at the space. The previous restaurant, Anna’s, barely lasted a week, and before that, the space housed ICHI Japanese Ramen House, which owner Yusuke Kawahara closed in December 2015 after five months of business. Before that, it was home to SukhoThai (2200 Royal St., 504948-9309; www.sukho-thainola. com), which moved to a larger Marigny location in 2015.

— HELEN FREUND

German migration AFTER MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS OF SLINGING SCHNITZEL, sausage

plates and beer in the French Quarter, German restaurant Jagerhaus

will close its doors on Oct. 30 and reopen at a larger location on North Rampart Street in late 2017, according to a statement from the restaurant’s owners.

The restaurant is one of the few local spots to specialize in traditional German and Central European fare.

The new location at 714 N. Rampart St. formerly was home to the Funky Butt music venue, which shuttered after Hurricane Katrina.

The new spot will have a larger dining room, a bar, a courtyard and a rooftop beer garden, according to the statement.

In the meantime, a new taco concept, Cunada, will take over the Conti Street location by the end of the year. — HELEN FREUND

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Toast is open 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

— HELEN FREUND

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he retired in 2007, he bought a Napa Valley vineyard and started making wine. He recently developed a new wine at his Lagniappe Peak winery (www.lagniappepeakwines.com) called Wolf Pack Cuvee, which will be released in February 2017. Profits from the wine will fund a scholarship at Loyola University. Almeida spoke with Gambit about how he got into the winemaking business and the importance of terroir.

: What got you interested in winemaking?

ALMEIDA: When I was at Loyola, I was an undergraduate so my concept of wine was pineapple wine during Mardi Gras. It took us a while to actually develop an educated palate. At the time, it was mostly French-origin wines.

(My wife and I) took a long trip to Australia (in 1983), which is where we were really bitten by the wine bug. It was sort of what Napa Valley was like in the ’60s. ... We bought the place in Napa in 1999, and we moved here in 2007.

We figured out a way to plant on an ancient volcanic slope … and how to grow great grapes. That’s where the name Lagniappe Peak came from. We were told by all kinds of growers that it was too difficult. They were right, it was difficult … but we figured it out.

: How does the local terroir affect your wines?

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A: Atlas Peak is the highest peak in Napa Valley, and it’s probably the most challenging in terms of farming. We’re not anywhere near the top of it. We’re about 700 feet above sea level, but we look out through a gap to the greater San Francisco Bay. We get the marine layer in the morning, so most days that’s fog, and the sea breeze comes to us in the afternoon. So we have extended hang time — our grapes don’t mature as fast as they do down in the valley.

That extended hang time gives the grapes a little bit more time to mature and a unique character.

Since we are planted on this old volcanic slope, (we’re lucky) if we find a place where we have 6 inches of soil … because its mostly just rock. So our vines are pretty stressed, but stressed vines make very intense fruit. ... It’s a struggle to establish their foothold but

once they’re in, it’s terrific. They’re low yield but high intensity.

The last four years have been very challenging (with the California drought). We irrigate from a well on our property so our vines have been getting the water that they need. But up and down the valley, there’s concern about what the constant reliance on ground water will do to our water tables. We’ve seen all the changes that have come about from the drought. We grow four varietals: cabernet, merlot, syrah and malbec. (Our) malbec is a very fleshy and delicious, soft wine. With the grapes, those are the first to mature. What we’ve seen in the drought years is that the yellow jackets have less foraging that they’re able to do from wildflowers so they come after our malbec (grapes). In the last couple of years, we’ve lost a pretty good percentage of our malbec production. It’s the whole concept that everything is interconnected and you really see it out there in the vineyard.

: Do you have any advice for aspiring winemakers?

A: This has got to be something that you’re passionate about. It’s got to be something that you really, really love. Making wine is a challenge. We have a great winemaker and we have a great vineyard manager, but all of the difficult logistical things — the chemistry and the farming — you have to love it or it can’t be done.

The only reason to get into this business is if you’re passionate about the romance of it, you love meeting people. We call it the seasons of love … and you can see it all here in the vineyards. It’s just a magical cycle of life that you go through every year.

— HELEN FREUND

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@noradeirdre

PARISH BREWING COMPANY IN BROUSSARD, LOUISIANA,

quickly sold out of tickets for its annual Parish Grand Reserve Day (Nov. 19), on which it releases its barleywine. Most of the 400 tickets sold within the first hour, brewery founder Andrew Godley says.

“People in Louisiana are looking to embrace great beer and I think this enthusiasm is just a reflection of that,” Godley says. “[The event] sells out quickly because word had gotten out about the quality of their beers as well as how well this event is run,” says Chris Swanson, former general manager at Baton Rouge craft beer bar Corporate Brew and Draft, “Smooth transactions, quick lines and friendly people make for a great event.”

The opportunity to purchase cases of hard-to-find beers is another reason the event is popular.

This year’s Grand Reserve Day features the release of Bloom, Parish’s new IPA, and a Galaxy double dry-hopped Envie American pale ale.

Parish’s flagship Envie adds double the normal amount of Galaxy hops after primary fermentation. The hop oils aren’t boiled away in the brewing process, and

Parish Brewing Company releases Grand Reserve Barleywine Nov. 19 on Parish Grand Reserve Day. P H OTO B Y N O R A M C G U N N I G L E

more hops used in the dry-hopping process means more hop aroma and flavor. This batch has even more dry hops than Parish’s double IPA Ghost in the Machine.

Bloom uses a different yeast, resulting in a cloudy appearance and a juicy hop flavor. This IPA style is popular in the Northeast.

The latest batch of Ghost in the Machine, as well as a coffee stout called Reve and the Grand Reserve barleywine will be available for purchase at Grand Reserve Day.

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Bodega Virgen de la Sierra, a small winery in the town of Villarroya de la Sierra in northeastern Spain’s Aragon region. Sustainably farmed vineyards are situated on the slopes of the Sierra de la Virgen mountain range at up to 2,625 feet above sea level. The elevation allows grapes to develop balance between residual sugar and potentially high alcohol content. The climate features hot dry summers and cold winters. Garnacha grapes were sourced from bush vines averaging 50 years old. The wine was fermented in stainless steel tanks and matured in the bottle for nine months. In the glass, it exhibits aromas of raspberry, blueberry and spice. On the palate, taste cherry, blackberry, minerality and bright acidity. Drink it with paella, tuna, roasted pork, leg of lamb, grilled meats and fowl. Buy it at: Spirit Wine.

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Von Winning wine dinner 7 p.m. Tuesday Herbsaint, 701 St. Charles Ave., (504) 524-4114 www.herbsaint.com Von Winning Winery general manager Andreas Hutwohl and winemaker Stephan Attman attend a five-course dinner featuring von Winning wines and dishes by chef de cuisine Rebecca Wilcomb. The meal includes baked mussels with chilies and oregano, aged goat cheese agnolotti, roasted pork shoulder with grilled spring onions and dessert. The meal costs $125 including tax and tip.

OCTOBER 28

Urban South food truck roundup 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday Urban South Brewery, 1645 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 267-4852 www.urbansouthbrewery.com Urban South Brewery’s food truck roundup features La Cubana, Mr. Choo, Grilling Shilling and Dat Iceroll NOLA. All ages are welcome.

Free admission.

OCTOBER 29

We Heart Vets Beer and Brat Off 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday Audubon Park, Shelter No. 10, 6500 Magazine St. www.wehrtvets.org/beer-brat-off-2016 The event features nine teams combining local chefs and area breweries competing to present the best beer, best appetizer featuring bratwurst and best beer and bratwurst appetizer pairing. There also are a beer garden with beers from Tin Roof Brewing Company, a kids’ area, live music, representatives from area veterans groups and more.

Call (985) 778-2775 for information. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the event.

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4301 Canal St., (504) 218-4866 www.bluedotdonuts.com Fall specials include pumpkin spice and sweet potato donuts.

1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-5000 www.gazebocafenola.com The pumpkin spice latte gets a boozy infusion in a seasonal ice cream daiquiri.

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1000 S. Jefferson Davis Parkway, Suite 100, (504) 301-3709 www.graciousbakery.com Pumpkin spice cakes and pumpkin eclairs are served in October.

5055 Canal St., (504) 488-4889 www.sacredgrinds.com Pumpkin puree is whipped into chai lattes and coffee drinks.

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C O M P L E T E L I S T I N G S AT W W W. B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S .C O M Out 2 Eat is an index of Gambit contract advertisers. Unless noted, addresses are for New Orleans. Dollar signs represent the average cost of a dinner entree: $ — under $10; $$ — $11 to $20; $$$ — $21 or more. To update information in the Out 2 Eat listings, email willc@gambitweekly.com, fax 483-3116 or call Will Coviello at 483-3106.

Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.

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BURGERS

Treasure Island Buffet — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — The all-youcan-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites and dishes from other cuisines.

No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Dis & Dem — Rue St. Louis Bar, 814 St. Louis St., (504) 509-7092; www.disanddem.com — The Hawaii 5-0 burger includes a beef patty, a hot sausage patty, a fried egg, cheese and grilled pineapple.

No reservations. Banks Street: breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun. St. Louis St.: lunch, dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $

BAR & GRILL The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1950; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — Chef Eric Cook’s menu features all-American and Southern favorites. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Warehouse Grille — 869 Magazine St., (504) 322-2188; www.warehousegrille. com — The menu features upscale bar food, burgers, steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches and noshing items. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily, brunch Fri.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BREAKFAST/BRUNCH Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 5618844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves rustic Italian fare including handmade pastas, ravioli and lasagna. Sicilian egg pie features eggs baked with cream and spices in puff pastry. Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$

CAFE Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma.com — The cafe serves roasted Gulf shrimp and vegetable salad dressed with Parmesan-white balsamic vinaigrette. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — The bar offers wines by the glass and full restaurant menu. No reservations.

Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 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. . No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — The wine bar offers gourmet cheese plates. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY

Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 561-5171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 5222233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — The New Orleans sampler features red beans and rice, jambalaya, gumbo, fried green tomatoes and a biscuit. Delivery available from Carondelet Street location. No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours.

West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 525-4455; www.bayona.com — A house favorites is crispy smoked quail salad with pear and bourbon-molasses dressing. Reservations recommended.

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

Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Catfish Mulate’s features a grilled fillet topped with crawfish etouffee and served with jambalaya, coleslaw and a twice-baked potato. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ Tres Bon Cajun Meats — 10316 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, (504) 405-5355; www.tresbonmeats.com — The market serves brisket, pulled pork, house-made sausages and cracklings. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CHINESE August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — The menu includes Chinese and Vietnamese dishes. Sweet and spicy fish is tilapia glazed in tangy sweet-and-spicy sauce garnished with bok choy. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling Go-Ba. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

COFFEE/DESSERT Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — This sweet shop serves its own gelato, spumoni, Italian ice, cannolis, fig cookies and other treats. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Chez Pierre French Bakery & Cafe — 3208 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 467-3176; www.chezpierreneworleans.com — The bakery specializes in cakes and there is a breakfast menu and Vietnamese dishes. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Vinegar-braised grilled beef short ribs are served over stone-ground yellow grits with arugula and boiled peanut salad. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch SatSun. Credit cards. $$ Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise.com — The eclectic menu includes bouillabaisse, grilled Caribbean lobster, jerk shrimp and more. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sat.-Sun., early dinner Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris.com — House-made leek, ricotta and pumpkin seed ravioli are served with butternut squash cream sauce and grilled asparagus. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., late-night Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines. com — Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — The mix of Creole and Caribbean fare includes jerk chicken and crawfish etouffee and cheese steaks are available. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans. com — Eggs Sardou features poached eggs over crispy artichokes with Parmesan creamed spinach and choron sauce.

Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/cafegentilly — Crab cake Benedict is French bread with poached eggs, a hand-made crawfish sausage patty and hollandaise. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ PAGE 26

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The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel. com — The Landing serves Cajun and Creole dishes with many seafood options. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www.memesbareandgrille.com —MeMe’s serves steaks, chops and Louisiana seafood. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www. messinasterminal.com — Jimmy Wedell seafood pasta features Gulf shrimp, Lake Pontchartrain crabmeat, crawfish, fresh herbs and angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Andouille-crusted fish is served with Crystal buerre blanc. For dessert, there’s white chocolate bread pudding. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — This restaurant offers contemporary Creole dishes including barbecue shrimp. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; www.tableaufrenchquarter.com — Tableau’s contemporary Creole cuisine includes marinated crab claws in white truffle vinaigrette. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — This neighborhood restaurant is known for its wet-battered fried chicken. Green beans come with rice and gravy. There’s bread pudding for dessert. No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Bagels & Bytes — 1001 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 831-7968; www.bagelsandbytes.com — The bagel selection includes whole wheat, poppy seed, pumpernickel, garlic, blueberry and other varieties from Davidovich Bakery in New York City. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and early dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8882010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium’s dinner menu includes pork rib chops served with house-made boudin stuffing, Tabasco pepper jelly demi-glaze and smothered greens. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 456-6362 — The menu includes gumbo, po-boys, pasta, salads and hot plate lunches. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 5920223; www.weltysdeli.com — The New Orleans AK sandwich features a choice of four meats plus cheddar, provolone, pepper Jack and Swiss cheeses on a warm muffuletta bun. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $

FRENCH Cafe Degas — 3127 Esplanade Ave., (504) 945-5635; www.cafedegas.com — The menu of traditional French dishes includes pate, cheese plates, salads, escargots bourguignons, mussles and fries, hanger steak with fries and garlic bordelaise and more. The dining room’s covered deck is open-air in suitable weather. Appetizers are available in afteroon hours. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $

GOURMET TO GO Breaux Mart — Citywide; 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 Nirvana Indian Cuisine — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 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, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available.

Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tandoori Chicken — 2916 Cleary Ave., Metairie, (504) 889-7880 — The menu features tandoori dishes with chicken, lamb, fish or shrimp; mild and spicy curries and spicy hot vindaloo dishes; rice dishes such as chicken, lamb or shrimp biryani; and vegetarian dishes including palak paneer (spinch and cheese) and bhindi masala with okra. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce.

Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946.

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

Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www. nonnamia.net — Seared Atlantic salmon is served with lemon-butter caper sauce, spinach and sauteed vegetables. Shrimp Diablo features pan-seared shrimp, house-made fettuccine and spicy arrabbiata sauce. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — The menu combines old world Italian favorites and pizza. Chicken piccata is a paneed chicken breast topped with lemon-caper piccata sauce served with angel hair pasta, salad and garlic cheese bread. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread cup. Osso buco features a veal shank with angel hair pasta and veal demi-glace. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

JAPANESE Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi. com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Delivery available. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 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.

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KOREAN Little Korea BBQ — 2240 Magazine St., (504) 821-5006 — Dolsot bibimbap features rice, seasoned vegetables, egg, chili paste and a choice of meat or tofu in a hot stone pot. Diners can cook beef or pork on tabletop grills, and platters come with dipping sauce, pickled vegetables, green onion, lettuce and more. No reservations.

