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CONTENTS Features 8 9 10 12 14 16 18

Saints Preview Alvin Kamara Football for Non-Football People 7 Events During Football Season

St. Louis Cathedral Day Trips From New Orleans

Satchmo SummerFest

Events & Nightlife 20 Lakeside 2 Riverside 22 Music Calendar

Food & Drink 26 28 30 33

Food News $20 and Under Restaurant Guide Bar Guide

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Film Reviews Columns Around the Web Where Ya Been?

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Are you ready for some football? After what seems like an eternity, Saints action has returned to the Crescent City. The Saints have one of the toughest schedules in the league this year, so it will be an exciting season. Enjoy Andrew Alexander’s preview as he breaks down the team dynamics.

Alvin Kamara is one of the NFL’s most thrilling players to watch. In addition, he has become a welcome part of our local community who is always there for a selfie and a smile. Reed Darcey takes a look at this hero, who will be called upon to take the Saints to the promised land!

Even if you’re not a football fan, there’s plenty for you in this issue as well. Greg Roques and Leigh Wright both share unique things to do instead of watching the Saints … including the perks of enjoying no crowds on Sundays at local landmarks while the game is going on!

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Unfinished Business: 2018 Saints Season Preview New Orleans Saints Ready to Rebound from Devastating Playoff Loss

By Andrew Alexander

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p one point in Minneapolis, the New Orleans Saints were ten seconds away from advancing to the NFC Championship Game. Then disaster struck.

Rookie safety Marcus Williams whiffed on the most important tackle of the season, allowing Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs to snag the final reception of the game and sprint into the end zone, abruptly ending the Saints’s season.

It was a gut-wrenching ending to the Saints’s best season since the 2013 campaign. Mired in mediocrity with three straight previous 7-9 seasons, the Saints finished 11-5 in the regular season, winning the NFC South for the fourth time in the Sean Payton/Drew Brees era.

Despite a heartbreaking loss to end last season, the Saints are hoping to build on the momentum from an impressive 2017 campaign, in which several key rookies blossomed from talented youngsters to integral players.

OFFENSE The rushing attack cavalry finally arrived last season in New Orleans, thanks to the two-headed monster of Mark Ingram and sensational rookie Alvin Kamara. The Saints’s dynamic backfield duo alleviated some of the offensive pressure from Brees, allowing New Orleans’s offensive unit a new dimension of versatility.

Kamara tallied over 1,500 combined rushing and receiving yards and 13

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touchdowns, en route to Offensive Rookie of the Year honors, while Ingram rediscovered his Heisman Trophy form, racking up career highs in rushing yards (1,124) and touchdowns (12).

Despite an illustrious 2017 campaign, Ingram will be watching the Saints’s first four games from the sidelines following a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substance policy.

Sixth-round pick Boston Scott could help fill the void during Ingram’s absence. Once Ingram returns, the Saints offense should be firing on all cylinders again.

Wide receiver Michael Thomas continued his development into one of the league’s marquee receivers, leading the team with 1,245 yards in his second season, and the Saints bolstered the receiving corps by signing former Chicago Bear Cameron Meredith and drafting Tre-Quan Smith in the third round. The Saints brought back a reliable offensive line and upgraded the tight end position with the return of Benjamin Watson.

Needless to say, Brees will have no shortage of weapons at his disposal to

defend the NFC South crown.

DEFENSE After ranking near the bottom of the NFL defensive rankings during the franchise’s trio of mediocre seasons from 2014 to 2016, the Saints’s defense found a recipe for success last year.

New Orleans rookie cornerback Marshon Lattimore was a revelation last season, especially after projected starter Delvin Breaux was injured in training camp. Lattimore tallied five interceptions and joined Kamara in the postseason award circuit as the Defensive Rookie of the Year. More importantly, the rookie helped the Saints finish seventh in the NFL in opponent passer rating.

Lattimore and fellow rookie Marcus Williams (pictured left) were key cogs in shoring up the Saints shaky secondary. Williams finished second on the team in tackles (59)—yes, one more would have been nice—and interceptions (4), playing safety alongside leading tackler (62) Vonn Bell.

The resurgence of the secondary allowed New Orleans’s front seven to wreak more havoc than usual. Defensive end Cam Jordan had a career year in 2017, terrorizing opposing offenses and racking up 13 sacks and 48 tackles. The X-factor this season is rookie defensive end Marcus Davenport.

The Saints traded up from No. 27 to snag Davenport at No. 14 in this year’s draft because of the immense potential the former Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year displayed in college. On paper, Davenport’s measurables are eye-popping. At 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds and with a 4.58 40-yard dash time, the former UT San Antonio prospect has the makings of a high-caliber NFL pass rusher. His development, and how well defensive end Alex Okafor rebounds from his 2017 Achilles injury, will be key for New Orleans’s pass rush attack this season.

SPECIAL TEAMS There are plenty of familiar faces returning to the Saints special teams unit this season. Punter Thomas Morstead,

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last seen making a touchdown-saving tackle in the NFC Divisional Playoffs while suffering a rib injury, returns after signing a five-year contract extension in the offseason. Morstead’s yards per punt (47) and net average (42.2) both ranked in the top ten of the league last year. Kicker Wil Lutz connected on 31-of-36 field goals in 2017, upping his field goal percentage to 86 percent, four points higher than his rookie season, and notched 47-of-50 PATs. The Saints return game will likely once again feature a combination Ted Ginn, Jr., Tommylee Lewis, Alvin Kamara, and Trey Edmunds.

PREDICTION The Saints return with the majority of key personnel from last year’s NFC South championship squad and will need all hands on deck to navigate one of the toughest schedules in the league. In addition to the always-tenacious NFC South foes, the Saints’s schedule features road games at Dallas and a revenge-game at Minnesota, along with home matchups against the Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Philadelphia Eagles, the defending Super Bowl champions. Factor in three straight road games, following the tilt against Atlanta on Thanksgiving, and the Saints have a gauntlet of a schedule to overcome if they want to make consecutive playoff trips for the first time since the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

The Saints reestablished themselves as legitimate Super Bowl contenders last season, but the franchise certainly has a bad taste in its mouths after the demoralizing playoff loss. Great teams learn from adversity to rebound and improve, moving forward, and the Saints are poised to take the next step towards claiming the franchise’s second Lombardi Trophy.

New Orleans: 11-5, NFC South Champions, NFC Championship Game

Alvin Kamara is Truly A Saint

By Reed Darcey

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n the early stages of his rookie season, he usurped aging Hall-of-Famer Adrian Peterson on the depth chart and filled Sean Payton’s “Joker” position, a nominal running back who can line up anywhere on the gridiron, specializing in finding mismatches. Fans soon realized his profound abilities to run and to receive and glimpsed shades of Reggie Bush and Darren Sproles, “Jokers” of the Saints’s past, in Kamara.

As a runner, his 6.1 yards per carry was a league best.

He became the third rookie in NFL history to tally at least 800 yards receiving and 700 rushing.

His 81 receptions placed second among runners and 13th overall.

Kamara found the end zone 14 times, a mark that also ranked second in the NFL. He became the first rookie in over 50 years to catch and run for at least five touchdowns each and add a kickoff return score. A model of efficiency and productivity, he topped off an astounding first season with the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award, all while sharing the backfield with Mark Ingram.

Perceived as perhaps the most evasive player in the league, Kamara posted an elusiveness rating of 108.5, a significant 12 points greater than the next best total since Pro Football Focus began recording elusiveness in 2006. He is not only elusive on the field, however; his personality does not mesh well with traditional, buttoned-up cultures, both inside and outside the locker room, as his clashes with the establishment in his past reveal. For Kamara, fitting in has not always been as seamless as it has in New Orleans.

His journey to the Big Easy began in Tuscaloosa, AL. According to a profile of him in Sports Illustrated, soon after Nick Saban promised Kamara a collegiate career as a versatile back on one of the best teams in the country, that career was put on hold. A torn lateral meniscus forced the Tide to redshirt Kamara.

Having suffered the first major ailment of his life, Kamara responded negatively, cutting himself off from teammates, coaches, and trainers. The question “why” was a persistent inquiry in his head, he told SI. After serving suspensions in the Tide’s game against LSU and the Sugar Bowl, Kamara decided to transfer.

He then made a pit-stop at Hutchinson

Community College in Kansas for one season and, before departing, earned Conference Offensive Player of the Year. He also began to don his famous bull nose ring, the first sign of the gradual unveiling of his identity.

Kamara then returned to the SEC, completing a transfer to Tennessee.

Having appeared in 24 games over two years, he rushed for 1,294 yards on 210 carries, caught 74 passes for 683 yards, and found the end zone 23 total times. In Knoxville he dreaded his hair and began to flash a smile with his trademark gold grill, learning to embrace his personality.

Despite the productivity, Kamara played merely a supporting role for the Volunteers, splitting time with Jalen Hurd. Once again, he was uncomfortable. Tennessee, oblivious to his immense talent, did not adapt to his skill set and was unwilling to modify the offense to better suit Kamara. Still, he was efficient and produced enough to catch the eyes of NFL scouts. Per the SI piece, he was confident that he, if given the chance, would thrive in the NFL. After holding a workout with Kamara, Sean Payton and the Saints also believed in him, trading up in the third round on draft day to select him. The rest is history.

Given his troubles in the past, why has Alvin Kamara had so much success in New Orleans?

First of all, if Payton could craft the perfect Saint in a lab, he would look like Kamara. With nimble feet, soft hands, and a high football IQ, on the field Kamara has it all and fits perfectly with Payton’s Saints.

Off the field, his personality similarly dominates. If you read about him, or listen to his coaches, teammates, and friends, you will discover his rich, effervescent identity.

The culture of the NFL is one that denigrates the individual and extols the system. You can play in the league, but first your individuality will be absorbed into a collective body of players that together represents the mighty shield.

Such are the norms a player faces when he enters the league.

An anomalous, outlandish free spirit, Kamara deviates from these customs. Having conquered tribulations, he fully embraces who he is. Even without support, he has remained true to himself.

The same could be said for the city of New Orleans, and that is why Kamara is an even better fit with the city he now calls home.

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Dr. Strangelocal or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Football Season

By Greg Roques

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t’s hard being a guy who doesn’t care about “Big 4” athletics. Countless times I’ve found myself at social gatherings where people attempt to make small talk by asking me about last weekend’s game, and I look at them like they just addressed me in a foreign language, asking if I could solve the square foot of infinity. Eventually, they sense that my cognitive networks are returning an error message, and I get the look—you know, the one that says, “You’re not one of us.”

No time of year does this emasculating scarlet letter of ignorance shine more boldly than during football season, especially in New Orleans. Following the Saints’s triumphant return to the Super Dome after Hurricane Katrina in 2006 and a subsequent 2010 Super Bowl win, football went from being a regional religion to a commandment—failure to observe is heresy.

Unfortunately, the seeds of my indifference were planted early. My mother, a psychologist specializing in brain injuries, forbade me from even thinking about football in the ‘90s (turns out she was ahead of her time ... thanks, Mom!). To this day, this parentalblacklisting has left me illiterate to the rules and nomenclature of the sport; however, it was my father who truly drove me away from game. I remember watching him get red in the face, screaming at the “Ain’ts” through

the TV, every season after defeated season.

I couldn’t understand why he would let something he has no control over put him at an increased risk of a stroke or heart attack every weekend.

My bewilderment carries on to this day.

When the Saints lose, locals slump through their week like a sad Charlie Brown with an ever-present stormy cloud following him around. New Orleanians’s fickle fandom confounds me. If your children bring home a bad report card, do you wear a paper bag over your head whenever they’re around until they make the honor roll? Either you’re all-in or all-out—show some loyalty.

When the tables are turned, though, everyone is ecstatic. They explode into the office Monday morning like a SWAT team kicking in El Chapo’s front door, proclaiming victory. Sorry to break it to you, but you didn’t actually win anything—you watched. The only points you possibly scored binging on beer and wings from your couch were added to your waistline and subtracted from your brain cells. Even more mind-numbing is the eruption of fan riots in the aftermath of a historic win, such as the drunken destruction of public property (not to mention decency) in Philadelphia following their Super Bowl victory earlier this year. Imagine if at the end of World War II, the Allied Forces’s civilian populations all obliterated their respective countries in

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back home post-graduation. In an attempt celebration. It’s as if sports spectatorship is the social god particle that gives mass to to upgrade my small talk game, I decided I was finally going to make a concerted effort stupidity. to follow football—at least enough to keep That being said, everyone should admire athletic competitors: They are up in a conversation. This pursuit was short lived because of the focused, disciplined, and driven internet. Fantasy sports to be their best selves on the field. These are had become an online obsession sometime all traits embodied by society’s most around 2006; now, I not only had to follow successful leaders “my” team’s success, and behaviors we should all strive to but every other team as well. To be practice.

Attending LSU in competitive, you the early aughts, I had to be current on individual player feared my athletic apathy would leave stats, up-and-coming players’s stats, and me cast out of the gates of Tiger Country other stats. It was too much, and my historic like a teenager on Bourbon t foundation was too anemic Ne Street with no fake ID. r A for me to ever catch up. I wO However, to my surprise, of rlea n s Mu s e um quit.

I came to embrace football What is it about bros and sports season. While 99 percent of our that I deemed this “upgrade” necessary? state capital’s population packed into Tiger I felt like a fat kid on a diet, force-feeding Stadium, my artsy friends and I had free himself a salad when a slab of chocolate run of the city. Movie theaters, restaurants, cheesecake was just within fork’s reach. I don’t downtown bars—you could walk into them all torture myself watching E! just so I can tell one like you owned the place. When the jocks are Kardashian from the other should my wife away, the geeks will play. mention them in conversation.

My social circle splintered when I moved

Luckily, I was back in New Orleans. Like college, while the city’s lemmings followed the NFL and NCAA into a seasonal ocean of quarters and kickoffs, I decided I would make the most of my weekend-long moratorium on the masses.

If you’re like me and would need to spontaneously combust to care less that there’s a game on, do yourself a favor and don’t just Netflix-and-chill. For the next few hours, you get to be Will Smith in I Am Legend. Make it count.

Dreyfous Dr.) for a coffee and beignets and sit under one of the parks majestic, centuries-old oak trees. If you truly want to take a scenic route off the beaten path, locate Couturie Forest off Harrison Avenue, towards the back of the park. Walking its remote trails, surrounded by nothing but wildlife and the sounds of nature, you will feel like you are hundreds of miles from the city—there is nowhere else in the city like Couturie Forest if you want to unplug and clear your head.

Though parking may Sunday Funday be a bit more daunting, (Without the Wait) heading towards the Fewer crowds city—especially if it makes it easier to is a home game— get to places more downtown and the quickly and enjoy CBD are also rich yourself without with options. The a wait. Game Contemporary time provides the Arts Center (900 perfect opportunity Camp St.), Ogden to explore the Museum (925 Camp city without being St.), and The National overwhelmed by the World War II Museum usual mosh-pit of weekend (945 Magazine St.) in the warriors.

CBD are all a short walk One thing my wife from each other and will C af e DuMonde and I love to do during this be easier to navigate, thanks time is visit local museums. The to reduced foot traffic. Southern New Orleans Museum of Art and The Food and Beverage Museum & Museum Sculpture Garden at NOMA (1 Collins Diboll of the American Cocktail (1504 Oretha Cir.) in City Park are both a peaceful way to Castle Haley Blvd.), just down the road spend an afternoon. While you’re there, you Uptown, is also a great option for those who could also go for a bike ride around the park prefer their art to be of the culinary kind. or rent a paddle boat for a different view of If you would rather take in your culture its lush scenery. Stop at Cafe DuMonde (56 outside, city tours are a great way explore

the city while learning about its storied past. scenic outdoor setup. You can also enjoy The French Quarter offers countless walking a more hands-on musical afternoon at the tours, everything from history tours (Historic Music Box Village (4557 N. Rampart St.), New Orleans Tours: TourNewOrleans. exploring its many avant-garde instrumental com) to ghost tours (Haunted History installations.

