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Chloe is majoring in Government at Harvard University. Chloe is St. Martin's Episcopal School. For more information or to schedule a tour call 504-736-9917 225 Green Acres Road Metairie, LA 70003-2484 (504) 733-0353 www.stmsaints.com St. Martin's Episcopal School, a coed, early childhood through grade 12 independent school, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, religion, national or ethnic origin. All School Open House Wednesday, January 25th at 9:00 am Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 6 NEWS + "The Hope Factory" A chain of charter public schools in Florida is being run as a for-profit enterprise --by the brother of Vice President Joe Biden. By Lisa Rab This two-part story about for-profit charter schools originally appeared in the New Times Broward- Palm Beach newspaper. Part 2 will appear next week in Gambit. S C U T T L E B U T T 10 C L A N CY 12 B L A k E 13 viEWS heroes + zeroes Roman Harper, a native Alabaman, used the Jan. 9 BCS playoff game in New Orleans to help raise money for the United Way of Central Alabama, which continues to rebuild and repair 2,000 homes damaged or destroyed by last year's tornadoes. The group's "No Place Like Home" campaign kicked off that night at the LSU-Alabama BCS matchup, and the New Orleans Saints safety urged fans to text-message a donation in honor of their team of choice. BouquETS + brickbats TM knowledge is power The Northshore Democratic Women's Club B efore the songs, chanting, and heartfelt tears, the ceremony next door to a Palm Springs, Fla. strip mall begins with speeches. A thin, deeply tanned man in a pinstriped suit is among the first to take the microphone. He's not famous -- not exactly -- but his receding hairline, rectangular face, and overeager grin are naggingly familiar. "This is a hope factory," he begins. "This is a spiritual experience." He stands in the lobby of what could be any office building in Florida, beside a reception desk festooned with red, white, and blue balloons. A sea of dignitaries surrounds him -- a city commissioner from nearby Lake Worth, the mayor of Palm Springs, school board members, a pastor, teenagers wearing name tags that say "ambassador." "I stuttered very badly as a kid," he continues, his voice warming to the rhythm of a much-repeated tale. "I was considered a dummy. I empathize with these kids in a very intimate way." This is Frank Biden, the brother of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Heat a ribbon-cutting event to promote the first Palm Beach County location of a local for-profit chain of charter schools called Mavericks in Education Florida. In the past two years, eight Mavericks high schools have opened in Florida, including two in Broward, one in Palm Beach, and two in Miami-Dade counties. In 2011, Mavericks claimed to enroll more than 3,700 students. The schools, all publicly funded and tuition-free, aim to succeed where many public schools fail. They promise to help kids who would otherwise drop out earn enough credits to graduate. School districts are eager for the help. Just two-thirds of Florida students graduate -- a rate that puts the state 44th in the nation, according to Education Week. The statistics are even worse for African-Americans and Latinos, who make up a majority of Mavericks students in South Florida. Mavericks opens schools in poor neighborhoods, welcoming students of all stripes, including those with jobs and children of their own. By taking online classes a few hours a day, they can earn a diploma. But so far, Mavericks' lofty goals haven't materialized. Most of their schools graduate less than 15 percent of eligible students. On state report cards, the schools get "incompletes" because so few of their students are taking the FCAT [Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test]. In Miami, two former teachers filed whistle-blower lawsuits alleging the Homestead school is inflating This Mavericks attendance records and failing to High School in report grades properly. There are Homestead, Fla. also rampant financial questions, shares a strip cozy ties between Mavericks and mall with other local politicians, and a legal fight businesses. with former celebrity spokesman Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat. Mavericks has become a poster child for the problems that have long dogged charter schools in Florida: How can they help kids while also turning a profit? Mavericks' story begins in Akron, Ohio, with a wealthy industrialist who loved to wear big cowboy hats and donate millions of dollars to Republican politicians. In 1998, David Brennan launched White Hat Management. His charter schools were housed in strip malls, and the students herded in to sit at computers for three shifts a day. This was an education model Mavericks would later call the "next generation in education." But state auditors weren't so fond of the company. For years, the for-profit company refused to reveal how millions of tax dollars were divided between expenses such as teacher salaries and computers, and profits for White Hat. Meanwhile, many of the schools were given failing grades of "academic watch" or "academic emergency" by the Ohio Department of Education. Last year, the boards of schools in Cleveland and Akron sued White Hat to terminate their contracts, alleging the schools were page 8 donated $2,000 to the Mt. Olive Feeding Ministry, a Slidell group that provides hot meals to the poor. Members of the club selfpublished Cookbook for the Hungry, a collection of their best recipes and gardening tips edited by local columnist Liz Scott Monaghan, and sold it by hand during the holiday season. Mt. Olive's ministry, founded in 1986, serves and delivers 350 meals a day to the hungry. Lafayette Academy Charter School in the Carrollton neighborhood will be honored in March by the Breakthrough Schools program, which annually recognizes 10 schools in the U.S. that have shown exceptional performance growth. The largest elementary school in the city, Lafayette saw 100 percent of its fourth graders pass the state achievement test in the last two years. The school will be honored at a ceremony in Tampa, Fla., in March. faces $140,000 in fines from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for not acting quickly enough in 2010, when it discovered employees in the control room of its River Bend nuclear plant in St. Francisville were surfing the Internet rather than monitoring vital operations and alarm systems. The NRC did not impose fines or penalties against the employees, and Entergy declined to describe any disciplinary action to the Associated Press. 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One of White Hat's early leaders was Mark Thimmig. As CEO from 2001 to 2005, he helped grow the company into one of the largest charter school chains in the country. As of 2010, White Hat had 51 charter schools in six states, including ten charter schools in Florida called Life Skills Centers. Two years after leaving White Hat, Thimmig alleges in court documents, he was approached by Palm Beach Gardens developer Mark Rodberg about launching a chain of charter schools in Florida. Rodberg had built a few schools for White Hat, but had never run one before. He owned restaurants, including Bucky's Bar-B-Que in Boca Raton and Bucky's Grill in Fort Lauderdale. Together, Thimmig and Rodberg came up with a plan that was nearly identical to White Hat's: Students would attend school but take all their courses online, using virtual technology that required minimal maintenance. Classrooms could hold rows of cubicles with computers where kids would sit elbow-to-elbow. There would be no after-school sports teams, just "cyber-athletics" that allowed kids to play Wii instead of shooting hoops. In its promotional packets, Mavericks hands out a news story citing a 2010 study by the Schott Foundation for Public Education. According to the study, Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties are among the worst-performing districts in the country when it comes to serving black students. Only 39 percent of black males graduated in Broward in 2008, compared to 58 percent of white males. In Palm Beach, only 22 percent of black male students graduated, and in Miami-Dade, it was 27 percent. By targeting at-risk kids, Mavericks would try to alleviate this achievement gap. Each school is overseen by a local, nonprofit board. Mavericks in Education Florida LLC then charges the nonprofit hundreds of thousands of dollars in operations fees. Mavericks also handles the real estate, charging the schools $350,000 a year in rent. Rodberg, Thimmig, and the other Mavericks founders drew up an ambitious business plan. The "build out objective" promised to open 22 charter schools by the 2011-2012 school year. The plan mimicked what Thimming had done in Ohio with White Hat. Meanwhile, newspapers in Ohio were questioning why White Hat schools received failing grades from the state. Rodberg's sister, Lauren Hollander, later joined the company as manager of Mavericks. She's a real estate broker in Palm Beach Gardens, and became a 20 percent owner of Mavericks in 2008, after lending Mavericks a cash infusion of $1.2 million. She says she didn't hear about the problems. "I don't know any of that history, honestly," she says. Hollander says her brother got to know Thimmig while building several White Hat schools. But Rodberg had more than just charter schools in his plans. He was trying to launch a chain of restaurants named after Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade. That partnership led to a bizarre beginning for the Mavericks charter schools. In August 2007, Rodberg struck a deal with Wade to market a chain of restaurants. Their third business partner was Richard von Houtman, a man who called himself a baron and lived in a Boca Raton mansion purchased with funds from a drug lord. Rodberg shut down his Bucky's restaurants and reinvented them as "D. Wade's Place." They were to be upscale sports bars, with burgers and flat-screen TVs. Two months later, a chain of schools was added to the deal with Wade. Rodberg, Thimmig, and a third partner bring nextSAINT a party to your from St. James Cheese Company 5004 prytania st � 899-4737 www.stjamescheese.com sandwichES & cheese PLATTERS launched "Mavericks High D. Wade's Schools," a soonto-be chain of charter schools based in Fort Lauderdale. In court documents, Thimmig alleges the plan was simple: He would contribute his expertise and "a design model for the schools." Rodberg would chip in $1 million in cash, take out a $1 million credit line, and would bring in Wade "to make appearances on behalf of the schools." Hollander says the charters planned to use the basketball star as a celebrity spokesman, encouraging kids to enroll in Mavericks and graduate. Aside from the celebrity connection, Mavericks appeared to be White Hat for the Sunshine State. Along with Rodberg and Thimmig, Maverick's third original investor was Cathy Wooley-Brown, a former senior vice president for White Hat in Florida. The company also hired Bonnie Solinsky, who ran a White Hat school, the Life Skills Center of Pinellas County, that closed last year. Solinsky is now Mavericks' director of curriculum. But pairing schools with a restaurant chain and a basketball star turned out to be a lethal mix. Wade would later allege in court documents that the partners were scheming to cut him out of profits. When they asked him to invest $1 million in the Aventura location of the restaurant, he refused. According to Rodberg and von Houtman, Wade demanded a higher ownership share of the restaurant chain. When Rodberg and von Houtman refused, Wade refused to show up for photo ops and commercials. The partners sued Wade in December 2008. By then, the restaurants had closed, and Rodberg was losing cash fast. His Millennium Plaza landlord sued him for failing to pay rent on the Fort Lauderdale Bucky's. A Broward circuit court judge eventually ordered Rodberg and Bucky's to pay Millennium Plaza $3.4 million, but Rodberg appealed the ruling and won. This August the Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled the trial court had not properly determined damages, and sent the case back to Broward. Records show it has not been resolved. In March 2009, Thimmig announced Mavericks was also ending its relationship with Wade. The star flaked out, didn't appear in TV or radio ads and wasn't returning calls, Thimmig claimed. Wade's name disappeared from Mavericks' school signs. Another lawsuit was filed. Rodberg and Hollander demanded $115 million from Wade for reneging on the restaurant and charter school deals. Meanwhile, Mavericks' relationship with CEO Thimmig also began to sour. By October 2009, Thimmig had helped Mavericks open four schools -- in Homestead, Kissimmee, Largo, and North Miami Beach -- and enroll 950 students. Each new student brings in roughly $6,900 in state funding and $700 from the federal government, according to documents Mavericks submitted to the Florida Department of Education. But Thimmig was worried. He wrote a letter to the company's board warning that although they were turning a profit, they were understaffed and financially struggling. Rodberg never contributed the capital he had promised, Thimmig alleged in court. Thimmig thought investors who could provide the needed cash infusion were scared off by the Wade lawsuit. "Potential investors did not want to get involved with a company where the principals were suing the other business partners," Thimmig alleged. In December 2009, Thimmig resigned as CEO. Then he