Lunch Mon. & Wed.-Sat., dinner daily.

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LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/clubhouse-cafe — Crispy duck features citrus glaze, boudin, Brussels sprouts, pickled mirliton slaw and duck demi-glass. Braised short rib is served with brandy roasted mushrooms, Parmesan grits and smoked tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola. com — The shrimp, blue crab and avocado appetizer features chilled shrimp, crab, guacamole and spicy tomato coulis. Baked stuffed Creole redfish is served with crabmeat and green tomato crust, angel hair pasta and Creole tomato jam. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys. com — Located in a renovated Creole cottage, the restaurant serves contemporary Creole dishes. Braised Niman Ranch pork cheeks are served with sauteed Southern greens, grit cakes, sweet potatoes and country gravy. Reservations recommended. Dinner Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$$ Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial

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Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com — Popular dishes include turtle soup finished with sherry, grilled lamb spare ribs and barbecue Gulf shrimp. Tuna two ways includes tuna tartare, seared pepper tuna, avocado and wasabi cream. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, house-made salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouilleand oyster-stuffed quail with a rouxbased gumbo poured on top tableside.

Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — Tomas serves dishes such as bouillabaisse New Orleans, filled with saffron shrimp, mussels, oysters, Gulf fish, crawfish and pesto aioli croutons. Crispy fried wild catfish is served over stone-ground grits with Cajun tasso. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 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. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — The menu includes hummus, baba ghanoush, stuffed grape leaves, mousaka, seared halloumi, gyros, kebabs, shawarama dishes, wraps, salads and more. Entrees such as rack of lamb are served with two sides. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — Juan’s serves tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, salads and more. Roasted pork tacos are topped with spicy slaw. Vegetarian Mardi Gras Indian tacos feature roasted corn, beans, cheese and spicy slaw on corn tortillas. No reservations.

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SERATONES

BY ALEX WOODWARD

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A.J. Haynes counts the number of tambourines she has broken, lost or inadvertently allowed someone to steal.

“I’ve broken so many goddamned tambourines,” says Haynes, guitarist and vocalist of Shreveport rock ’n’ roll band Seratones. “It’s so absurd. I do it to myself.

Maybe one day I’ll put two and two together. It hasn’t happened yet. I’ll just get really excited and throw my tambourine, or hand it to someone, and they just take off with it. Last time we were in Europe, I brought three tambourines and didn’t come back with any of them.”

Haynes lets loose on tambourine on “Trees,” her favorite song to perform from the band’s acclaimed 2016 debut album Get Gone (Fat Possum), on which the band — including guitarist Connor Davis, bassist Adam Davis and drummer Jesse Gabriel — tears through frenetic garage, overdriven soul and MC5-inspired punk rock, with Haynes shredding her gospel choir vocal cords and a reverb-drenched guitar. The band recorded the album live at Mississippi’s Dial Back Sound studios.

“I don’t think of myself as a guitar player,” Haynes says. “It’s a means to an end for me. Maybe I’ll get better, maybe I’ll get more confident. … It makes sounds to go with the words.

I feel like I’ve got better, but I don’t feel like a musician. I identify mostly as an artist.”

The band emerged from a “small, tight-knit community” of DIY artists in Shreveport. Haynes moved there from Columbia, Louisiana, where she sharpened her vocals at Brownsville Baptist Church after moving to the small town from Japan, where she was born. There, her mother performed in a traveling bossa nova band, while Haynes grew up

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under the influence of doo-wop and psychedelic rock. “One of my favorite songs was the Byrds’ ‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’” she says. “Which explains a lot about me now, I think.”

In high school, Haynes submerged into jazz music and Shreveport’s punk scene.

“You look at Ornette Coleman or Thelonious Monk’s message, that’s very anti-authoritarian, very politically charged,” she says. “It’s about experimentation and the interplay between members. They’re not drastically different, especially since they have a lot of the same genealogy. … They’re subcultures.

They’re subversive. Especially for black artists, using the space they were pigeonholed into and being able to subvert it.”

Haynes — a former English teacher — used music in her classroom, inspired by one of her favorite English teachers who paired Joyce Carol Oates with Bob Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” “On a record,” she says. “It was one of the first times I heard an actual record.”

Haynes, in turn, paired Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” with the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.”

“That was a winning moment,” she says, “where I was like, ‘You know what, if I f—k up everything else, and all of my students make horrible test scores on the ACT, at least I did that right.’”

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FOALS

BY JOHN WIRT

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SINCE THE AUGUST 2015 RELEASE OF WHAT WENT DOWN, the powerful

find the balance between explorative music and music that connects with a wider audience.”

Foals is poised for more exploration.

“Whatever we were up to with those two albums, it got us to a really good position,” Smith says.

“Now we can change the rule book.”

Something Foals will not do next time is step directly from the road to the studio, as it did for What Went Down. Following its late 2016 tour in the U.S. and South America and November shows in Hong Kong and Singapore, the band will take a sixmonth pause.

“We really enjoyed doing another album so quickly last time, but for our sanity we need to have a more of a break, especially from the touring,” Smith says.

Remarkably, membership in Foals has remained unchanged for 10 of the band’s 11 years of existence.

“We’re right and wrong for each other, really,” Smith says. “It’s quite odd. If I was in a room with 100 people, and these guys were there, I don’t know if I would choose them as friends. But they are, obviously, now my best friends. They’re my brothers and I love them all dearly. Maybe because our characters are all so different, it keeps being exciting. We learn new stuff about each other and about music every day we’re on the road or in the studio.”

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and accessible fourth album from Foals, the band from Oxford, England has enjoyed 14 months of chart success, awards and touring.

Foals’ taping earlier this month for an upcoming episode of Austin City Limits is another sign of the band’s expanding popularity. The group filmed its ACL appearance during a 21-date North American tour that includes an appearance Friday at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience.

“Yeah, we can’t wait,” guitaristkeyboardist Jimmy Smith said by phone from Austin a few hours before the ACL shoot. “Halloween in New Orleans is going to be quite something. We should prepare ourselves.”

The Voodoo gig is Foals’ second show in New Orleans.

“We had a really, really good time last time we were there,” he says. “At one point, we were even considering recording What Went Down in New Orleans.”

Ultimately, Foals recorded What Went Down in a rural 19th-century mill in the south of France. Producer James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence & the Machine, Mumford & Sons) helped craft an album of propulsive music. There’s the passionate title song, featuring Yannis Philippakis’ high chant vocals and

driving, staccato, U2-meets-Joy Division instrumentation. “Mountain at My Gates,” danceable in a ’90s Brit-pop way, likewise is urgent and explosive. And Foals takes quite another direction with the devastating breakup song, “Give It All.” What Went Down is the bestreviewed album of Foals’ career, but Smith is reluctant to say it’s the band’s best album.

“It’s weird with albums,” he says.

“They sort of feel like offspring. If I say What Went Down is the best one, I’ll start feeling sorry for the other ones. Especially the first one (2008’s Antidotes). We were young and naive when we made that one, but we still love it.”

But Smith concedes What Went Down really is the best of the lot, and he sees it as a continuation of its predecessor, 2013’s Holy Fire.

“They’re sort of like brother and sister,” Smith says.

Holy Fire, featuring the sprightly and infectious “My Number,” represented a major change for the band.

Foals veered from intricate, irregular math-rock tendencies to a more lucid sound.

“Holy Fire was our attempt at making an absolute modern-rock record,” Smith says. “I’m terrible at describing any kind of music, let alone our own, but we pushed ourselves. We’re always trying to

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KEVIN GATES

BY ALEX WOODWARD AFTER COUNTLESS MIXTAPES DATING BACK TO THE MID-2000S, the Baton

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Rouge rapper finally released a studio album, January’s acclaimed Isiah, propelled by hit singles “2 Phones” (one for the plug, one for the load) and “Really Really” (the answer to whether he’s high, has money on his mind, is lying and is out of his mind). Perhaps his biggest hit, though, came in March on an episode of Pitchfork’s Over/Under web series, on which he sang Adele (“that bitch the truth”) and an impressive medley of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Panic at the Disco and Creed, doing

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his best Scott Stapp impression.

“With his f—ing chin and his f—ing nose,” he said. “But that motherf—er gonna touch your heart.”

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These accolades are impressive, to say the least, as it has only been five years since Weeknd released House of Balloons, the near-perfect mixtape that would change the course of the Canadian musician’s career. These days, even those who may be unfamiliar with The Weeknd still have heard mega-hits such as “Can’t Feel My Face.” In the course of a few years, The Weeknd’s brand of darkly existential R&B has taken him from mixtape crush to Hollywood films.

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and Fifty Shades of Grey — from which his song “Earned It” reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The Weeknd’s 2016 Starboy album features a just-released lead single with Daft Punk, a synth-layered entanglement of Daft Punk vocal echoes and melancholy Weeknd chord structures combined into a solid club dance hit.

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REBELUTION

BY FRANK ETHERIDGE

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SUMMER STARTED OFF ON A HIGH NOTE FOR CALIFORNIACULTIVATED REGGAE ROCKERS REBELUTION when it dropped

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its fifth studio effort, Falling into Place, on June 3, the same day it played a sold-out show at Colorado’s outdoor amphitheater Red Rocks. The group seems to have found a home among the sanctified Colorado state park’s sunny rocks and funny trees, used for the band’s firstever live release, the DVD/album Live at Red Rocks, from a 2015 concert there.

Considering Rebelution’s penchant for projecting a magnetic, life-affirming power over rapt audiences, the fact that it hasn’t previously showcased a live performance on an album might seem strange. Its Voodoo Music + Arts Experience debut arrives the day before a set at Hulaween, the dance-happy hippie gathering at the Spirit of the Suwanee campgrounds in Florida.

Quickly proving capable of delivering fun times and good vibes, Rebelution spawned a following not long after the core quartet — Eric Rachmany (vocals/ guitar), Rory Carey (keyboards), Marley O. Williams (bass) and Wesley Finley (drums) — met in college and started gigging in 2004. Their debut album, Courage to Grow, was selected as iTunes Editors’ Choice for Best Reggae Album of 2007. Starting their music-world ascent at such altitude, Rebelution earned popular and critical acclaim in 2012 following the Peace of Mind, released in the original studio version as well as dub and acoustic styles. In 2014, its fourth studio album, Count Me In, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s reggae chart. Since then, the band has

essentially lived on the road, playing 150-plus shows a year around the world.

“I first met them when I was doing recording sessions for Fishbone and Dumpstaphunk,” says New Orleans saxophonist Khris Royal, who played on the past three Rebelution albums and was a vital touring member before deciding to leave the group a couple of months ago.

There’s no ill will between Royal and his buddies in the band, and he will sit in for a few songs at its Voodoo set.

“Dark Matter (led by Royal) was out on the road opening up for them in 2011,” Royal says. “Their lead singer got sick, so they had me play with them, stretching things out and covering for the vocals. That led to them calling me more and more, and then it was suddenly five years of me playing with Rebelution.”

Royal’s bouncing body and blistering saxophone loom large on Live at Red Rocks, notably the amped-up audiences’ frenzy as he ushered in the crowd-pleaser “De-Stress.” Calling Rebelution’s sound “hybrid reggae,” Royal speaks from the standpoint of being steeped in his New Orleans’ Latin-tinged musical traditions.

“I’m just playing horn parts with Rebelution,” he explains. “Mostly I play an EWI [electronic wind instrument] and a little on the keys, when they allow me to stretch out and work to bring it all to the table.”

He has encouraged Rebelution to explore further, but he’s not knocking the band.

“All those guys really did their homework as far as learning the roots of reggae history and culture,” Royal says. “And it shows.”

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BULLY

BY ALEX WOODWARD

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ON ITS DEBUT FEELS LIKE, Nashville four-piece Bully — fronted by Alicia

Bognanno, a former Steve Albini intern who wrote, produced and engineered the album — master the lost and revived art of the quiet-loud dynamic, from faded licks bursting into white-hot fuzz to Bognanno’s near whisper verses exploding into coarse but controlled top-of-herlungs screams. “I know what makes you cry, I know when you mean it. / Who knows you better than,” she sings, gently, on “I Remember,” before unleashing an “I do!”

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DJ MUSTARD

BY ALEX WOODWARD

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THE CROWN IS A GOLD-CRUSTED BOTTLE OF HEINZ MUSTARD. Its war

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cry: “Mustard on the beat, ho.”

Dijon Isaiah McFarlane has watermarked dozens of hits with his production; combined, he has gone platinum more than 20 times. There are deceptively simple beats (maybe annoyingly so), brutally lean hooks, and a telltale “Mustard on the beat, ho” announcing who is responsible for the next three minutes likely headed for constant radio play. DJ Mustard has planted a flag with a handful of notes on a keyboard and little else — no chorus, no bridge, just “hey” chants on the offbeats and almost-brittle 808 claps. The West Coast producer — alongside frequent collaborator YG, whose acclaimed debut album My Krazy Life largely is a Mustard production — have revitalized West Coast G-funk with a minimal sonic palette.

His sound didn’t create a ripple effect in radio rap but a tsunami.

Jidenna’s ubiquitous “Classic Man” and Iggy Azalea’s ubiquitous and terrible “Fancy” are virtual soundalikes. Mustard had nothing to do with them.

Here’s an unofficial Top 5 ranking of his songs to hit the Billboard 100: — “Rack City” (2011): 5 Tyga Three liquid-sounding descending notes made it Mustard’s first No. 1 hit.

Young Jeezy — “R.I.P.” (2012): The song introduced Mustard’s M.O.: three bassy synth notes, twinkling piano, “hey” chants and a rudimentary, laid-back beat.

— “Who Do You Love?”

3 YG (2014): Mustard says Timbaland told him to give this beat to Jay Z. But the song — three lurking John Carpenter synth notes and five echoing piano notes — was already in the can with a Drake feature.

— “2 On” (2014): 2 Tinashe Mustard proved he can track R&B and pop with a bubbling synth line, a few chimes and reverberating finger snaps.

Chainz — “I’m Different” 1 2(2012): Seven notes (ding, ding, ding-ding-ding ding … ding) now synonymous with 2 Chainz himself.

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June. The album hits heights beyond description, with “Cricket and the Genie” featuring Claypool’s haunting electric bass pushing a relentless undertow below cascading waves of Lennon’s pulsing drums, trippy guitar and bizarro-pop vocals. Emotional urgency informs the soaring and catchy “Boomerang Baby.”

With a touring band including the Beastie Boy’s Mark “Money Mark” Nishita on keys and Paulo Baldi on drums, the Delirium’s live show delves into covers of King Crimson and classic Primus.

As plans for a New Years Eve triple-bill attest, Claypool and Lennon dig the compound of their chemical reaction.