Tour: HauntedHistoryTour.com). Feel like day Finally, just because you don’t enjoy drinking? Learn the stories behind some of watching sports that doesn’t mean you can’t New Orleans's most revered cocktails while enjoy participating in them. Last year, I wrote sampling hurricanes, Sazeracs, and prathe article "8 Ways to Discover Adventure line liquor on the New Orleans Drink In-And-Near New Orleans This Summer" & Learn Tour (DrinkAndLearn. for Where Y’at, outlining extreme com). If you are looking for sports options in our area. A something less structured trampoline park (Sector that you can do at your 6 Extreme Air Sports: own pace, download Sector6.us), a water a city guide from park (Blue Bayou: FreeToursByFoot.com BlueBayou.com), an and rent a bike from indoor bouldering The American Bike facility (New Rental Company Orleans Boulder (318 N. Rampart Lounge: ClimbNola.

St.). For those com), and a cable looking to experience wakeboarding track Louisiana Life (Cajun X Cables: outside the Crescent CajunXCables.com) City, try a swamp tour are all in or within with Cajun Encounters driving distance of New (cajunencounters.com).

Orleans. All will experience Ba its attenuated attendance on cch r Heading down toward i p anal W ine & S the Marigny/Bywater area, behalf of game day . . . be a take a stroll through Crescent real sports enthusiast and give one Park (2300 N. Peters St.) for a gorgeous of these activities a try. view of the Mississippi River, as well as a While being a football noob does make handful of installations from Prospect 4 you stand out like a sore thumb during the (prospectneworleans.org). When you are done, fall, it doesn’t mean the season is without its stop by Bacchanal Wine & Spirits (600 benefits. Here’s to hoping you make your own Poland Ave.) for a delicious wine and cheese winning season. pairing while you enjoy jazz music in their

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Ascension Hot Air Balloon Festival

Seven Things For Non-Football Fans

By Leigh Wright

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anymore, and fall is no different. Sneak out s New Orleanians, we wear our badge of the house to catch music, food, and arts and culture at the following festivals. If your of “Summer Heat Bearer” proudly to significant other is a dedicated football fan, out-of-towners. The oppressive humidity there are plenty of bars littered about with keeps us damp from the end of April until TVs on. Drop him or her off, and then go the beginning of October. Secretly, however, play. Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, we all look forward to fall. The first breeze October 12-14; Louisiana Shrimp and of cooler air straightens our backs and Petroleum Festival, August 30-September brings a smirk across our faces. We stared 3; Boudin, Bourbon, and Beer, November into the eyes of summer’s fire and emerged 9; Burlesque Festival, September 20-23; to the rewards of autumn.

New Orleans Film Festival, October 11-25.

We all know the city lives and dies by Saints season. When they win, shots are 2) Balloons! Bayou Road Balloon poured, paychecks are given on time, and Festival will be held November 9-11. It’s a the city is consumed with excited banter. full-on festival, reminiscent of the beautiful When they lose, doors are shut, our pictures taken in the Southwest. uncles pass out after screaming You’ll find food and beer at the TV, and Monday is (of course) as well as a rougher than it has to be. full line-up of music, But what if you don’t featuring Noisewater live and die by the and Dustin Cole. Or Saints? What if you— you can choose the gasp!—have never Ascension Hot Air been to a game or Balloon Festival, don’t know who the September 21. That wide receivers are? one even boasts a First, don’t openly BBQ competition. admit that to people around here. Go buy 3) In Lafayette, yourself a black and at the Noel Acadien gold outfit and politely au Village, jockey eat the food and drink about other families the beer if ever invited r and yuletide-lovers as Bo over for a game. You can ud ee NFL and NCAA teams B in , B quietly sit in the midst of ourb o n , an d do the same before the the chaos, nod, and think to playoffs. Over half a million lights yourself, “Yes. You watch the TV. I’ll make Acadian houses sparkle at night as you watch over the gumbo.” travel through time and learn about Acadian If you need more stimulation than pigskin, life. The festival runs December 1-23, from here’s a quick list of how to spend your time 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., weather permitting. this fall in and around New Orleans.

The village offers Zydeco music, food, and lots of history regarding how this area of 1) It’s festival season, again! New the country was settled—all wrapped up in Orleans seems to never break from festivals

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Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival contemporary capitalism.

4) We are the Sportsman’s Paradise, after all, so take advantage of it! In an area known for its affinity for seafood, we should take it upon ourselves to go directly to the source as much as possible. Go scope for cobia down in Venice in September or for delicious flounder near the marshes at Cocodrie. If you need more information, go to wlf.louisiana.gov. There’s nothing like bringing home dinner to entertain friends and family.

5) Halloween! What more can we say?

There are costumes. There is revelry. You can spend an entire month going to haunted houses, eating candy at work, and working on your outfit. Talk is moved ever so slightly away from football and towards parties, trick-or-treating, costumes, or fall recipes.

Without fail, the temperature usually drops for the first time at night the weekend of Halloween. If you’re costume is skimpy, you better get a good liquor blanket on. Try hitting up Frenchmen or Voodoo Fest or the new local favorite, the Krewe of Boo parade.

6) Fall to your knees and praise that it’s not summertime anymore. We love watermelon and pool parties, but there’s only so much sweat we can produce. Even if the first hint of cooler weather rolls in around Halloween, it’s time to say thank you to the weather gods for getting us through yet another New Orleans summer. Pull out your jeans in all hopes of sporting your autumn-fashion style, but don’t pack those shorts up just yet.

7) Sure you can start baking cinnamon rolls and pumpkin cookies now that it’s safe to turn on your oven after summer, but do yourself a favor and get behind the grill. Do yourself a bigger favor and grill with charcoal, not propane. Grilling is meant to be a tactile sport, so get dirty, pick up the charcoal, and cook delicious food. This fall, focus on less-talked-about foods, like jerk chicken. Thyme, ginger, Scotch bonnets, and citrus all go into this marinade. It’s sweet, but also hot, aromatic, and smoky, with crunchy skin enveloping moist meat. Pair it with roasted vegetables and a nice Dark and Stormy cocktail, and your evening is set.

Krewe of Boo

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A Tricentennial Temple New Orleans's Tricentennial Series: St. Louis Cathedral

By Emily Hingle

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ew Orleans is one of the most staunchly Catholic cities in America because it was forged by French and Spanish people who were devoted to the Catholic Church.

When the first explorers and colonists arrived in this swampy land, they knew that they had to worship somewhere. They placed their main church in the heart of their city, and they’ve been fervently worshipping there ever since.

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville officially established the city of New Orleans in 1718.

He colonized the land that is now the French Quarter because it was located on higher ground next to the Mississippi River, and it was relatively close to the Lake Pontchartrain, which was also a trade route. A few years later, leaders of the Catholic Church and faithful laypersons arrived and began to establish a holy place where devotees could properly worship.

French engineer Adrien De Pauger arrived in the fledgling city on March 29, 1721, and he hoped to start construction on a permanent church at the top of the town square, called Place d’Armes (current-day Jackson Square), right away. However, he was asked by the city officials to focus on making housing and infrastructure first.

The citizens of the city built makeshift churches or worshiped in other buildings in the early 1720s, much to the chagrin of the clergy. A priest visiting from France was thoroughly upset with the circumstances in which people were practicing their faith as well as the state of the city itself. Leonard V. Huber and Samuel Wilson, Jr. wrote in their book The Basilica on Jackson Square, “Father Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, a Jesuit historian who visited the struggling town, found ‘half of a wretched warehouse’ serving as the church.”

In 1724, construction of what would be the

first permanent St. Louis Cathedral began, and Catholics began to hold ceremonies on the site in temporary buildings. This church was quite small compared to the size of the church today. Parishioners could only get a seat in one of the 18 pews if they bought it at auction.

Sadly, the church’s biggest champion De Pauger perished on June 21, 1726, before the church was completed. He requested that he be buried within his beloved church. He was the third person to be interred there.

The first St. Louis Cathedral was used for decades before being closed for renovations.

It was reopened in the 1760s, but it was completely destroyed two decades later. A single candle was the culprit behind a massive fire that burned much of New Orleans on Good Friday, March 21, 1788.

Military treasurer Vincente Jose Nunez left a candle burning near his window, and it lit his lace curtains on fire. The fire rapidly spread through the city, burning the wooden homes and buildings. Among the destruction, the St. Louis Cathedral, the Cabildo, and the home of the local priests were devastated.

The pastor of the church during the time of the fire was Father Antonio de Sedella, more commonly referred to as Pere Antoine. Pere Antoine was known to cause trouble with his superiors in the church, yet his parishioners were enthralled with him. Benjamin Latrobe wrote of Pere Antoine: “Father Anthony wears a coarse monks dark brown habit, tied around his waist with a thick cotton cord, and a very large broad black hat. He is the only priest who wears monastic dress in the city. His benevolence is always active.”

Pere Antoine seemed to be a close confidant of Marie Laveau, the infamous voodoo priestess. He baptized her in the early 1800s and then presided over her first wedding in 1819 to a man named Jacques Paris, who mysteriously disappeared not long

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after. "Probably she knew Father Antoine better than any living in those days, for he the priest and she the nurse met at the dying bedside of hundreds of people," her obituary in The Daily Picayune stated.

Pere Antoine passed away on January 19, 1829, and was laid out in the church for people to visit. Thousands of people came to mourn the popular priest, and he was buried under the floor of the church three days later.

Some regular parishioners and tourists have claimed to see the ghost of Pere Antoine near the altar during Christmas midnight mass, holding a candle or walking in the church’s alleyway that is named after him.

The citizens worshiped in government buildings and hospitals while a new church was built. Finally, the cathedral was completed in 1794, thanks to funds donated

by Don Andres Almonester y Roxas, one of the wealthiest men in the city. He also built a chapel at the Ursuline Convent and rebuilt Charity Hospital after a hurricane destroyed it. Almonester didn’t lavish these charitable works for the people of New Orleans out of the goodness of his heart, though—he was trying to gain the regal title of “Castile” from the King of Spain.

Two years later, in 1796, Almonester received the title he vied for; then he passed away in 1798. He was also buried under the floor of the cathedral, which he requested.

Don Andres Almonester y Roxas’s daughter, Micaela Almonester, eventually came to have many dealings with the church, too. Micaela’s father died before she was three years old, and he left her a large inheritance. Fifteenyear-old Micaela was arranged to marry her 20-year-old cousin Joseph-Xavier Celestin Delfau de Pontalba in 1811. They married at the St. Louis Cathedral and moved to France where they lived a rich life.

Micaela’s fatherin-law, Baron Joseph Delfau de Pontalba, despised her and attempted to get his hands on the fortune her father left her. Micaela left France in 1803 and returned to New Orleans to ensure the safety of her properties there. When she went back, she attempted to divorce Celestin, to no avail. The Baron de Pontalba was so angered by her behavior that he shot her four times in the chest. She survived, but the Baron committed suicide the same day.

Because of the Baron’s death, Celestin took the rank, and Micaela was awarded the title of Baroness de Pontalba. She finally won a legal separation from Celestin and regained all of

her inheritance.

In 1848, the Baroness de Pontalba and her children returned to New Orleans. She invested much of her fortune in revitalizing the city. In particular, she commissioned the building of two large red-brick buildings that border the Place d’Armes, and it is still standing today. She helped to rename Place d’Armes as Jackson Square and partly paid for the iconic statue of Andrew Jackson.

Perhaps because of Baroness Pontalba’s beautiful new buildings, a contract was taken out in 1849 to upgrade the St. Louis Cathedral again. The construction was well underway when tragedy struck a few years later.

On April 25, 1909, just before 3 p.m., the church was rocked by an explosive that was set off near the entrance of the church.

There were just a few parishioners gathered near the church’s altar for a christening after the morning mass, and none of them were injured in the blast. It seemed to the police that the culprit either didn’t want to hurt anyone or was inept, because people could have died had it been set it off deeper inside the church or a few hours earlier.

Sicilian immigrant Ferdinand Palma was arrested because of rising beliefs that Italian immigrants were committing heinous crimes.

He was later cleared of the charges. Some people claimed that the laborers renovating the church were to blame, but there have been no suspects charged with the crime.

While citizens and government officials tried to raise money to fix the church, the Category 4 Hurricane of 1915 caused extensive damage.

The church was closed for repair and renovation, reopening in 1917.

The church stood proudly throughout the 20th century. However, it did not escape the ravages of Hurricane Katrina at the beginning of the 21st. Two huge oak trees were uprooted in the church yard, and a hole was torn in the roof. Rainwater damaged the Holtkamp pipe organ that was installed just before the storm hit. The organ was restored to the church in 2008.

Set in the backdrop of Jackson Square, the iconic St. Louis Cathedral has become a symbol of the city itself. Both have survived fire and flood and even terrorist attack, to be rebuilt by the faithful of New Orleans. And, without doubt, the St. Louis Cathedral, like her city, will surely be standing for another 300 years—providing refuge for local devotees, tourists, and spirits alike!

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What It Means to Miss NOLA: Take a Day Trip Outside New Orleans

By Leigh Wright

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wamp tours and plantation visits are fun and different, but let’s face it: There is way more to do around New Orleans. What else, you ask? Well, here are five day trips to get you out and about. It’s always a good idea to get away from the island of New Orleans every once in a while.

but you can still see the remnants of Fort Proctor, or “Beauregard’s Castle,” just a few hundred yards from shore. The fort was built in the 1800s, but never garrisoned.

Decades ago, young adults would drive their cars out there at low tide, but as the water has changed, so does the method of transportation.

There is a great water expanse between the shore and Fort Proctor that you can paddle across, and then climb around the brick facade. Put on your best Indiana Jones attire, grab a camera/drone/ GoPro, and go exploring!

It’s a great way to connect with Louisiana’s historic military and naval past in a personal manner.

Due to a lack of funds, or many forts are not going t c For t Pro to last, so venture out sooner rather than later.

Zip’N Fun Tucked in the woods of Mississippi, a giant sports complex opens up off a road only a mile from the interstate. It’s a straight, onehour shot from New Orleans. One piece of advice is to call when you get close, because it’s easy to miss the sign for the “Harness Hut.” It’s great Ka yak for groups (typically to teenagers, but even we 20-somethings had a blast).

You glide, climb, crawl, and swing between trees and over roads. We were laughing the whole time at our (lack of) skills and simply using our bodies and minds in ways we hadn’t since childhood. In the summertime, you can hop right over to the water park that juts out next door.

Go eat at Murky Waters next to the beach afterwards. I suggest the burnt ends, potato salad, fried okra, and garlic parmesan wings.

Kayak to Fort Proctor There is not much left to see or do recreationally down near Shell Beach,

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Global Wildlife Center Why don’t more people talk about this place? Why is it not listed in travel magazines? Why am I not there now? The GWC is a fascinating place with giraffes, zebras, kangaroos, camels, bison, and llamas, all roaming a 900-acre open field in southeastern Louisiana. Take a moment to let that sink in.

This place is amazing for anyone. You buy a cup of food, hop into the open-air safari truck, and get driven around the expansive area while exotic animals pop their heads

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Zip'N Fun in and eat from the cups. I’ve touched a giraffe’s nose, almost been bitten by a zebra, and thrown food pellets to bison.

It, too, is only an hour outside of New Orleans, so I highly suggest putting this high up on your list of places to go on a weekend day.

Couche Couche Club Why are the best things in life the simplest? What is couche couche? Couche Couche (pronounced how you might imagine a French elder trying to say “kush”) is a cornmeal-based Cajun dish, eaten either sweet or savory, served with various toppings as a breakfast, dessert, or snack. It is delicious.

This early-morning (5 a.m. sort of early) outing is a great way to listen to a live band out in nature, drink hot coffee—spiked, perhaps?—and eat boudin, couche couche, and bread with jam and butter. There is little to no effort exerted by the guests. The crew is spectacular, and they have thought of every detail to make this experience

memorable and easy.

It was started by Effie Michot as a way to get together and celebrate life—truly what Louisianians do best. Tickets go on sale when they announce the next event, so get on the newsletter!

Ship Island This oldie-but-goodie day trip is fun for summer outings. Be prepared to pack all your provisions; this trip is definitely worth the day. Arrive in Mississippi in the morning, board a ferry, and get—ahem—ferried out to a private island in the Gulf.

The brackish water clears up, and the island boasts large, sandy beaches to spread out on and frolic. There are all sorts of people who come, so be prepared to people watch and mingle with the masses.

To avoid the largest of crowds, do not go on the weekends in the summertime. There is Fort Massachusetts to explore as well.

Pack your sunblock and a hat and climb aboard!