sued Mavericks for back salary and money he said he lent the company -- a total of at least $300,000. He also aired the company's dirty laundry in public court documents. Just two years after its founding, the hope factory was floundering. Frank Biden sits in a windowless office at the Mavericks High in Palm Springs, leaning over the desk to make 8 news + VIEWS his point. It's a sparse, black desk with just a computer on it -- no paper, no clutter. The freshly painted blue walls are bare. This isn't Biden's office, just a spare room where the school's staff stuck him to talk to a reporter. Biden, wearing a red tie and dark suit, says it's a "leap of faith" for him to grant an interview. "Everything I do... I've got to know that it could appear on the front page of The New York Times," Frank says. "Do my best never to do anything to besmirch [Joe's] reputation." Frank has reason to worry. After serving as a legislative director in the Clinton administration, he worked with Hand in Hand Ministries, which provides scholarships to poor children in Nicaragua. There, he says, he contracted a nasty bacterial infection and came to South Florida to convalesce. By 2003, however, there were signs of another illness. Around 8:45 p.m. on August 20, 2003, a Broward County sheriff's deputy spotted Biden's `88 Chrysler making a wide left turn in Fort Lauderdale and pulled him over. Biden's eyes were red and his speech slurred. He could not tell the police officer "where he was or where he came from." An open, mostly-empty bottle of Popov vodka sat in his car. A computer check revealed his license had already been suspended four times. The cop booked him, and Biden pleaded no contest to DUI and driving with a suspended license. He was sentenced to six months of probation, along with six more months of a suspended license. But in October 2003, before the drunk-driving case made it to court, Biden was arrested again, for petty theft. Employees at a Pompano Beach Blockbuster called the cops when Biden started arguing with them. A sheriff's officer arrived to find Biden trying to leave the store with two DVDs stuffed down his pants. Court records show he failed to appear for a hearing in that case, but documents were not available about the outcome. A year later, in November 2004, Biden was arrested for a third time in Juno Beach. He pleaded no contest to driving with a suspended license. Rather than spend 30 days in jail, the judge allowed Biden to check into rehab for three months in 2005. Today, Biden says he's recovering from his addiction. "I was an alcoholic. I'm a sober person. I'm very proud of that fact." By the fall of 2009, Biden was back on his feet, seeking investors for a country club development in Costa Rica that promises to include more than 1,200 homes. Press releases for the project call Biden the "co-developer" and show him smiling beside golf legend Jack Nicklaus, whose name will be on the golf course. Biden says he and his partners own the land, but are still seeking investors. Meanwhile, back home in South Florida, Biden says he happened to meet Mark Rodberg in a coffee shop, and the developer told him about Mavericks. At first blush, Rodberg's litigation record might give a potential business partner pause. He has had 49 civil cases filed against him in Palm Beach Circuit Civil Court in the past two decades. Most of the cases have been resolved, but one pending case, filed in June, alleges he stopped payment on a $4,000 rent check. (Rodberg could not be reached for comment. His only listed phone number is disconnected. When Biden was asked about speaking to Rodberg, he said questions should be directed to Hollander instead.) After the coffee shop meeting, Rodberg invited Biden to visit a Mavericks school, and Biden says he was hooked. He began flying around the state in a private jet, lobbying school officials and politicians to support the charters. Biden calls himself president of Mavericks, but his name did not appear on any corporate documents filed with the Florida Secretary of State until New Times began questioning him about it. On Dec. 5, 2011, he was listed as president of the company. Frank Attkisson, a former state representative who once ran a state commission designed to approve charter schools that were rejected by local school boards, is vice president. Biden and Attkisson are also both registered lobbyists for Mavericks in Tallahassee. "I'm a salesman," Biden says. "I'm nothing but a P.T. Barnum for these kids." � In next week's Gambit: Part 2 of "The Hope Factory." 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A November 2011 report outlined the economic dangers, estimating job losses will affect not only the shipyard's immediate community but also the New Orleans metro area -- beginning this year. That report predicted bleak prospects for shipyard workers seeking comparable manufacturing jobs in the southeast. The latest report, authored by Tulane political science professor Aaron Schneider, notes those same jobloss conclusions and focuses on the Avondale community's civic engagement. schneider says Avondale workers are more likely to join neighborhood groups and follow current events, according to results of surveys in which 84 shipyard workers were interviewed. "The workers themselves are clear on where their civic activism comes from -- the struggle and victory of securing union representation in the workplace," the report concludes. "That struggle was difficult, and it taught workers to intertwine their civic future with that of the community." in October 2011, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the state would provide a $214 million package of incentives to protect the shipyard's jobs -- as long as shipyard owner Huntington ingalls industries (Hii) can find a business partner to keep operations going. The shipyard currently is building two Navy vessels that are expected to be completed next year. if Hii doesn't secure a partner, the yard will close. -- ALex wOODwARD CAMERON COLLEGE SINCE 1981 SUCCESS BEGINS AT Quote of the week Step Above the Rest INCREASE YOUR EARNINGS ASSOCIATE DEGREES MEDICAL BILLING SPECIALIST MEDICAL ASSISTANT / PHLEBOTOMIST INFORMATION PROCESSING JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE NEW COURSES AND SEMINARS AS NEEDED FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE IF QUALIFIED TUTORING AVAILABLE APPROVED FOR VA EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOREIGN STUDENTS ACCEPTED (I-20) ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITING COMMISSION OF THE COUNCIL ON OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION "Do you have a question?" -- The moderator in the press room addressing WWL-AM host and former Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert, after LSU got shellacked 21-0 by the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Jan. 9 BCS championship. Hebert, whose son T-Bob is an offensive lineman for LSU, got the first question and unloaded a 45-second tirade against coach Les Miles -- becoming the talk of sports journalists across the country. The Cajun Cannon was unrepentant: "i don't claim to be a journalist," he said on his radio show. "The hell with it. what are they going to do? Kick me out?" working without a net A JOURNALIST, A SMALL TOWN ... AND NO BROADBAND Note to Rod Dreher: call U.s. sen. Mary Landrieu. Dreher, a contributor to National Review and The American Conservative magazines, moved from the Philadelphia area back to his home town of st. Francisville, La., last year due to a family member's illness. He and his family liked it so much they decided to stay. since then, Dreher has been filing notes on small-town Louisiana for The American Conservative. Recently, however, Dreher found one major drawback to country living. "Broadband access at my house is frustratingly slow," he wrote in the magazine. "we had to cancel Netflix, because we can't stream. My iPad apps can't update. ... Before you say, `Oh, shut up, you and your First world problems,' i will point out that given the line of work i'm in -- media -- i have to have reliable broadband access to do my job efficiently." He added, "is this something the town, or parish government, would have an interest in subsidizing, as an economic development initiative?" enter the senator who has long been a proponent of using federal stimulus funds to expand high-speed internet access in rural Louisiana. Two years ago, Landrieu (who sits on the senate Appropriations Committee) steered $49 million to the state to help build broadband networks in st. Landry, st. Martin and Acadia parishes. Last November she railed against Gov. Bobby Jindal for rejecting an $80 million grant to continue extending broadband access to rural areas across the state. whether he realized it or not, Dreher -- an advocate of small-government conservatism and a Jindal admirer -- seemed to be on Team Landrieu on this issue. "You don't realize how much our modern way of economic life depends on reliable high-speed internet service, until you don't have it," he told his readers. "Towns and places that don't have it are going to get left behind, economically." Not to mention Netflix. -- KeviN ALLMAN A Killer new Year LANDRIEU, SERPAS ADDRESS 2012'S MURDER RATE Following a bad year for murders in 2011 -- 199 total, an increase of 14 percent from 175 in 2010 -- the city of New Orleans has seen 13 violent deaths -- including 12 murders and one fatal police shooting -- in the first 13 days of the new year. Last week alone, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) responded to six murders -- three from a quintuple shooting in eastern New Orleans that ended with the killing of the suspect by police -- and a spate of non-fatal shootings that left more than a dozen injured. "Over the past 48 to 72 hours, there has been a continuation of the violence that's been plaguing this city for a long time," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at a frequently testy press conference Friday. in response to questions as to whether the city has the police capacity to effectively respond to what the mayor has called a pervasive "culture of violence," Landrieu, who appeared with NOPD superintendent Ronal Serpas, Criminal Justice Commissioner James Carter and a number of other city officials, defended the department, citing quick response times and a sophisticated, data-driven approach to crime. "in the past few incidents, the New Orleans Police Department responded quickly and appropriately," Landrieu said. serpas expanded on that point, detailing specific incidents from the past two weeks. serpas added that a drastically increased police presence in the "downtown core" for the 10-day span that included the sugar Bowl, the New Orleans saints-Detroit Lions playoff game and the BCs Championship did not affect the NOPD's ability to police neighborhoods. The chief said the NOPD's deployment plan guarantees that all neighborhood patrols are fully staffed before officers are routed to the Central Business District and the French Quarter. "we put 700 [police officers] in the downtown core," while hundreds of thousands of visitors were in town, serpas said. "what do you think we should do?" NOPD has nearly 1,400 total officers, serpas added. "The other 700 cops are working throughout the city." 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As a symbol of his vow to accept only small-money contributions, Roemer capped the cost of the gifts at $15. -- KeviN ALLMAN in last week's story about New Orleans' independent Police Monitor ("watching the Detectives," Jan. 10, 2012), we wrote that the Office of the inspector General's (OiG) budget is "$6 million-plus." According to suzanne Lacey wisdom, acting general counsel in the OiG's office, this figure, which comes from 2012 city budget documents, is based in part on "two entirely speculative sources of funding" totaling $2.6 million from the state and the feds. The city's general fund allocation to the OiG this year is $3.68 million. "CHEF MADE, MAW-MAW INSPIRED" WEEKLY THROWBACK COCKTAIL! 