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THOUGH IT’S HEADLINING SATURDAY AT VOODOO MUSIC + ARTS EXPERIENCE, progressive rock and metal

stalwart Tool keeps its fans in a state of denial — steadily denying rumors of a forthcoming album for a decade since its last release, 10,000 Days.

Vocalist Maynard James Keenan has been accustomed to keeping them at bay for more than 15 years, often spending time on side projects. He tweeted quash talk of a new album in July, but bassist Justin Chancellor stirred the rumors of a double album in September. Fans hungry for new material now may have to settle

for Keenan’s biography, A Perfect Union of Contrary Things, due out Nov. 8. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Keenan talks about the band’s early days, when he gave a Tool rehearsal demo tape to Johnny Depp while working on the set of a music video for Tom Petty’s “Into the Great Wide Open,” and working with guitarist Tom Morello before the founding of Rage Against the Machine. Tool emerged during the rise of alternative metal, and though Kennan is a bit of a Rennaissance man and dabbled with other projects (including Puscifer, which performs Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on the Pepsi Stage), Tool’s unique sound consistently has been marked by its brooding and surging guitar work and unconventional rhythms.

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forever frenetic bassist Les Claypool has had a knack for finding the next new twang. With a reconfigured Primus taking time off after blistering 2015 shows in support of its illuminating take on the Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory soundtrack — and Oysterhead, his mega-watt power trio with Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio and Police drummer Stewart Copeland, not an option — he reached out to Sean Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Lennon was a bit of a musical journeyman before he hit a groove in 2013 with his intrepid folk-pop duo The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, which served as opening act for Primus’ summer 2015 tour. Finding good vibrations, Claypool described Lennon as “a musical mutant after my own heart.” The two forged a bond at Claypool’s California home as they charted new sonic territory conceived as throwback prog rock.

The results are The Claypool Lennon Delirium and the mind-melding Monolith of Phobos, released in

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two years into its meteoric rise, but not before serving as best man in Butler’s 2003 marriage to multi-instrumentalist Regine Chassagne. Deu composed the “neighborhood” suite for 2004’s breakthrough album Funeral, with songs bouncing to catchy, pop-laden hooks while drowning in emotionally urgent laments.

Such a deft mesh of life’s light/dark duality continues to sustain the band’s musical mission toward “nonstop evolution.”

This artistic growth extends from the simple brilliance of “Vampire/Forest Fire” (2003) to the all-encompassing expression of recent years, as shown in the 2015 feature film about the band, The Reflektor Tapes. In between those end points sits a girl, looking into the eyes of poster boys as they tell her, “Grab your mother’s keys we’re leaving” (from the title track of 2010’s The Suburbs). Arcade Fire is here to stay.

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Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 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., 3104999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Panseared jumbo shrimp top a grit cake and are served with chipotle-garlic cream sauce and tomatoes. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Signature dishes include a waffle topped with brie and blueberry compote and French toast served with caramelized bananas and pancetta. The menu also includes biscuits topped with gravy or chicken tenders with andouille and chorizo gravy. Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — This cafe serves an elevated take on the dishes commonly found in neighborhood restaurants. Grilled redfish is served with confit of wild mushrooms, spaghetti squash, charred Vidalia onion and aged balsamic vinegar. Reservations recommended.

Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 835-2022; www.gumbostop.com — Stuffed gumbo features a hand-battered and fried catfish fillet atop chicken, sausage, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo. Fried chicken is cooked to order. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 265-0050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — The cafe serves huevos rancheros with corn tortillas, black beans, fried eggs, ranchero sauce, salsa and Cotija cheese.

Baked goods include pecan pie, cinnamon rolls and seasonal fruit muffins. There’s live acoustic music daily. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily.

Credit cards. $$ The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No

Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — This casual eatery serves fried seafood platters, salads, sandwiches and Creole favorites such as red beans and rice. Daily specials include braised lamb shank, lima beans with a ham hock and chicken fried steak served with macaroni and cheese.

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

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Koz’s — 515 Harrison Ave., (504) 484-0841; 4445 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 8872010; 6215 Wilson St., Harahan, (504) 7373933; www.kozcooks.com — Red beans and rice with fried chicken is a Monday and Wednesday special. The roast beef po-boy features house-cooked roast beef on Gendusa Bakery bread and is dressed with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.

No reservations. Hours vary by location.

Credit cards. $

PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www. lpkfrenchquarter.com — Jumbo Gulf shrimp are sauteed with sherry, tomatoes, white wine, basil, garlic and butter and served over angel hair pasta. Roasted garlic pizza is topped with roasted whole garlic cloves, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, feta and mozzarella. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.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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OUT TO EAT Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — The pizzeria serves thin-crust pies topped with many local ingredients, including Chisesi ham and sausage from Terranova Brothers. Diners can build their own calzones or pies from a list of toppings, or try a special such as the Mid City Meat Monster, loaded with pepperoni, ham, bacon, meat balls and hot sausage. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice serves pizza by the pie or slice, plus salads, pasta and more. The Sportsman’s Paradise pie is topped with Gulf shrimp, andouille, corn, diced tomatoes and caramelized onions. Full bar available.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies and diners can build their own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — The neighborhood bar and restaurant offers a menu of pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, chicken wings and bar noshing items. Creole Italian pizza is topped with red sauce, spicy shrimp, Roma tomaPAGE 31

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com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well.

Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. No reservations.

Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

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SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy. com — The menu of gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches includes a namesake triple-decker Big Cheezy with Gouda, Gruyere, pepper Jack, cheddar, mozzarella and Monterey Jack on challah bread.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage. No reservations.

Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks. com — The Original is a Philly-style cheesesteak filled with chopped New York strip steak, caramelized onions and melted provolone. The Buffalo chicken steak features chicken breast dressed with wing sauce, American and blue cheese and ranch dressing is optional. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Po-boy fillings include everything from fried seafood

Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www. shortstoppoboysno.com — Popular po-boy options include fried shrimp or fried oysters and roast beef, featuring beef slow cooked in its own jus. Short Stop’s gumbo combines smoked andouille sausage and chicken. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., early dinner Mon.-Thu., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards and checks . $

SEAFOOD Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola.com — The menu includes grilled whole fish, royal red shrimp with garlic butter and crab and crawfish beignets with remoulade. Char-broiled oysters are topped with Parmesan and garlic butter.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — The seafood restaurant serves shrimp and grits, stuffed whole flounder, fried seafood and seasonal boiled seafood. There’s seating overlooking Lake Pontchartrain. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Bourbon House serves seafood dishes including New Orleans barbecue shrimp, redfish cooked with the skin on, oysters from the raw bar and more. Large picture windows offer views of Bourbon Street. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and

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dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Trout is stuffed with crabmeat, topped with crawfish Acadiana sauce and served with vegetables, salad and bread. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, fried seafood platters, tuna steaks and a few Italian entrees, such as paneed veal. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — The menu includes seafood, Italian dishes, fried chicken, po-boys, salads and daily specials. Eggplant casserole is stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Oyster House — 1327 St. Charles Ave., (504) 267-0169; www. mredsrestaurants.com — The menu includes raw oysters, seafood, steaks, fried chicken, crawfish etouffee and more.

Crawfish crab cakes St. Charles are served with andouille cream sauce over angel hair pasta. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — Crab au gratin features crabmeat in cream sauce topped with cheddar cheese and is served with garlic bread and soup or sal-

ad. The menu includes seafood platters, po-boys, burgers, salads and more, No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

STEAKHOUSE Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Austin’s serves prime steaks, chops and seafood. Veal Austin features paneed veal topped with Swiss chard, bacon, mushrooms, asparagus, crabmeat and brabant potatoes on the side. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www.dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — The house filet mignon is served atop creamed spinach with fried oysters and Pontalba potatoes. Popular starters include the jumbo lump crabcake with aioli. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www. vegatapascafe.com — The tapas menu includes barbacoas featuring jumbo Gulf shrimp in chorizo cream over toasted bread medallions. Paellas and fideos (made with pasta instead of rice) are available with meat and seafood.

Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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Spotted Cat — Up Up We Go, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Tipitina’s — King, Nick Hakim, 9

FRIDAY 28

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MUTEMATH KEVIN GATES

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11/10 HANDS LIKE HOUSES PARISH

10/30 BAD GIRLS OF BURLESQUE 11/11 PARISH 11/1 11/3

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COREY SMITH JUST ANNOUNCED

11/5 INGRID MICHAELSON 1/24 11/9

KANE BROWN

JACKIE GREENE

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KONGOS RESCHEDULED

POP EVIL

THE DAMNED

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21st Amendment — Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 9:30 30/90 — Leah Rucker, 2; Kristina Morales, 5; Big Easy Brawlers, 8; Gov’t Majik, 11 Apple Barrel — Johnny Mastro, 10:30 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Smoky Greenwell, 5:30; John Lisi, 10 Banks Street Bar — The Most Infamous, 10 Bar Redux — Anglo-Stranglo A Go-Go British Dance Party with DJ Sexx Ed, 10 Blue Nile — Caesar Brothers Funk Box, 7; Kermit Ruffins, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m.

BMC — St. Roch Syncopators, 3; Tradstars, 6; Hyperphlyy, 10; New Creations Brass Band, 1 a.m.

Buffa’s Lounge — Alexandra Scott & Harry Mayronne, 5; Blake Amos, 8; Gumbo Cabaret, 11 Cafe Istanbul — Gary Negbaur (album release), 7 Cafe Negril — The Hartberns, 4; Dana Abbott Band, 6:30; Higher Heights, 10 Carver Theater — Orleans Avenue Crescent City JamFest feat. James Andrews & the Crescent City All-Stars, The Babydolls, The Flaming Arrows, Guitar Slim & the Spice Band, The Duane Taylor Band, 8 Checkpoint Charlie — Domenic, 4 Chickie Wah Wah — Michael Pearce, 6; Paul Sanchez, 8; Harold Lopez-Nussa, 11 Circle Bar — Rik Slave’s Country Persuasion, 6; Quaalords, Vanzza Rokken, DiNOLA, The Gools, 10 City Park Festival Grounds — Voodoo Music + Arts Experience feat. The Weeknd, G-Eazy, Kevin Gates, Porter Robinson, Foals, 10:30 a.m. d.b.a. — Honey Island Swamp Band, John Mooney & Bluesiana, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — DJ Fireworks, 1 a.m.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Tom Fitzpatrick & Turning Point, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Loose Marbles, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Buena Vista Social Latin Dance Party, 10 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (Mid-City) — Sam Cordts, 3 Gasa Gasa — Bully, Caddywhompus, 11 Hi-Ho Lounge — Relapse: B-Movie Ball with DJ Matt Scott, 10 Hook’d Up Bar and Grill — Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 7 House of Blues — Kevin Gates, OG Boobie Black, BWA Ron, 10:30 Howlin’ Wolf Den — The Coldwater Electric (album release), 9 Jazz Cafe — Jeff Chaz, 12:30; Louise Cappi, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Appleford, 5; Mark Hessler & Friends, 9 Le Bon Temps Roule — Joe Krown, 7 Little Gem Saloon — Cullen Landry & Midnight Streetcar feat. Johnny Pennino, 7 Mag’s 940 — All-Star Covered Dish Country Jamboree, 9

The Maison — Shynola, 1; Broadmoor Jazz Band, 4; Shotgun Jazz Band, 7; Ballers Ball feat. Mannie Fresh, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Eric Struthers, Ike Stubblefield, Herlin Riley, 11 Music Box Village — Kyp Malone, Okolona Is Adriana, Erin Durant, 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Daniel Black, Richard Bienvenu, Jet Baby, 7 Oak — Tom Leggett, 9 The Office Sports Bar — Signal 21, 9 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Hill Country Hounds, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Armand St. Martin, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Rory Danger & the Danger Dangers, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Kevin Louis & Palm Court Jazz Band, Karl Budo & David Harris, 8 Pontchartrain Hotel (Bayou Bar) — Philip Melancon, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Wendell Brunious, 5 & 6; The PresHall Brass feat. Daniel “Weenie” Farrow, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Justin Donovan, 4 RF’s — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 6; James Martin Band, 9 Rivershack Tavern — Soul Express, 9 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Colin Lake, 10 Roux Carre — Joy Clark, 5 Siberia — Dirty Bourbon River Show, Hildegard, 10 Snug Harbor — Ellis Marsalis Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy Forest, 2; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 Three Muses — Matt Johnson, 5:30; Gal Holiday, 9 Three Muses Maple — Bart Ramsey, 5; Taylor Smith Duo, 7 Tipitina’s — The Jayhawks, Folk Uke, 10; DJ ?uestlove, 1 a.m.

Twist of Lime — Hell Fest Metal Fest, 10 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.; Bobby Love & Friends, 3

SATURDAY 29 21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; Juju Child, 6; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 30/90 — Organami, 2; Jon Roniger & the Good for Nothin’ Band, 5; Bailey Flores, 8; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 11 Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — Rendez-Vous Doux feat. Viberian Experience with Grace Gibson, Jneiro Jarel, A Lovely Triangle, Microclimate, 8 Atchafalaya — John Fohl, Joe Cabral, Carlo Nuccio, 11 a.m.

Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — G & the Swinging Three, 1; Johnny Mastro, 5:30; Caesar Brothers, 10 Banks Street Bar — PYMP, 10 Bar Redux — Soul O’ Sam, 9 Blue Nile — Andrew J. Forest & St. Louis Slim, 7; Soul Rebels, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Strange Roux, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m.

BMC — Crescent City Blue Blowers, 3; Willie Lockett & the Blues Krewe, 6; No Good Deed, 10; All for One Brass Band, 1 a.m.

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Sesame Street Live “Elmo Makes Music”

November 16 November 17

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Festival Of Praise featuring Fred Hammond Pentatonix

November 18

LAST WE HEARD FROM DANNY BROWN, he was ruining The Avalanches’ “Frankie Sinatra,” ham-boning fellow guest MF Doom and singlehandedly hijacking the • Oct. 25 Australian pirates’ first single in 16 years.