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I Spirit of Satchmo: The 18th Annual Satchmo SummerFest

By Ian Cogswell

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t’s that time of the year: sweltering heat, draining humidity, sweeping afternoon thunderstorms, caterpillars, termites, palmetto bugs, snowballs, Saints predictions, the sweet smell of jasmine, and the occasional whiff of hot garbage. Ah yes, summer in New Orleans, and we love every bit.

Like all other summer certainties, the much-anticipated Satchmo SummerFest, presented by Chevron, returns for the 18th time this August 3-5 to the Jazz Museum at the Mint, once again bringing together the best food, music, and culture the city has to offer.

Satchmo SummerFest had its start in 2001 and was meant to be a one-time tribute to the New Orleans jazz legend on his 100th birthday, but it was such a big hit that it was made into an annual event. The festival celebrates the life, legacy, and timeless music of Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong and supports local musicians. The $5 daily admission helps to achieve this end as well as pay for the festival. Children under 12 get in free.

Admission also grants access to indoor attractions, such as Pop’s Playhouse for Kids (Powered by Entergy) and the Satchmo Legacy Stage, featuring discussions and presentations by renowned Armstrong scholars.

Along with the usual suspects, eight artists are set to make their Summerfest debuts, including Grammy-winning queen of soul Irma Thomas. Always having been an admirer of Satchmo, Thomas recalls a

notable encounter with the Jazz legend: “Mr. Armstrong was an influence on a lot of young children, including me. I never thought I would be in the business, but then saw him as King Zulu when I was nine years old. That parade passed right in front of my house and left such an impression!”

The other 7 debutants are must-sees as well. Enjoy the music of Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses, Bonerama, Doyle Cooper Jazz Band, Dwayne Burns and His New Orleans Band, James Williams, Mayumi Shara & New Orleans Jazz Letters, and Where Ya At Brass Band.

No New Orleans summer celebration would be complete without great food and great beer. The Big Cheezy and Roux Carre join the venerated culinary lineup this year, along with returning festival favorites, such as Ajun Cajun, Café Dauphine, The Company Burger, Crêpes à la Cart, Lasyone's Meat Pie Restaurant, Palmer's Cuisine, Quintin's Ice Cream, Plum Street Snoballs, and The Praline Connection. Beer and wine lovers won’t want to miss the Abita Beer Garden, serving classic and seasonal brews, and the Sonoma Cutrer Rosé Café.

Setting the stage for the 3-day festival is the Kickoff Party on Thursday, August 2. John Bouttè will grace the stage at the historic Omni Royal Orleans for an evening of music, hors d’oeuvres, and an open bar. The dress is cocktail attire, and the party will honor the “Spirit of Satchmo” winners Bethany Bultman, Ellis Marsalis, and Ashlin Parker. The event also raises funds for French Quarter Festivals Inc., the organization that makes Satchmo

Summerfest happen, so definitely show your support. Tickets are $65 per person or $100 per couple.

Attend the annual Jazz Mass, followed by the Satchmo Salute on Sunday (August 5) at 11a.m.. Treme Brass Band will be providing music for the mass, and the Salute will come in the form of a second-line, featuring the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Million Dollar Baby Dolls, Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, Sudan Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Fi Yi Yi, Boe Monkey Red, and more. I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off the final day of festivities, to be honest.

The 2018 Satchmo Summerfest poster is now available online. This year’s poster was painted by Lionel Milton, a native New Orleanian, who started out as a graffiti artist and is now commissioned by collectors and companies worldwide. The poster features a young Louis Armstrong and a neighborhood jazz band: a colorful and vibrant composition that reflects the energy of his music. The original painting is also available for sale at $6,500. For more information, contact rschick@fqfi.org.

If you wish to volunteer at this year’s

Satchmo SummerFest, you’ll enjoy the following perks: free admission on the day of your shift, a limited edition collectible volunteer shirt, $10 in food tickets to be used at any food booth, and loads of appreciation from the community and festival staff. Check the website at satchmosummerfest.org/ volunteer for more information and volunteer qualifications.

Also, be sure to show some appreciation for the musicians that enrich our local culture and make the festival amazing by donating. 100 percent of donations made on the website and money put in the tip jars at beverage booths goes directly to the festival musicians. Show ‘em some love!

Rain or shine, the Satchmo SummerFest is a must, so make yourself a jazz playlist to get hyped, pack plenty of sunscreen, maybe a ziplock bag or two for your phone and wallet in case of rain, don your most comfortable footwear, and bring your appetite for delicious food and the best music in the world!

For more information on the 18th annual Satchmo SummerFest, please visit satchmosummerfest.org.

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down in the Big Easy at Nola de Rio. Hosted by News with a Twist’s LBJ and KNOE 8 News’ Gwendolyn U P C O M I N G F E S T I VA L S & E V E N T S DuCre, the 2018 Resiliency Gala promises a fun time FESTIVALS with performances from the Royal Essence Showband, Sharon Martin, and the Royal Hancock Whitney White Linen Night Court of Resiliency. Tickets are $75 dollars 900 Camp St. per person.

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Dirty Linen Night 200-1000 Block of Royal Street Saturday, August 11: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. dirtylinen.org Bring out your not-so-finest linens to Dirty Linen Night! Hosted one week after White Linen Night, this event offers you a different experience of New Orleans's eclectic arts scene. From street performers, shops, and over 30 galleries to complimentary food and booze, Dirty Linen Night will be sure to clean up what may have been a boring night.

Buy your ticket for $20 or get a VIP pass for $50.

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Offering music, food, drinks, and competitions, this event will be fulfilling to the body, stomach, and spirit alike.

raised to the Louisiana Pulmonary Disease Camp, Inc.. Tickets can be bought both online and at the door for $50 per person.

GALAS Heavenly Host of the Stars Gala Hyatt Regency: 601 Loyola Ave. Sunday, August 12: 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. sistersoftheholyfamily.com/events Stop by the Heavenly Host of the Stars Gala to hear great music, eat great food, and enjoy great company.

Headlined by fourtime Grammynominated singer Jeffrey Osborne, this event is to benefit The Sisters of the Holy Family ministry and their retired sisters. Tickets will be $125 per person.

4th Annual Oracle Gala Ace Hotel: 600 1 Carondelet St. 3 1 Sunday, August 12: 6 t s NOL A Augu p.m. - 9 p.m. eventbrite.com/e/4th-annualoracle-gala-tickets-46785977117 Come out and celebrate the preservation of LGBT history at the 4th Annual Oracle Gala. Organized by the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, this event aims to Pelicanpalooza let the community see the importance of Southport Hall: 200 Monticello keeping record of LGBT history. The event Ave. will include hors d’oeuvres, music, and Br Saturday, August 25: 6 p.m. - 10 cocktails for those in attendance. Tickets for 5 2 e Nola de Rio wsia t s p.m. the event costs $75 per person. u g na Au The Mardi Gras camppelican.org/pelicanpalooza Museum: 1010 Conti St. Have a good time for a good cause at SPORTS & FITNESS Saturday, August 18: 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Pelicanpalooza! Offering a casino, both live hannahsklozet.com and silent auctions, raffles, and great food SweatFest 2018 Feel the excitement of Rio de Janeiro and drinks, this event gives all proceeds UNO Lakefront Arena: 6801 Franklin Ave. Saturday, August 4: 10 a.m. - Sunday, August 5: 8 p.m. bigeasyrollergirls.com/event/ sweatfest-2018 Why sweat out in the heat when you can come out and sweat at SweatFest 2018?

Sponsored by The Big Easy Rollergirls, SweatFest will pit roller derby teams from across the country against each other. From the Texas Chainsaws and the Houston Knockouts to the Arch Rival All-Stars and Atlanta DSDG, this festival is sure to keep you rolling in your seat.

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The Love Yourself Walk/Run City Park: 1 Palm Dr. Saturday, August 11: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. eventbrite.com/e/love-yourself-walkrunbringing-awareness-to-depressiontickets-46242239784 Walk or run out to the Love Yourself Walk/ Run and help kick out depression. Designed to help those afflicted by depression, this event is intended to teach those who are

Red Dress Run Crescent Park, 2300 North Peters St. Saturday, August 11: 9:00 a.m. nolareddress.com Ladies (and gents, too), get your dresses ready! The annual Red Dress Run is back, featuring a run/walk, beer, food, and fun. Every year on the second Saturday in August, the New Orleans Hash House Harriers (a local “drinking club with a running problem”) host Red Dress Run, a charity “run” in the Crescent City. Musical performances will be provided by Dash Rip Rock and Remedy. Proceeds from the race benefit dozens of various charities and organizations throughout the city. Registration can be completed online. You must be 21 years of age on or before the event to participate, as this is an adults-only party. suffering how to overcome. The event will also provide food, live entertainment, empowerment, and prize giveaways. Tickets can be bought online for $15 per person.

FOOD & DRINK COOLinary New Orleans Any Participating COOLinary restaurant Wednesday, August 1 - Friday, August 31 coolinaryneworleans.com/coolinaryrestaurants Gratify your appetite for brunch, lunch, or dinner at over 80 award-winning restaurants across the state during COOLinary New Orleans Restaurant Month. With participating venues ranging from Creole and international to seafood and vegan restaurants, there is no doubt that every stomach and mouth will be filled with flavor this August.

The Swoon Event Ace Hotel: 600 Carondelet St. Sunday, August 19: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. theswoonevent.com Come out to Ace Hotel and enjoy The Swoon Event, New Orleans's first modern wedding showcase with over 30 local and talented vendors in tow. This show will feature registry and design services, festive bites, bridal styles, modern photography, photo booth, furniture rentals, florals, art installations, creative workshops, and DJ spins—all while you enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Ace Hotel. Oh, and did we mention serious swag for the first 50 couples, along with a slew of giveaways from participating vendors and sponsors? What are you waiting for? Get your tickets today.

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ImagineDragons The award-winning pop rock band continues their worldwide tour, inspired by their latest album, Evolve, performing old favorites like “Radioactive” and “Demons” and newer songs like “Believer” and “Thunder.” Sun., August 5, 7:00 p.m., $76 - $225. Smoothie King Center, smoothiekingcenter.com Monday, July 30 Bombay Club - David Doucet Buffa’s - A2D2 w/ Arsene DeLay and Antoine Diel Cafe Negril - In Business, Jamie Lynn Vessels Chickie Wah Wah - Justin Molaison Circle Bar - Dem Roach Boys, Gene Black & Friends Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Grand Marquis Dos Jefes - John Fohl Fontaine Palace - Louie’s Do the Bar Lounge House of Blues - The English Beat Jazz Playhouse - Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band Kerry Irish Pub - Beth Patterson Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop - Lucky Lee Maple Leaf - George Porter Trio ft. Michael Lemmler and Terrence Houston Morning Call - Valerie Sassyfras Neutral Ground - Genial Orleanians Preservation Hall - Preservation All-Stars ft. Will Smith Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Swing Dance Party Saturn Bar - Michot’s Melody Makers SideBar NOLA - Instant Opus Improvised Music Series Snug Harbor - Charmaine Neville Band Spotted Cat - Jazz Vipers, Dominick Grillo and the Frenchmen All-Stars Starlight - Joshua Benitez Band Three Muses - Joe Cabral Tropical Isle Original - Trop Rock Express, Graham Robertson Tuesday, July 31 Bombay Club - Matt Lemmler, David Boeddinghaus Cafe Negril - John Lisi and Delta Funk, 4 Sidemen of the Apocalypse Checkpoint Charlie - Jamie Lynn Vessels Chickie Wah Wah - Chip Wilson Columns Hotel - John Rankin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Treme Brass Band Dos Jefes - Mark Coleman & Todd Duke Fontaine Palace - Soul Rotisserie Jazz Playhouse - The James Rivers Movement Kerry Irish Pub - Jason Bishop Little Gem Saloon - Madeline Ford Trio Maple Leaf - Rebirth Brass Band One Eyed Jacks - Lera Lynn Preservation Hall - Preservation All-Stars ft. Rickie Monie SideBar NOLA - Helen Gillet Presents Snug Harbor - Stanton Moore Trio Spotted Cat - Smoking Time Jazz Club, Little Big Horns Starlight - DJ Fayard, Joel Welnick Three Keys (Ace Hotel) - Position Reverse HH w/ DJ Pr_ck Trinity Episcopal Church - Organ and Labyrinth w/ Albinas Prizgintas Tropical Isle Bourbon - Jezebels Chill’m, Wild Card Wednesday, August 1 30/90 - In Business, Justin Donovan Trio AllWays Lounge - Smoking Time Jazz Club Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - Sandra Love & The Reason, LC Smoove Checkpoint Charlie - T Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters Circle Bar - The Iguanas Columns Hotel - Andy Rogers

Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters Dos Jefes - Carl LeBlanc Dragon’s Den - DJ FTK Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - DJ T-Roy Hi Ho Lounge - Reina del Cid, Delta Revues House of Blues (The Parish) - Jet Lounge Jazz Playhouse - Brass-A-Holics, Michael Watson Joy Theater - Taking Back Sunday Kerry Irish Pub - Chip Wilson Marigny Brasserie - Grayson Brockamp & the New Orleans Wildlife Bar Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Jerry Embree Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Mike True & the Phantom Band SideBar Nola - James Singleton & Brad Walker Snug Harbor - Uptown Jazz Orchestra Starlight - Lynn Drury, Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue Tapps II - Kevin Morris & Uptown Productions Three Muses - Leslie Martin Thursday, August 2 30/90 - R&R Music, Andy J Forrest Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners Blue Nile - Micah McKee & Little Maker BMC - Kennedy Kuntz, Andre Lovett Bullet’s - Kermit Ruffins Chickie Wah Wah - Phil DeGruy Circle Bar - Dark Lounge ft. Rik Slave Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Ivan Neville, George Porter Jr., Tony Hall & more Dos Jefes - The Charlie Dennard Trio Dragon’s Den - Rapbaum + Khromethesia + Harbinger Project Hi Ho Lounge - Barefoot Family Caravan + Big Al & the Heavyweights Jazz Playhouse - Brass-A-Holics Kerry Irish Pub - One Tailed Three Le Bon Temps Roule - The Soul Rebels Maison Bourbon Jazz Club - Catie Rodgers & the Gentilly Stompers Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Geno Delafose & French Rockin Boogie Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Mark Fernandez, William Robison Ogden Museum of Southern Art - Troy Sawyer Old Arabi Bar - Martha Wood & Her Goodtime Gang Old Point Bar - Born Toulouse Puccini Bar - Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton Saturn Bar -Ekumen + Destroy All Bigots and Ex-Vicus SideBar Nola - ZouKeys ft. Beth Patterson & John Paxton Starlight - Alicia “Blue Eyes” Renee The Willow - Rebirth Brass Band Vaughan’s Lounge - Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet, DJ Black Pearl Friday, August 3 30/90 - Gene & The Music Machine, Colin Davis & Night People Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - LC Smoove, Jam Brass Band Bullet’s - The Pinettes Brass Band Checkpoint Charlie - The Compliments Chickie Wah Wah - Michael Pearce

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Circle Bar - Caroline Says + Fishplate + Jessica Risker, Natalie Mae Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - MainLine, New Orleans Swinging Gypsies Dos Jefes - Antonio!