3454 Magazine St. NOLA � 504-899-3374 Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-10pm Come Try Our clarification Keep Avondale Open NEW STUDY OUTLINES EVEN MORE REASONS A Tulane University report outlines more reasons to keep open the Avondale shipyard, which is scheduled to close in 2013. Save Avondale, Save New Orleans, Save America, is the latest report from the Avondale Research Project, a group of researchers from the University of New Orleans, southern University at New Orleans and Loyola and Tulane universities, along with shipyard workers 10 commentary thinking out loud a violent start to 2012 ack in November, after the Halloween night shootings that made national news, New Orleans City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell expressed her frustration with the city's approach to troubled teenagers -- particularly the public school expulsion rate, saying, "It doesn't deal with the problem. It takes the problem out of one venue and puts it in another, but it doesn't solve the problem." The same could be said of the revised New Orleans curfew ordinance, which affects only the Vieux Carr� and the Faubourg Marigny. A 1994 ordinance already had set curfew times for those 16 and under to 8 p.m. on weeknights and 11 p.m. on weekends. The new ordinance makes it 8 p.m. every night. At the council meeting, Hedge-Morrell and Jon Johnson, the only African-American councilmembers present (Eric Granderson was absent), expressed reservations about the curfew affecting only the city's tourism centers. They were right to do so. If the curfew is a good thing, making it citywide is the logical solution. In the first 12 days of 2012, New Orleans saw 12 murders on its streets -- none of them in the protected curfew zone. On Jan. 5, the council voted 6-0 to put the French Quarter/Marigny curfew in place with the understanding that it would reexamine a citywide curfew within the month. Mayor Mitch Landrieu signed the limited curfew ordinance the next day and it went into effect Jan. 9 -- which was, not so coincidentally, the day of the BCS championships and a night when Mardi Gras-sized crowds of LSU and Alabama football fans packed the French Quarter. The proposal was brought to the council in December by District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer but was tabled in order to solicit public input. Apparently they didn't get enough, even though blowback came from several directions before the initial move to defer the matter. W.C. Johnson of the Community United for Change organization said councilmembers "should just tell blacks they aren't welcome in the Quarter." Attorney Tracie Washington of the Louisiana Justice Institute said she planned to organize a boycott of Quarter businesses. Others questioned why such a curfew was only going to be enacted in the tourist areas. That was just the local reaction. At a time when New Orleans was once again strutting its stuff on the national stage with the Sugar Bowl, the BCS championship and the New Orleans Saints' first playoff game, news outlets around the country ran critical headlines. "Blacks in New Orleans Cry Foul Over French Quarter Curfew," trumpeted the Los Angeles Times in a story that was picked up by other papers. Black Entertainment Television's headline read, "The New Orleans Curfew: Keeping Young Blacks Away From Tourists." Fair and accurate? Depends on whom you ask. The whole story? Definitely not. It was, frankly, insulting for a paper such as the Times to intimate that "blacks" were a monolithic group of people who all feel the same way. Many AfricanAmericans have said the Quarter is no place for minors after dark, period. At a minimum, it was another fissure in an increasingly strained relationship between the Landrieu administration and some African-American groups. The mayor's popularity rating remains high among all racial groups, but it's no secret there's little love lost between the administration and a few African-American organizations, including the New Orleans NAACP. Putting race aside, the original curfew ordinance cited child safety as its primary goal and noted there had been four homicides in the last year in the Quarter and Marigny. Four is four too many, but it's also wholesale to the public. over 12,000 square feet of european antiques. Antiques & Interiors & decorators alike 300 Jefferson Highway(A cr oss fr om Lowe's) New Orleans 504.231.3397 www.dopantiques.com The 12 murders in the first 12 days of 2012 occurred in neighborhoods throughout the city -- but not the French Quarter and Marigny. four out of 199 citywide. There were dozens of killings in the 9th Ward and at least three times as many in Mid-City as there were in the new curfew district, and the 12 murders in the first 12 days of 2012 occurred in neighborhoods throughout the city -- but not the French Quarter and Marigny. So what neighborhoods need this crimefighting tool more than New Orleans' residential areas? Landrieu now says he supports the citywide curfew, which is good. At a Jan. 13 press conference, he and NOPD chief Ronal Serpas stressed the department's quick responses to these recent crimes. Clearly they know that if an 8 p.m. curfew is good for Frenchmen and Royal and Bourbon streets, it should be good for Washington Avenue and Canal Boulevard and Alvar Street. And if that had been the scope of the original ordinance, we would have been spared some local contretemps -- and some embarrassing national headlines. 3246 Severn Avenue � 454-1170 Open Tuesday - Saturday � est. 1966 ANTIQUE � ESTATE JEWELRY � DIAMONDS � FINE SILVER GIFT ITEMS FALL COME IN & BROWSE OUR GIFT ITEMS. 4931 WEST ESPLANADE (NEAR TRANSCONTINENTAL) INTO FASHION CindaB The Buckhead Betties Ascot Court Couture Lija Nike Pure Lime Sofibella Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 AT THE TENNIS SHOP METAIRIE 504.457.4401 (BETWEEN ELEONORE & STATE ST) 5918 MAGAZINE ST 504-899-6700 UPTOWN NEW LOCATION! PROFESSIONAL RACQUET STRINGING AVAILABLE 811 Conti St. � 504-523-8619 Monday-Sunday 10am-6am erinrosebar.com 11 clancy DUBOS politics Follow Clancy on Twitter @clancygambit Razooing the Pot nthesurface,anescalatingfight betweenstateAttorneyGeneralBuddyCaldwellandGov. BobbyJindallookslikeaterritorialdispute. Caldwellsayshe'sthestate'schieflegal officerandthereforeshouldcalltheshots inLouisiana'sBPlitigation.Jindalsays he'stheclient--andthegovernor--and thereforehehasfinalsay-so. Truthis,there'smuchmoreatstakethan whogetstositattheBigBoys'tablein theBPlawsuit.What'sreallydrivingthis spatarepotentiallyhundredsofmillionsof dollarsinlegalfees.That'swherethings getinteresting. It'smorethanatadironicthatJindal,who aspirestobethedarlingoftheGOP'sright wing,isinleaguewithsomeofthenation's largestplaintifflawyersintheirattempt torazoothestate'spot--whileCaldwell, whohistoricallyhasbeensupportedby triallawyers,opposesthem.BothCaldwell andJindalareRepublicans,sothisisnot aboutparty. It'saboutmoney. Jindal,whoreceivedsubstantialcontributionsfromtriallawyersduringhislast campaign,hiredtheDallasplaintifffirm ofBaron&Buddtorepresentthestate. ABaron&Buddattorneynowsitson thePlaintiffs'SteeringCommittee(PSC) withahandfulofprivateplaintifflawyers inanongoingfederallawsuitagainstBP andothers.Caldwellsaysthat'saconflict ofinterest. Caldwell'sfearsofaconflictseemwellfounded.Jindalrecentlysignedanagreementconsentingtoa4percent"holdback fund"thatwouldgivethePSCaclaimon whatthestaterecoversfromBP.Thesame agreementwaivesthestate'srighttoappealanyawardofattorneys'fees. GiventhatBPhassetaside$20billion topayclaims,4percentisnosmallamount. Besides,everypennyofthestate'srecoveryshouldgotowardrepairingLouisiana's coastandotherenvironmentalprojects. ThatroilsCaldwell,whohashired otherprivateplaintifflawyerstopursue thestate'sclaims.Caldwell'sattorneys arebeingpaidbythehour;Baron&Budd likewisehascontractedforhourlyfees. Theprivateplaintifflawyersworkona percentagebasis. Given that BP has set aside $20 billion to pay claims, 4 percent is no small amount. U.S.DistrictJudgeCarlBarbier,who formerlywasaplaintiffattorney,hassided withJindalandthePSConseveralkey issues.BarbieralsoexcoriatedCaldwell inarecentruling,accusingCaldwellofnot cooperatingwiththePSCandallegedly frustratingthelitigation. Barbieralsosignedanordersettingaside6percentoftheprivatefunds recoveredfromtheGulfCoastClaims Facility(GCCF,runbyKenFeinberg)since November--tohelppaythePSC'slegal fees.ThatordereffectivelygivesthePSC aclaimonrecoveriesbyclientstheydidn't evenrepresent. TheorderwasrequestedbythePSC-- onwhichJindal'sfavoredfirmofBaron& Buddsits--andBarbiergranteditwithout ahearing.Thejudgelaterscaledback theorder,butCaldwellstillappealed.The AG'sappellatebriefisasmuchareplyto Barbier'sbarbsasitisalegalchallengeto hisruling.HecalledBarbier'scriticismsof him"anextremelydisappointing,falseand inaccuratediatribe." HealsotookaimatJindalandBaron &Budd,writing,"TheGovernor'schosenspecialcounselstandstoreceivea potentiallylargefeeinconnectionwiththe paymentofcommonbenefitfeesoutofa holdbackfund." Caldwellisn'ttheonlyonewhohascriticizedthesedevelopments.The New York Times'JoeNocerarecentlywrote,"They aretryingtograbfeesfromclientsthey've neverrepresented.Amazing." TeamJindalclaimsCaldwell'slawyers couldcoststatetaxpayers$15millionin legalfees.That'ssmallpotatoescompared tothemillionsthePSCstandstogainfrom thestate'srecovery--allofwhichisalso taxpayers'money. Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 RetroFITZ Lower Utility Costs! Insulation + Home Weatherization Your Home Weatherization Specialist (504) 444-6994 Miss Claudia's Call Today For Your Free Consultation Baked Turlu Just one of our vegetarian dishes. Qualify for federal tax credits and much more Open and Closed Cell Foam � Blown-In Cellulose Lapollo Licensed Airtight Applicator featuring some of the highest quality home made vegetarian & vegan options. hand rolled Grape leaves, homemade falafel, Tabouleh, lentil Soup, Qudsia. 12 7724 Maple St. � 504.314.0010 w w w. B a B y l o n C a f e . B i z Sun-wed 11a.m. - 9p.m. | ThurS-SaT 11a.m.-10p.m. Fully Licensed & Insured retro-fitz.com Authorized Weatherization Contractor 4204 MAGAZINE STREET � 897-6310 BUY � SELL � TRADE VINTAGE CLOTHING & COSTUMES BlakePONTCHARTRAIN Questions for Blake: firstname.lastname@example.com NeW ORLeANS know-it-all Artillery Association, caring for its veteran soldiers, their widows and children. The association raised funds to erect a monument in Metairie Cemetery to honor its lost members. Reestablished as a fighting unit, the artillery saw action again in the SpanishAmerican War. In 1917, the battalion was expanded to a regiment and redesignated the 141st Field Artillery for action in World Wars I and II, where it distinguished itself once more. In 1946 the artillery was reactivated as National Guard units, and on Nov. 30, 1990, it supported Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Louisiana State University named its football team the Tigers in 1896. The name came from a Civil War volunteer company nicknamed the Tiger Rifles, which became part of a battalion commanded by Maj. Chatham Roberdeau Wheat. But the tiger symbol came from the Washington Artillery, which had a logo featuring a snarling tiger. The first LSU president after the war was Maj. David French Boyd. He had fought with the Louisiana troops in Virginia and knew the reputations of the Tiger Rifles and the Washington Artillery; it was logical for him to name his team the Tigers. Hey Blake, What exactly was the role of the Washington Artillery of New Orleans under Col. J. B. Walton during the Civil War and throughout history? Aren't the cannons on the river in front of Jackson Square dedicated to the Artillery? Isn't there some connection between the artillery and LSU? -- GB Dear GB, There is only one cannon in Washington Artillery Park, an original model 1861 Parrott Rifle used in the Civil War. The Battalion Washington Artillery of the Louisiana National Guard began with the Washington Artillery Company of the Fourth Regiment, Louisiana Militia, organized in New Orleans on Sept. 7, 1838. Reorganized in 1841, it saw service as the Native American Artillery in the Mexican War in 1845 and 1846, and was redesignated the Washington Artillery Company in 1848. Captain John Burgess Walton took command of the Washington Artillery in 1857 and brought with him a tiger flag and the motto "Try Us!" When the Civil War began, the Washington Artillery expanded and became the Battalion Washington Artillery and was mustered into the service of the Confederate States of America on May 26, 1861. The battalion went into action at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, and eventually fought in 60 battles. The Washington Artillery used muzzle-loading cannon, which involved a very complicated procedure. Its use as support during an infantry attack or repulsion of a frontal enemy attack was very effective, and a good crew could fire three times a minute. The reputation of the Washington Artillery soon spread, and numerous newspapers carried stories about the unit in their battle reports. After one battle, a Yankee prisoner inquired, "What battery was I fighting?" When he was told "First Company, Washington Artillery," the man replied, "Damn that Washington Artillery! I have been looking for it for three years and have found it at last." After the war, the Washington Artillery reorganized as a benevolent association, which still exists today as the Washington This monument in Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery was constructed to honor soldiers of the Washington Artillery. 