• 9 p.m. Tuesday That was in June. In September, Brown — • Republic hip-hop’s loosest cannon, a self-loathing, paranoid man-droid with the itchiest/ • 828 S. Peters St. scratchiest delivery since Sideshow Bob • (504) 528-8282 — launched Atrocity Exhibition (Warp), a • www.republicnola.com locked-doors sleepover at Danny manor, whose open house of horrors begins with our host, teeth still grinding, answering the door in nothing but a bathrobe and a pinky ring, self-medicating with cognac, “chasin’ that cilantro” and threatening to “slice your tomato if you owe us for the lettuce.” The album’s etymological pedigree traces through English post-punk band Joy Division to pre-punk author J.G. Ballard, so it seems appropriate to bite a line from another, Chuckie Dickens: Brown is the best of times and the worst of times. Wisdom, foolishness, belief, incredulity; light and hope, not so much, but an unhealthy dose of darkness and despair. He’s got a lot to be proud of, yet he celebrates with blunt mirror berating (boasting about eating rappers like steak, he divulges, “Don’t know the last time I ate”). On the candlelit, wax-dripping “Rolling Stone,” he throws fortune (“Bought a nightmare, sold a dream / Happiness went upstream”) and fame (“Some people say I think too much / I don’t think they think enough”) under the tour bus. One track later (“Really Doe”), the Adderall admiral is sparring — and beating — Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt and Ab-Soul, gleefully mixing up his reefer and penis metaphors: “That ho want my piccolo / Smokin’ on that mistletoe.” Game, set, match. Maxo Kream and ZelooperZ open. Tickets $22$85.21. — NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

Danny Brown

Bombay Club — Bill Solley & Kim Prevost, 8:30 Buffa’s Lounge — Davis Rogan, 5; The Royal Rounders, 8; Swamp Kitchen, 11 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7; Dana Abbott Band, 10 Casa Borrega — Leonardo Hernandez Trio, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Susan Cowsill’s Covered in Vinyl: The Eagles, 9 Circle Bar — Mod Dance Party with DJ Matty, 10 City Park Festival Grounds — Voodoo Music + Arts Experience feat. Tool, Die Antwoord, Cage the Elephant, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, 10:30 a.m.

Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 9 d.b.a. — Slick Skillet Serenaders, 4;

Monster Mash-Up feat. Eric McFadden, Papa Mali, Quickie Mart, Lantz Lazwell & the Vibe Tribe, 11 Deutsches Haus — Chemietuttn, 7 DMac’s Bar & Grill — The 2 Pistols Jam Session, 2 a.m.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Graveyard Smash Bash with DJs G, Matt Scott, 10 Gasa Gasa — Snakehips, Lakim, Ananda, 10:30 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 Howlin’ Wolf Den — See Bright Lights, Paris Avenue, Campground, 9 Irish House — One Tailed Three, 7 PAGE 36

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I Love the 90’s With Vanilla Ice, Salt n Pepa & More

November 29  UNO Privateer Men vs. Tulane December 3  Professional Fire Fighters benefi t concert featuring The Spinners December 8  Here Comes The Funny Tour with Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade & Nick Swardson December 23  Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic February 11  Valentine’s Music Festival with Keith Sweat, Bobby Brown & El Debarge March 3  The Lumineers Step into Spotlights with us prior to the event and enjoy our exclusive lounge with private entry, complimentary premium bar and light hors d'oeurves. Tickets for Spotlights can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or at the Box Office.

Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, Lakefront Arena Box Office, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000.

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CAESER BROTHERS FUNK BOX 7PM KERMIT RUFFINS 11PM BALCONY ROOM

THE RESIDENT ALIENS 11PM DJ BLACK PEARL 1AM

SAT, OCTOBER 29 ANDREW J FOREST & ST LOUIS SLIM 7PM SOUL REBELS 11PM BALCONY ROOM

STRANGE ROUX 10PM DJ BLACK PEARL 1AM

SUN, OCTOBER 30

MYKIA JOVAN 7:30PM STREET LEGENDS BRASS BAND 10:30PM

MON, OCTOBER 31 MIKE DILLON BAND 9PM GRAVITY A 11:30PM BALCONY ROOM

STOOGES BRASS BAND 10PM

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Irvin Mayfield, 8 Jazz Cafe — Jeff Chaz, 12:30; Louise Cappi, 8 Joy Theater — Monsters of Funk feat.

Bernard Purdie, Leo Nocentelli, Ivan Neville, Oteil Burbridge, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Motet, 10 Kerry Irish Pub — Mark Parsons, 5; Roux the Day, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Miss Mojo, The Big Easy Brawlers, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Flow Tribe Halloween Krunktacular, 11 Mardi Gras World — Hell’s Gala feat. Steve Aoki, Mija, Bleep Bloop, Wuki, Klutch, 9 May Gallery and Residency — Honey Soundsystem feat. Father Figure, Bouffant Bouffant, Kathi, Fet, Hot Girl Sandy, Noah Church, 10 Metropolitan Nightclub — Nicky Romero, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Gigi, TJ Sutton, 9 New Orleans Community Printshop & Darkroom — Halloween Cover Band Show feat. bands covering The Get Up Kids, Alice Cooper, King Crimson, The Offspring, 8 Oak — Chris Klein & the Boulevards, 9 The Office Sports Bar — Signal 21, 9 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Ernie Vincent & the Top Notes, 6 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Maid of Orleans, 9:30 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Brian O’Connell & Palm Court Jazz Band, Ernie Elly, 8 Pontchartrain Hotel (Bayou Bar) — Philip Melancon, 8 Preservation Hall — The Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Jamie Wight, 5 & 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Charlie Gabriel, 8, 9 & 10; Preservation Hall-O-Ween feat.

Boyfriend, Pinettes Brass Band, Riviera Slim, 11:30 Rare Form — Justin Donovan, 5; Steve Mignano, 8 RF’s — Lucas Davenport, 6; Hyperphlyy, 9 Rivershack Tavern — The Mustard Brothers, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Bonerama, 9:45 Siberia — Alestorm, Nekrogoblikon, Aeither Relam, Joystick!, Donkey Puncher, 7 Snug Harbor — Ike Stubblefield Organ Trio feat. Herlin Riley, Detroit Brooks, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Jamey St. Pierre, noon; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 2; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 Suis Generis — DJ DMFX, 10:30 a.m.

Three Muses — Chris Christy, 5; Shotgun Jazz Band, 9 Three Muses Maple — Tom McDermott, 11 a.m.; Davy Mooney, 5; Marc Stone Band, 7 Tipitina’s — Galactic, Gravy, 11 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.

SUNDAY 30 21st Amendment — G & the Swinging Three, 6; Christopher Johnson Quartet, 7; Luneta Jazz Band, 9 30/90 — Revival, 2; Ted Hefko & the Thousandaires, 5; Corporate America, 9

Ace Hotel, 3 Keys — Rendez-Vous Doux feat. Sexy Dex & the Fresh, DJ Lil Jodeci, DJ Otto, 8 Atchafalaya — Tom Marron, 11 a.m.

Bacchanal — The Tradsters, 4; The Roamin’ Jasmine, 7:30 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Carl LeBlanc, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Kyle Smith Band, 4 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — The Mark Appleford Band, 3; Ruth Marie, 7; Steve Mignano Blues Band, 10 Bombay Club — Oscar Rossignoli, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 10:30 a.m.

Cafe Negril — Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Pat Flory & Mike Kerwin, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Quartet, 8 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Friends, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Country Night with DJ Pasta, 9:30 City Park Festival Grounds — Voodoo Music + Arts Experience feat. Arcade Fire, The Chainsmokers, Band of Horses, Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, 10:30 a.m.

The Civic Theatre — Here Come the Mummies, Peelander-Z, 9:30 Columns Hotel — Chip Wilson, 11 a.m.

Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Pink Slip, Jason & the Kruegers, Singularity, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Michael Liuzza & Co., 9 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Feelings Marigny Cafe — Nate & Kat, 3 Gasa Gasa — Helen Gillet, 8 Hi-Ho Lounge — Mothxr, 9; Bate Bunda, 10 House of Blues (Restaurant & Bar) — Jason Bishop, 6 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Germaine Bazzle, 8 The Jefferson Orleans North — The Pat Barberot Orchestra, 6:30 Kermit’s Treme Mother-In-Law Lounge — Kermit Ruffins, Paris Harris, DJ Sugar Ray, 4 Kerry Irish Pub — Will Dickerson, 8:30 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the NOLA Jitterbugs, 10 a.m.; Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 1; Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 4; Brad Walker, 7; Higher Heights, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10 Marigny Opera House — Sarah Quintana, 5 Old Opera House — Chicken on the Bone, 7:30 Old Point Bar — Romy Vargas & the Mercy Buckets, 7 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Sunday Night Swingsters & Tom Fischer, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Legacy Band feat. Gregg Stafford, 6; The Preservation Hall All-Stars feat. Wendell Brunious, 8, 9 & 10 Rare Form — Shan Kenner Trio, 8 RF’s — Will Kennedy, 4; Tony Seville & the Cadillacs, 7 Snug Harbor — James Singleton Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — John Lisi, noon; Jamey St.

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MONDAY 31 30/90 — Perdido Jazz Band, 5 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 6:30; Roger Bowie & the Midnight Visions, 10:30 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — Dignity Reve’s Piano Night, 7 Blue Nile — Mike Dillon Band, 9; Gravity A, 11:30 BMC — The Bluesberries, 4; Lil’ Red & Big Bad, 6; Dysfunktional Bone, 10; Soul Project, 1 a.m.

Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Istanbul — Rumer Willis, 8 Cafe Negril — Revival, 2; Noggin, 6; In Business, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Benny Maygarden & Thomas “Mad Dog” Walker, 6; Alex McMurray, 8 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 7; Alligator Chomp Chomp Haunted Swamp with DJ Pasta & His Ghouls, 9:30 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Luke Winslow King, 7; Morning 40 Federation, King James & the Special Men, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — New Orleans Jazz Manouche, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Halloween Night Extravaganza feat. DJs Jubilee, RQ Away, Otto, Unicorn Fukr, 10 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Natalita, Tasche & the Psychedelic Roses, Spare Change, 10 House of Blues (Restaurant & Bar) — Sean Riley, 4 Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Irvin Mayfield & Purple Disrespect, 8 Joy Theater — Big Gigantic, Illenium, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Van Hudson & Friends, 9 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Halloween Night Extravaganza feat. Full Orangutan, Brass-A-Holics, Soul Company, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Sexual Thunder!, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — The Genial Orleanians, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews & the Crescent City All-Stars, Bobby Love, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — John Marcey Duo, 4; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7

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Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Superior Seafood — Superior Jazz Trio feat. John Rankin, Harry Hardin, Tim Paco, 11:30 a.m.

Three Muses — Raphael et Pascal, 5; Linnzi Zaorski, 8 Trinity Episcopal Church — Tom McDermott, 5 Vaso — JoJo and Mo Blues, 11 a.m.

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Siberia — Creepoid, War on Women, Donovan Wolfington, Pudge, 9 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 10 Three Muses — Loose Marbles, 9 Tipitina’s — The Funky Meters, 7 Come 11, 9

CLASSICAL/CONCERTS Albinas Prizgintas. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., (504) 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com — The organist’s “Organ & Labyrinth” performance includes selections from baroque to vintage rock by candlelight.

Free. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Calder Quartet. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105; www.tulane. edu/~theatre — Friends of Music presents the quartet. Tickets $18-$35. 8 p.m.

Wednesday.

Evan Drachman, Victor Asuncion. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — The cellist and pianist perform together. Free. 7 p.m. Monday.

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — The orchestra performs Brahms’ “Requiem” with works by Samuel Barber and Maurice Ravel. Tickets $20-$140. 7:30 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

New Orleans Opera. Four Points by Sheraton French Quarter, 541 Bourbon St., (504) 524-7611; www.fourpoints.com/ frenchquarter — For its “Opera on Tap” program, New Orleans Opera Association singers perform opera favorites in a casual setting. Free. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Spooky Dances. Loyola University New Orleans, Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www.montage.loyno.edu — Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra presents a family concert. Costumes encouraged. Tickets $15, kids under age 15 free. 2:30 p.m.

Saturday.

CALL FOR MUSIC Crescent City Sound Chorus. Singers of all levels are welcome to join the women’s chorus for a variety of vocal exercises.

Reading music is not required. Contact Corinna at (601) 550-0983 or email corinna@ccschorus.org with questions.

Kinderchor. Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014 — The New Orleans German-American Children’s Chorus meets Saturday afternoons from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Membership is open to all ages and no prior experience in German or singing is necessary. Visit www.neworleanskinderchor.blogspot.com for details.

New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra.

The orchestra seeks musicians at an intermediate level or higher. Visit www. novorchestra.com for details.

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OPENING THIS WEEKEND Dancer — The documentary prfiles Ukranian ballet wunderkind Sergei Polunin.

Zeitgeist The Free World — Two ne’er-do-wells, including Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), go on the lam. Chalmette The Handmaiden — A con man tries to seduce and rob a woman with inherited wealth in Park Chan-wook’s psychological thriller. Broad.

Inferno (PG-13) — Tom Hanks slogs through the third Da Vinci Code movie.

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NOW SHOWING The Accountant (R) — Ben Affleck runs numbers for thugs and hooligans. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place American Honey (R) — Wayward teens sell magazines in this critically acclaimed, atmospheric indie.

Broad, Prytania The Birth of a Nation (R) — Scandal-mired director Nate Parker heads the film about an 1831 slave rebellion.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place Deepwater Horizon (PG-13) — The locally resonant story follows Mark Wahlberg as a technician aboard the Transocean oil rig during its explosion. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Denial (PG-13) — In a courtroom drama, a history professor adjudicates the existence of the Holocaust. Elmwood, Broad Finding Dory 3D (PG) — Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks voice colorful fish on a quest in this sequel to Finding Nemo.

Entergy Giant Screen Girl Asleep — The coming-of-age drama waltzes through dreamscapes. Broad The Girl on the Train (R) — Billed as the next Gone Girl, the movie is about a divorced woman who claims to have witnessed something relevant to a missing persons case. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Hurricane on the Bayou — Director Greg MacGillivray explores Hurricane Katrina and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands.

Entergy Giant Screen I’m Not Ashamed (PG-13) — The Christian film is based on the diaries of Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim of the Columbine school shooting. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (PG-13) — America’s favorite Scientologist reprises his role as action hero Jack Reacher.

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Keeping Up With the Joneses (PG-13) — In this jokey riff on Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a suburban couple discovers their stylish neighbors (Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot) are spies. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Kevin Hart: What Now? (R) — The brash comic stars in a stadium standup performance. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Magnificent Seven (PG-13) — A remake of a remake of Kurosawa’s masterpiece Seven Samurai. Kenner, Slidell, Regal Max Steel (PG-13) — Teenage Max and his alien companion get superhero powers in a movie destined for sequels. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (PG) — Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls’ Lorelai) is the mom in this coming-of-age dramedy. Clearview, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (PG-13) — Tim Burton directs the dark fantasy, in which a teen discovers the origin of fairy tales he heard as a child. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Ouija: Origin of Evil (PG-13) — C’mon, Bobby. I know it’s you pushing it.

Stop kidding around. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Priceless (PG-13) — A delivery man with unseemly cargo has a change of heart. Elmwood Queen of Katwe (PG) — In Uganda, girls from the wrong side of the tracks dominate a chess competition. Broad Secret Ocean 3-D — Filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau explores the ocean’s food chain from phytoplankton to the largest whales. Entergy Giant Screen Storks (PG) — Storks who carry packages for an Amazon-like conglomerate hustle to deliver a rogue baby. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween (PG-13) — Madea: Arbor Day has entered pre-production. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Whole Truth (R) — An attorney (Keanu Reeves) tries to spring a teenage client accused of murdering his father. Chalmette Wild Cats 3-D — Big kitties roam the African plains and Victoria Falls. Entergy Giant Screen

SPECIAL SCREENINGS The Barkleys of Broadway — In their last film together (and only appearance in color), Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire tap their way through a Technicolor musical.