Dragon’s Den - DJ RQ Away Hi Ho Lounge - The River Dragon Jazz Playhouse - Romy Kae, Ricardo Pascal Orchestra Kerry Irish Pub - Tim Robertson Le Bon Temps Roule - Tom Worrell Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - The Wise Guys Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Troi Atkinson, Grain Fed New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park - Ranger Duo New Orleans Museum of Art - Garth Alper Quartet Oak Wine Bar - Dapper Dandies Old Arabi Bar - Tongue & Groove Old Point Bar - Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue Puccini Bar - Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton SideBar Nola - Jonathan Freilich Southport Hall - Vagrants + Stepping Sideways + Crypt & more Starlight - Afrodiziac’s Jazz Three Muses - Chris Christy Tipitina’s - The Iko Allstars Twist of Lime - Ugly + Cerebral Drama + Alpha Rhythm In The Mercy Circus Saturday, August 4 30/90 - Big Easy Brawlers, Savants of Soul Abita Brewpub - Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires Anton Haardt Gallery - Chris Moses & more Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Blue Nile - The Soul Rebels BMC - Hallelujah Hat Rack, Vance Orange Circle Bar - The O-Pines, Vanzza Rokken Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Little Freddie King, The Excelleauxs ft. Sam Hogan Dos Jefes - The Betty Shirley Band Dragon’s Den - DJ Legatron Prime, Kala Chandra Quartet Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - DJ Toine Boy Fontaine Palace - Mofongo Latin Band Gasa Gasa - Gaslight Street and The Iceman Special Hi Ho Lounge - Pink Room Project Kerry Irish Pub - Paintbox ft. Dave James & Tim Robertson Marigny Brasserie - Cole Williams Band Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Bag of Donuts Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Patsy Grace, Crazy Whisky New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park - Reynold Kinsale Oak Wine Bar - Mia Borders Old Arabi Bar - The Melatauns Old Point Bar - Td Hefko & the Thousandaires Southport Hall - Diplocrats + Jak Locke + Bad Moon Lander (Deck) Starlight - Brad Webb Making Faces, Shawan Rice Twist of Lime - Viva La Vamps Sunday, August 5 30/90 - T’Canaille, Revival Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo BMC - Moments of Truth, Yisrael Buffa’s - Steve Pistorius Quartet Bullet’s - VL & Just Right Band Circle Bar - Micah -n- Marlin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Brasinola, The Palmetto Bug Stompers Dos Jefes - Peter Nu Dragon’s Den - Church, Anuraag Pendyal Four Columns - Gina Brown & Anutha Level Hi Ho Lounge - Pink Room Project Jazz Playhouse - Germaine Bazzle Le Bon Temps Roule - Crazy Whisky Maison Bourbon Jazz Club - Catie Rodgers & the Gentilly Stompers Marigny Brasserie - Cole Williams Band Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - One Trick Pony Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Open Mic ft. Maddie Old Point Bar - Romy Kaye and Jeanne Marie Harris One Eyed Jacks - Dominique Lejeune + Dusky Waters Saint Roch Tavern - Cecile Savage & Sidney Snow Smoothie King Center - Imagine Dragons Southport Hall - PowerGlove + Start Select + Glitch Black Starlight - Lulu & the Broadsides Three Muses - Raphael et Pascal, Linnzi Zaorski Trinity Episcopal Church - Armand St. Martin Monday, August 6 30/90 - Gene Harding’s Super Jam, Dapper Dandies Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, Lil Red & Big Bad Bombay Club - David Doucet Buffa’s - A2D2 ft. Arsene DeLay & Antoine Diel Chickie Wah Wah - Justin Molaison Circle Bar - Gene Black & friends, Dem Roach Boyz Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Cha Wa, John Boutte Dos Jefes - John Fohl

Dragon’s Den - DJ Ill Medina Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - Steve DeTroy & the Swing Revue Hi Ho Lounge - Victoria Coy, Matt Slusher & Mark Andrews Jazz Playhouse - Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - MASQ & The Noise Complaints One Eyed Jacks - Blind Texas Marlin Snug Harbor - Charmaine Neville Band Starlight - Joshua Benitez Band Tuesday, August 7 30/90 - Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, Bayou Saints Barrel Wine Bar - Jayna Morgan Duo Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - White Tie Affair, Dapper Dandies Bombay Club - Matt Lemmler, David Boeddinghaus Checkpoint Charlie - Jamie Lynn Vessels Chickie Wah Wah - Chip Wilson Circle Bar - Daggerhead & more, Gene Black & friends Columns Hotel - John Rankin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Treme Brass Band Dos Jefes - Mark Coleman & Todd Duke Ellis Marsalis Center for Music - Herlin Riley & Family Jazz Playhouse - The James Rivers Movement Kerry Irish Pub - Jason Bishop Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - FauxReal, Glenn Doherty New Orleans Jazz Museum - Down on their Luck Old Arabi Bar - Open Jam ft. Dick Deluxe Starlight - Joe Welnick, DJ Fayard Trinity Episcopal Church - Albinas Prizgintas Wednesday, August 8 30/90 - Justin Donovan Trio Balcony Music Club - Sandra Love & The Reason, LC Smoove Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - Sandra Love & The Reason, LC Smoove Checkpoint Charlie - T Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters Circle Bar - Marc Stone & friends Columns Hotel - Andy Rogers Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters Dos Jefes - Carl LeBlanc Dragon’s Den - DJ FTK Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - DJ T-Roy Hi Ho Lounge - Delta Revues House of Blues (The Parish) - Jet Lounge Jazz Playhouse - Alicia “Blues Eyes” Renee Marigny Brasserie - Grayson Brockamp & the New Orleans Wildlife Band Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Cicada New Orleans Jazz Museum - Ranger James Barry Trio SideBar Nola - Mike Dillon & Friends Snug Harbor - Uptown Jazz Orchestra Starlight - Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue Tapps II - Kevin Morris & Uptown Productions Three Muses - Leslie Martin Thursday, August 9 30/90 - Smoke N Bones, Andy J Forest Balcony Music Club - Kennedy Kuntz, Andre Lovett Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners Blue Nile - Micah McKee & Little Maker BMC - Kennedy Kuntz, Andre Lovett Bullet’s - Kermit Ruffins Chickie Wah Wah - Phil DeGruy Circle Bar - Slow Coyote, Dark Lounge w/ Rik Slave Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Funk Monkey Dos Jefes - Matt Lemmler Trio w/ Steve Masakowski & James Singleton Dragon’s Den - Rapbaum + Khromethesia + Harbinger Project Hi Ho Lounge - Shaggadelic and Raw Revolution Jazz Playhouse - Brass-A-Holics Le Bon Temps Roule - The Soul Rebels Maison Bourbon Jazz Club - Catie Rodgers & the Gentilly Stompers Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Chris Robison, Ash O Puccini Bar - Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton SideBar Nola - Nick Benoit, Kirk Duplantis & Chris Alford Southport Hall - Wanderland ft. Gigi & Jake Edgley Starlight - Lynn Drury and Amanda Walker The Willow - Rebirth Brass Band Tipitina’s - Jonathon Boogie Long Vaughan’s Lounge - Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet, DJ Black Pearl Friday, August 10 30/90 - Big Easy Brawlers, Pensacola Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Balcony Music Club - La Tran-K Band, JAM Brass Band Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners

BMC - La Tran-K Band, Jam Brass Band Bullet’s - The Pinettes Brass Band Checkpoint Charlie - The Compliments Chickie Wah Wah - Michael Pearce Circle Bar - Lyon + Vibers, Natalie Mae Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - The Fortifiers + Guitar Lightnin’ Lee & his Thunder Band Dos Jefes - Vivaz!

Dragon’s Den - DJ RQ Away Hi Ho Lounge - Skank Bank + Ambush Reggae Band + Bayou International Soundsystem Jazz Playhouse - Romy Kaye, Shannon Powell Kerry Irish Pub - Chip Wilson Le Bon Temps Roule - Tom Worrell Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - John Parker, Mia Kylie Band New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park - Ranger Duo New Orleans Museum of Art - Crossing Canal Oak Wine Bar - Jon Roniger Old Point Bar - Jamey St. Pierre & The Honeycreepers, Rick Trolsen One Eyed Jacks - DJ Soul Sister Puccini Bar - Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton Saenger Theatre - MJ Live: Michael Jackson Tribute SideBar Nola - Alex Massa, Jonathan Freilich & Doug Garrison Southport Hall - Notel Motel Starlight - Bobbi Rae The Dock (Slidell) - Kenny Triche & Steve Lofaso Three Muses - Chris Christy Tipitina’s - Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes + Mike Dillon Band Saturday, August 11 30/90 - Sierra Green & The Soul Machine, In Business Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Balcony Music Club - Epic Funk Brass Band, Dysfunktional Bone BMC - Epic Funk Brass Band, Dysfunktional Bone Champions Square - The Cult, Stone Temple Pilots & Bush Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Treme Brass Band, James Williams Dos Jefes - The Michael Mason Band Dragon’s Den - DJ Legatron Prime, Kala Chandra Quartet Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - Jay Skillz Fountaine Palace - Mofongo Latin Band Hi Ho Lounge - Pink Room Project Jazz Playhouse - The Nayo Jones Experience Marigny Brasserie - Cole Williams Band Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Mixed Nuts Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - FauxReal, McAvoy, The Shiz Oak Wine Bar - Jordan Anderson Band

Old Arabi Bar - Michael O’Hara & The Shieks Old Point Bar - Shawn Williams One Eyed Jacks - DJ Doug Funnie Saenger Theatre - MJ Live: Michael Jackson Tribute SideBar Nola - Bianca Love & Friends Starlight - Shawan Rice, Brad Webb Making Faces, Julie Odell Tipitina’s - Hash Cabbage + Noisewater Sunday, August 12 30/90 - T’Canaille, Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Balcony Music Club - Moments of Truth, Joy Orleans Bar Redux - Kennedy Kuntz & The Men of The Hour BMC - Moments of Truth, Joy Orleans Buffa’s - Steve Pistorius Quartet Bullet’s - Jon Pierre Circle Bar - Tiny Dinosaur + The Gravity Wells, Micah -nMarlin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Brasinola, The Palmetto Bug Stompers Dos Jefes - Troi Atkinson Dragon’s Den - Church, Anuraag Pendyal Four Columns - Bayou Deville Cajun Band Hi Ho Lounge - George French Trio Jazz Playhouse - Germaine Bazzle Maison Bourbon Jazz Club - Catie Rodgers & the Gentilly Stompers Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Paul Varisco & the Milestones Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Open Mic ft. Maddie Old Point Bar - Romy Kaye and Jeanne Marie Harris, Luna Mora Saint Roch Tavern - Cecile Savage & Sidney Snow Snug Harbor - Charmaine Neville Band Starlight - Dile Que Nola Three Muses - Raphael et Pascal, Linnzi Zaorski Trinity Episcopal Church - Matthew Blaize Monday, August 13 30/90 - Gene Harding’s Super Jam, Simple Sound Retreat Balcony Music Club - Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, Lil Red & Big Bad Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, Lil Red & Big Bad Bombay Club - David Doucet Buffa’s - A2D2 ft. Arsene DeLay & Antoine Diel Chickie Wah Wah - Justin Molaison Circle Bar - Waste Man + The Band Ice Cream + Casual Burn Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Cha Wa, John Boutte Dos Jefes - John Fohl Dragon’s Den - DJ Ill Medina, Sabertooth Swing

FreddieStaehle&JerryJumonville Buffa’s hosts a special show called “Tribute to the Birth of New Orleans Rock.” It’ll feature Freddie Staehle on drums, who was Dr. John’s original drummer, and Jerry Jumonville on sax.

Jumonville’s sax can be heard on songs by Rod Stewart, the Doobie Brothers, and others. Thurs., August 9, 8:00 p.m., Buffa’s Restaurant & Bar, buffasbar.com Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - Sabertooth Swingers Hi Ho Lounge - Victoria Coy, Matt Slusher & Mark Andrews Jazz Playhouse - Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band One Eyed Jacks - Blind Texas Marlin Snug Harbor - Charmaine Neville Band Starlight - Joshua Benitez Band Tuesday, August 14 30/90 - Bayou Saints, Mem Shannon Balcony Music Club - White Tie Affair, Dapper Dandies Barrel Wine Bar - Jayna Morgan Duo Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners

BMC - White Tie Affair, Dapper Dandies Bombay Club - Matt Lemmler, David Boeddinghaus Checkpoint Charlie - Jamie Lynn Vessels Chickie Wah Wah - Chip Wilson Columns Hotel - John Rankin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Treme Brass Band Dos Jefes - Tom Hook & Wendell Brunious Hi Ho Lounge - Alex D’Onofrio & friends Jazz Playhouse - The James Rivers Movement Kerry Irish Pub - Jason Bishop Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Claude Hitt

Step into Spotlights with us prior to the event and enjoy our exclusive lounge with private entry, complimentary premium bar and light hors d’ourves.

Tickets for Spotlights can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or at the Box Office.

August 4-5..................................................... Big Easy Rollergirls - Sweat Fest October 3................ The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 20th Anniversary Tour October 12.......RBRM – Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky & Mike w/ Guests Dru Hill & 702 October 19-21...................................... PAW Patrol Live! Race To The Rescue November 9-11 ...........................2018 International WFTDA Championships November 30................................... LIT AF Tour Hosted by Martin Lawrence December 7-8.................................................Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!

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

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New Orleans Jazz Museum - Down on their Luck Orchestra Old Arabi Bar - Open Jam ft. Alex Davis Smoothie King Center - J. Cole & Young Thug Starlight - Joe Welnick, DJ Fayard Trinity Episcopal Church - Albinas Prizgintas Wednesday, August 15 30/90 - Justin Donovan Trio AllWays Lounge - Layla Musselwhite Balcony Music Club - Moments of Truth, Yisrael Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - Moments of Truth, Yisrael Checkpoint Charlie - T Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters Circle Bar - The Iguanas, Marc Stone Columns Hotel - Andy Rogers Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters Dos Jefes - Carl LeBlanc Dragon’s Den - DJ FTK Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - DJ T-Roy Hi Ho Lounge - Delta Revues House of Blues (Foundation Room) - Lyrica Baroque House of Blues (The Parish) - Jet Lounge Jazz Playhouse - Brass-A-Holics, Michael Watson Kerry Irish Pub - Tim Robertson Marigny Brasserie - Grayson Brockamp & the New Orleans Wildlife Band Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Mark Carroll New Orleans Jazz Museum - Oscar Rossignoli SideBar Nola - Phil Degruy’s 17-String Theory Snug Harbor - Uptown Jazz Orchestra Starlight - Ron Hotstream & the Mid-City Drifters, Shawn Williams Tapps II - Kevin Morris & Uptown Productions Three Keys (Ace Hotel) - Maggie Belle Band and Loose Willis Three Muses - Leslie Martin Thursday, August 16 30/90 - Raw Deal, Andy J Forrest Balcony Music Club - Kennedy Kuntz, Andre Lovett Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners Blue Nile - Micah McKee & Little Maker BMC - Kennedy Kuntz, Andre Lovett Bullet’s - Kermit Ruffins Circle Bar - Slickback Jacques + Them and Other, Dark Lounge w/ Rik Slave Chickie Wah Wah - Phil DeGruy Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Deltaphonic, Henri Hebert Dos Jefes - The Todd Duke Trio Dragon’s Den - Rapbaum + Khromethesia + Harbinger Project Hi Ho Lounge - Ron Hotstream and the Mid-City Drifters + Shawn Williams Jazz Playhouse - Brass-A-Holics Le Bon Temps Roule - The Soul Rebels Maison Bourbon Jazz Club - Catie Rodgers & the Gentilly Stompers Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Brown Kid, Nattie New Orleans Jazz Museum - Ranger Jon Beebe Old Point Bar - Bruce Tyner Trio Puccini Bar - Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton SideBar Nola - David Bandrowski Starlight - Lynn Drury and Amanda Walker The Willow - Rebirth Brass Band Tipitina’s - Freddie McGregor and Chino McGregor Vaughan’s Lounge - Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet Friday, August 17 30/90 - Gumbo Funk, Smoke N Bones Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Balcony Music Club - La Tran K, JAM Brass Band Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners

BMC - La Tran-K Band, Jam Brass Band Bombay Club - Larry Scala Buffa’s - Swinging Doors, Cricket & the 219 Bullet’s - The Pinettes Brass Band Casa Borrega - Javier Gutiérrez Duo Checkpoint Charlie - Alpha Rhythm, Cardboard Cowboy Chickie Wah Wah - Michael Pearce Circle Bar - Natalie Mae Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - The Soul Rebels, Smoking Time Jazz Club Dos Jefes - Sunpie & The L.A. Sunspots Dragon’s Den - DJ RQ Away Hi Ho Lounge - Funky Sole NOLA ft. DJ Shane Love, The River Dragon House of Blues (Foundation Room) - Jake Landry & the Right Lane Bandits Jazz Playhouse - Romy Kaye, Alicia “Blue Eyes” Renee Kerry Irish Pub - Beth Patterson Le Bon Temps Roule - Joe Krown Maison - Raw Deal, Shotgun Jazz Band Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Bucktown Allstars Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Aleah Hyers, Damn Hippies New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park - Ranger Duo New Orleans Museum of Art - Kathryn Rose Oak Wine Bar - Tom Leggett Old Arabi Bar - Shawn Williams Band Old Point Bar - Truman Holland & the Back-Porch Review, Rick Trolsen Rivershack Tavern - Kennedy Kuntz & the Men of the Hour SideBar Nola - Glenn Hartman & Friends Snug Harbor - Ellis Marsalis Trio ft. Christien Bold Southport Hall - In Stereo, Gradu Starlight - Afrodiziac’s Jazz, Bobbi Rae Three Muses - Chris Christy Tipitina’s - Billy Iuso & The Restless Natives + Motel Radio Saturday, August 18 30/90 - Raw Deal, Kettle Black Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Balcony Music Club - Canoe 292, Dysfunktional Bone Brass Band BMC - Canoe 292, Dysfunktional Bone Bombay Club - Meryl Zimmerman Quartet Buffa’s - Asylum Chorus, The Royal & Dumaine Hawaiians Casa Borrega - Geovane Santos Trio Checkpoint Charlie - George Sartin & the Imaginary Friends Circle Bar - Black Hole Kids + Radiant Knife + Crossed & more Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Hot Eight Brass Band, New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings Dos Jefes - The Joe Krown Trio Dragon’s Den - DJ Legatron Prime, Kala Chandra Prime Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - DJ Dizzi Fontaine Palace - Yocho Latin Band + Mofongo Latin Band Hi Ho Lounge - Pink Room Project House of Blues - Tab Benoit Jazz Playhouse - The Nayo Jones Experience Kerry Irish Pub - Hurricane Refugees, Patrick Cooper Maison - Big Easy Brawlers, Smoking Time Jazz Club Mardi Gras Musem - NOLA De Rio Marigny Brasserie - Cole Williams Band Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - The Topcats Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Dr. Lo presents Loyola’s Finest, Clint Kaufman New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park - Reynold Kinsale Oak Wine Bar - Amanda Ducorbier Old Arabi Bar - Strange Roux Old Point Bar - Maid of Orleans Rivershack Tavern - Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue SideBar Nola - Marc Stone & Lilli Lewis Snug Harbor - The Organic Trio ft. Brian Seeger Southport Hall - The Molly Ringwalds

JCole&YoungThug The Grammy Award-nominated superstar rapper continues his latest tour and is joined by fellow rapper Young Thug, combining two of the most popular voices in the modern hip-hop community, performing hits like “KOD” and “ATM.” Tues., August 14, 7:30 p.m., $49 - $200.