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The most powerful path to reform is true collaboration among teachers, administrators, parents and policymakers. STAND WITH US as partners in our fight for: � the same high level of education services for ALL students; � small class sizes; � a rich curriculum that includes art and music; and � real-world education beyond teaching to the test. Find out more about our Vision for Change and sign our pledge to Stand with Jefferson Teachers. www.StandWithJefferson.org 14 NEW ORLEANS' PIT BULL POPULATION IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST. A DOG'S EYE VIEW FROM THE STREETS -- AND THE SHELTERS. Bullied D BY ALEX WOODWARD PHOTOS BY CHERYL GERBER onald Lumsley sits on a foldout chair on the porch of his shotgun house in Gentilly. He's a former high school and college football player and looks it -- he's wearing a purple T-shirt from his alma mater, St. Augustine High School. Two pit bulls stand at the top of the porch steps and watch cars and people pass by. They circle around him when someone approaches. "I would go to bat for them. They could be dead wrong, they're right," Lumsley says. "Where I go, they go -- everywhere except church and work." The dogs, a small white pit bull mix named Buddy and a brindle three-year-old pit bull named Puppy (or sometimes, Persia), vie for Lumsley's attention. Puppy growls at newcomers and keeps her eyes locked on them until she's decided they're OK. Buddy accepts attention from anyone and gets it. Lumsley rescued both dogs, a decision he made in 2009 that changed his life. Lumsley found Buddy wandering eastern New Orleans at the end of Hayne Boulevard in July 2009. She was a starving stray in a neighborhood where she was likely to be hit by a car or picked up as fighting bait. "Something told me to call out to that dog," Lumsley says. He put his hand up to her, and she licked him. PAGE 16 15 Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 Donald Lumsley runs with his two pit bulls, Buddy (left) and Puppy. Lumsley rescued Buddy from eastern New Orleans in 2009 and adopted Puppy when his neighbors abandoned her. PAGE 15 Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 He brought the dog to the house of a neighbor who owned a pit bull, but the neighbor's dog attacked Buddy and sunk its teeth into her head. Lumsley cleaned her wounds -- and she stayed with him. "She didn't seem to be no complaining, whining dog even though she had a bad hand," he says. "She was laying under the carport with her paws crossed like, `Where have you been?' That's when I knew I was stuck with her. I don't mean stuck like it's a burden. That's when I knew God wanted me, and I had to do whatever it takes ... to make this work." Lumsley couldn't keep Buddy at his mother's house where he lived. After two days of asking friends to help house the dog, he called Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO) and asked the shelter to take her. ARNO director Charlotte BassLily picked up Buddy two days later. "I was kind of hoping she wouldn't come. I didn't want [Buddy] to go away from me," Lumsley says. "I knew I couldn't keep her. I wanted the best for her. ... I cried like a baby outside. I didn't care if the neighbors saw me. Everybody knows I'm a manly man. I'm a crazy dude. Ain't nobody gonna bother me unless they're stupid. ... I sat out there and cried like a baby." For several months, Lumsley visited Buddy at ARNO, a volunteer-run, no-kill shelter in Harahan. He moved to a new home in Gentilly in November 2009, and the next month, on Dec. 23, Lumsley brought Buddy home. ARNO waived the adoption fees. "When (Buddy) got out the car and walked through this door, she jumped straight in the bed," he says. "She knew she was home. I didn't tell her no different. ... I've never had a better Christmas present to this day." According to the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LASPCA), the shelter accepted 7,201 animals in 2011, and 1,667 of those were pit bulls. Of those animals, it found adoptive homes for 1,889 animals -- including 123 pit bulls. It also euthanized 1,257 pit bulls. All figures for the shelters' 2011 pit bull intake (including adoption, but excluding owner surrender) were greater than those of 2010, when the shelter euthanized 1,166 pit bulls and adopted out only 81. On the adoption floor, many of the dogs are pit bulls. Most are new arrivals, including two puppies: two-month-old Amara and Bourbon, who were found in an abandoned house on Josephine Street. "We need more people to adopt -- bottom line," says LASPCA communications director Katherine LeBlanc. Grimm, a young, slim white and brown pit bull, was a prize in a poker game. The winner gave her to the shelter, where staff discovered she was pregnant. She birthed a litter, and over the next few days, the shelter received more puppies, some with their umbilical cords still attached, who still needed to be nursed. Grimm accepted them into her litter, and the puppies huddled next to her to nurse. But Grimm bit a kennel worker, and Orleans Parish requires shelters to quarantine dogs involved in bite cases 16 Ken Foster plays with his pit bulls Douglas (left) and Bananas. Foster founded The Sula Foundation in 2008 to promote responsible pit bull ownership, and its members help foster rescued dogs. welfare groups to rescue the dogs. And there are several local groups doing just that. When New Orleans writer Ken Foster sent his memoir The Dogs Who Found Me to his publisher, an editorial assistant wrote back. "Is this supposed to be a book about pit bulls?" "I said no, but that's kind of how it turned out," Foster says. The 2006 book explores the stray dogs Foster encountered and rescued, and how they helped him heal, whether through Hurricane Katrina or a heart condition that later required a pacemaker. He told his publicist, "If all we do is get on the radio to talk about either New Orleans after Katrina or pit bulls, I won't care if it doesn't sell any books," he says. "But it turned out it did sell. So many people love pit bulls but hadn't seen a book that presented them in a positive way." In 2008, Foster started the nonprofit Sula Foundation, named after his pit bull Sula, who died in 2010. The organization has rescued, fostered and adopted out dozens of pit bulls and has hosted events to offer dog owners lowcost veterinary care like vaccinations, spaying and neutering, and other services, including dog training. (The next clinic is noon to 3 p.m. February 4 at Bonart Playground in the Lower 9th Ward.) The foundation survives on donations and merchandise sales, including its popular "Pit Bulls of New Orleans" wall calendar. "As [the foundation] grew, the population of pit bulls has seemed to grow as well, which has made it more of a challenge to find potential homes," he says. "Everybody has three pit bulls already." This month Sula and other rescue groups assisted Biloxi, Miss., law enforcement in rescuing 25 pit bulls found chained to stakes behind two mobile homes. Half the dogs were euthanized. Last week, the dogs' owner, Thang Anh Lee, turned himself in and faces animal cruelty charges and more than 50 other violations, from owning too many dogs to improper chaining. "I'm probably going to take one home," Foster says. "She was a little bit of a borderline case. I don't know if she's adoptable, but she likes being kissed. I'll at least give her a couple weeks of kissing and see where it goes." On Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, David Munroe walked to the corner of St. Philip Street and North Claiborne Avenue at 6:40 a.m. Two unleashed pit bulls lay in a grassy lot 30 feet away. One of them lunged at him, grabbing his ankle and shredding his sock but not breaking his skin. Munroe yelled, and the dog backed off. "I was fortunate, but someone may not have been," he says, noting that Joseph A. Craig Elementary School is within walking distance of the area. "Kids would be out walking, and these dogs are out there. They might do real harm to a kid." Munroe reported the attack to both the New Orleans Police Department and the LASPCA, but the dogs, he says, were still there six weeks later. He thinks the pit bull population needs stricter enforcement. "Until there's not a problem with this, society needs to take steps to protect itself," he says. Animal welfare organizations agree -- aggressive spay and neuter campaigns are meant to curb the pet population that poses a risk to people as well as the health and lives of other dogs. Pit bulls are terriers -- they're Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 19 MELISSA & DOUG HEADQUARTERS LASPCA director Ana Zorrilla holds Amara, a pit bull mix puppy. The organization adopted out more than 200 pitbulls in 2010 and 2011, but took in nearly 3,000 over the same time period. 8119-21 Oak Street � 504-866-9944 Princess has been at the LASPCA shelter since October 2011. HAPPY MOMENTS in life celebrate the flower STARTING @ $40 ARRANGEMENTS 815 FOCIS STREET 837-6400 [OFF VETERANS ] Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 active, territorial, and playful. They're also large dogs with powerful jaws. A small terrier jumping up and resting its paws on your leg is one thing. When a pit bull does it, it's another. Before dogs enter the LASPCA's adoption floor, they must pass a SAFER (Safety of Assessing for Evaluation for Rehoming) test following a mandatory five-day holding period. (Owners have five days to claim their pets before they become property of the shelter.) LeBlanc says pit bulls need an "A" to move to the adoption floor. Animal behaviorist Jordan Buccola explains the five-part test that determines a dog's sensitivity, temperament and personality. "(Pit bulls) have to do really, really well," she says. "You can't put any up that are `OK.' They already have a bad name. We're trying to steer clear of that." Far greater than bite cases and aggressive strays are pit bulls that have been victims of fighting and neglect. Even more frequent, because of the sheer number of pit bulls in the New Orleans area, are dogs whose owners turn them into area shelters because they can't afford to take care of them. Gina Sabine adopted a Staffordshirepit bull mix named Grace from the LASPCA in July 2011. Animal control officers picked up the dog on North Rampart Street, where she was tied to a post with another dog that had died. Grace's ears were tied with rubber bands -- a cheap "crop" job -- and were falling off. Sabine's daughter renamed the dog Aspen, and she's "40 pounds of snuggle," Sabine says. Last year, Kelly Cottrell adopted her pit bull Kiana through Sula when the foundation helped rescue some of the more than 200 dogs from a hoarding Dog People INFORMATION ABOUT PIT BULL ADOPTION & FOSTERING, VOLUNTEERING AT SHELTERS & EVENTS, & VETERINARY SERVICES AND CLINICS: Animal Rescue New Orleans 271 Plauche St., Harahan, 571-1900; www.animalrescueneworleans.org Adoption hours are 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily (including holidays). Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LASPCA) 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., 368-5191; www.la-spca.org Adoption hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. The Sula Foundation www.sulafoundation.org; email@example.com FIND MORE case in Ohio. A few months later, Cottrell adopted Villere, a three-year-old "blue" pit bull she found in a Dumpster on North Villere Street. "I passed (him) up and thought, `There's no way I just saw a dog in a Dumpster,'" she says. "I turned around to make sure, and there he was. He was perched on top of a wood platform, just sitting there. ... I knew right when I looked at him that he was a sweetie." Cottrell helps foster dogs through Sula, and the organization currently is fostering nine dogs in different homes and at Canine Connection. One is Andy, an active, friendly white pit bull mix whose owner threatened to put him on the street. ARNO cares for surrendered pets and abandoned animals and is one of a few shelters in the country that accepts feral animals. The organization has 40 dogs in foster care, and its kennels are hardly ever empty. It also rarely says "no." "But that's our niche, really -- taking in animals that are too old, too young, injured," says Bass-Lily, the shelter's director since 2006. "We have a hospice program, too. A dog may not be expected to live long, but if whatever they have is manageable and they're not in pain, we have a foster and cover the medical costs. That way the dog lives its life living with a family that loves it. At least it gives that animal a chance to be loved." Before it was a shelter, ARNO was founded as a pet rescue group in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Since 2005, it has helped find homes for and reunite families with more than 8,800 animals. Many of the stray animals it receives are pit bulls. The shelter is a mix of kennel cages, aisles of dog food and bedding and donated equipment like patio heaters for winter weather. A flurry of barks and whimpers erupts when anyone walks by. But Diamond, a white-and-brown pit mix with a bright pink nose, remains quiet and sits up in her kennel, pressing her head gently against its side. Diamond's owners surrendered her to the shelter when they found they couldn't afford medical care costs to heal sores on her paw pads and remove a cancerous tumor on her chest. She's now receiving chemotherapy. Mosca is a white pit bull mix with brown patches who was found outside her namesake restaurant, Mosca's. When she was found, 20 #5 - Gambit - 1/17/12 Kelly Cottrell rescued Villere (left and on the cover) from a Dumpster on North Villere Street. PHOTO COURTESY KELLY COTTERELL Mosca was thin and covered in scars and wounds, showing a history as a bait dog for fights. Mosca also is available for adoption, as are most of the animals at ARNO. It's cleaning time -- crates and kennel spaces and floors are being washed, and big black plastic bags sit outside to be picked up by a volunteer laundry crew that washes the mounds of bedding and towels. Shelter volunteer April Aileen points to Martine, a caramel-colored pit bull mix she rescued. "She came to me while I was unloading groceries," she says. "Because this is a no-kill shelter, these are our dogs. They're our babies. Nothing's going to happen to them. They'll live with us forever if nobody adopts them. We try our best to get them the best home they can get." Beau was born with a neurological disorder veterinarians couldn't identify, though they said it resembles a sort of canine cerebral palsy. Beau couldn't keep his head, or much of his body, up. He was the pick of the litter until his symptoms appeared and his owners needed to get rid of him. Sula volunteer coordinator Jamie Patterson took him in. Beau received a hernia operation and now he's an energetic two-year-old. "People have a preconceived idea that it's a killer dog, but if you just take away the breed name and just look at it as a dog, I don't think people would be so judgmental," Patterson says. "They're (the dogs are) just thrilled someone loves them." And they need a lot of it, she says. Organizations like Sula, ARNO and LASPCA thrive on volunteers to walk and feed dogs, clean kennels or help