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Beetlejuice (PG) — Goth-in-training Winona Ryder stars in the ’80s cult classic.

6:15 p.m. Friday. Behrman Center (2529 Gen. Meyer Ave.) Coffin Joe Trilogy — Three films salute Brazilian boogeyman Coffin Joe (Ze do Caixao). 8 p.m. Sunday. Bar Redux Dracula (1931) — Two films based on literature’s spookiest epistolary novel are screened. 9 p.m. Wednesday. Bar Redux The Eyes of My Mother — The black-andwhite horror movie explores childhood trauma, via viscera. 7 p.m. Saturday. Broad Halloween (R) — Michael Myers’ first appearance pierces small-town hearts. 4 p.m. Sunday. Entergy Giant Screen The Hollow — FBI agents try to crack the murder of a congressman’s daughter. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 6 p.m.

Thursday. Zeitgeist London Town — A teen discovers The Clash face to face in 1970s London. 9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Zeitgeist The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni — Mozart’s opera is based on the legends of libertine and ladies’ man Don Juan. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood In the Mouth of Madness (R) — The John Carpenter cult classic rakes up horror tropes when a Stephen King-like writer goes missing. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Treo Mexico City — Mexican artists lead a guided tour of the DF. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center NT Live: Frankenstein — National Theater’s production stars hunky Benedict Cumberbatch as the lunkhead monster. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood Night of the Living Dead (R) — The undead roam in George A. Romero’s seminal horror film, with a live original score by Think Less, Hear More. 9 p.m.

Thursday. Zeitgeist A Nightmare on Elm Street (R) — Serial killer Freddy Krueger stalks Midwestern teenagers. 4 p.m. Saturday. Entergy Giant Screen A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (R) — Freddy returns, again.

9:30 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Sunday. Broad Nosferatu the Vampyre — Though he’s better-known for documentaries, director Werner Herzog also made this melancholy vampire film. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burgundy Picture House Oasis: Supersonic (R) — A rockumentary about Britpop’s most loved/hated band.

7 p.m. Wednesday, Broad; 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Wednesday, Prytania RiffTrax Live: Carnival of Souls — Cast members from Mystery Science Theater 3000 humorously dismember the horror flop. 7 p.m. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Elmwood, Slidell, Regal The Rocky Horror Picture Show — An engaged couple forgets to leave a trail of breadcrumbs when they find a mysterious castle in the woods. Midnight Saturday-Sunday, 10 p.m. Monday. Prytania The Shining (1980) (R) — During the making of this movie, director Stanley Kubrick allegedly made 70-year-old Scatman Crothers cry with his obsessive number of filmed takes. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elmwood, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place

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IT’S THE INALIENABLE RIGHT OF ANY GOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER to mislead its audience. There’s no surer way to make viewers feel like participants in an • Opens Oct.28 intricate and tension-filled story. But it’s a rare film — such as Park Chan-wook’s • The Broad Theater spellbinding The Handmaiden — that keeps • 636 N. Broad St. us engaged for nearly two and a half hours • (504) 218-1008 by repeatedly undermining our perception of events unfolding on screen.

• www.thebroadtheater.com It takes little more than five minutes for The Handmaiden to play its first trick on PHOTO COURTESY unsuspecting audiences. What begins as MAGNOLIA PICTURES a particular type of film turns out to be something else entirely, and even that major shift represents merely a partial truth.

The film’s only purpose seems to be our full submission to the strange pleasures of its lush and mysterious world.

Ostensibly the story of a con man and a petty thief who try to steal a vast fortune from an innocent heiress, The Handmaiden presents a romantic and erotically charged tale of intrigue and suspense masquerading as a mild-mannered period drama. Best known for the noirish violence of his Vengeance trilogy (which includes the cult favorite Oldboy), Park in this film mixes familiar genres like a master chef blending flavors in his favorite kitchen.

Based on British writer Sarah Waters’ award-winning Victorian-era crime novel Fingersmith, The Handmaiden transposes Waters’ story to 1930s Korea, then under Japanese rule. A wealthy and well-connected collector of rare books has raised his sister’s niece, Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee), at his secluded mansion in hopes of eventually marrying the girl for her inherited wealth.

Learning of the wealthy patron’s plans, a con artist (Ha Jung-woo) assumes the identity of raconteur Count Fujiwara and mounts a yearslong campaign to infiltrate Hideko’s hidden world and steal both her heart and her fortune for himself. Needing inside help to pull off his elaborate scheme, the count enlists young pickpocket Sook-hee (newcomer Kim Tae-ri) to become Hideko’s handmaiden. But things are not necessarily as they seem.

The Handmaiden is divided into three parts to allow a full rendering of the story as filtered through the varied perspectives of its characters. But the result is not a Rashomon-like tale of contradictory views of shared events. Park doles out essential information as needed to undercut our false assumptions about his carefully drawn characters. His methods allow the film’s playful and mischievous nature to shine through as the element of surprise continually reinforces the film’s seductive charms.

The film’s visual style is as meticulous as its storytelling. Park paired digital cameras with antique widescreen lenses, capturing every gorgeous detail of the film’s ornate sets and costumes. Far from overwhelmed by their lavish surroundings, the cast never misses a beat, even as allegiances and motivations constantly shift beneath their feet.

Without giving too much away, it’s safe to describe The Handmaiden’s story as one of rare female empowerment — a quality seldom associated with typically male-dominated crime movies in this or any era. But Park seems deeply aware of cinematic tradition while keeping himself free of its restrictions. He’s made a dazzling film that defies expectation and surely will rank among the year’s best. — KEN KORMAN

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OPENING Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans.

433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www. martinlawrence.com — “Masters of Pop Art,” works by Takashi Murakami, Andy Warhol, Mark Kostabi and others; opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Work by 20th-century masters and contemporary artists, ongoing.

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A Gallery for Fine Photography. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www. agallery.com — “In Color: Photographs from 1846 to 2016,” photographs illustrating the history of color photography, through Nov. 26.

Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — “Sixteenth Biennial National Exhibition,” new work by members of the Degas Pastel Society, through Friday.

AIA New Orleans. 841 Carondelet St., (504) 525-8320; www.aianeworleans.org — “Withdrawn,” collages of paper ephemera by Jill Stoll, through Saturday.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery.com — “Paper Dolls,” couture-inspired sculptures based on hand drawings laminated onto acrylic panels by Rick Lazes and Paul Veto, through October.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “Ether and Agony,” work about identity, abnormality and sexuality by Doreen Garner, through Nov. 6. “Dog Hospital,” work about language, sequential imagery and make-believe by Joey Fauerso, through November.

Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery.com — “Birds of Prey,” new work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing.

Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart. com — “Outsider Artist Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing.

Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — New work by Kim Zabbia and Krista Roche; jewelry by Sabine Chadborn; crafts

by Ginger Kelly; all through October.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722; www.culturalagendaoftheconsulateofmexico.blogspot.com — “Identity,” new work by Gustavo Duque, Luisa Restrepo and Belinda Shinshillas, through Dec. 15.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Almost Eudaimonia,” dimen-

sional paintings by Holton Rower; “Sister I’m a Poet,” photographs and portraits by Tim Hailand; “Pause,” sculpture and video about healing by Stephanie Patton; all through Saturday.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Burn It Down: And Other Mantras for the End Times,” new work by Dan Tague; “It’s Still Real to Me,” new work by John Isiah Walton; both through Nov. 5.

Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St., (504) 322-5055; www.beatasasik.com — “This Old Town,” oil paintings and jewelry by Beata Sasik, through October.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery.

4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing.

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery. com — “The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective,” Blake Boyd retrospective, through October.

Brand New Orleans Art Gallery. 646 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 251-2695; www. brandneworleansartgallery.com — “All That I Am,” solo exhibition by local artist Darrin Butler, through Nov. 23.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Unseen Currents,” linear sculptures and mixed-media drawings by Raine Bedsole, through Sunday.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Subliminal Shifting,” new paintings by Cathy Hegman, through Saturday.

Carroll Gallery. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 3142228; www tulane.edu/carrollgallery — “Full Faculty Exhibition,” work by tenured, tenure-track and adjunct faculty, through Friday.

Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing.

CJ Nero. 839 Spain St., (504) 875-2008; www.facebook.com/craig.who.dat.nero — “Lifting the Veil,” photographs by Craig J. Nero, through October.

Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “La Danse des Oiseaux/ Dance of Birds,” mixed-media on paper and wood panel collaborative works

by Lisa di Stefano and George Marks, through Nov. 24.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery. com — “Lowcountry Longleaf,” oil paintings by Jim Graham, through Saturday.

Creason’s Fine Art. 831 Chartres St., (504) 304-4392; www.creasonsfineart. com — “Off Royal ... The Things We Do on Our Streets,” oil paintings and charcoal

drawings of French Quarter life by Mike Torma, ongoing.

Ellen Macomber Fine Art & Textiles. 1720 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-9414; www.ellenmacomber.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — “Immortelle,” group show about grief and death benefiting Big Class, through Nov. 27.

Frank Relle Photography. 910 Royal St., (504) 388-7601 — Selections from “Until the Water,” “Nightscapes” and “Nightshade,” night photographs of Louisiana by Frank Relle, ongoing.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Lemon Lovers,” work comprising layers of color and shapes by Alanah Luger-Guillaume and Rebecca Spangenthal; “Enscribe,” group show about memory and emotional entanglement; both through Nov. 6.

Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere,” real and fantasy New Orleans bar scenes by William Crowell, through October.

Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www.beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing.

Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres.com — Mixed-media work by Ally Burguieres, ongoing.

Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Oazo,” work about evocative objects by Joshua Edward Bennett, through Nov. 6.

Guy Lyman Fine Art. 3645 Magazine St., (504) 899-4687; www.guylymanfineart. com — “Highway 90: Beyond the Rigolets,” new photographs by Les Schmidt, through Sunday.

Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett.com — “Myth & Mammal,” paintings, ceramics and sculpture about the tension between the real and fantastical by Clintel Steed and Southern-based artists, through Nov. 26. New work by gallery artists, ongoing.

Hyph3n-Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 264-6863; www.hyph3n.com — Group exhibition by Polina Tereshina, Walker Babington, Charles Hoffacker, Garrett Haab, Jacob Edwards, Wendy Warrelmann and Amy Ieyoub, ongoing.

Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery.

Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www. dcc.edu/departments/art-gallery — “A Place for Now,” work by visual arts alumni Audra Kohout and Brad du Puy, through Thursday.

John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www. johnbukaty.com — “Grit & Grace: Meditation in Colors,” abstract paintings by John Bukaty, through October.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “The Invisible Side of the Universe,” minimalist drawings by Margaret Evangeline; “What Is Not Us,” paintings and pop art by Adam Mysock; both through Saturday.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries. com — “Uncommon Materials,” work by artists including Theresa Honeywell, Shannon Landis Hansen, Patricia

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M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing.

Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwelchart. com — Paintings and mixed-media work

by Martin Welch, ongoing.

Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — New work by Hunt Slonem, through Nov. 26.

Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.

New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www. theneworleansartcenter.com — “Louisiana Photography Biennial,” work by more than 80 photographers curated by Don Marshall, through October. “Outgroan,” collaborative mixed-media work by Mash Buhtaydusss (Brandt Vicknair and Barbie L’Hoste), through Nov. 19.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 5297277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Reticello glass sculptures with patterns

by Jason Christian; copper-enameled jewelry and nature-inspired prints by Cathy DeYoung; both through October.

New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — “Maximize Window: The Expanded Photograph in Contemporary Art of New Orleans,” photography in expanded formats by Sophie T. Lvoff, Colin Roberson, Brittan Rosendahl, Jonathan Traviesa and Bob Weisz curated by Todd Rennie, through Nov. 27.

New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 218-5319; www.nolatattoomuseum.com — “Folklore & Flash,” tattoo designs and artifacts, ongoing.

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “The Irascible Remembered,” collage, drawing, painting and sculpture by Fritz Bultman, through Saturday.

Overby Gallery. 529 N. Florida St., Covington, (985) 888-1310; www.overbygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists James Overby, John Goodwyne, Kathy Partridge, Linda Shelton and Ray Rouyer, ongoing.

Pamela Marquis Studio. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 615-1752; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New paintings by Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass, metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing.

River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — The sculpture garden, including green housing

by Robert Tannen, addresses environmental themes, through Sunday.

Rodrigue Studio. 721 Royal St., (504) 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue.com — “Blue Dog for President,” presidential and political portraits by George Rodrigue, through Jan. 8.

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NEW ORLEANS NATIVE FRITZ BULTMAN WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS of the

The Irascible Remembered and Unseen Currents

modern art movement known as abstract expressionism.

Nicknamed “The Irascibles,” its godfather was German • Through Oct. 29 expressionist Hans Hofmann, • The Irascible Remembered: with whom Bultman studied Mixed-media works by Fritz Bultman as a precocious teenager in Munich in 1935. Both eventually • Octavia Art Gallery, 454 Julia Street St., became New York art stars, but (504) 309-4249; Bultman’s oeuvre is characterwww.octaviaartgallery.com ized by the warmer, more lyrical qualities seen in works like • Unseen Currents: Mixed-media works his circa 1974 canvas Intrusion

by Raine Bedsole of Blue, with its serpentine in• Through Oct. 30 terplay of colors. Similar dancelike forms characterize some of • Callan Contemporary, 518 Julia St., his late 1930s works on paper.

(504) 525-0518; By the late 1970s, collage www.callancontemporary.com paintings like Banner revealed a more graphical approach, but his most classical works must surely be his 1950s-era canvases such as Trembling Prairie III, with atmospheric swatches of smoky yellows, reds and charcoal hues, or King Zulu (pictured), a pulsating carnivalesque tone poem that, true to its title, amounts to a tribute to the lyrical resonances of his Creole hometown.

William Shakespeare once wrote, “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” He didn’t live in Louisiana, however, where tides are a dicey proposition. In her expo at Callan Contemporary, Raine Bedsole explores the fine line between fragility and survival. Her gossamer, suspended canoes seem to drip oversize tears, but the tears are glass and their skeletal structures are made of metal, signifying the steely underlying resilience of the human spirit. That elemental dualism is a constant, appearing in works such as Storm, an evocation of land liquefying into waves rendered in watercolors on antique maps, and in an impassive Buddha partially bound by ropes, and in Rain Tower, like a Tower of Babel drenched in mists and rising seas — a parable, perhaps for a state where politicians routinely undermine our chances for a more fortunate future by endlessly squabbling as relentless tides rise inexorably around us.

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Rolland Golden Gallery. 317 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8886588; www. rollandgoldengallery.com — “Katrina — 11th Anniversary,” Hurricane Katrina-related work by Rolland Golden, ongoing.