Smoothie King Center, smoothiekingcenter.com

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TabBenoit The Louisiana singer and activist comes home, bringing his special style of blues music back with him, to perform music from his albums, such as “Medicine” and “Night Train To Nashville.”

Sat., August 18, 8:00 p.m., $25 - $60. House of Blues New Orleans, houseofblues.com Starlight - Shawan Rice, Brad Webb Making Faces The Babylon - Motoriot, Dead Machine Theory, The Weakness Tipitina’s - Meters Tribute ft. Leo Nocentelli Sunday, August 19 30/90 - T’Canaille, Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires AllWays Lounge - Oliver Bonie Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Balcony Music Club - Moments of Truth, Joy Orleans BMC - Moments Of Truth, Joy Orleans Bombay Club - Kris Tokarski Trio Buffa’s - Steve Pistorius Quartet, Nattie Sanchez Songwriter Circle Bullet’s - The Wizz Casa Borrega - John Lawrence Checkpoint Charlie - Open Mic ft. Jim Smith Circle Bar - Swear Tapes + Killer Dale + Lawn, Micah & Marlin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Brasinola, The Palmetto Bug Stompers Dmac’s Bar & Grill - Kennedy Kuntz & Vincent Marini Dos Jefes - Armand St. Martin Dragon’s Den - Church, Anuraag Pendyal Jazz Playhouse - Germaine Bazzle Kerry Irish Pub - Will Dickerson Le Bon Temps Roule - Crazy Whisky Maison - Higher Heights, Michael Watson Quintet Maison Bourbon Jazz Club - Catie Rodgers & the Gentilly Stompers Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - The Bounty Reunion + Harvey Jesus & Fire Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Open Mic ft. Maddie Old Point Bar - Romy Kaye and Jeanne Marie Harris, Tres Bien One Eyed Jacks - Marina Orchestra Saint Roch Tavern - Cecile Savage & Sidney Snow Snug Harbor - James Evans Starlight - Dile Que Nola Three Muses - Raphael et Pascal, Linnzi Zaorski Trinity Episcopal Church - The Truffle Honeys Monday, August 20 30/90 - Gene Harding’s Super Jam, Dapper Dandies Balcony Music Club - Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, Lil Red & Big Bad Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, Lil Red & Big Bad Bombay Club - David Boeddinghaus Buffa’s - A2D2 ft. Arsene DeLay & Antoine Diel Chickie Wah Wah - Justin Molaison Circle Bar - Dem Roach Boyz Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Cha Wa Dos Jefes - John Fohl Dragon’s Den - DJ Ill Medina Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - Hot Toddy’s Fully Dressed ‘Po Boys Hi Ho Lounge - Knuckles and Bunny Jazz Playhouse - Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band Kerry Irish Pub - Beth Patterson Maison - Sierra Green & The Soul Machine, The Royal Roses Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Bobby Broussard, Haley Haerr-Hartmann One Eyed Jacks - Blind Texas Marlin Snug Harbor - Charmaine Neville Band Starlight - Joshua Benitez Band

Tuesday, August 21 30/90 - Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, Bayou Saints Balcony Music Club - White Tie Affair, Dapper Dandies Barrel Wine Bar - Jayna Morgan Duo Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - White Tie Affair, Dapper Dandies Bombay Club - David Boeddinghaus, Matt Lemmler Buffa’s - Vanessa Carr Checkpoint Charlie - Jamie Lynn Vessels Chickie Wah Wah - Chip Wilson Columns Hotel - John Rankin d.b.a. - Treme Brass Band Dos Jefes - Mark Coleman & Todd Duke Hi Ho Lounge - Telesomniac + Dreaming Dingo + Pucasana & more Jazz Playhouse - The James Rivers Movement Kerry Irish Pub - Jason Bishop Maison - Gene’s Music Machine, Gregory Agid Quartet Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Dorian Greys New Orleans Jazz Museum - Down on their Luck Orchestra Old Arabi Bar - Open Jam ft. Dustin Cole Snug Harbor - Scott Joplin ft. Tom McDermott Starlight - Joe Welnick, DJ Fayard Trinity Episcopal Church - Albinas Prizgintas Wednesday, August 22 30/90 - In Business, Justin Donovan Trio Balcony Music Club - Moments of Truth, Yisrael Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - Moments Of Truth, Yisrael Bombay Club - Josh Paxton Buffa’s - Open Mic ft. Nattie Sanchez Champions Square - Evanescence & Lindsey Stirling Checkpoint Charlie - T Bone Stone & the Happy Monsters Circle Bar - The Iguanas Columns Hotel - Andy Rogers Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters Dos Jefes - Carl LeBlanc Dragon’s Den - DJ FTK

Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - DJ T-Roy Hi Ho Lounge - Unfortunate Side Effect + Big Rug + Green Gasoline House of Blues (The Parish) - Jet Lounge Jazz Playhouse - Mario Abney, Brass-A-Holics Kerry Irish Pub - Beth Patterson Maison - Gumbo Funk, New Orleans Jazz Vipers Marigny Brasserie - Grayson Brockamp & the New Orleans Wildlife Band Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Gully Boys, Borsodi’s Poetry Hour SideBar Nola - Aurora Nealand & James Singleton Snug Harbor - Uptown Jazz Orchestra ft. Delfeayo Marsalis Starlight - Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue Tapps II - Kevin Morris & Uptown Productions Three Muses - Leslie Martin Thursday, August 23 30/90 - Smoke N Bones, Andy J Forrest Balcony Music Club - Andre Lovett Band, Casme’ Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners Blue Nile - Micah McKee & Little Maker BMC - Andre Lovett Band, Casme Bombay Club - Kris Tokarski & Duke Heitger Buffa’s - Tom McDermott and Aurora Nealand, David Roe Bullet’s - Kermit Ruffins Chickie Wah Wah - Phil DeGruy Circle Bar - Dark Lounge ft. Rik Slave Columns Hotel - Andy Rogers Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Little Freddie King Dos Jefes - The Loren Pickford Quartet Dragon’s Den - Rapbaum + Khromethesia + Harbinger Project House of Blues (Foundation Room) - Mike Doussan Jazz Playhouse - Brass-A-Holics Kerry Irish Pub - Patrick Cooper Le Bon Temps Roule - The Soul Rebels Maison - Dysfunktional Bone, Noah Young Band Maison Bourbon Jazz Club - Catie Rodgers & the Gentilly Stompers Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Horace Trahan Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - The Likwidlight Exp., Joshua Diggs Ogden Museum of Southern Art - The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars Old Point Bar - Extended Recess Puccini Bar - Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton SideBar Nola - Dick Deluxe & Eddie Christmas Snug Harbor - Jason Marsalis & the 21st Century Trad Band Starlight - Alicia “Blue Eyes” Renee Tipitina’s - The Marcus King Band The Willow - Rebirth Brass Band

Vaughan’s Lounge - Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet, DJ Black Pearl Friday, August 24 30/90 - In Business, Roccadile Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Balcony Music Club - La Tran K, JAM Brass Band Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - La Tran-K Band, Jam Brass Band Bombay Club - Riverside Jazz Collective Buffa’s - Keith Burnstein, Kei Slaughter and Charles Lumar Bullet’s - The Pinettes Brass Band Casa Borrega - Javier Gutiérrez Duo Checkpoint Charlie - The Compliments Chickie Wah Wah - Michael Pearce Circle Bar - Natalie Mae Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a - Treme Brass Band, Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses Dos Jefes - Tom Fitzpatrick & Turning Point Dragon’s Den - DJ RQ Away Hi Ho Lounge - Funky Sole NOLA ft. DJ Shane Love House of Blues (Foundation Room) - Jake Landry & the Right Lane Bandits House of Blues (The Parish) - Wrong Way Howlin’ Wolf - PYMP + Vibe Doctors Jazz Project Jack’s by the Track - Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue Jazz Playhouse - Romy Kaye, Professor Craig Adams Band Joy Theater - Jeremih Kerry Irish Pub - Will Dickerson, Roy Gele Le Bon Temps Roule - Joe Krown, Tom Worrell Maison - Big Easy Brawlers, Shotgun Jazz Band Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - The Boogie Men Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Joel Wilson, Mitch Broussard New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park - Ranger Duo New Orleans Museum of Art - James Singleton Oak Wine Bar - Keith Burnstein Old Arabi Bar - GR3 Old Point Bar - 1% Nation, Rick Trolsen Puccini Bar - Debbie Davis & Josh Paxton SideBar Nola - New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars Snug Harbor - Ellis Marsalis Trio ft. Christien Bold Southport Hall - Green Jelly + Kawaii AF & more Starlight - Afrodiziac’s Jazz Three Muses - Chris Christy Tipitina’s - Naughty Professor + Brass Lightning Saturday, August 25 30/90 - Burris, Noah Young Band Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Balcony Music Club - DK & The Jakes, Vance Orange BMC - DK & The Jakes, Vance Orange

Bombay Club - Tap Room Four Buffa’s - Dapper Dandies, Al Farell and Jerry Jumonville Casa Borrega - Ralph Gipson Trio Champions Square - Lil' Weezyana Fest 2018 Checkpoint Charlie - Steve Mignano Trio, Woodenhead Circle Bar - DJ Matty & Kristen Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - The Palmetto Bug Stompers Dos Jefes - Sunpie & The L.A. Sunspots Dragon’s Den - DJ Legatron Prime, Kala Chandra Quartet Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - Sexy Dex + Delores Galore + Respekted Demon Fontaine Palace - Mofongo Latin Band Hi Ho Lounge - Pink Room Project Jazz Playhouse - The Nayo Jones Experience Maison - Jasper Smitty, Smoking Time Jazz Club Marigny Brasserie - Cole Williams Band Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Groovy 7 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Troi Atkinson, Gallivant Burwell & the Predatory Drifters Oak Wine Bar - Jordan Anderson Band Old Arabi Bar - Vic Papa Experience Old Point Bar - Jesse Trippe & the NightBreed Pere Marquette Hotel - Patrick Cooper & Natasha Sanchez Saenger Theatre - Tony Bennett & Antonia Bennett SideBar Nola - Mia Borders Snug Harbor - Herlin Riley Quartet Southport Hall - Pelicanpalooza ft. PaperChase + Weathered & more Starlight - Brad Webb Making Faces, Shawan Rice Tipitina’s - Rebirth Brass Band Sunday, August 26 30/90 - T’Canaille, Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires AllWays Lounge - Little Coquette Jazz Band Bacchanal - The Tangiers Combo Balcony Music Club - Moments of Truth, Jazmarae BMC - Moments of Truth, Jazmarae Bombay Club - Kris Tokarski Trio Buffa’s - Steve Pistorius Quartet Bullet’s - Big Frank & Lil Frank Casa Borrega - John Lawrence Checkpoint Charlie - Open Mic ft. Jim Smith Circle Bar - Micah & Marlin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - The Palmetto Bug Stompers Dos Jefes - Miss Anna Q. Dragon’s Den - Church, Anuraag Pendyal Hi Ho Lounge - UaZit + Montague + Killer Dale Jazz Playhouse - Germaine Bazzle Kerry Irish Pub - Chip Wilson Maison - Higher Heights, Brad Walker

Maison Bourbon Jazz Club - Catie Rodgers & the Gentilly Stompers Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Open Mic ft. Maddie Old Point Bar - Romy Kaye and Jeanne Marie Harris, John Rankin One Eyed Jacks - DJ Chews Saint Roch Tavern - Cecile Savage & Sidney Snow Snug Harbor - Joe Dyson Ensemble Southport Hall - Mushroomhead + Psychostick + The Browning & more Starlight - Dile Que Nola Three Muses - Raphael et Pascal, Linnzi Zaorski Trinity Episcopal Church - Cordell Chambliss & friends Monday, August 27 30/90 - Gene Harding’s Super Jam, Margie Perez Balcony Music Club - Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, Lil Red & Big Band Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - Paggy Prine & Southern Soul, Lil Red & Big Bad Bombay Club - David Boeddinghaus Buffa’s - A2D2 ft. Arsene DeLay & Antoine Diel Chickie Wah Wah - Justin Molaison Circle Bar - The Human Circuit, Dem Roach Boyz Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Street Beat d.b.a. - Cha Wa, John Boutte Dos Jefes - Troi Atkinson Dragon’s Den - DJ Ill Medina Dragon’s Den “Upstairs” - Catie Rodgers and her Swing Orchestra Hi Ho Lounge - Harlem River Noise Hot Tin (Pontchartrain Hotel) - Ceven Jazz Playhouse - Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band Kerry Irish Pub - Patrick Cooper Maison - Sierra Green & The Soul Machine, The Royal Roses Neutral Ground Coffeehouse - Genial Orleanians One Eyed Jacks - Blind Texas Marlin Smoothie King Center - Journey & Def Leppard Snug Harbor - Charmaine Neville Band Southport Hall - Motograter + The Crowned + Band of Julez & more Starlight - Joshua Benitez Band Three Muses - Sam Cammarata Tuesday, August 28 30/90 - Bayou Saints, Mem Shannon Balcony Music Club - White Tie Affair, Dapper Dandies Barrel Wine Bar - Jayna Morgan Duo Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners BMC - White Tie Affair, Dapper Dandies Bombay Club - Matt Lemmler Buffa’s - Davis Rogan

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Food News

By Kim Ranjbar

Restaurant August Changing of the guard . . . Ross Dover, Houma native and graduate of the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State, has been named the new executive chef of Restaurant August. Dover is taking over later this summer when Todd Pulsinelli, the current head chef, leaves to create his own digs—dubbed Warbucks—on Magazine Street.

301 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 299-9777, restaurantaugust.com

Where's the beef? . . . Taking over the building that previously housed Lakeview Harbor, hamburger restaurant Three B's by the Bennet family (Blake, Brandon, and their father, Kevin) recently opened its doors. A tad more upscale than your average burger joint, the Three B's menu features items ranging from a charcuterie and cheese board to a “South” burger with chicory coffee and bacon onion jam. Equally unusual, Three B's also

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features a hefty wine list, including wines on tap, and a good selection of local brews. Three B's is open daily.

911 Harrison Ave., (504) 249-8025, threebs.com Abierto! . . . According to NOLA.com, husband and wife team Hugo and Addie Vasquez are launching Catalino's, a Guatemalan restaurant on Maple Street.