dispel breed "myths" by interacting with people on the street. Cottrell says pit bull owners and their dogs need to act as "ambassadors of the dog." Foster's next book: I'm a Good Dog (due out Oct. 16) is a "sort of history and celebration of pit bulls, where it has come from and whether it matters where it comes from," he says. Dean Howard, development director of the LASPCA, says one of the shelter's responsibilities is to "change the concept that all pits and pit mixes are bad dogs. ... It really goes back to the owner." The LASPCA does outreach in areas where there are a larger number of strays or pit bull concerns, like dogs chained in yards, or breeding. A "Chips for Chains" campaign offered free microchipping to owners who get rid of their pet's chains. Howard says the organization tries to convince owners to spay and neuter their animals to help curb the population -- but that means changing the minds of owners who often see the dogs as revenue streams or weapons. "It's an ongoing challenge," Howard says. Donald Lumsley walks to his backyard and points to a patched hole in the fence, where his brindle pit bull Puppy would escape to play with Buddy. Lumsley adopted Puppy when his former neighbors on the other side of the fence abandoned her. "They would breed puppies, selling them, making money," he says. "They actually called the dog Cash." The neighbors' other dog, a small white pit bull, froze to death in their backyard. Lumsley chokes up thinking about it. "A person like you shouldn't even have a dog," he says, referring to the neighbors. "What do you want a dog for?" Puppy sits beside Lumsley on his porch. He growls playfully at her, and she wags her tail and perches her front paws on his lap. "Come here, Puppy! That's my Puppy! That's my baby!" he calls to her. "How can you not love that? How can you not love coming home to that?" 21 V1_65710.5_4.729x10.833_4c_Ad.indd 1 1/13/12 9:58 AM Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 OPEN HOUSE Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS FEBRUARY 2ND, 5-7PM OPEN HOUSE: NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION (Grades Pre-K3 - 7th) Wednesday, January 18 at 7 p.m. Monday, February 27 9:00 a.m. Discover the possibilities. www.scsgators.org 400 Codifer Blvd., Metairie, Louisiana 70005 � (504) 831-1166 Saint Catherine of Siena School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, nationality or ethnic origin. 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"Chef Aaron took the great foundation and well of personality that our House of Blues restaurant was built on and gave it a new contemporary, Americana feel," says marketing director Mark Roberts. While soul food and Creole classics remain part of the menu, diners can expect "a combination of flavors from multiple cultures as diverse as the music that is performed at our venue," Roberts says. "All items are made in-house and are not pre-packaged. The produce we use is purchased locally, as is our poultry, beef and seafood." Standout menu items include jambalaya with sausage, chicken and peppers, shrimp and grits (made with chipotle cream sauce, a flash-fried grit cake and local jumbo shrimp) and short-rib meatball sliders. There's also the very popular lobster macaroni and cheese. "(It's) baked to deliciousness just like your Madarl edgerson mom or and Twane stigler grandma show off a dish from use to Crossroads' Creoledo, but inspired menu. with huge Photo by Cheryl Gerber pieces of delicate lobster," Roberts says. The menu is still being tweaked. "We're lucky enough to have chef Aaron back on our team to develop permanent dishes that will be unique to the New Orleans Crossroads menu," Roberts says. The food is only one part of Crossroads' appeal. "We want our guests to experience the House of Blues with all of their senses and be moved by the amazing music," says director of restaurant operations Abby Jones. "We also have one of the largest folk art collections in the nation." The restaurant staff is always working hard to find new ways to make the venue one of the best in New Orleans, Jones says, and concertgoers and tourists are not the only people they seek to impress. "We also have a frequent lunch program for our local clientele where they receive lunch on us after five visits," Roberts says. "We want them to know that we appreciate their loyalty. Our patrons are a huge part of our culture. "(While) House of Blues is known for being a great place to see live music, we want people to recognize Crossroads as a great place to have a fun, enjoyable dining experience and to view some amazing folk art." by Missy Wilkinson suCre Lakeside (Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 834-2277; www.shopsucre.com) holds a king cake tasting party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17. Stop by to sample king cake and coffee. Now through Jan. 31, register at JaMba JuiCe (930 Poydras St., 304-4210; www.jambajuice.com) for its Pledging Your Pounds drive. For each pound lost, Jamba Juice will donate $1 to Healthy Lifestyle Choices, a local nonprofit. Tickets are on sale for GraCe house/ bridGe house's reCyCLed Fashion show at souThPorT haLL (200 Monticello Ave., 835-2903; www.newsouthport. com) from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3. Designers will transform thrift store purchases into unique fashion designs, which will be auctioned to benefit the nonprofit substance abuse facilities. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and $40 for VIP seating. Contact Anne Springer at 821-7134 or firstname.lastname@example.com for tickets. baba bLankeTs & CraFTs (1330 Prytania St., 599-4520; www.babablanket.com) is closing. All store merchandise is on sale through January. Sale items include blankets, baskets and crafts handmade by women in Ghana. BaBa Blankets founder E. Aminata Brown will continue to sell items produced by the Ghanan women's collective through the company's website. Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 SOMETHING TO GENERAL DENTISTRY DR. 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Fortunately, a collection of experts in the field will be in town Thursday (Jan. 19) for a unique wine-tasting event organized by Swirl Wine Bar & Market (3143 Ponce de Leon St., 304-0635; www.swirlinthecity. com) and hosted at the Green Goddess (307 Exchange Place, 301-3347; www.greengoddessnola.com). Generally, natural wines are produced using traditional techniques dating back many generations and following a set of guiding principles rooted more in Old World vineyard wisdom than modern vinification science and technology. The New York-based importer Louis/Dressner Selections specializes in these wines, and five winemakers from France and Italy represented in its portfolio will be on hand for the event. "When winemakers like this come to town, it's usually just people in the business who get to meet them," says Swirl proprietress Beth Riblett. "That's great for us, but I thought how cool would it be for the public to have a chance to meet paGe 27 Natural Wine; Multicultural Tapas Turkish delight Fatoush offers exotic flavors and locally sourced ingredients. By Ian McNulty WiNE OF THE week Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 Fatoush serves Turkish and Mediterranean cuisine. PHOTO BY CHErYL GErBEr Questions? Email email@example.com. 2008 Zilliken Buttery fl Riesling Mosel, GerMany F atoush serves a lot of hummus and falafel. But this casual, everyday eatery in the Faubourg Marigny is a Turkish restaurant, so diners who approach it like a typical kebab joint are in for a surprise. Instead of pita you get pide, formed either into crusty round rolls for dipping or as flatbread stuffed with lamb or vegetables -- like a long, open-face calzone. Dolmas might be the usual stuffed grape leaves, or they might be stuffed bell peppers. And if the familiar Greek moussaka resembles lasagna, the Turkish version served at Fatoush is more like a casserole of thinly-sliced vegetables and ground beef baked under a tangy cap of bubbling kashkaval cheese. Perhaps the biggest surprise for first-time visitors is Fatoush's setting inside the New Orleans Healing Center. This sprawling multipurpose complex is home to a grocery with a focus on organic products, a bookstore, a music club, a fitness center, wellness and self-improvement programs, a voodoo shop and even a police substation. With its multimodal design, its whitewashed open spaces and craft tables and art displays frequently spread throughout the atrium, the Healing Center seems like a student union plunked in the center of the gritty, but increasingly artsy, St. Claude Avenue commercial strip. Fatoush may be unique for New Orleans, but it fits in well at this location. Up front, there's a sunny coffee shop with a sandwich menu and a case of pastries. The main restaurant is in back, under a drop ceiling partially camouflaged by a fleet of paper lanterns. There's a circular flow to the Healing Center, so sit down with a plate of imam bayildi, an aromatic Turkish classic of pan-fried eggplant filled with peppers, tomatoes and onions, and watch as yoga students with neatly rolled mats cut through the dining room. There's a juice bar in the works, but in New Orleans fashion, the restaurant's service bar came first. The wines are undistinguished, but young servers pour them generously. Fatoush is the nickname of proprietress Fatma Aydin, a native of Turkey who has operated restaurants in New Orleans for almost 30 years. Chef Hakki Erce also is Turkish, and he runs the kitchen with a modern sensibility. Meats are sourced from local farmers, and Erce grinds beef and lamb for house-made gyro cones. The result, piled in crisp-edged slices on the crusty pide rolls, has a little more flavor than the standard, processed gyro, and it offers more satisfaction for people who track the origins of their meals. Fatoush is a new kind of restaurant for its neighborhood, though it seems in sync with the area's momentum. The unaccustomed sight of twenty-somethings using laptops at cafe tables on the sidewalk of St. Claude Avenue could stop more traffic than the Press Street rail crossing. But change is everywhere around here, even on the gyro spit. $20 retail For the uninitiated, Butterfly is a good introduction to riesling. The grapes come from a 26-acre family-owned estate that dates back to 1742. Wines are fermented and matured in German oak in the winery's cavernous and humid cellar. The result is a focused wine with a nice balance of off-dry sweetness and herbal notes. It offers complex aromas of white peach, apple and pink grapefruit, followed on the palate by flavors of stone fruit, orange with distinct minerality and acidity. Drink it with seafood dishes, sushi, foie gras, and Asian, Cajun and spicy cuisines. Buy it at: W.I.N.O. Drink it at: Apolline, Cafe Adelaide, Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse and Broussard's. -- BrENDA MAITLAND 25 STARLIGHT RACING Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 IT'S 70 s N IGHT! Get down and boogie with the thrill of live racing under the stars at Fair Grounds. Get ready for high stakes action and an exciting club scene in the Miller Lite Beer Garden, plus food and drink specials all night long. $5 general admission or $10 admission to the Miller Lite Beer Garden and Clubhouse. DJ Kemistry in the Miller Lite Beer Garden Bucktown All-Stars in the Clubhouse FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 POST TIME 5PM LIVE RACING � FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS � LIVE MUSIC WWW.FGNO.COM garden 26 page 25 interview them too." The tasting follows a different format than usual sip-and-greets. Participants join groups of five or six people, and these groups rotate among the winemakers, getting time with each to sample wines, hear their stories and ask questions. There are two sessions, one at 6 p.m. and another at 7:30 p.m., and each is limited to 25 people. That might sound a bit like a winetasting version of speed dating, but it's intended to give customers access to the visiting winemakers. It also seems like a sensible solution to managing 50-plus people in the tight confines of the Green Goddess. Winemakers will be stationed in different parts of the building and (weather permitting) the pedestrian mall outside. Green Goddess chef Chris DeBarr will serve a selection of appetizers. Tickets are $75, including tax and gratuity. Call Green Goddess for reservations. After a holiday hiatus, the Faubourg St. John wine shop has resumed its popular "Friday Free-For-All." The free wine tastings are held Fridays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event also features tapas prepared by chef Richard Papier. Papier has worked in many New Orleans kitchens, including Emeril's Restaurant, Herbsaint and the Delachaise. More recently he's been providing catering services to movie sets around town. His cooking, which he describes as "down-home multicultural," incorporates many different influences but is reliably straightforward and rustic. His tapas at Swirl are between $5 and $7 each. OCTAVIO MANTILLA FIVE in FIVE LATIN GROCERIES Brazilian Market & Cafe 2424 Williams Blvd., Suite N, Kenner, 468-3533 Co-owner, Besh Restaurant Group Born in Nicaragua, Octavio Mantilla got his start in the restaurant business at age 16 as a dishwasher. After earning degrees from Tulane University and the University of New Orleans, he went to work for Harrah's casinos in New Orleans and St. Louis, Mo. Today, he and business partner/chef John Besh co-own the Besh Restaurant Group, which has nine properties, including a branch of their