Rutland Street Gallery. 828 E. Rutland St., Covington, (985) 773-4553; www. rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — “Reappearance of Modern Happiness,” mixed-media works on paper mache about women of color by Natori Green, through Nov. 6.

ShiNola Gallery. 1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 223-5732; www.facebook. com/shinolagallery — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www.sorengallery.com — “Treasure Things,” collage, installations and works on paper by Audra Kohout, through Saturday. Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

The Spielman Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504)-899-7670; www.davidspielman.com — Travel, Hurricane Katrina and Gulf South black-and-white photographs

by David Spielman, ongoing.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650; www.sttammanyartassociation.org — “Reginald Pollack & the Dance of Death,” works about life and death by Reginald Pollack from the New Orleans Museum of Art collection, through Nov. 26.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Happiness by the Gram,” newly painted constructions by Jack Niven, through Nov. 6.

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Evolution,” new paintings by Samella Lewis, through November.

Studio Inferno. 6601 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/infernonola — “Encuentro,” group exhibition

by Latinx artists, through Nov. 1.

Sutton Galleries. 519 Royal St., (504) 581-1914; www.suttongalleries.com — New work by Isabelle Dupuy, ongoing.

Thomas Mann Gallery I/O. 1812 Magazine St., (504) 581-2113; www.thomasmann. com — “Feast,” artisan-made functional dinnerware and decorative objects, through Nov. 19.

Tripolo Gallery. 401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-1441 — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts.uno. edu — “Mining the Domestic,” work by artist-in-residence Aaron McNamee; “Parallel Barking Separate Sleeping,” work incorporating collage, photography, words and text by Austrian artists Andrea Luth and Kata Hinterlecher; both through Nov. 6.

Where Y’Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 325-5672; www.whereyart.net — “1900 Block,” work by local street artists; “Breastfeeding: Strengthening the Heart of the Community, Reclaiming an African American Tradition,” group show about breastfeeding; both through Nov. 23.

MUSEUMS Ashe Cultural Arts Center. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — “Art Is the Driving Force,” contemporary works curated by Louise Mouton-Johnson, through Dec. 30.

Gallier House Museum. 1132 Royal St., (504) 525-5661; www.hgghh.org — “Death and Mourning in New Orleans,” exhibits and tours about death in 19th-century New Orleans, through Nov. 1.

The Historic New Orleans Collection.

533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “Money, Money, Money!

Currency Holdings from the Historic New Orleans Collection,” coins, paper notes, counterfeit detectors and political cartoons dealing with currency, through Saturday. “Danse Macabre: The Nightmare of History,” Halloween-themed tours of

Louisiana History Galleries, through Sunday, and more.

Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Historic French Quarter life and architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo.

701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www. lsm.crt.state.la.us — “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere.

751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www. lsm.crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs

by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4, and more.

National Food & Beverage Foundation.

1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — “Tujague’s: 160 Years of Tradition,” photographs, awards and memorabilia about the restaurant, through October.

National World War II Museum. 945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — “Tom Lea: LIFE and World War II,” paintings and illustrations by the war correspondent, through December.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Kenneth Josephson: Photography Is,” work by the 20th-century American photographer; “Something in the Way: A Brief History of Photography and Obstruction,” photographs with obstructing elements; both through Jan. 1, and more.

Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “Marking the Infinite,” contemporary women’s art from Aboriginal Australia, through Dec. 30.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “Paper,” paper arts and works on paper from the permanent collection; “In Time We Shall Know Ourselves,” photographs by Raymond Smith; “Top Mob: A History of New Orleans Graffiti,” New Orleans-based graffiti collective Top Mob retrospective; all through Nov. 6, and more.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.louisianastatemuseum. org/museums/the-old-us-mint — “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December.

Pitot House. 1440 Moss St., (504) 4820312; www.louisianalandmarks.org — “The Pearl and the Crescent: Examining Similarities Between Havana and New Orleans,” artifacts curated by J. Marshall Brown, through Nov. 21.

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THEATER 4000 Miles. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. — Beau Bratcher directs The NOLA Project’s play about a young man visiting his feisty grandmother after he takes a cross-country bicycle trip. Visit www.nolaproject. com for details. Tickets $20-$35. 8 p.m.

Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Airline Highway. University of New Orleans, Robert E. Nims Theatre, Performing Arts Center, St. Anthony Drive off of 2000 Lakeshore Drive — Southern Rep and University of New Orleans present Lisa D’Amour’s play, in which colorful characters living at a cheap motel hold a “living funeral” for a burlesque dancer.

Visit www.southernrep.com or call (504) 522-6545 for details. Tickets $25-$40. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Becoming Number Six. NOCCA Riverfront, Nims Blackbox Theatre, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2875; www.nocca. com — Ross Peter Nelson’s play explores issues of technology and surveillance.

Tickets $25. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday.

The Illusionists. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., (504) 287-0351; www.saengernola.com — The seven magicians perform grand-scale feats of sleight of hand. Tickets $20-$115. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

The Jeweler’s Shop. 30 by 90 Theatre, 880 Lafayette St., Mandeville, (844) 8433090; www.30byninety.com — A jeweler oversees the birth of new love affairs in a play written by Pope John Paul II. Tickets $19, seniors and military $17, students $14.

8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Longing for Peace and Home in the Songs of the Second World War. Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St., (504) 948-9998; www.marignyoperahouse. org — Moscow Nights presents Theresa Tova, Aelita and other singers in a musical theater production incorporating Russian songs sung in Jewish communities during World War II. Tickets $25, seniors $20, students $15. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

There’s also a performance at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at Gates of Prayer Synagogue (4000 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie).

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.

Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324; www.slidelllittletheatre.org — The musical sends up Broadway cliches via a murder mystery plot. Tickets $16.50, students $8.25. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday.

No Exit. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105; www.tulane.edu/~theatre — In Jean-Paul Sartre’s play, three strangers find themselves locked in a mysterious room. Admission $10-$15. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday.

Pictures of Marilyn. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The musical is based on the life, marriages and stage career of Marilyn Monroe. Tickets $29.52-$64.99. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday.

The Rocky Horror Show. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www.cuttingedgetheater. com — An engaged couple discovers a scientist working on strange projects at his castle. Tickets $22.50-$30. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

Sycorax. Fortress of Lushington, 2215 Burgundy St. — Choosing a Hat Productions presents Mason Joiner’s play about three literary “monster-mothers” in 1945.

Visit www.sycoraxnola.wordpress.com for details. Tickets $15. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

The Toxic Avenger. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 638-6326; www.thetheatreatstclaude. com — See ’Em on Stage presents the musical based on Lloyd Kaufman’s camp horror movie about a nerd remade by ra-

dioactive waste. Tickets $25-$30. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Monday.

Zombie Prom. Playmakers Theater, 1916 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671; www.playmakersinc. com — In a campy musical, the undead visit a high school after a nuclear explosion. Tickets $30, students $15. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY American Mess. Barcadia, 601 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 335-1740; www.barcadianeworleans.com — Katie East hosts local and touring comedians alongside burlesque performances. Free admission.

8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Bad Girls of Burlesque. House of Blues, The Parish, 225 Decatur St., (504) 3104999; www.hob.com — The burlesque troupe performs in a Halloween-themed revue. Tickets $21-$33. 8 p.m. Sunday.

Bayou Blues Burlesque. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge.com — Oops the Clown hosts the burlesque troupe’s inaugural performance. Admission $15. 11 p.m. Friday.

Bella Blue’s Dirty Dime Peepshow.

AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www.theallwayslounge. com — Darling Darla James, Vinsantos DeFonte, Bunny Love, Thelady Lucerne and others appear in the burlesque show.

Tickets $15. Midnight Saturday.

Blind Tiger Burlesque. BMC, 1331 Decatur St. — Xena Zeit-Geist produces the burlesque show with live music by the

Freret St., (504) 304-7110; www.gasagasa.com — Xena Zeit-geist produces the rock ’n’ roll burlesque show. Admission $10. 9 p.m. Thursday.

DANCE Takin’ It to the Roots. Ashe Power House, 1731 Baronne St., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — Michelle N. Gibson choreographs the modern dance performance.

Admission $25, students $20. 7:30 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

COMEDY Bear with Me. Twelve Mile Limit, 500 S. Telemachus St., (504) 488-8114; www.facebook.com/twelve.mile.limit — Julie Mitchell and Laura Sanders host an open-mic. Signup 8:30 p.m., show 9 p.m. Monday.

Brown Improv. Waloo’s, 1300 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 834-6474; www.facebook.com/pages/thenewwaloos — New Orleans’ longest-running comedy group performs. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Chris & Tami. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Chris Trew and Tami Nelson perform improv weekly.

9:30 p.m Wednesday.

Comedy Beast. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Massive Fraud presents stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 949-2009; www. lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show. 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Cup. Fair Grinds Coffeehouse,

2221 St. Claude Ave., (504) 917-9073; www.fairgrinds.com — Area comedians perform at the open mic. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Comedy F—k Yeah. Dragon’s Den (upstairs), 435 Esplanade Ave., (504) 940-5546; www.dragonsdennola.com — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8:30 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Gold. House of Blues, Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts a stand-up show. 8 p.m. Thursday.

ComedySportz. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show. 8 p.m.

Saturday.

David Sedaris. The Orpheum Theater, 129 University Place, (504) 274-4871; www.orpheumnola.com — The humorist speaks. Tickets $52.50-$62.50. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday.

Dean’s List. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone, Margee Green and Cyrus Cooper perform improv. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

The Franchise. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The New Movement’s improv troupes perform. 9 p.m. Friday.

Go Ahead. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.new-

movementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone and Shawn Dugas host a short lineup of alternative comics. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Hot Sauce. Voodoo Mystere Lounge, 718 N. Rampart St., (504) 304-1568 — Vincent Zambon and Leon Blanda host a comedy showcase. 8 p.m. Thursday.

I’m Listening. Voodoo Mystere Lounge, 718 N. Rampart St., (504) 304-1568 — Andrew Healan and Isaac Kozell offer armchair analysis of a rotating cast of comics. 9 p.m. Friday.

Karatefight. The Broad Theater, 636 N. Broad St., (504) 218-1008; www.thebroadtheater.com — Massive Fraud hosts the evening of sketch and stand-up. 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

Knockout!. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — Two comedy acts compete to win an audience vote.

9:30 p.m. Monday.

Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a comedy showcase with free food and ice cream. 8 p.m. Saturday.

The Megaphone Show. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Improv comics take inspiration from a local celebrity’s true story. 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Night Church. Sidney’s Saloon, 1200 St Bernard Ave., (504) 947-2379; www.sidneyssaloon.com — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host a standup show, and there’s free ice cream.

8:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Dapper Dandies. Free admission.

10 p.m. Thursday.

Breaking Even. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Candy Snatch, Mxr. Mystic, Slenderella, Hebrew Internationale and others perform at the drag and variety show. Admission $8. 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Cabaret Grotesque. Mudlark Theatre, 1200 Port St. — Musicians, singers, burlesque dancers and puppeteers perform in the eerie cabaret celebrating the theater’s seventh anniversary. Suggested donation $5-$10. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Camellia Bay Burlesque. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7585590; www.theallwayslounge.com — The Mississippi burlesque troupe’s performance pays homage to American Horror Story. Admission $15. 11 p.m. Thursday.

Coven: Bywater Edition. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www. barredux.com — Nikki LeVillain, Charlotte Treuse and Vita DeVoid perform burlesque; there’s also comedy, tarot readings and a dance party. Costumes encouraged. Tickets $10. Midnight Saturday.

Monday’s a Drag. House of Blues, Big Mama’s Lounge, 229 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Nicole Lynn Foxx hosts local drag performers. Free admission.

8 p.m. Monday.

New Orleans Carnival Kings. Bourbon Pub and Parade, 801 Bourbon St., (504) 529-2107; www.bourbonpub.com — The drag king group presents a variety show.

11 p.m. Tuesday.

Sexbomb Burlesque. Gasa Gasa, 4920

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The Toxic Avenger — The Musical

CHRISTOPHER BENTIVEGNA’S SEE ’EM ON STAGE PRODUCTION COMPANY has produced comedy musicals based on zombie and slasher movies, and now he’s added a lovable nerd thrown into an oil drum full • Oct. 27-31 of radioactive waste who becomes an un• 8 p.m. Thursday-Monday sightly freak. It may be difficult to imagine, • The Theatre at St. Claude, but The Toxic Avenger — The Musical is not just crazy funny, but also heartwarming. If 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) the hunchback in The Phantom of the Op638-6326; www.toxicnola.com era can fall hopelessly in love, why not a • Tickets $25, splatter zone $30 disfigured environmentalist?

The show, which won an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical, spoofs a cult classic 1984 science fiction film produced by Lloyd Kaufman. Though the music, directed by Ronald Joseph, is not Tony Award-caliber, the songs are catchy, clever and well-delivered. Especially noteworthy are “Hot Toxic Love” and “Evil Is Hot,” a tango.

In the style of Blue Man Group, the theater’s front row is a “splash zone,” and anyone sitting there risks being doused with blood, guts, French toast batter, instant whipped cream, ketchup and industrial waste hurled during the course of the show.

The story is about anti-hero Melvin Ferd (Kevin Murphy), who aspires to clean up pollution in his hometown, Tromaville, New Jersey. When he protests, Mayor Babs Belgoody (Janie Heck) silences Ferd with a job. She also appoints a blind woman (Elyse McDaniel) to the position of city librarian, so that incriminating evidence about the evil Good Earth Corp. can be stashed and never revealed. Ferd falls for the sweet, Bambi-legged librarian, Sarah, who somehow manages to catalog and alphabetically shelve books despite her disability. McDaniel does a priceless imitation of Patty Duke as Helen Keller, flailing her arms while staggering about the stage. From Ferd’s point of view, Sarah’s blindness is a blessing because it keeps her from being scared by his awkward appearance and — after the dip in nuclear waste — grotesque facial features. She assumes his nickname, “Toxie,” is French.

“When your face looks decayed, it’s hard to get laid,” Toxie sings.

The mayor’s goons, Black Dude (Luke Halpern) and White Dude (Eli Timm), believe they have disposed of Ferd only to have him emerge from the muck with superhuman strength. With such a small cast, Halpern and Timm assume roles too numerous to list. Halpern deftly switches from one outrageous character to the next without missing a beat or an opportunity for pirouettes. Timm’s facial expressions and comic timing draw big laughs. Heck plays both the mayor and Ferd’s mother in quick changes and, in one scene, simultaneously, when she argues with herself.

Ma Ferd moans, “I wanted Melvin to be a lawyer, but now he’s a mutant killer.”

Murphy miraculously sings, dances and romances the wide-eyed McDaniel while wearing a monstrous face mask and Kevlar costume.

An abundance of sight gags, goofy dance routines, great singing, hilarious lines from campy characters and a cautionary environmental message make Toxic Avenger a hit. — MARY RICKARD PAGE 45

Southland Comedy Showcase. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Richard Dubus hosts three stand-up comics.

Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Stoned vs. Drunk vs. Sober. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater. com — Comedians in altered states go head-to-head in a stand-up competition.

9 p.m. Friday.

Think You’re Funny? Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club, 8140 Willow St., (504) 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation. com — Brothers Cassidy and Mickey Henehan host an open mic. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Wait, What? Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Isaac Kozell and Geoffrey Gauchet host the stand-up drinking game. 8 p.m. Saturday.

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HALLOWEEN Bernie Baxter’s Traveling Sideshow.

Private residence, 44 Vivian Court, Algiers — A haunted house at a private residence has a “Dahlia’s Diner” murderous chef theme. Donations accepted. 7 p.m. FridaySaturday and Monday.

Beyond the Haunted Puddle. Port, 2120 Port St.; www.2120port.com — The haunted house, created by graffiti artist You Go Girl, tells the story of two children who disappeared. 9 p.m. shows are for adults only. Tickets $15, kids $10. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday-Monday.

Boo at the Zoo. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629 — The family-friendly Halloween celebration includes trick-or-treating, a ghost train, a haunted house and other activities. Tickets $17.

5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Boo Dat: A Spooktacular Saturday. The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, 500 Port of New Orleans Place; www.riverwalkneworleans.com — Costumed children may trick-or-treat from store to store in the mall. Face painting is available. Free admission. Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Boo Fest. Lakeview Regional Medical Center, 95 E. Judge Tanner Drive, Covington, (985) 867-3800; www. lakeviewregional.com — A daytime children’s Halloween festival offers trick-or-treating, pumpkin decorating, a photo booth, face painting and more.

Proceeds benefit the families of children with disabilities. Costumes encouraged.

Admission $2. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Boos and Booze All Hallow’s Eve Halloween Party. Treo, 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 304-4878; www.treonola.com — Spooky small bites, scary cocktails and more are available at the party. There are contests for best costume and best scream. 8 p.m. to midnight Sunday.

Brews and Boos. Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 259-1509; www.neworleanscitypark. com — The adults-only party at the amusement park is Halloween-themed and features unlimited rides, free beer, a disco carousel and a costume contest.

Admission $30. 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday.

Crawloween. Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, 423 Canal St., (504) 4102847; www.auduboninstitute.org — Special events at the insectarium are Halloween-themed and discuss “creepy” insects such as spiders, scorpions and maggots.

There are Halloween cookies and children dressed as bugs receive $3 off admission.

Free with regular insectarium admission (varies). 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Finn McGhoul’s Halloween Party.

Finn McCool’s Irish Pub, 3701 Banks St., (504) 486-9080; www.finnmccools. com — The bar’s Halloween party has a “terrifying taco bar” with free tacos, karaoke and a costume contest. 7 p.m. to midnight Friday.

Halloween Fall Festival. St. Paul Lutheran School, 2624 Burgundy St., (504) 9471773; www.splno.com — The kid-friendly fest has games, a haunted house, trickor-treating and food and drinks. Free admission. 5 p.m. Friday.

Halloween Fest. Fulton Street, at Poydras Street near Harrah’s Hotel — There are costume contests, games and drink specials at a Halloween-themed block party.

9 p.m. Saturday.

Halloween Fun. Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, 4300 S. Broad St., (504) 596-2675; www.nolalibrary.org — Kids enjoy Halloween crafts and candy at a party. 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday.

Halloween Parade. Molly’s at the Market, 1107 Decatur St., (504) 525-5169; www. mollysatthemarket.net — Jim Monaghan’s Halloween parade rolls through the French Quarter. 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Halloween Parties. Tubby & Coo’s MidCity Book Shop, 631 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 491-9025; www.facebook.com/ tubbyandcoos — The bookstore hosts two Halloween costume parties. Saturday’s party caters to adults with games, adult trick-or-treating and Are You Afraid of the Dark-style stories; a child-friendly party Sunday has readings from Goosebumps, trick-or-treating and a costume contest.

Free admission. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, noon to 2 p.m. Sunday.

Halloween Party. Indian Hills Resort, 2484 Gause Blvd W., Slidell, (985) 6419998 — The clothing-optional camp has a Halloween party featuring “ghoulish grub” and a costume contest. Admission varies.

8 p.m. Saturday.

Halloween Run/Bash. Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar, 1009 Poydras St., (504) 309-6530; www.walk-ons.com — Happy’s Running Club NOLA hosts a costumed fun run through the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny, followed by a party.

Registration $10. 5:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Halloween Spooktacular. Andrew “Pete” Sanchez Community Center, 1616 Caffin Ave. — NORDC rec centers around the city offer costume contests, carnival games and candy to celebrate Halloween.

Visit www.nordc.org for details. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday.

Harry Potter Halloween. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1601 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, (504) 263-1146 — At a Harry Potter-themed Halloween party, participants enjoy crafts, trivia and potions class. 7 p.m. Friday.

The House of Shock Horror Show. House of Shock, 319 Butterworth St., Jefferson — The haunted house for mature audiences includes gory torture chamber scenes, menacing clowns, occult figures and more riffs on common fears. There are sideshow and live music performances.

Admission $25-$30, VIP $50-$55. 7 p.m.

Thursday-Monday.

Karstendiek Family/Vampire Lestat Tomb Reception. Lafayette Cemetery

No. 1, 1427 Washington Ave. — Save Our Cemeteries and Vampire Lestat Fan Club host an evening reception and twilight cemetery tour to celebrate the restoration of the Karstendiek cast-iron family tomb.

Visit www.saveourcemeteries.org for details. 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Leather & Lace Halloween Fetish Party.

House of Blues (Foundation Room), 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.hob. com — A fetish, leather and lace-themed costume party has DJ performances and prizes. 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday.

Mall-O-Ween. The Esplanade, 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 465-2161; www.shoptheesplanade.com — Costumed children trick-or-treat and enjoy games at mall stores. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

New Canal Haunted Lighthouse. New Canal Lighthouse, 8001 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 282-2134; www.saveourlake.org — Kids under age 12 and their guardians enjoy spooky games, storytelling, magic, live music and a spiderweb maze.

Proceeds benefit Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation. Admission $3. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Nightmare on Grunch Street. Music Box Village, 4557 N. Rampart St. — The interactive music installation’s Halloween festivities include trick-ortreating, an interactive play with a goat ritual and more. Costumes encouraged.

Adult admission $13, kids $8. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday.

NORDC Teen Council Halloween Dance.

Gernon Brown Rec Center, 1001 N. Harrison Ave., (504) 658-3151; www.nola.gov/ nordc — There are DJs, a costume contest, candy and more at a dance for teens ages 12 through 17. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Not So Scary Halloween. New Orleans Public Library, main branch, 219 Loyola Ave., (504) 596-2602; www.nolalibrary. org — Children enjoy Halloween stories, crafts, goodies and trick-or-treating.

Halloween story time and crafting also take place at the East New Orleans Regional Library (5641 Read Blvd.).

Costumes encouraged at both locations.

1 p.m. Saturday.

Visitors to the House of Shock haunted house will meet Seaman Skungy and his “Bordello of Freaks” in its labyrinth of horrors.

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Pumpkin Carving Contest. Arthouse, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington — Participants may enter carved pumpkins before or at 6 p.m. and stroll and vote on entries between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

Pumpkin Parade. St. Claude Avenue at St. Philip Street — The 6t’9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club’s costumed walking parade rolls.

6 p.m. Saturday.

Shiver at the Shops. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., (504) 522-9200; www. theshopsatcanalplace.com — Costumed kids may trick-or-treat inside the mall and enjoy crafts and snacks at various stores.

Free admission. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Trickin’ and Treatin’. Covington Trailhead, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington — Face painting, games with “magical horses,” cowboy entertainment and more are available at the family-friendly Halloween party.

Costumes encouraged. Free admission.

10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Truck or Treat. Crescent Trucks, 6121 Jefferson Highway, Harahan, (504) 818-1818; www.crescenttrucks.com — Costumed children may trick-or-treat from truck to truck at the dealership. Free admission. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.

Uptown Halloween Bar Crawl. Prytania Bar, 3445 Prytania St., (504) 891-5773; www. prytaniabar.com — The bar crawl stops at neighborhood haunts. Costumes encouraged. 6 p.m. Saturday.

The Varsity Party. Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 259-1509; www.neworleanscitypark. com — The Halloween-themed party for high schoolers features unlimited rides, DJs, giveaways, drinks and snacks. Admission $20-$25. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

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TUESDAY 25 Container Gardening. The Urban Farmstead, 1730 Clio St.; www.southboundgardens.com — A short workshop teaches participants to cultivate vegetables and herbs in containers. Suggested donation $10. 1 p.m.

Dinner with a Curator. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., (504) 5276012; www.nationalww2museum.org — The four-course dinner with drink pairings includes a presentation on “From Scrambled Eggs to Beer and Sandwiches: FDR, the 1940 Election and America’s Entry into World War II” by research and history director Keith Huxen. Tickets $56.99.

6:30 p.m.

Fall into Fashion. Private residence, 1134 First St. — The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra benefit is a cocktail party featuring a light supper and fashion boutique.

An orchestral ensemble performs. Visit www.symphonyvolunteers.org for details.

Tickets $65. 7 p.m.

Intercultural Conversation. Loyola University, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8647111; www.library.loyno.edu — Students from diverse cultural backgrounds meet to discuss societal expectations and roles.

Free admission. 11 a.m.

National Novel Writing Month Workshop.

Norman Mayer Branch Library, 3001 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 596-3100; www.neworleanspubliclibrary.org — Rob Cerio’s workshop covers preparation for NaNoWriMo. 6:30 p.m.

Stop Paying Rent. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The seminar covers first-time homebuying, including overcoming credit challenges and mortgage applications. 7 p.m.

Take Zen. Lafayette Square, 601 S. Maestri Place; www.lafayette-square.org — Raw Republic and lululemon athletica host a lunchtime meditation and stretching session. Free admission. 12:15 p.m.

Women’s Health Alliance Fall Seminar.

Northshore Harbor Center, 100 Harbor Center Blvd., Slidell, (985) 781-3650; www.northshoreharborcenter.com — Health screenings, guest speakers, a heart-healthy lunch, raffles and a fashion show are part of the event highlighting breast cancer awareness. Call (985) 2808531 for details. 10 a.m.

WEDNESDAY 26 Art + Apertifs. Le Meridien New Orleans, 333 Poydras St., (504) 525-9444; www. lemeridienneworleanshotel.com — Kristin Malone leads a painting class with specialty cocktails. Tickets $37. 5:30 p.m.

Common Praxis. Ace Hotel, 600 Carondelet St., (504) 900-1180; www.acehotel. com/neworleans — Professionals of color meet for an informal happy hour in the hotel lobby. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Evenings with Enrique. City Park Botanical Garden, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9386; www.neworleanscitypark.com/botanical-garden — The Helis Foundation’s event features live music, guided tours and a special sculpture installation by Mexican-American artist Enrique Alferez. Latin

American food and mojitos are available for purchase. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

An Offal Dinner for the Curious and Adventurous. St. James Cheese Company, 5004 Prytania St., (504) 899-4737; www.stjamescheese.com — Dishes on a five-course menu contain organ meats. Tickets $50. 7 p.m.

Patrick Burtchaell. Loyola University New Orleans, Monroe Hall, Nunemaker Auditorium, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2011; www.loyno.edu — The Loyola sophomore speaks about his summer product design internship at Facebook. 5 p.m.

Round Table Luncheon. Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans St., (504) 523-2222; www.bourbonorleans.com — The luncheon honors Jefferson Performing Arts Society artistic director Dennis Assaf. Costumes encouraged. Contact judy.leblanc@ bourbonorleans.com for details. Tickets $55. Noon.

THURSDAY 27 Artistry of Death: The Cult of Mourning in the 19th-Century South. Gallier House Museum, 1132 Royal St., (504) 525-5661; www.hgghh.org — Historian John Magill’s talk covers tombs, death notices, clothing, jewelry and decorative arts. Free admission. 6 p.m.

Creole Night. New Orleans Public Library, main branch, 219 Loyola Ave., (504) 596-2602; www.nolalibrary.org — Creole genealogy covers research methods, tips and tools to help discover Creole ancestry.

Free admission. 6 p.m. Thursday.

Jazz in the Park. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www. nola.gov/parks-and-parkways — There are art and food vendors at a weekly outdoor concert series. Free admission. 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Looking at Animals: Mark Twain, the Wild and Me. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, 6823 St. Charles Ave. — Mark Twain scholar Susan Harris discusses animals in Twain’s travelogues. Free admission. 6 p.m.

Mindfulness in Motion. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature. org — Barbara Maheu leads meditation, followed by a nature walk. Contact rue@ northlakenature.org to register. Admission $5. 6 p.m.

A Night of Blue. Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, (504) 568-1702 — Blues musicians play at Crimestoppers GNO’s gala; there’s food from 30 restaurants, drinks and auctions. Proceeds benefit youth crime prevention programs.

Visit www.crimestoppers.org for details.

Tickets $85-100. 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY 28 Bat Program. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 589-3882; www. nps.gov/jela — Loyola’s Craig Hood talks about bats, followed by bat-spotting with detection equipment and bat craft activities for kids. Reservations required; (504) 689-3690 ext. 10. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Freelance Friday. Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 371-5849; www. phjmno.org — The meetup for freelance workers encourages networking; there’s discounted coffee and pastries and an afternoon happy hour. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

SATURDAY 29 Arts Market of New Orleans. Palmer Park, S. Claiborne and Carrollton avenues — The Arts Council of New Orleans’ market features local and handmade goods, food, kids’ activities and live music. Visit www. artsneworleans.org for details. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Blessing of the Pets. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., (504) 486-6331; www.lakelawnmetairie. com — St. Francis of Assisi pastor Bonnie Porrier blesses living and deceased pets, and light refreshments are served. Free admission. Pets should be leashed. Free admission. 10 a.m.

Chalmette National Cemetery Tour. Chalmette National Cemetery of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, (504) 5893882; www.nps.gov/jela/chalmette-national-cemetery.htm — A guided tour of the national cemetery presents the history and the stories of those buried there. Free admission. 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.

Deo Gratias Gala. St. Joseph Abbey Church, 75376 River Road, St. Benedict, (985) 892-1800; www.sjasc.edu — The fundraiser features a visit to the church to view monk-painted murals, auctions including religious pieces, food and wine.

Tickets $95. 7 p.m.

El Dia de los Muertos Celebration. National Food & Beverage Foundation, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 5690405; www.natfab.org — The museum celebrates the Latin American holiday with an interactive Mexican market, coloring books, lace mask crafts and traditional food and tequila cocktails. Free with museum admission. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Fazendeville Discussion. Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, (504) 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — The lecture series discusses an 1867 AfricanAmerican community founded on what is now Chalmette Battlefield. Reservations required; call (504) 281-0511 ext. 31.

Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Ghoulwill Charity Ball. Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., (504) 561-1234; www.neworleans.hyatt.com — Goodwill’s gala has a “Time Traveler” theme and features a seated dinner, live music and dancing. Cocktail attire or costume required. Visit www.goodwillno.org for details. Tickets start at $100. 7 p.m.

J. Low’s Fall Festival and Duck Derby.

Camp Whispering Pines, 56535 Highway 1054, Independence, (985) 878-9598; www.gsle.org — Girl Scouts Louisiana East hosts a duck derby with kayaking, hay rides, a rock climbing wall, archery and face painting. Visit www.gsle.org/duckderby for details. Admission varies. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Open Studio. Mini Art Center, 341 Seguin St., Algiers, (504) 510-4747; www.miniartcenter.com — At weekend art workshops, kids create mosaic-like images using paper coils Saturday and construct Halloween-themed pop-up books Sunday. Tickets $5. Noon to 5 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday.

Slidell Fall Street Fair. Olde Towne Slidell, Slidell; www.slidell.la.us — Antiques, collectibles, vintage items and arts and crafts are sold. There are food vendors and live music. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Spiritual Homies Connect. Rhema Bookstore & Cafe, 2408 David Drive, Metairie, (504) 338-6605; www.spiritualhomies. com — The meetup for local Christians includes a performance by a Christian hip-hop artist, networking, testimony, pizza, wings and desserts. Free admission.

5 p.m.

Sweet Potato Fest. Arthur Ashe Charter School, 1456 Gardena Drive, (504) 3736267; www.ashecharterschool.org/ashe — The garden party has sweet potato pizzas, pies, soup, smoothies and other dishes, along with potato sack races, West African dance and health screenings. Free admission. 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Teen Council Family Bike Ride. Behrman Center, 2529 Gen. Meyer Ave. — A 5-mile, all-ages bike ride encourages wellness initiatives. Free admission. 9 a.m.

We Heart Veterans Beer and Brat Off. Audubon Park, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute. org — At a fundraiser, chefs compete to grill the best brat to benefit veterans. Visit www.wehrtvets.org for details. Admission $30. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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Last Friday Food Truck Round-Up. Urban South Brewery, 1645 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 517-4677; www.urbansouthbrewery.com — The La Cubana, Mr. Choo, Grilling Shilling and Imperial Woodpecker Snoballs food trucks park at the brewery to serve snacks. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

New Orleans Christmas Bead & Jewelry Show. Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 465-9985 — An expo features innovative styles in fine jewelry, fashion jewelry, beads, beading supplies, findings, designer cabochons, beading classes and more. Registration varies. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Sip and Shop on Bayou Road. Kitchen Witch Cookbooks, 1452 N. Broad St., (504) 528-8382; www.kwcookbooks.com — Kitchen Witch Book Shop hosts a neighborhood shop-and-stroll with complimentary wine and beer. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Tattoo Voodoo Expo. Best Western Landmark, 2601 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-9500; www.bestwestern.com — Tattoo artists and enthusiasts display their work, participate in discussions and network at the expo. 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Voodoo Music + Arts Experience. New Orleans City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 488-2896 — The three-day festival draws revelers for a variety of musical performances on several stages. There also are food booths, an arts market and more.

Visit www.voodoofestival.com for details.

Admission varies. 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

SUNDAY 30 Archaeological Institute of America Lecture. Loyola University, Thomas Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-3240; www.loyno.edu — British Museum curator Dr. Irving Finkel discusses the Noah’s Ark myth. Free admission. 5 p.m.

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I Ain’t Afraid 5K/10K. Citywide — Runners choose their own course to participate in a virtual race that benefits programs against domestic violence. Visit www. virtualrunevents.com for details.

Registration $18. 7 a.m.

Nightmare Before Christmas Yoga. The Tchoup Yard, 405 Third St., (504) 895-6747 — Jaiweh Yoga leads an outdoor yoga class set to the soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Movie-themed costumes encouraged. Free admission; donations benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Opera Orientation and Roundtable Discussion. New Orleans Opera Guild Home, 2504 Prytania St., (504) 267-9539; www.operaguildhome.org — The New Orleans Opera Association Women’s Guild discusses Verdi’s Macbeth in advance of its upcoming production. There are themed refreshments. Email gklein@neworleansopera.org for details. Tickets $30, couples $40. 4 p.m.

Party under the Marquee. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www. thejoytheater.com — The theater hosts a tailgating party for New Orleans Saints home games with drink specials, food trucks and live entertainment. Admission free, VIP $30. 9 a.m.

Pop the Cork. Audubon Tea Room, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5301; www.auduboninstitute.org — The luncheon celebrates the Jewish Community Center’s golden anniversary. Visit www.nojcc.org for details.

Tickets $75-$200. 7 p.m.

Sunday Youth Music Workshop. Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-8477; www. tipitinas.com — Middle and high school students and their parents learn about basic music techniques with notable local musicians. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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Archaeology Lecture. Loyola University, Thomas Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-3240; www.loyno.edu — The New Orleans Society of the Archaeological Institute of America’s talk covers “Mesopotamian Mischief: Evil Forces in the World of Babylon.” Free admission. 8 p.m.

Body Sushi. Sake Cafe Uptown, 2830 Magazine St., (504) 894-0033; www. sakecafeuptown.us — At a “body sushi” dinner, sushi is eaten from a human table.

Reservations required. Tickets $80. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Mesopotamian Mischief: Evil Forces in the World of Babylon. Loyola University, Thomas Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-3240; www.loyno.edu — Museum curator Irving Finkel discusses belief in ghosts, witches and demons from the time of antiquity. 8 p.m.

Voodoofest. Voodoo Authentica of New Orleans, 612 Dumaine St., (504) 522-2111; www.voodooshop.com — The voodoo shop’s party has music, lectures, drum circles and book signings and closes with an ancestral reverence ritual. 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

SPORTS New Orleans Pelicans. Smoothie King Center, 1501 Girod St., (504) 587-3663; www. neworleansarena.com — The New Orleans Pelicans play the Denver Nuggets 7 p.m.

Wednesday and the Golden State Warriors 8:30 p.m. Friday.

New Orleans Saints. Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 Poydras St., (504) 5873663; www.superdome.com — The New Orleans Saints play the Seattle Seahawks.

Noon Sunday.

WORDS Daniel Jose Older. New Orleans Public Library, main branch, 219 Loyola Ave., (504) 596-2602; www.nolalibrary.org — The author’s talk (geared toward teens) covers writing and publishing. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday.

Esoterotica. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Local writers read from erotic stories, poetry and other pieces. Visit www.esoterotica.com for details. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Lara Naughton. Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www. press-street.com/antenna — The author reads from The Jaguar Man, her memoir.

7 p.m. Thursday.

Pat Conroy Tribute. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — Friends and readers gather to celebrate the author’s life and release of his last book, My Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life.

6 p.m. Wednesday.

Robert Hicks. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The author reads from his novel about a freed slave, The Orphan Mother.

6 p.m. Thursday.

Rodrigo Toscano and Kelly Harris.

University of New Orleans, Liberal Arts Building, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6657; www.uno.edu — The UNO Creative Writing Workshop hosts a reading with the poets followed by a Q&A, book signing and brief reception.

8 p.m. Wednesday.

Sergio Poroger. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 895-2266; www.gardendistrictbookshop. com — The photographer presents Cold Hot, his collection of Southern images.

6 p.m. Wednesday.

Sylvia Plath Birthday Party. BJ’s Lounge, 4301 Burgundy St., (504) 945-9256; www.facebook.com/bjs.bywater — Poets Tracey McTague and Brett Evans read at a birthday party for the confessional poet.

7 p.m. Thursday.

William Joyce. St. Tammany Parish Library, Covington Branch, 310 W. 21st Ave., Covington, (985) 893-6280; www. sttammany.lib.la.us/covington.html — The illustrator, children’s book author and filmmaker reads from and signs his books. Cookies and lemonade are served.

7 p.m. Friday.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED American Cancer Society. The society seeks volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Visit www.cancer.org or call (504) 219-2200.

Arc of Greater New Orleans. The organization for people with intellectual disabilities seeks donations of Mardi Gras beads, volunteers to help sort beads and volunteers for Arc farm duties. Visit www.arcgno.org for details and dropoff locations.

CASA New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteer court-appointed special

EVENTS NOLA for Life Mentors. The city initiative’s partner organizations seek adults to mentor boys ages 15 to 18 who are at risk for violence. Visit www.nolaforlife.org/ give/mentor.

NOLA Tree Project. The forestry organization seeks volunteers to adopt trees around the city and trim them. Visit www. nolatreeproject.org.

NOLA Wise. The partnership of Global Green, the City of New Orleans and the Department of Energy helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. It seeks volunteers, who must attend a 30-minute orientation.

Email mrowand@globalgreen.org.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The museum seeks docents to discuss visual arts in the South with adults and children. Email ebalkin@ogdenmuseum. org for details.

Parkway Partners. The green space and community garden organization seeks volunteers for building, gardening and other projects. Email info@parkwaypartnersnola.org, call (504) 620-2224 or visit www. parkwaypartnersnola.org.

Refugee mentors. Catholic Charities of New Orleans’ Refugee Service Program seeks volunteers, especially those with Arabic, Burmese and Spanish language skills, to help newly arrived refugees learn about everyday life in America.

Senior companions. The New Orleans Council on Aging seeks volunteers to assist seniors with personal and daily tasks so they can live independently. Visit www. nocoa.org or call (504) 821-4121.

SpayMart. The humane society seeks volunteers for fundraising, grant writing, data input, adoptions, animal care and more.

Visit www.spaymart.org, email info@ spaymart.org or call (504) 454-8200.

St. Thomas Hospitality House. The Catholic charity seeks individuals and groups of volunteers to serve people experiencing homelessness. Contact Daniel Thelen at nolacw@gmail.com or (517) 290-8533.

Start the Adventure in Reading. The STAIR program holds regular two-hour training sessions for volunteers, who work one-on-one with public school students to develop reading and language skills. Call (504) 899-0820, email elizabeth@stairnola.org or visit www.stairnola.org.

Teen Life Counts. The Jewish Family Service program seeks volunteers to teach suicide prevention to middle school and high school students. Call (504) 831-8475.

Veterans Housing Outreach Ministries.

The charity seeks volunteers to help disabled, wounded and senior veterans with food and clothing distribution, home improvements and beautification, social media and web design. Call (504) 340-3429 or visit www.veteranshousingoutreach.webs.com.

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The Creativity Collective. The organization seeks artists, entrepreneurs, parents and teens to help with upcoming projects and events. Visit www.creativitycollective.com or call (916) 206-1659.

Dress for Success New Orleans. The program for women entering the workplace seeks volunteers to manage inventory, help clients and share their expertise. Call (504) 891-4337 or email neworleans@dressforsuccess.org.

Each One Save One. Greater New Orleans’ largest one-on-one mentoring program seeks volunteer mentors. Visit www.eachonesaveone.org.

Edible Schoolyard. Edible Schoolyard seeks community volunteers and interns to assist in kitchen and garden classes and to help in school gardens. Visit www.esynola.org/get-involved or email amelia@esynola.org.

First Tee of Greater New Orleans. The organization seeks volunteers to serve as mentors and coaches to kids and teens through its golf program. Visit www. thefirstteenola.org.

Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run seeks running partners, assistant coaches, committee members and race-day volunteers. Email info@gotrnola.org or visit www.gotrnola.org.

Golden Opportunity Adult Literacy Program. GOAL seeks volunteers to conduct courses for reading comprehension, GED preparation and English language learning.

Call (504) 373-4496.

Green Light New Orleans. The group seeks volunteers to help install free energy-efficient lightbulbs in homes. Visit www.greenlightneworleans.org, call (504) 324-2429 or email green@greenlightneworleans.org.

HandsOn New Orleans. The volunteer center for the New Orleans area invites prospective volunteers to learn about the opportunities available and how to be a good volunteer. Call (504) 304-2275, email volunteer@handsonneworleans.org or visit www.handsonneworleans.org.

Hospice Volunteers. Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Carla Fisher at (504) 832-8111.

Louisiana SPCA. The LA/SPCA seeks volunteers to work with the animals and help with special events, education and more. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old and complete an orientation to work directly with animals. Visit www.la-spca. org/volunteer.

Lowernine.org. Lowernine.org seeks volunteers to help renovate homes in the Lower 9th Ward. Visit www.lowernine.org or email lauren@lowernine.org.

National World War II Museum. The museum accepts applications for volunteers to greet visitors and familiarize them with its galleries and artifacts. Call (504) 527-6012, ext. 243, or email katherine.alpert@nationalww2museum.org.

New Canal Lighthouse Museum. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation seeks volunteer docents for its museum and education center. Visit www.saveourlake.org or call (504) 836-2238.

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The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold public meetings in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida Alabama, and Texas to provide BOEM an opportunity to solicit comments from Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments, and from interested citizens and organizations. Comments will be used to prepare the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Gulf of Mexico geological and geophysical (G&G) activities.

These public meetings are held in an open-house format, and may be attended any time between 4:00 p.m. CST and 7:00 p.m. CST. They are scheduled as follows: New Orleans, Louisiana: Wednesday, November 9, 2016, Wyndham Garden New Orleans Airport, 6401 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, Louisiana 70003; Gulfport, Mississippi: Thursday, November 10, 2016, Courtyard by Marriott, Gulfport Beachfront MS Hotel, 1600 East Beach Boulevard, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501; Fort Walton Beach, Florida: Monday, November 14, 2016, Four Points By Sheraton Destin-Fort Walton Beach, 1325 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548; Mobile, Alabama: Tuesday, November 15, 2016, The Admiral Hotel Mobile, Curio Collection by Hilton, 251 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602; and Houston, Texas: Thursday, November 17, 2016, Houston Marriott North, 255 North Sam Houston Pkwy East, Houston, Texas 77060.

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In an envelope labeled “Comments on the Draft Gulf of Mexico G&G Programmatic EIS” and mailed (or hand delivered) to Dr. Jill Lewandowski, Chief, Division of Environmental Assessment, Office of Environmental Programs (VAM-OEP), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166; or

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Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. BOEM-2016-0068. Click on the “Comment Now!” button to the right of the document link. Enter your information and comment, and then click “Submit.”

BOEM does not consider anonymous comments; please include your name and address as part of your submittal. BOEM makes all comments, including the names and addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that BOEM withhold their names and/or addresses from the public record; however, BOEM cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. If you wish your name and/or address to be withheld, you must state your preference prominently at the beginning of your comment. All submissions from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses will be made available for public inspection in their entirety.

For further information on the Gulf of Mexico G&G Programmatic EIS, please visit our website at http://www.boem.gov/GOM-G-G-PEIS/ and http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/.

If you have questions, please call Dr. Jill Lewandowski at 703-787-1703.

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