Located in the building that formerly held Babylon Cafe and the short-lived Hummus & More, this new neighborhood cafe is slated to open on the first of this month, so keep an eye out. A sneak peek at the menu promises dishes like Elote Loco, made with boiled corn, mayo, and cotija; Jocon, which is lightly fried chicken legs and potatoes; and Arroz en Leche, a rice pudding with cinnamon and vanilla. Catalino's is open Tuesday through Sunday for lunch and dinner.

7724 Maple St., (504) 518-6735, facebook. com/CatalinosLLC Better than before . . . El Fogon, a traditional Mexican restaurant featuring a wood-fired grill (a fogon), has taken over the former Taco Tico spot on Veterans Boulevard.

Owner/operator Edwin Martinez is offering folks in Metairie authentic Mexican flavors with so much more than tacos: shrimp soup with zucchini and carrots, four different types of chile rellenos (from poblanos stuffed with al pastor to chicken with Oaxaca cheese), ceviche, flautas burritos, tortas, and more.

4726 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, (504) 2658793, elfogontacosandgrill.com

More Mexican food! . . . Zócalo, a new Mexican restaurant, recently opened in Old Metairie in the spot long occupied by Vega Tapas Cafe. Chef and restaurateur Edgar Caro, the man behind Baru and Brasa, features a menu of Mexican-influenced dishes like Tuna Tostada with raw yellowfin and chipotle tartar, Al Pastor tacos with charred pineapple salsa, and grilled Nopal cactus and artichoke hearts with agave vinaigrette. Zócalo is open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday.

2051 Metairie Rd., (504) 252-9327, zocalonola.com Yes ma'am! . . . Opened in the newly renovated B on Canal hotel, Madam's Modern Kitchen + Bar tips its proverbial cap to the Storyville days of New Orleans with decadent décor reminiscent of a high-end bordello and a shamelessly hedonistic menu to match. Sip exquisitely crafted cocktails and enjoy dishes like wild mushroom ravioli with truffle butter fondue, seared Gulf tuna with crispy rice and sweet soy, raw Gulf or Atlantic oysters, and Icebox Pie for dessert.

1300 Canal St., (504) 226-2993, madamsmodernkitchen.com Bigger is better . . . Popular po-boy spot Mahony's recently opened a second location in the French Quarter with a lot more space and a larger menu. Located on Iberville Street, this larger rendition of the house-turnedrestaurant on Magazine Street features an oyster bar and dishes you'd never see at the Uptown location. Besides the usual favorites, you can have a Shrimp Remi salad with

Catalino's

remoulade and candied lemon vinaigrette, pimento “caprese” with fried green tomato, shrimp and grits with praline bacon, Redfish Almondine with “crawfish'd potatoes,” and a Bread Pudding Ice Cream Po-Boy with Creole Creamy bananas foster ice cream. Mahony's new French Quarter location is open daily for lunch and dinner.

901 Iberville St., (504)717-2422, mahonyspoboys.com How sweet it is . . . New Orleans native Mignon Francois recently opened a second Cupcake Collection sweet shop on Magazine Street, the first being in Nashville, Tennessee.

The bakery features “homemade” cupcakes that can be picked up at the shop, delivered to your door, or shipped to someone special.

Flavors change with the seasons (or the baker’s whim), but you can find favorites like Wedding Cake, Banana Nut, Blackout, Buttermint, Cafe au Lait, S'mores, Coconut Crème, and more. The Cupcake Collection is open Sunday through Friday.

2917 Magazine St., Ste. 102, (504) 3839322, thecupcakecollection.com Makin' groceries . . . Mother and son team Kelly and Nick Guerra recently reopened the former Algiers Point Grocery. Dubbed Faubourg Fresh Market, the specialty grocery store focuses on fresh produce and other products sourced from local vendors. Discover sausage, beef, and pork from Inglewood Farm in Alexandria, poultry from Greener Pastures in Singer, products from Jambalaya Girl, and Harold's Honey from Long Beach, Mississippi.

There are also chef-created, take-home

lunches and dinners like smoked salmon wraps, BBQ pork ribs, and smoked BBQ chicken.

541 Bermuda St., (504) 494-1715, facebook.com/faubourgfreshmarket So sad to see you go . . .

Though the restaurant and hospitality industry in New Orleans is booming, there are only so many spots we can handle and eventually something's got to give. There were several closings over the past month, most markedly the end of Kim Son, the 30-year-old Vietnamese restaurant in Gretna. According to The Advocate, there were several reasons for the longtime eatery's closure, including an expired lease, an ailing chef, and an owner seeking retirement. We'll miss you!

Melt, a grilled-cheese sandwich shop that opened only two years ago, shuttered in late June. It was the second restaurant of its kind to open in the neighborhood, as it was located just around the corner from The Big Cheezy's original location on Broad Street. We bid you a fond farewell.

Finally, and most recently, Coulis closed on July 15. The Prytania Street restaurant was a beloved breakfast spot, opened by the talented chef James Leeming and his wife Heather. After James died, Heather kept on keeping on, and the neighborhood joint stayed open for seven more years. With business slowing down and the doldrums of summer setting in, Heather knew it was time to say goodbye.

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hen the heat index rises, and life just isn't livable without air conditioning, eating hot meals (or worse, preparing hot meals) can suck the life right out of you. In New Orleans, during these scorching summer months, grabbing a bowl of gumbo or munching on a platter of fried seafood is the furthest from my mind. I seek out all things cool, and since woman can't survive on sno-balls alone, I turn to crisp, cool salads.

When I was young, eating a salad meant I was on a diet, which tends to color my salad experience in a negative light. Since moving to the Deep South and barely surviving the sweat-filled summers, I have found a new appreciation for this chilled, leafy meal, and our city's incredible chefs have made the transition that much more delicious.

Just try to resist the wedge salad at Turkey and the Wolf in the Lower Garden District.

Folks have been raving about this restaurant since it opened—and with good reason. Chef and owner Mason Hereford knocks it out of the park by making many items in-house, embracing local ingredients, and adding a little lagniappe to every dish. In the case of the Wedge, a chunk of fresh, iceberg lettuce is draped in chunky bleu cheese dressing, paired with split grape or cherry tomatoes, and sprinkled with crisp bacon bits, fresh dill, and (that little something extra) everything bagel seasoning.

Because it just doesn't seem like summer without BBQ, why not head over to Central City BBQ for a smokin' salad? A huge plate

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is piled with chopped romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, housemade croutons, and your choice of smoked chicken, pulled pork, turkey, chopped brisket, or even burnt ends. Top it all off with your choice of dressing (I'm an undying fan of bleu cheese) and dive right in. Who says BBQ can't be cool?

Though it isn't really a salad per se, it certainly presents as one. When you order the fresh ricotta and stone fruit from Bearcat Café, just off Freret Street, you'll be served a large plate with a dreamy, creamy pile of fresh ricotta in the center, surrounded by arugula, almonds, cherry tomatoes, and stone fruit like cherries or sliced peaches. It's simply summer on a plate.

Certainly, a spot like the Rivershack Tavern on River Road screams for an order of meat pies or a large, juicy burger, but they also have a few fabulous salads you might want to try for a change. One of the most interesting options is dubbed “Get the Gaff,” which includes a large hunk of grilled tuna (cooked “just the way you like it”) served atop your choice of a Caesar or house salad.

Houston's on St. Charles Avenue can be a tad on the pricey side, but they happen to have a salad well-worth the extra ducats.

Their version of a club is $18, but for that you get mixed greens topped with crispy fried chicken, tomato, lots of avocado, chopped hard-boiled egg, and smokehouse bacon.

Naturally, you'll want to smother all of that quite liberally with house-made ranch dressing . . . am I right?

Central City BBQ's Brisket Salad

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Spudly’s Super Spuds has a baked potato to satisfy everyone’s cravings. Choose from toppings like crabmeat, crawfish, roast beef, or cheese. Enjoy great appetizers, soups, and salads, too. 2609 Harvard Ave. | Metairie | 455-3250 | spudlys.com

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Ted’s Frostop has a lot to offer, but they’re bestknown for their Lot-O Burgers, root beer floats, and hot plate lunches. They have plenty of daily specials, and breakfast is available all day. Don’t miss their allyou-can-eat pancakes for just $5.95! 3100 Calhoun St. | 861-3615 | tedsfrostop.com

Bennachin offers African cuisine with a New Orleans twist. Those familiar with their Jazz Fest fare, such as Poulet Fricassee and Jama-Jama, can imagine the wonders emanating from their kitchen. 1212 Royal St. | 522-1230 | bennachinrestaurant.com

Willie Mae’s Scotch House is an award-winning destination for fried chicken and a New Orleans landmark. You’ll understand why when you delve into the late Willie Mae Seaton’s 50-year-old recipe. 2401 St. Ann St. | 822-9503 | williemaesnola.com

American Apolline celebrates the best in local ingredients and offers unforgettable bottomless booze brunches. Try their outstanding seafood entrees like the seared scallops with Gulf shrimp and black drum. 4729 Magazine St. | 894-8881 | apollinerestaurant.com Bayou Hot Wings aims to please wing fanatics with 13 different sauces, from the mild Bayou Sweet to the intense Bayou Beast. Also try their burgers, wraps, salads, and famous fries. 6221 S. Claiborne Ave. | 662-9933 | bayouhotwings.com City Diner serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, 24/7.

Enjoy classics like country fried steak, shrimp and grits, and po-boys. And don’t forget about their giant pancakes that are as big as a hubcap. 3116 S. I-10 Service Road E. | Metairie | 831-1030 | citydiner.biz City Donuts & Café is the newest NOLA donut stop. They’re open 24/7 with a convenient drive-thru window, so you can grab a few dozen donuts or try the classics—from shrimp and grits to po-boys—anytime, day or night. 3301 S Claiborne Ave. | 372-5811 The Country Club specializes in distinctively modern Creole cuisine. Their divine Sweet Corn and Blue Crab Bisque and Duck Fat Roasted Chicken make us glad we live in New Orleans. 634 Louisa St. | 945-0742 | thecountryclubneworleans.com Daisy Dukes has four locations, and they pride themselves on offering food that isn’t fancy, but just plain good and reasonably priced. The French Quarter location is open 24/7 and serves breakfast around the clock. Try one of their famous Bloody Marys. Multiple locations | daisydukesrestaurant.com

GordonBiersch Gattuso’s Neighborhood Restaurant epitomizes the neighborhood eatery where you can eat out, but feel at home. Boasting impressive appetizers, mouthwatering burgers, and sandwiches, Gattuso’s also sells salads and seafood. 435 Huey P. Long Ave. | Gretna | 368-1114 | gattusos.net Gordon Biersch is a brewery and restaurant that truly masters both. Enjoy their handcrafted beers on the patio and a menu featuring elegant entrees like steak or salmon and casual fare like burgers. Brewery tours are available. 200 Poydras St. | 522-2739 | gordonbiersch.com Lakeview Harbor has reopened at a new location and their delicious food followed them. Try their thick, juicy cheeseburger or pair the Harbor Wings with a frosty draft beer. 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd. | 4864887 | lakeviewharbor.us Liberty Cheesesteaks brings authentic Philly cheesesteaks to New Orleans, along with several other options. In a town where po-boys dominate, Liberty offers “outsider” sandwiches that hold their own. 5039 Freret St. | 875-4447 | libertycheesesteaks.com

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WOW Café Doubletree is everything you love about WOW Cafe & Wingery and more. Their breakfast buffet includes delicious create-your-own omelettes, and their brunch showcases fresh Louisiana seafood.

300 Canal St. | 212-3250 | wowcafe.com/stores/ double-tree-new-orleans

Asian Bao & Noodle is a Marigny/Bywater gem. The cuisine begins with amazing, hand-pulled noodles and steamed buns and flourishes from there. Staples include slow-cooked pork and braised lamb. 2700 Chartres St. | 272-0004 | baoandnoodle.com Five Happiness is a local staple that has served New Orleans for over 30 years. Their repertoire includes succulent meat platters, Crispy Ginger Shrimp, and Stuffed Chinese Eggplant. 3605 S. Carrollton Ave. | 482-3935 | fivehappiness.com Green Tea offers decadent Chinese food. The Seafood Delight features lobster, jumbo shrimp, and scallops and the Dragon and Phoenix combo combines General Tso’s Chicken and shrimp. 3001 Napoleon Ave. | 899-8005 | greenteanola.com Kyoto 2 is the premier spot for sushi and sashimi in Elmwood. Try one of their popular chef's creations, incluidng the amazing No-Name Roll with tuna, eel, salmon, and snow crab. 5608 Citrus Blvd. | Harahan | 818-0228 Mikimoto knows sushi and many other forms of

Japanese cuisine. Start with Crabstick Tempura or delicious shrimp. Their extensive sushi menu includes creative specialty rolls. 3301 S. Carrollton Ave. | 4881881 | mikimotosushi.com Miyako Hibachi & Sushi Bar is known for its entertaining hibachi chefs and ample seating and is a great spot for large groups. Their sushi menu has many great options, like the Spicy Crawfish Roll. 1403 St. Charles Ave. | 410-997 | miyakonola.com Origami is proud of their three sushi chefs, and why not? Must-try’s include the Burning Man and the Funky Margarita. They have a vast appetizer menu as well. 5130 Freret St. | 899-6532 | sushinola.com

Bars with Great Food Backspace Bar & Kitchen is a fantastic French Quarter spot. Dive into their literary-themed sandwiches like the Hemingway Cuban or the Whitman Roast Beef, and you’ll understand why. 139 Chartres St. | 322-2245 | backspacenola.com Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant has an impressive food menu and is open 24/7. Come for breakfast and one of their awesome omelettes or for bar staples like chicken wings and burgers. 1001 Esplanade Ave. | 949-0038 | buffasbar.com Flamingo A-Go-Go to the Warehouse District for food, fun, and the largest open-air patio in New Orleans. They serve lunch and dinner daily and brunch every weekend. Happy Hour weekdays from 4-7 p.m. Pets welcome! 869 Magazine St. | 577-2202 | flamingonola.com The Jimani has everything: big-screen TVs, trivia, a 100+ beer selection, and an outstanding menu. Start with a plate of nachos and follow it with po-boys, burgers, sandwiches, or ribs. 141 Chartres St. | 5240493 | thejimani.com Mimi’s in the Marigny features two bars and a first-rate tapas menu, including vegetarian options. Try the croquettes or sample the “Trust Me” menu; fresh Louisiana produce and herbs are abundant. 2601 Royal St. | 872-9868 | mimismarigny.com NOSH rocks the small-plates craze with options like Lobster-Shrimp Tacos, Truffled Mac and Cheese, and Beef Short Rib Poutine. They also have a seafood bar, so slurp some Gulf oysters. 752 Tchoupitoulas St. |

581-7101 | noshneworleans.com Ole Saint, product of Saints legend Deuce McAllister, features Southern coastal cuisine with offerings like the Fried Oysters and Catfish with White Beans and Shrimp. Try the burgers, too. 132 Royal St. | 309-4797 | olesaint.com Orleans Grapevine proves fine food is best paired with wine, with more than 375 varieties available. The Filet and Lobster Tail Surf and Turf is amazing. Also try the Scallops and Oysters Orleans. 720 Orleans Ave. | 523-1930 | orleansgrapevine.com Poppy’s Time Out Sports Bar loves its sports fans and offers 21 TVs, over 20 beers on tap, and Hurricanes ranging from Category 1 to 5.

Enjoy Gator Bites, Shrimp Queso, wings, and more. 500 Port of New Orleans Pl. | 247-9265 | poppystimeoutsportsbar.com Shamrock Bar and Grill, with 32 televisions and 23 pool tables, is the perfect place to watch sports. Enjoy drink specials and a reasonably priced menu, including a shrimp platter and a 12-ounce ribeye. 4133 S. Carrollton Ave. | 301-0938 | shamrockparty.com World of Beer is a local hangout featuring over 500 global beers and tavern food in pub-like digs. Be sure to pair your Guinness Beer Brat or Beer Cheese Nachos with an ice-cold draft beer. 300 Julia St. | 299-3599 | worldofbeer.com

Café Another Broken Egg Café is not just another brunch spot. Their extensive menu boasts succulent omelettes. Try one of their “Sweet Temptations” like the Bananas Foster Belgian Waffle. Uptown | Lakeview | 301-2771 | anotherbrokeneggcafe.com Café 615 Home of Da Wabbit is arguably the most affordable restaurant in Gretna—and one of the best. Just $18 for seared duck breast? Yes, please.

They have salads, seafood, sandwiches, and exotic appetizers, too. 615 Kepler St. | Gretna | 365-1225 | dawabbit.net Café Amelie resides in the Princess of Monaco Courtyard and Carriage House for an unforgettable dining experience. The food is memorable, too, with

selections like cochon de lait and Crawfish Linguine.

912 Royal St. | 412-8965 | cafeamelie.com Café Carmo is an innovative, vegan-friendly restaurant that strives to bring tropical foodways from other countries and infuse them with local ingrediants and flavors. 527 Julia St. | 875-4132 | cafecarmo.com Caffe! Caffe!’s two locations serve soups, salads, sandwiches, and wraps to die for. Try one of their brand-new items like their Creamy Mac, a must for mac and cheese fanatics. Two Metairie Locations | caffecaffe.com Jimmy J’s Café offers some of the French Quarter’s tastiest fare. Try the Eggs Lafitte with andouille sausage, hollandaise sauce, and ratatouille. 115 Chartres St. | 309-9360 | jimmyjscafe.com Petite Amelie is an extension of Café Amelie, serving salads, sandwiches, coffee, take-home entrees, and more. They also have a marketplace selection of fresh olives, cheeses, sandwiches, and juices. 900 Royal St. | 412-8065 | petiteamelienola. wordpress.com

slice of their pizza or try local favorites like red beans and rice or corned beef. 2706 Royal St. | 947-8787 | mardigraszone.com Mosca’s Restaurant has been cooking up Italian specialties for 60+ years. From familiar staples like spaghetti and meatballs to signatures like Oysters Mosca, every dish is prepared with care. 4137 U.S. Highway 90 West | Westwego | 436-8950 | moscasrestaurant.com Pascal’s Manale turns 105 this year, and they still serve the best BBQ shrimp you’ll ever have. With seafood, juicy steaks, and great Italian dishes, this Uptown eatery does it right. 1838 Napoleon Ave. | 895-4877 | pascalsmanale.com Venezia has been serving homestyle Italian cooking with a New Orleans twist since 1957. Their house specialties, Fresh Fish Cynthia and Eggplant Vatican, are both culinary dreams come true. 134 N. Carrollton Ave. | 488-7991 | venezianeworleans. net

Mexican Carreta’s Grill has been cooking quality Mexican cuisine since 1999. From signature appetizers like Mariachi Fries and Popeye Dip to the sizzling carnitas and carne asada, you’ll love it all. Multiple Locations | carretasgrillrestaurant.com Juan’s Flying Burrito is a true success story with locations all over town. The food impresses, time after time. Try their signature burritos or vegetarian options. Multiple Locations | juansflyingburrito. com

Middle Eastern The Halal Guys is a hit, serving the tastiest Middle Eastern/Mediterranean fare. Whether it’s beef, chicken, or falafel you crave, you can get any of them as either a sandwich or a platter. Multiple Locations | thehalalguys.com

French Café Degas provides the experience of dining in the French countryside. Le Plateau de Fromage is an excellent appetizer, followed by a crab salad, lamb merguez, or other French classics. 3127 Esplanade Ave. | 945-5635 | cafedegas.com Vyoone’s brings French fare to the Warehouse District. Try their chicken roulade, with a refreshing cocktail in their courtyard, or enjoy savory French entrees and a long wine list for dinner. 412 Girod St. | 518-6007 | vyoone.com

Italian Josephine Estelle is reimagining Italian cuisine.

Duck breast, speckled trout, and veal accompany their wide range of pastas. They also offer weekend brunch and a Happy Hour with small-plate offerings on weekdays. 600 Carondelet St. | 930-3070 | josephineestelle.com Mardi Gras Zone offers both delicious food and products concerning its namesake holiday. Pick up a

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Lebanon’s Café is known for delicious cuisine and a gorgeous dining room. Enjoy amazing shawarma, kebabs, and plates, such as the lamb chops and tuna steak. 1500 S. Carrollton Ave. | 862-6200 | lebanonscafe.com Pyramid’s Café, with their reasonable prices, is a favorite of both Tulane and Loyola students. Perfectly marinated meat means great options like the Chicken Lula or Kafta Kabab. 3149 Calhoun St. | 861-9602 | pyramidscafeonline.com

New Orleans Cuisine Antoine’s Restaurant has embodied FrenchCreole dining since 1840. Home of the world-famous Oysters Rockefeller, Antoine’s offers other signature dishes like the Filet de Gulf Poisson Amandine and Chateaubriand. 713 St. Louis St. | 581-4422 | antoines.com Broussard's has been serving New Orleans classics in the French Quarter for 98 years. From brunch to dinner, dine in the majestic dining room or in the palatial courtyard. 819 Conti St. | 581-3866 | broussards.com Columns Hotel offers elegant dining overlooking historic St. Charles Avenue. Guests can enjoy a southern breakfast every morning, Sunday jazz brunch, and daily Happy Hour from 5–7 p.m. 3811 St. Charles Ave. | 861-9602 | thecolumns.com/dining Crescent City Brewhouse is a microbrewery in the French Quarter with a great menu. Pair freshly shucked oysters with a beer and dine on their Decatur Street balcony for a wonderful experience. 527 Decatur St. | 522-0571 | crescentcitybrewhouse. com

New Orleans Cajun Cookery suits the heartiest of appetites as well as those who prefer small plates.

Located next to sister establishment Briquette, Cajun Cookery serves breakfast, lunch, and tapas. You’ll love the Stuffed Breads and Egg Scramblers. 701 S. Peters St. | 985-778-2529 New Orleans Creole Cookery knows great food and music go together, so you can always enjoy the sounds of live jazz while sipping a Hurricane and feasting upon their spectacular seafood. 508 Toulouse St. | 524-9632 | neworleanscreolecookery.com The Original Fiorella’s Café has figured out how to impress with their delicious fried chicken. Winner of the “Best Fried Chicken” award from the National Fried Chicken Festival, Fiorella’s is worth a visit. 5325 Franklin Ave. | 309-0352 | originalfiorellas.com The Praline Connection offers more than confections. Sure, they have amazing pralines, but also check out their soul food classics like stuffed bell peppers, fried chicken livers, and crowder peas. 542 Frenchmen St. | 943-3934 | pralineconnection.com

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Public Service (NOPSI Hotel) serves the public with delectable dishes and live entertainment. Appetizers like braised pork belly and blue crab dip precede great entrees like short ribs. 311 Baronne St. | 962-6527 | publicservicenola.com

Briquette offers contemporary coastal cuisine and has a stylishly chic dining room and open-air kitchen.

Pork with a bleu cheese crust and steelhead salmon are just a couple of menu features. 701 S. Peters St. | 302-7496 | briquette-nola.com

Short Stop PoBoys has been proudly serving sandwich-lovers for years. Their soft-shell crab po-boy must be seen to be believed. Enjoy it with some of their award-winning seafood gumbo. 119 Transcontinental Dr. | Metairie | 885-4572 | shortstoppoboysno.com

Felix's Restaurant & Oyster Bar has been offering local seafood platters, fresh-shucked oysters, and Creole staples in a casual barroom setting since the 1940s. Go out and see for yourself! Multiple Locations | felixs.com

Seafood

Crossroads at House of Blues celebrates Southern cuisine in all its spectacular forms. Fried chicken, baby back ribs, and shrimp and grits adorn the menu.

225 Decatur St. | 310-4999 | houseofblues.com/ neworleans/menu

Acme Oyster House has specialized with the mollusk fan-favorite since 1910. You can have them shucked, in a shot glass, or chargrilled. The Fish Pontchartrain is also great! Multiple Locations | acmeoyster.com

The Governor Restaurant and Seafood Bar features Louisiana-inspired cuisine, using fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Enjoy old classics like Shrimp Clemenceau and new creations like their andouille and fig casserole. 301 Chartres St. | 291-1860 | governorrestaurant.com

Art & Vicki’s The Dock Slidell knows that exceptional seafood goes well with a beautiful dockside experience. Catfish served over cheesy mashed potatoes with their crawfish sauce is a highlight. 118 Harbor View Ct. | Slidell | 985-3268882 | facebook.com/TheDockSlidell

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Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant is the spot to enjoy the satisfying crunch of fried seafood in New Orleans.

Try the Half and Half Platter and add oysters, crawfish, or frog legs for $3 or less! 738 Poland Ave. | 943-9914 | jackdempseys.net Jaeger’s Seafood specializes in seafood dinners. Try the King’s Platter, which includes Maine lobster, snow crabs, boiled shrimp, potatoes, corn, jambalaya, house salad, and garlic bread. 901 S. Clearview Pkwy. | Metairie | 818-2200 | jaegersseafood.com Landry’s Seafood is where to get the specialty fish dinners you always crave—speckled trout, grouper, amberjack, and more—cooked all ways. They feature

house specialties like Smoked Bacon-Crusted Scallops.

Multiple Locations | landrysseafood.com Seaworthy has a full menu-page dedicated to the 43 varieties of oysters they shuck. Also, try redfish on the half-shell with chili butter. Dining in a Creole cottage built in 1832 ties it together. 630 Carondelet St. | 930-3071 | seaworthynola.com The Catch Seafood Restaurant offers fresh Louisiana seafood served the way you want it. Located between Veterans Boulevard and I-10, The Catch also serves po-boys and great blackened catfish. 310 Cleary Ave. | Metairie | 407-3316 Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco specializes in authentic Peruvian cuisine for a culinary journey in the comfort of Uptown. Try one of their signature ceviches or a great lamb shank with cilantro sauce. 5015 Magazine St. | 267-7612 | titoscevichepisco.com

Vegetarian Seed demonstrates that vegan cuisine doesn’t need to sacrifice New Orleans flavor. The proof is in their eggplant po-boy and Creole zucchini wraps, which are comfort foods that will please anyone. 1330 Prytania St. | 302-2599 | seedyourhealth.com

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Alto (Ace Hotel) 600 Carondelet St. 900-1180

Relax poolside at Ace Hotel's rooftop garden, Alto, while snacking on small plates, sipping seasonal cocktails, and enjoying panoramic views of the city.

Backspace Bar 139 Chartres St. 322-2245

Stimulate your mind (and taste buds) at this literarythemed haunt that, while specializing in classic cocktails and comfort food, is also known for its milk and cookies.

Bar Tonique 820 N. Rampart St. 324-6045

This joint is the embodiment of the craft cocktail movement, and their impressive cocktail list is only rivaled by the extensive knowledge of their bartenders.

Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant 1001 Esplanade Ave. 949-0038

This neighborhood gem has been “on the border of the Quarter since 1939” with 24/7 full service at an affordable price and a live music backroom.

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Crescent City Brewhouse Opened in 1991, this microbrewery in the heart of the Quarter became the first brewpub in New Orleans and 527 Decatur St. Louisiana, so grab a pint—prost!

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Fontaine Palace 218 S. Robertson St. 525-3277

This newly opened bar offers great food, live music, and great daily drink specials in a convenient location in the heart of Downtown.

Gattuso’s 435 Huey P. Long Ave. 368-1114

Head to Gretna’s Historic District for this Westbank gem with 14 beers on tap and a full menu stocked with New Orleans favorites like crawfish dip.

Golden Lantern 1239 Royal St. 529-2860

Famous for the founding of Southern Decadence, the Golden Lantern is also reputed to have one of the best Bloody Marys in the city.

Hermes Bar at Antoine's 725 St. Louis St. 581-4422

Featuring encased Mardi Gras memorabilia, the Hermes Bar is about as Old New Orleans as it gets. Try their takes on the Sazerac or Ramos Gin Fizz.

House of Blues 225 Decatur St. 310-4999

This well-established concert venue also houses its own bar and restaurant with a menu featuring regional dishes from Nashville hot wings to Voodoo Shrimp.

Jimani 141 Chartres St. 524-0493

If you’re looking for somewhere to end your late-night (or early-morning) adventures, Jimani is the French Quarter spot. Be sure to try their Bacon Bloody Mary.

Kerry Irish Pub 331 Decatur St. 527-5954

With no cover charge, Kerry's offers live music almost nightly. They are also rumored to pour the best Guinness in town, so have a pint or two today.

Martine's Lounge 2347 Metairie Rd. 831-8637

This Metairie neighborhood hideout does Happy Hour right—every day from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Come grab a domestic beer for only $2 or try a seasonal cocktail.

MOXY Hotel Bar 210 O'Keefe Ave. 525-6800

This handcrafted-cocktail bar serves as your check-in desk as well as a coffee house in the a.m. and the perfect place for a quick bite at night.

Pal's Lounge 949 N. Rendon St. 488-7257

Located in a nondescript house in Mid-City, Pal’s Lounge will make you feel right at home with affordable drinks, plenty of pool tables, and food pop-ups.

Rick’s Cabaret 315 Bourbon St. 524-4222

Rick’s Cabaret sets itself apart from the rest of Bourbon Street with over 18,000 square feet and two floors, so stop in for a drink and stay for the show.

Rick's Sporting Saloon 522 Bourbon St. 552-2510

Rick’s has all the amenities of a sports bar and gentlemen’s club. Drinks are half-price every day until 7 p.m., making it well worth the stop on Bourbon Street.

Rivershack Tavern 3449 River Rd. 834-4938

Only in New Orleans is there a bar with a barter system involving free drinks for tacky ashtrays. Rivershack Tavern is off the beaten path, but it is worth the visit.

Shamrock Bar & Grill 4133 S. Carrollton Ave. 307-4350

A great spot for groups of friends, this neighborhood bar has 16,000 square feet of fun, including 23 pool tables and dozens of games, such as ping-pong and shuffleboard.

The Country Club 634 Louisa St. 945-0742

A Bywater hotspot for over 40 years, this fully renovated restaurant and bar is an absolute tropical oasis for dining in or drinking with friends.

The Starlight Lounge 817 St. Louis St. 827-1655

Come lounge in the French Quarter at Starlight, a livemusic haven with plenty of great food bites and specialty cocktails, housed inside a refurbished New Orleans home.

Tropical Isle Multiple Locations 529-1702

There is arguably nothing more definitively Bourbon Street than the Hand Grenade, “New Orleans’s most powerful drink,” and it is 100 percent the brainchild of Tropical Isle.

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by Movie Editor David Vicari and Critic Fritz Esker at WhereYat.com.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

By Fritz Esker I never thought that I would one day make a comparison between the Mamma Mia! franchise and the Alien franchise, but here I am. Just as Alien 3 immediately alienated (pun partially intended) fans of Aliens by killing off characters viewers had come to love between films, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again eliminates Meryl Streep’s character, the protagonist of the original film (this information is revealed within the first 5 minutes, so I don’t feel guilty for spoiling anything). Giving viewers a sour feeling from the get-go is never a great way to start a movie that aims to be a fluffy, cheerful piece of escapism.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again jumps back and forth in time. In the present day, it tells the story of Streep’s daughter (Amanda Seyfried), who is opening a hotel named after her mother on a beautiful Greek island.

But there are also many flashbacks to Streep’s character as a younger woman (Lily James) and how she met the three men who may be Seyfried’s father (played in the flashbacks by Jeremy Irvine, Josh Dylan, & Hugh Skinner and in the present by Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, and Stellan Skarsgard). Again, the cast performs several hit songs by the beloved 70s group ABBA. James (Downton Abbey, Cinderella) has a magnetic screen presence and should have a successful future ahead of her. The script, co-written by Notting Hill and Love Actually scribe Richard Curtis, evokes a few laughs—but there are also plenty of moments that land with a thud. Also, the film reaches what feels like a natural stopping point about 90 minutes in, yet then proceeds to run for another 25 minutes.

Sorry To Bother You

By David Vicari Sorry to Bother You is a nutty, yet sharply-pointed social and political satire. This is one hell of a feature debut from musician Boots Riley, who wrote and directed the film.

Young African-American man Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) is unemployed and living in his uncle's garage. The best thing in his life is his pretty artist girlfriend, Detroit (Tessa Thompson), but he is frustrated that he can't support her.

He gets happier when he finds a job—it's a commission-only telemarketing job, but at least it's a job. Cassius sucks at telemarketing until an older black co-worker (Danny Glover) tells him to use his “white voice” with customers (in the hilarious “white voice” scenes, Stanfield is dubbed over by actor/comedian David Cross).

Needless to say, by using this trick, Cassius begins to make sales. He gets so good, in fact, that he is moved upstairs and becomes a “Power Caller,” leaving behind his co-worker friends who are protesting for higher wages. Upstairs is where Cassius meets the company's CEO—rich, white playboy Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), who has a disturbing plan to get employees to work faster.

I wouldn't dream of revealing any more of the plot. Just know that it truly goes bananas . . . in a good way. I mean, it gets Repo Man crazy. If you are unfamiliar, 1984's endlessly quotable cult classic comedy Repo Man is about the zany day-to-day adventures of car repossession, but it has a crucial subplot about space aliens hiding in the trunk of a car.

The performances in Sorry to Bother You are pitch-perfect, a difficult task considering that the actors have to navigate this odd-ball film's fluctuating tone. Lead actor Stanfield (Get Out, Short Term 12) is particularly good because he makes you like and understand his character, even when he is doing unlikable things.

Sorry to Bother You could have used some tighter editing, as it does meander a bit. And some jokes do fall flat. However, it is a worthy movie that comments on the current state of America: Many jobs out there don't pay enough for workers to actually support themselves, and racism is, unfortunately, alive and well.

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TalesFromTheQuarter

By Debbie Lindsey

Goin' to the Chapel

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wo things I decided early on: I would not own a car or get married. The car thing was not only an environmental idealists’ stance, it was practical and easy--I don’t drive and have never earned enough money for such a large item. However, this vehicular rebellion was drastically tweaked by Boyfriend when we acquired a 1994 Lincoln eight years ago. Granted, my name is not on the registration, and I still do not drive—yet, somehow, being chauffeured about in our gasoline hungry car doesn’t quite qualify me for Environmentalist of the Year. This left me with my other remaining non-conformist position—singledom.

I am an incurable romantic, and, despite having been around the block more often than my Catholic upbringing approves, I believe in a committed relationship, loyalty, and monogamy. But I never felt the need to make a commitment to a legal document that, for a fee, is witnessed and certified by people I do not even know, much less care to have involved in what should be a personal and romantic affair of the heart. And my feminist nature felt at odds with the patriarchal leanings of matrimony. Besides, whose business is it with whom I set up housekeeping? Heck, for much of my adult life, I didn’t even want to live with anyone—single meant single.

Then along came Boyfriend, and all bets were off.

For nineteen years we have shared our lives, our apartments, many beloved dogs and cats, vacations, gossip, too many beers, Katrina, two motorized vehicles, friends, sorrows, hurt, misdeeds, heroics, a business—and then combined our apartments into one big rambling home. From there we nearly bought a house, nearly lost a business, lost our rambling house, moved a business, moved our home, and through all this, through sickness and health, for better, for worse, in fun and laughter, we didn’t need a judge to take our money to pronounce that we were a couple.

Nevertheless, Boyfriend began asking me to marry him.

He tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature with the unavoidable fact that after ten years of wedded bliss, I would be eligible for his social security in the event that I became his widow— not the most romantic pitch or one that I am comfortable thinking about (it gives me the willies in my lower intestines and causes me to clench my decades-old dental work). But his social security would elevate me from living on cat food—my cats would never share theirs with me. Sadly, one’s future is determined by money.

He then changed tactics and got down on his knee one day in the shop’s storage room next to the trash can that hadn’t been emptied for some time, and I thought, “What the hell are you doing? That floor is filthy— don’t expect me to be able to help you up!”

Before I could ruin his sweet moment, he

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said, “Debbie, will you marry me—not for the security, but because I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you.” I must have said yes because I called my friend Dawn and told her, and she offered to give us a wedding reception. Unsure about having a big party, still feeling hinky about all the legal ramifications, and with little knowledge of the laws and rights of single versus married, I kinda put it off.

The sweetness of his on-the-knee romantic proposal was taken to heart, but it was constantly put on the back burner because of my indecision and tendency to over-think something. Nearly three years passed. Then one day when Boyfriend was flush with extra cash and heading off to buy me wine, he said, “You can marry me for my money you know!” and I said, “Okay, sure. I’ll marry you.” He gave me a double-take, a broad smile, and asked, “For real?”

We decided then that something kinda quirky involving just us, no party, no hassle, stress, would be our preferred wedding plan.

The Piccadilly Cafeteria on Jefferson Highway would be our wedding day luncheon for two!

Yep, the Piccadilly—where I could have two desserts and all the sweet tea I could drink, and he could have liver ‘n onions, his cafeteria go-to favorite. When we heard that they might soon be closing that location, we got into high gear, only to be unexpectedly delayed (and evicted) by termites. Wedding bells gave way to moving bills.

Then one Wednesday morning, both exhausted from a particularly long work schedule that week, we decided to make a pass at the License Bureau to see if we were even close to having all our paperwork and documents in order. We were tired, grumpy, and rushing to catch the bus, with me in a dress I've worn for three days in-a-row and earrings, deodorant forgotten (temperatures hitting a record 97); he managed to accidentally forgo brushing his teeth. We were a hot mess. And, of course, that meant we were destined to wed that day.

All our ducks were in a row, and the license was obtained. “Is there anyone that can marry us today?” we asked.

“Yes, here’s a list of judges at Civil Court that can officiate . . . for a fee, $80.00, cash only.”

Boyfriend held a bouquet of plastic flowers from the judge’s office, I had a blue Sharpie that we used to ink our wedding bands, and during the vows he inserted with pride “and she will not obey!” Yep, we were the last couple to pay the illegal fee that should have been $5. (Google Lee Zurick’s investigative coverage and see our judge! Only in New Orleans!) We didn’t get to the Piccadilly, but we enjoyed an hour soaking in some A/C in a fancy hotel lobby (which was, in effect, our honeymoon), ate great Thai near the court house, and flashed our blue Sharpie wedding bands over champagne during our reception “for two” at our local bar.

Po-BoyViews

By Phil LaMancusa

Coney Baloney OR Under the Big Top

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t’s summertime, and to myself and others of a certain age, something is missing in our immediate future; it entails having a summer without an amusement park. And no, not a Theme Park—I’m talking about a park that’s like a hot, sweaty walk on sawdust: a warm-water drinking fountains, girl-watching, fast food smelling, permanent roller coaster, bumper cars, kiddie rides, dart throwing at balloons, Tilt-a-whirl, Tunnel of Love, Fun House, cotton candy, corn on the cob, sloppy hot dogs, and brain-freezing slushy drink kind of amusement park—one with Merry-Go-Rounds, calliopes, Tea Cup and Wild Mouse rides. They close in the winter and open in the summer, and they’re run by folks who live a life that none of us have ever seen and wouldn’t understand, much less be able to survive.

It’s summertime, and, to myself (and others of a certain age), something worth waiting for may not occur, yet we still wait for it: a state fair, a traveling circus and/or old-fashioned carnival. They occur too infrequently and are not visited often by us, but abide in our collective consciousnesses as the places we want to run away from home to. They feature tight rope walkers, clowns in tiny cars, a master of ceremonies, trapeze artists, strong men lifting weights, and women in shiny bathing suits spinning from ropes clenched in their teeth. In my day there were freak shows with bearded ladies, Siamese twins, and Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy. These amusements came with obligatory obnoxious refreshment stands, souvenir outlets, and tents visited by adults only. “Step right up and see Little Eva do the Dance of the Seven veils; she walks, she talks, she crawls on her belly like a reptile! One tenth of a dollar, one thin dime…”

There are carousels, Ferris wheels, fortune tellers, and water pistols that you shoot at a clown face and that blow up a balloon. Kewpie dolls with painted faces awaited the guy that could take that hammer, hit that bell, and “win a big something for the little lady.”

And always somewhere not far off, there was a group of trailers where the workers and performers camped—the carneys, riggers, prop hands, and the roustabouts; the unshaven guys who sold you dimes to toss at plates that you could keep if your coin would just stay put, or who handed you that rifle to shoot at sitting ducks; and the tobaccochewing women who pyramided milk bottles for you to throw baseballs at: “Step right up!”

Big Luke—six feet four with a bushy beard and a big grin, about three hundred pounds in faded overalls—was one of these folks.

I ran into him (literally) when I was part of a commune here in New Orleans. He had worked offshore several times, been an oyster fisherman, a carny, a pot salesman. He stayed up late, got up early, and knew the names

of all the bikers at the Seven Seas bar on St. Philip Street (just off Decatur). He knew how to tie knots, tell jokes, fix nearly every damn thing ever made and could scare the heck out of anybody just by rising to his full height.

He knew how to fish and cook and could drink any grown person under the table. He was also a born storyteller. He rode freights, smoked and drank and caroused, and died earlier than I, although we are the same age (and I’m still goin’ like the Energizer Bunny). He garnered permanent friends and temporary lovers and was in and out of many of our lives here. It would be hard to make up a character like Big Luke.

I dread the loss of characters here. I want to continue to see sword swallowers, mimes, flower sellers, magicians, musicians, and that hapless, helpless, homeless, lovable guy that holds court on the corner of St. Peter and Royal Street. I want to continue to see Clarence selling his Bananas, muttering Bill and little Johnny running errands for merchants to keep the wheels of commerce greased, those ever-smiling gaslight mechanics at Bevolo, Pedicab peddlers that singsong our visitors, ice cream hawkers selling cool, and the honest men of a certain age that actually want to shine your shoes.

The shopkeepers in the Quarter and their staffs are at once funny, honest, cute, goodhumored, gregarious, and a little bit nuts; I love them all. What we need is a Ferris Wheel.

I mean it. And a roller coaster.

Picture it: We have the French Quarter— that’s already almost an amusement park; we’ve got the weather, the shops, and eating places, and the fortune tellers and artists, right? All day long and into the night we have mule and carriage rides, tour guides and mimes, pirates, zombies in old-fashioned dresses, pickpockets, sharpies, and the occasional huckster, complete with Threecard Monte or the tricky 3 Shell Game and disappearing pea.

Let’s just go for it. We have an aquarium, insectarium, shopping mall, and all that room, from the casino to Jackson Square. We already have an RV park behind the welcome center for the carneys. Or better yet . . . Armstrong Park! The theater (which is underutilized) can be THE BIG TOP! with three rings and the whole works!

I’m telling you, we have a huge (a HUGE!) economic opportunity here; when I finish this paragraph, I’m going to write the mayor.

Unemployment will drop to new lows. There will be second lines every night with fireworks.

Our schools will have a whole new curriculum.

We could stay open year-round with our weather. Street vendors would have a field day. You could clean up being a sanitation worker.

And a good time would be had by all.

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YaGram

Below are our staff's favorite #NOLA hashtags on Instagram for July.

Tag us @WhereYatNola or #WhereYatNola to be featured in an upcoming issue.

NewsAroundTheWeb

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ColeSwindell&MoreComingToNOLA @capturedby candacephoto

@davidnola

@doggosofnola

@roamingnola

@thenolachic

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As part of their Reason to Drink Another Tour, country music artists Cole Swindell and Dustin Lynch bring their Southern sound to the Crescent City at Champions Square on December 14. The duo will be joined by American Idol Season 10 finalist and CMT Music Award winner Lauren Alaina.

St.CharlesAvenueFeaturedOnPBS The PBS show 10 Streets That Changed America returns once again for its second season and features the iconic New Orleans street. The episode discusses the importance of St. Charles Avenue and how the street influenced not only travel in the city but our history and culture as a whole.

RZAAnnouncesCutThroatCitySetInNOLA Below are our staff's New Orleans hashtag picks from Twitter for July. Tag us @WhereYatNola or #WhereYatNola to be featured in an upcoming issue.

@TheYBF: #Drake is chillin’ in #NewOrleans tonight - where we hear he recently shot the #InMyFeelings video - at #Morrows.

Directed by rapper and director RZA and showcased at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con, Cut Throat City is a heist movie set in a post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Following the aftermath of the infamous hurricane, a group of discontent residents from the Lower 9th Ward take matters into their own hands.

@DavidMora: Music is the heartbeat of New Orleans. Let the music play, y’all! #neworleans #onetimeinnola #onlylouisiana @brasilboy27: My bank account and I are not on speaking terms #nola @DrRobertCollins: Obviously New Orleans made the Global list, number 2 right behind Florence, and ahead of Rome and Paris. #NOLA #Food @cjhowat: Psssah. Who said it was too hot to cut grass in #Nola today? #nightcutting @Maggie_Robert: Someone just told me I look like I am having a jazzy day. I would say I’m having the opposite of that, but def made me laugh. Only in #Nola @Tom_Symonds: BREAKING NEWS...It’s very HOT in #NOLA today. That is all.

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NewOrleansNamed#1CityForOutdoorSpace Considering over 100 American cities, retailer Pots, Planters & More ranked New Orleans #1 on their “25 Best Cities for Outdoor Space” list.

Ranking was based on public park spaces and their walkable access, yearly spending on parks per resident, median home price, and average annual temperature.

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The Rolling Elvi were happy to participate in The Running of the Bulls.

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Folks were all smiles after trying the new Absolut Grapefruit at the Launch Party at NOPSI’s Above the Grid.

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The Belle Isle pool party at the Hotel Monteleone was a big success during Tales of the Cocktail.

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The Running of the Bulls featured spirited costumes and rollergirls as bulls.

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Rollergirls from across the country came to New Orleans to help in The Running of the Bulls.

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RNDC’s Dolph Parro is all smiles at The Troubadour Hotel with Sazerac’s Bill Goldring and William Grant and Sons’ Jorge Lauriano.

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Wild Turkey’s Master Distiller Eddie Russell enjoys Tales of the Cocktail with Campari’s Mitzi Wheaton and Shawn Murphy.

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Son of a Saint’s Sonny Lee helped kick off Tales of the Cocktail with Margarita Bergen and Commander Palace’s Tory McPhail.

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10. The NOLA Caribbean Festival was a wet ‘n wild time with Caribbean food, music, and more.

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Located in the heart of the Warehouse District, NOSH serves craft cocktails, world-class wines, and inventive small plates nightly from 4 p.m. until midnight. Don’t miss the monthly Pairing Dinners and the Friday Bubbles Bar, with glasses of champagne starting at $4. NOSH: DRINK GLOBAL. EAT LOCAL. STAY SOCIAL.

Chat NIKKI REYES with

<< Jorge Henriquez COO, Upscale Division

<< Jennifer Hale FOX NFL Sports Anchor

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Left end. I played that at LSU. Tenacious.

The word "FAMILIA." Over.

Whole.

<< Camille Collins Marketing Manager, Creole Cuisine 1.

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Deep snapper.

Emily Post!

Paper dolls.

Over.

Whole.

A front office executive.

Girl Boss!

Stilettos atop a football.

As long as it's there, it’s all good.

That’s classified, Miss Nikki!

Where Y’at Chat Questions: 1. If you were a Saints player, what would be your position?

2. As a Saints player, what is your A.K.A. on the field?

3. What insignia would you add to your cleats?

4. Toilet paper position. Sheets over or under?

5. August hosts "Grab Some Nuts Day.” Do you like your nuts crushed or whole?

<< Valerie Landry Director of Sales, Creole Cuisine

<< Ramp TV Host; Pro Wrestler Manager

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The head coach.

Cruella de Vil! A champagne bottle.

Over!

Whole.

<< Reagan Charleston Owner, Reagan Charleston Jewelry; Star, Southern Charm NOLA 1.

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Quarterback.

The Boss.

A lion.

Over . . . No—the other way!

Both.

Kicker.

Big Ramp.

Lightning.

Over.

Whole.

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Keeper of the pearly gates.

Queen of the Cat Wigs.

A chicken!

Over.

Whole.

Wide receiver and a touchdown dance!

Da Bulldozer.

A sunrise.

Over.

Whole.

<< Kerri Donnelly Director of Sales, Hotel Provincial

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<< Christina Chapuis Marketing & Business Development Manager, Wink Design & Events

<< Lilia Escanelle Clinical Administrator, United Health Care Defensive end.

Repel.

A dark angel.

Over.

Whole, then crush them!!

^^ Allison Albert Ward Owner, Pet Krewe

Quarterback.

Da Boss.

A kitty kat.

Over.

Crushed.

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