New Orleans bistro Luke in San Antonio, Texas, and the latest, Borgne, a seafood restaurant which opened this month in the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. This year, Mantilla began a leadership role on the New Orleans Tourism & Marketing Board. You're active both in the restaurant business and the tourism industry now. What's your perspective on the recent run of high-profile sporting events the city has just hosted? Do these events impact your dining rooms? Mantilla: They definitely do, but it's about more than just getting people in the restaurants. It's the national attention that comes along with it -- it's spreading the word about New Orleans on a bigger scale and getting people to think about coming here. Conventional wisdom says many restaurants rely on tourism here. But what role does the restaurant industry have in tourism? M: The city's restaurant reputation helps bring tourists here. Once they're here, we have a chance not only to show them our food but to show that it's part of our culture and who we are. Maybe that keeps them coming back. You started in the restaurant business young and rose through the ranks. Does that experience influence how you do business today? M: The whole culture at our company is based on what John (Besh) and I have been through in our careers, working our way up. The reason we have nine restaurants now isn't because John and I just decided to open them. It's because we have the talent within our organization and we want to promote them. We have so many people who are passionate enough to run their own restaurants, and that's why we've expanded. There are more aspiring chefs and general managers in the ranks too, so down the road we might be opening more with them. -- IAN MCNULTy Portuguese is in the air, and South American goods are on the shelves. Celina's International Grocery 3601 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 712-8690 This Latin superstore, perhaps the largest locally, is attached to a taqueria. Ideal Discount Market 250 S. Broad St., 822-8861; 3805 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, 883-5351 A pair of markets with excellent butcher sections offer hot food to go. Norma's Sweets Bakery 2925 Bienville St., 309-5401; 3221 Georgia Ave., Kenner, 467-4309 Get Cuban sweets, bread and grocery staples at either location. Union Grocery 1933 Stumpf Blvd., Gretna, 366-3604; 2105 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite A, Kenner, 469-1861 Theo's Neighborhood Pizza is expanding with a third location in the works in Elmwood. Construction is underway on a new strip mall near the entrance to the Elmwood Shopping Center on South Clearview Parkway, and Theo's is slated to begin making pizza there this summer. "I think this will be a big stepping stone for us to have three locations," says Theo's co-owner Jammer Orintas. "Eventually, we'd love to have another one downtown in the CBD, one on the West Bank, maybe one in Slidell." Expansion always was part of the blueprint for Theo's, though Orintas says Hurricane Katrina derailed those plans for a while. He and fellow college friends Greg Dietz and Ted Neikirk opened their first Theo's (4218 Magazine St., 894-8554; www.theospizza.com) less than a year before Katrina struck, and they say the chance to reopen quickly after the flood was an important part of establishing their brand. The Magazine Street Theo's was among the first wave of restaurants to reopen and the partners watched their new business skyrocket as returning residents filled any eatery then operating. In 2009, the partners opened a much larger second shop in Mid-City (4024 Canal St., 302-1133; www.theospizza.com). Orintas says their next expansion was guided in part by emails from people living around Harahan and River Ridge Theo's Eyes Elmwood www.unionsupermarket.com The Mid-City original is now in Kenner. Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 suggesting they add a location in the Elmwood area. The Elmwood Theo's will be about the same size as the Mid-City restaurant, and Orintas says it will have more outdoor seating, a larger bar and a bigger draft beer selection. The Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center (1618 O.C. Haley Blvd., 352-1150; www.zeitgeistinc.net) has long been a New Orleans destination for movies. It's also becoming a spot for alternative brunch, one featuring a menu composed entirely of local foods. On the second Saturday of each month, Zeitgeist hosts the OCH Art Market (www.ochartmarket.com) and, starting last week, the Local Foods Cafe. The cafe is a partnership between NOLA Locavore (www.nolalocavore. org), a group that promotes eating locallyproduced foods (and which organizes the annual Eat Local Challenge), and the PPX Dinner Club (www.ppxneworleans.com), a pop-up eatery run by chef Cultivating a Local Foods Cafe Matthew Elliott Kopfler and Tess Monaghan. Zeitgeist's building doubles as the NOLA Locavores headquarters, so it's providing the space, and PPX will handle the cooking. Lee Stafford of NOLA Locavores says he hopes to develop the concept into a permanent local-foods restaurant. "We've been wanting to add a restaurant at Zeitgeist for a while," he says. "We're starting with having it at the art market because we'll get the traffic we need, but the end goal is to have a locavore cafe there open seven days a week." For the past few months, Kopfler and Monaghan have been running PPX as a once-a-week pop-up on Wednesday evenings inside the F&M Patio Lounge (4841 Tchoupitoulas St., 895-6784; www.fandmpatiobar.com), among other locations. Their menus make regular use of local foods, but for this new project all of the ingredients come from local producers, with much of it sourced through Hollygrove Market & Farm. Local Foods Cafe serves on the second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. OFF the menu Trends, notes, quirks and quotes from the world of food. "Food trucks are not for the faint of heart. For our cafe, I don't have to worry about someone coming in and moving my restaurant," Kim Billingsley told Nation's Restaurant News. Billingsley is co-owner of No Tomatoes, a Los Angeles food truck that spawned a brick-and-mortar cafe. The No Tomatoes truck was reported stolen in December and was recovered by police 200 miles away in a motel parking lot in Fresno, Calif., where it had been repainted with the words "Bad Boy Burgers." It was returned to its owners in time for them to serve Rose Bowl crowds in Pasadena on Jan. 2. 27 Arden Cahill Academy COME INSIDE Parent Open House Dates Grades K-5: ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE � CULTURAL ENRICHMENT Thursday, January 12, 8:30 a.m. See dynamic multiage classrooms in action. Thursday, January 26, 8:15 a.m. Reservations requested due to space limitation. Please RSVP to email@example.com or 504.849.3110 www.mpcds.com/admission Grades 6-12: Build your own class schedule and experience Country Day alongside our students. 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Credit cards. $ PARKVIEW CAFE AT CITY PARK -- City Park, 1 Palm Drive, 483-9474 -- Located in the old Casino Building, the cafe serves gourmet coffee, sandwiches, salads and ice cream till early evening. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $ PRAVDA -- 1113 Decatur St., 581-1112; www.pravdaofnola. com -- Pravda is known for its Soviet kitsch and selection of absinthes, and the kitchen offers pierogies, beef empanadas, curry shrimp salad and a petit steak served with truffle aioli. No reservations. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ VINE & DINE -- 141 Delaronde St., 361-1402; www.vine-dine. com -- The cafe serves cheese boards and charcuterie plates with pate and cured meats. There also is a menu of sandwiches, quesadillas, bruschettas, salads and dips. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ in New Orleans" Home of the Original Seafood Muffuletta (between Cleary Ave & Clearview) Mon-Tues 11-3 � Wed-Thurs 11-7:30 Fri 11-8:30 � Sat 11-8:00 www.parranspoboys.com alligator sausage, boudin, tamales and meat or crawfish pies. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ Mon-Thur 10am-7pm Fri.& Sun. 10am-3pm www.koshercajun.com 3519 SEVERN 3939 Veterans � 885-3416 888-2010 BARBECUE BOO KOO BBQ -- 3701 Banks St., 202-4741; www.bookoobbq. com -- The Boo Koo burger is a ground brisket patty topped with pepper Jack cheese, boudin and sweet chile aioli. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., latenight Fri.-Sat. Cash only. $ SAUCY'S BBQ GRILL -- 3244 Severn Ave., Metairie, 322-2544; www.saucysbbqgrill.com -- Saucy's serves slow-smoked St. Louis-style pork ribs, pulled pork, brisket, smoked sausage and grilled or jerk chicken. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ m ake all of our signature recipes dail y. ENTERTAIN! 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Tue-Fri 11am-9pm Sat-Sun 8am-5pm new wine Weekend Breakfast Sat-Sun BREWPUB CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE -- 527 Decatur St., 522-0571; www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com -- Live jazz and German-style beers complement creative cooking at this brewpub. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ 5725 Magazine Street (corner of Nashville) AMPLE PARKING ON THE CORNER & IN REAR OF STORE 504.302.1455 3100 Magazine St. � 504-373-6579 www.gottgourmetcafe.com MI BURGERS BEACHCORNER BAR & GRILL -- 4905 Canal St., 4887357; www.beachcornerbarandgrill.com -- Top a 10-oz. Beach burger with cheddar, blue, Swiss or pepper Jack cheese, sauteed mushrooms or house-made hickory sauce. Other options include a grilled chicken sandwich. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ BUD'S BROILER -- Citywide; www.budsbroiler.com -- Bud's Broiler is known for charcoalbroiled burgers topped with hickory-smoked sauce. Clearview Parkway and 24-hour City Park location also offer shrimp and catfish po-boys. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ R YA ONLI DER KO NE NO @ LA. CO M Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 O BAR & GRILL BAYOU BEER GARDEN -- 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., 302-9357 -- Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations. Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ DINO'S BAR & GRILL -- 1128 Tchoupitoulas St., 558-0900 -- Dino's kitchen serves burgers, chicken tenders, salads and wraps. Happy hour is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards and checks. $ THE RIVERSHACK TAVERN -- 3449 River Road, 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com -- This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches overflowing with deli meats and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ SHAMROCK BAR & GRILL -- 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., 301-0938 -- Shamrock serves burgers, po-boys, Reuben sandwiches, cheese sticks, fries with cheese or gravy and more. No reservations. Dinner and late night daily. Credit cards. $ ZADDIE'S TAVERN -- 1200 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson, 8320830 -- Zaddie's serves burgers, DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS LUNCH:sun-fri 11am-2:30pm DINNER: mon-thurs 5pm-10pm fri 5pm-10:30pm SATURDAY 3:30pm-10:30pm SUNDAY 12 noon-10:30pm 1403 st. charles ave. new orleans 504.410.9997 www.japanesebistro.com security guard on duty starting from $5.50 CHINESE CHINA ORCHID -- 704 S. Carrollton Ave., 865-1428; www. chinaorchidneworleans.com -- Sizzling black pepper beef or chicken is prepared with onions, red and green peppers and brown sauce and served with steamed rice on the side. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ FIVE HAPPINESS -- 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., 482-3935 -- The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations to lo mein. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ JUNG'S GOLDEN DRAGON -- 3009 Magazine St., 891-8280; www.jungsgoldendragon2.com -- Jung's offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ page 31 CAFE CAFE FRERET -- 7329 Freret St., 861-7890; www. cafefreret.com -- The cafe serves breakfast items like the Freret Egg Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage served on toast or an English muffin. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ CANAL STREET BISTRO & ECO CAFE -- 3903 Canal St., 561-6585; www.ecocafeno.com -- This cafe serves sandwiches like the veggie club, layered with Swiss cheese, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, spinach and baby pickles. There are also fresh squeezed juices. No reserva- Bringing you quality, consistency and value since 1971. Now open 7 days a week in Mandeville LUNCH : Mon - Fri 11-2pm DiNNER: Mon -Thu 5-930pm Fri & Sat 5-10pm � Sun 1130a - 930p 600 N. Causeway, Mandeville 2100 N. Morrison, Hammond 985/626-4476 d e dressings, sauces and meats to 985/345-6789 29 page 29 TREY YUEN CUISINE OF CHINA -- 600 N. Causeway Approach., Mandeville, (985) 6264476; 2100 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985) 345-6789; www.tryyuen.com -- A house specialty is fried soft-shell crab topped with tong Cho sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ out to eat CReOLe ANTOINE'S RESTAURANT -- 713 St. Louis St., 581-4422; www.antoines.com -- the city's oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ GUMBO SHOP -- 640 St. Peter St., 525-1486; www. gumboshop.com -- Gumbo and New orleans classics such as crawfish etouffee dominate the menu. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ MELANGE -- 2106 Chartres St., 309-7335; www.melangenola.com -- Lapin au vin is a farm raised rabbit cooked served with demi-glace, oven-roasted shallots, tomatoes, potatoes and pancetta. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily, brunch Sunday. Credit cards. $$ MONTREL'S BISTRO -- 1000 N. Peters St., 524-4747 -- this casual restaurant serves Creole favorites. the menu includes crawfish etouffee, boiled crawfish, red beans and rice and bread pudding for dessert. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ chimichurri sauce and smoked bacon and corn hash. Coffeeand coriander-spiced rack of lamb is oven roasted and served with buerre rouge and chevre mashed potatoes. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ MARTINIQUE BISTRO -- 5908 Magazine St., 891-8495; www.martiniquebistro.com -- this French bistro has both a cozy dining room and a pretty courtyard. try dishes such as Steen's-cured duck breast with satsuma and ginger demi-glace and stone-ground goat cheese grits. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ breakfast, lunch, dinner & late-night COFFee/DeSSeRt ANTOINE'S ANNEX -- 513 Royal St., 581-4422; www. antoines.com -- the Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ KUPCAKE FACTORY -- 800 Metairie Road, Metairie, 2674990; 819 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 464-8884; 6233 S. Claiborne Ave., 267-3328; www. thekupcakefactory.com -- there's a large selection of gourmet cupcakes, including the Fat Elvis made with banana cake and topped with peanut butter frosting. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $ MAURICE FRENCH PASTRIES -- 3501 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, 885-1526; 4949 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 4550830; www.mauricefrenchpastries.com -- You'll find an array of Continental and French baked goods, cakes, cheesecakes and pies. No reservations. Hessmer Avenue: breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. West Napoleon: breakfast and lunch tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ PINKBERRY -- 300 Canal St.; 5601 Magazine St., 899-4260; www.pinkberry.com -- Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry topping choices. there also are fresh fruit parfaits and green tea smoothies. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ GOURMet tO GO BREAUX MART -- 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, 2620750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, 737-8146; www.breauxmart. com -- Breaux Mart prides itself on its "Deli to Geaux" as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ menu iTemS! catfish buy 1 poboy get 1 free dine in only. limit 1 coupon per table. can not be combined with any other offer. expires 1/31/12 CheCk OuT Our neW For All Your Entertaining Needs Chef Shane Pritchett For local delivery please call: 504 373 6439 Sunday - WedneSday 7am-10pm ThurSday - SaTurday 7am-laTe HOUSE-SMOKED Whole Turkeys Half- & Whole-Chickens Sausages, Bacon, Brisket, Corned Beef Pulled Pork & St. Louis-style Ribs House-Smoked Cheeses by the Pound & Platter INDIaN JULIE'S LITTLE INDIA KITCHEN AT SCHIRO'S -- 2483 Royal St., 944-6666; www. schiroscafe.com -- the cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and spices. 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Credit cards. $$$ out to eat pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ WASABI SUSHI -- 900 Frenchmen St., 943-9433; 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd., 267-3263; www.wasabinola.com -- Wasabi serves a wide array of Japanese dishes. Wasabi honey shrimp are served with cream sauce. the Assassin roll bundles tuna, snow crab and avocado in seaweed and tops it with barbecued eel, tuna, eel sauce and wasabi tobiko. No reservations. Frenchmen Street: Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily. Pontchartrain Boulevard: lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Reservations recommended. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ BABYLON CAFE -- 7724 Maple St., 314-0010; www. babyloncafe.biz --the Babylon platter includes stuffed grape leaves, hummus, kibbeh, rice and one choice of meat: lamb, chicken or beef kebabs, chicken or beef shawarma, gyro or kufta. Chicken shawarma salad is a salad topped with olives, feta and chicken breast cooked on a rotisserie. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ PYRAMIDS CAFE -- 3151 Calhoun St., 861-9602 -- Diners will find authentic, healthy and fresh Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ THE YEAR OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON MOSCA'S -- 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, 436-8950; www. moscasrestaurant.com -- this family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ RED GRAVY -- 125 Camp St., 561-8844; www.redgravycafe. com -- the cafe serves breakfast items including pancakes, waffles and pastries. At lunch, try meatballs, lasagna and other Italian specialties, panini, wraps, soups and salads. open Sundays before New orleans Saints home games. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ RICCOBONO'S PEPPERMILL RESTAURANT -- 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie, 455-2266 -- this Italian-style eatery serves New orleans favorites like stuffed crabs with jumbo lump crabmeat with spaghetti bordelaise and trout meuniere with brabant potatoes. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ VINCENT'S ITALIAN CUISINE -- 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., 866-9313; www. vincentsitaliancuisine.com -- try house specialties like veal- and spinach-stuffed canneloni. Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch tue.-Fri., dinner tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ WE DO TAKE OUT, DELIVERY & CATERING CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH US ON JAN. 22-26TH! Featuring: Whole Fish & Peking Duck AND NEW YEAR DISHES AWARDED #1 BY NEW ORLEANS MAGAZINE IN 2010 GAMBIT 2011 TOP 3 CHINESE RESTAURANTS LOUISIaNa CONteMPORaRY BOMBAY CLUB -- 830 Conti St., 586-0972; www.thebombayclub.com -- Mull the menu at this French Quarter hideaway while sipping a well made martini. the duck duet pairs confit leg with pepper-seared breast with black currant reduction. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, latenight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ BOUCHE -- 840 Tchoupitoulas St., 267-7485; www.bouchenola.com -- this wine bar and restaurant serves creative dishes like tasso truffle mac and cheese with three cheeses and Mornay sauce. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ MILA -- 817 Common St., 4122580; www.milaneworleans.com -- MiLA takes a fresh approach to Southern and New orleans cooking, focusing on local produce and refined techniques. try New orleans barbecue lobster with lemon confit and fresh thyme. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri. dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ RALPH'S ON THE PARK -- 900 City Park Ave., 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark.com -- Popular dishes include baked oysters Ralph, turtle soup and the Niman Ranch New York strip. there also are brunch specials. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ TOMAS BISTRO -- 755 Tchoupitoulas St., 527-0942 -- tomas serves dishes like semiboneless Louisiana quail stuffed with applewood-smoked bacon dirty popcorn rice, Swiss chard and Madeira sauce. the duck cassoulet combines duck confit and Creole Country andouille in a white bean casserole. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ TOMMY'S WINE BAR -- 752 Tchoupitoulas St., 525-4790 -- tommy's Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of tommy's Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ MeXICaN & SOUtHWeSteRN COUNTRY FLAME -- 620 Iberville St., 522-1138 -- Country Flame serves a mix of popular Mexican and Cuban dishes. Come in for fajitas, pressed Cuban sandwiches made with hickory-smoked pork and charbroiled steaks or pork chops. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ LUCY'S RETIRED SURFERS' BAR & RESTAURANT -- 701 Tchoupitoulas St., 523-8995; www.lucysretiredsurders.com -- this surf shack serves California-Mexican cuisine and the bar has a menu of tropical cocktails. todo Santos fish tacos feature grilled or fried mahi mahi in corn or flour tortillas topped with shredded cabbage and shrimp sauce, and are served with rice and beans. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ NACHO MAMA'S MEXICAN GRILL -- 3242 Magazine St., 899-0031; 1000 S. Clearview Pkwy., Harahan, 736-1188; www.nachomamasmexicangrill. com -- these taquerias serve Mexican favorites such as portobello mushroom fajitas and chile rellenos. there are happy hour margaritas on weekdays and daily drink specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ SANTA FE -- 3201 Esplanade Ave., 948-0077 -- this casual cafe serves creative takes on Southwestern cuisine. Bolinos de Bacalau are Portuguesestyle fish cakes made with dried, salted codfish, mashed potatoes, cilantro, lemon juice, green onions and egg and served with smoked paprika aioli. outdoor seating is available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ 2012 CHINA TRIP NOW ACCEPTING DEPOSIT SUN - THURS 11 AM - 10 PM � FRI & SAT - 11 AM - 11 PM 3009 Magazine St. Uptown � 891.8280 WWW.JUNGSGOLDENDRAGON2.COM Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 JaPaNeSe KYOTO -- 4920 Prytania St., 891-3644 -- Kyoto's sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. "Box" sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$ MIKIMOTO -- 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com -- Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. the South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ MIYAKO JAPANESE SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE -- 1403 St. Charles Ave., 410-9997; www.japanesebistro. com -- Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ ROCK-N-SAKE -- 823 Fulton St., 581-7253; www.rocknsake. com -- Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. there's a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, MUSIC aND FOOD GAZEBO CAFE -- 1018 Decatur St., 525-8899; www. gazebocafenola.com -- the Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. the New orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ page 34 MeDIteRRaNeaN/ MIDDLe eaSteRN ATTIKI BAR & GRILL -- 230 Decatur St., 587-3756; www. attikineworleans.com -- Attiki features a range of Mediterranean cuisine including entrees of beef kebabs and chicken shawarma. 33 out to eat page 33 HOUSE OF BLUES -- 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www. hob.com/neworleans -- try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. the buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ PIZZa MARKS TWAIN'S PIZZA LANDING -- 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza.com -- Disembark at Mark twain's for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch tue.-Sat., dinner tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ NEW YORK PIZZA -- 4418 Magazine St., 891-2376; www. newyorkpizzanola.com -- Choose from pizza by the slice or whole pie, calzones, pasta, sandwiches, salads and more. the Big Apple pie is loaded with pepperoni, Canadian bacon, onions, mushrooms, black olives, green peppers, Italian sausage and minced garlic and anchovies and jalapenos are optional. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ NONNA MIA CAFE & PIZZERIA -- 3125 Esplanade Ave., 948-1717 -- Nonna Mia uses homemade dough for pizza served by the slice or whole pie and offers salads, pasta dishes and panini. Gourmet pies are topped with ingredients like pancetta, roasted eggplant, portobello mushrooms and prosciutto. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ REGINELLI'S -- 741 State St., 899-1414; 817 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 712-6868; 874 Harrison Ave., 488-0133; 3244 Magazine St. 895-7272; 5608 Citrus Blvd., Harahan, 818-0111; www.reginellis.com -- this New orleans original offers a range of pizzas, sandwiches and salads. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ THEO'S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA -- 4218 Magazine St., 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., 302-1133; www.theospizza. com -- there is a wide variety of specialty pies or build your own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. Also serving salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ WIT'S INN -- 141 N. Carrollton Ave., 888-4004 -- this Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ MAHONY'S PO-BOY SHOP -- 3454 Magazine St., 8993374; www.mahonyspoboys. com -- Mahoney's serves traditional favorites and original poboys like the Peacemaker, which is filled with fried oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese. there are daily lunch specials as well. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ PARKWAY BAKERY AND TAVERN -- 538 N. Hagen Ave., 482-3047 -- Parkway serves juicy roast beef po-boys, hot sausage po-boys, fried seafood and more. No reservations. Kitchen open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $ PARRAN'S PO-BOYS -- 3939 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 885-3416; www. parranspoboy.com -- Parran's offers a long list of po-boys plus muffulettas, club sandwiches, pizzas, burgers, salads, fried seafood plates and Creole-Italian entrees. the veal supreme po-boy features a cutlet topped with Swiss cheese and brown gravy. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $ THE STORE -- 814 Gravier St., 322-2446; www.thestoreneworleans.com -- the Store serves sandwiches, salads and hot plates, and there is a taco bar where patrons can choose their own toppings. Red beans and rice comes with grilled andouille and a corn bread muffin. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$ TRACEY'S -- 2604 Magazine St., 899-2054; www.traceysnola.com -- the roast beef po-boy dripping with garlicky gravy is the highlight of a menu transplanted from the former Parasol's to this uptown bar. other options include fried seafood and bar noshing items. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Cash only. $ THE MARKET CAFE -- 1000 Decatur St., 527-5000; www. marketcafenola.com -- Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ SIBERIA -- 2227 St. Claude Ave., 265-8855 -- this music clubs serves dishes like fish and chips, spicy hot wings, tacos and more. there are weekly specials and vegetarian and vegan options. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO -- 626 Frenchmen St., 949-0696; www.snugjazz.com -- traditional Creole and Cajun fare pepper the menu along with newer creations such as the fish Marigny, topped with Gulf shrimp in a Creole cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ NeIGHBORHOOD ARTZ BAGELZ -- 3138 Magzine St., 309-7557; www. artzbagelz.com -- Artz bakes its bagels in house and options include onion, garlic, honey whole wheat, cinnamon-raisin, salt and others. Get one with a schmear or as a sandwich. Salads also are available. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ BRAXTON'S RESTAURANT -- 636 Franklin St., Gretna, 301-3166; www.braxtonsnola. com -- Braxton's serves a mix of salads, po-boys, deli sandwiches and entrees. Start a meal with oysters Louise, featuring fried oysters on a bed of spinach and cheese. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ KATIE'S RESTAURANT -- 3701 Iberville St., 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com -- Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. the Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. there also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, Dinner tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ OLIVE BRANCH CAFE -- 1995 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, 348-2008; 3700 Orleans Ave., 302-1220; 5145 Gen. de Gaulle Drive, 393-1107; www. olivebranchcafe.com -- these cafes serve soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps and entrees. Chicken and artichoke pasta is tossed with penne in garlic and olive oil. Shrimp Carnival features smoked sausage, shrimp, onion and peppers in roasted garlic cream sauce over pasta. No Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 SeaFOOD GRAND ISLE RESTAURANT -- 575 Convention Center Blvd., 520-8530; www.grandislerestaurant.com -- Grand Isle offers seafood options from raw oysters to lobster St. Malo with combines Maine lobster, shrimp and mussels in seafood broth. Baked Gulf fish are served with compound chili butter, potatoes and a vegetable. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ JACK DEMPSEY'S -- 738 Poland Ave., 943-9914 -- the Jack Dempsey seafood platter serves a training-table feast of gumbo, shrimp, oysters, catfish, redfish and crawfish pies, plus two side items. other dishes include broiled redfish and fried soft-shell crab. No reservations. Lunch tue.-Sat. and dinner Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ LA COTE BRASSERIE -- 700 Tchoupitoulas St., 613-2350; www.lacotebrasserie.com -- this stylish restaurant in the Renaissance New orleans Arts Hotel serves an array of raw and cooked seafood. tabasco and Steen's Cane Syrup glazed salmon is served with shrimp mirliton ragout. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ RED FISH GRILL -- 115 Bourbon St., 598-1200; www. SaNDWICHeS & PO-BOYS DRESS IT -- 535 Gravier St., 571-7561 -- Get gourmet burgers and sandwiches dressed to order. original topping choices include everything from sprouts to black bean and corn salsa to peanut butter. For dessert, try a chocolate chip cookie served with ice cream and chocolate sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ MAGAZINE PO-BOY SHOP -- 2368 Magazine St., 522-3107 -- Choose from a long list of poboys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. there are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Cash only. $ 34 out to eat redfishgrill.com -- Seafood creations by executive chef Brian Katz dominate a menu peppered with favorites like hickory-grilled redfish, pecancrusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ VILLAGE INN -- 9201 Jefferson Hwy., 7374610 -- Check into Village Inn for seasonal boiled seafood or raw oysters. other options include fried seafood platters, po-boys, pasta and pizza. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ SOUL FOOD BIG MOMMA'S CHICKEN AND WAFFLES -- 5741 Crowder Blvd., 241-2548; www.bigmommaschickenandwaffles.com -- Big Mamma's serves hearty combinations like the six-piece which includes a waffle and six fried wings served crispy or dipped in sauce. Breakfast is served all day. All items are cooked to order. No reservations. Breakfast Sat.-Sun., Lunch daily, dinner Sun. Credit cards. $ SteaKHOUSe CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS -- 322 Magazine St., 522-7902; www.centraarchy.com -- this traditional steakhouse serves uSDA prime beef, and a selection of super-sized cuts includes a 40-oz. Porterhouse for two. the menu also features seafood options and a la carte side items. Reservations recommended. Diner daily. Credit cards. $$$ CRESCENT CITY STEAKS -- 1001 N. Broad St., 821-3271; www.crescentcitysteaks.com -- order uSDA prime beef dry-aged and hand-cut in house. there are porterhouse steaks large enough for two or three diners to share. Bread pudding with raisins and peaches is topped with brandy sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch tue.-Fri. and Sun., dinner tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ taPaS/SPaNISH BARCELONA TAPAS -- 720 Dublin St., 8619696 -- this Spanish restaurant serves paella and more than 50 tapas dishes with selections including patatas bravas, garlic shrimp, tomato with mozzarella and avocado shrimp tropical. No reservations. Dinner tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ MIMI'S IN THE MARIGNY -- 2601 Royal St., 872-9868 -- the decadant Mushroom Manchego toast is a favorite here. or enjoy hot and cold tapas dishes ranging from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner and late-night tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ SANTA FE TAPAS -- 1327 St. Charles Ave., 304-9915 -- the menu includes both tapas dishes and entrees. Seared jumbo scallops are served with mango and green tomato pico de gallo. Gambas al ajillo are jumbo shrimp with garlic, shallots, chilis and cognac. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ "Since 1969" Sake COUPON all blooming orchid plants in stock VIetNaMeSe AUGUST MOON -- 3635 Prytania St., 899-5129; www.moonnola.com -- August Moon serves a mix of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine. there are spring rolls and pho soup as well as many popular Chinese dishes and vegetarian options. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ PHO NOLA -- 3320 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, 941-7690; www.pho-nola.com -- Pho NoLA serves spring rolls and egg rolls, noodle soups, rice and vermicelli dishes and po-boys. Beverages include boba teas, milk teas, coffee drinks and smoothies. No reservations. Lunch tue.-Sun., dinner tue.-Sat. 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Now thru January 31 3 Course Dinner $40 / with Sake $55 Chef Chip Flangan pairs fresh local ingredients with Japanese Sake dinner Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 Raw: local citrus mignonette & salmon roe GRilled: Manchego butter & Spanish caviar FRied: country ham breadcrumbs & red eye gravy Well of Wisdom Sake Ginjo 2nd Louisiana Oyster Trio 1st Filet of Beef Carpaccio & Red Grapefruit Ponzu Sauce watercress & pear salad, ricotta salata, wasabi oil Hawk in the Heavens Sake Junmai 3rd Duck Two Ways with White Miso-Satsuma Butter duck confit ravioli, smoked vanilla duck breast, crispy skin, shiitakes, carrot pur�e Wandering Poet Sake Junmai Ginjo 35 ENROLLING NOW Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 WE ARE MOVING BACK TO LAKEVIEW IN SPRING 2012! Individual Care � Degreed Professionals LOW TEACHER CHILD RATIOS INFANTS THROUGH 4 YEARS Full & Part TIme Programming Available CLASS A LICENSING PARENTS ALWAYS WELCOME � Open Door Policy Children's Place 2804 ATHANIA PKWY EducAn atio Alterna nal to Chil tive d Care 36 (FORMERLY OF LAKEVIEW) | 504.281.4182 MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-6:00PM MUSIC 38 FILM 44 A R T 47 S TAG E 51 E V E N T S 52 what to know before you go AE + Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 Vanguard Party Jazz pianist Fred Hersch visits NOCCA. By Will Coviello P ianist Fred Hersch rarely plays a set or an entire night without a Thelonious Monk tune, he says. As a composer, bandleader and soloist with a broad background including jazz and classical music, he's got a large repertoire from which to draw, but Monk sticks out for unusual reasons. One is an improvised solo on Monk's "Work" that drew a current Grammy nomination. Another is a stark image from a dream Hersch had while in a seven-week medically induced coma in 2008. "I never remembered my dreams much," Hersch says. "But I recalled vivid dreams from the coma. ... In one, I was in a jail cell next to Monk, and we were in a competition to finish composing a song first." Competing with Monk to compose music is an anxiety dream for the rare few, and Hersch is one of them -- as a renowned performer and winner of numerous awards, grants and fellowships. His medical ordeal included a bout with septic shock that almost killed him, Hersch says. He lost all motor skills, and for eight months could neither eat food nor drink water. But following a remarkable recovery, he turned several of those vivid dreams into the music in the jazz/theater piece My Coma Dreams, which debuted in northern New Jersey in May 2011. (To simulate the Monk dream, he set a kitchen timer for 20 minutes and composed the song in that time.) But before that piece premiered, Hersch had resumed his normal life and career. He recorded Alone at the Vanguard in December 2010, and the 2011 release drew two Grammy nominations (best instrumental jazz album and best improvised solo). He'll record another album at New York's legendary Village Vanguard when the Grammy winners are announced Feb. 12. But this week, he's on a quick tour of Louisiana that includes a show at NOCCA on Saturday. It's his first visit to New Orleans in more than 10 years, and he'll be joined by longtime collaborator Drew Gress on bass and Eric McPherson on drums. They'll perform music by Hersch, Wayne Shorter, Monk and Ornette Coleman, Hersch says. Hersch tours heavily and has composed or recorded more than 70 albums, but Alone at the Vanguard captures him in his element. "It's my home club," Hersch says. "I'm a regular. I have a picture on the wall." Hersch was the first artist booked for an entire week of solo shows at the club, an indication of his stature among top jazz pianists. And he joins some of the legends who have released albums recorded at the Village Vanguard, including Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Bill Evans. Alone at the Vanguard features the final Sunday night set of a weeklong engagement. He originally intended to pick songs recorded over six nights, but he liked the final set and released it in its entirety. He may release a second volume featuring highlights from the rest of the recordings. "There's something about live recording I've grown to love as I have gotten older," Hersch says. "You're just playing your gig. ... That set had an organic feel to it. Sunday night audiences are very focused. There's lots of other musicians, and some people who come earlier in the week come back again. I thought the audience was really with me." The album is marked by warm melodies and poised, unhurried playing. "My music isn't a lot of flash and hit-you-over-thehead kind of stuff," he says. "I like to take the audience on a journey and tell a story." He's a critics' favorite, but Hersch believes his music works for casual listeners as well as sophisticated audiences. "With instrumental storytelling, you're allowing a piece to go somewhere," he says. "Like in classical music, everyone can appreciate the beauty of an orchestra, but great composers use the materials, say harmonically or rhythmically, to take you somewhere. The more you know about the forms, the more you can appreciate beyond that it sounds beautiful. I try to play for both audiences." Hersch will teach a master class with NOCCA Pianist Fred Hersch is nominated for students, but most of two Grammy Awards. his teaching has been at PHOTO BY STEVE J. SHERMAN the college level and at conservatories. But even as a recipient of RockFred Hersch Trio SAT efeller, Guggenheim and 8 p.m. Saturday JAN National Endowment for NOCCA the Arts grants, he considers himself a student. He 2800 Chartres St. still visits a piano teacher, Sophia Rosoff, 90. And 949-2900 he frequents the Vanguard www.noccasinstitute.com to hear new musicians. One upcoming recordTickets $30 ing project is a duo with 24-year-old guitarist Julian Lage. Italian clarinetist Nico Gori will collaborate with Hersch on another album. Hersch expects 2012 to be even busier than last year. "I'm not saying I am an overnight success at 56," he says. "But it seems that things are really lining up for me. ... I think it's great that I'm in my mid-50s and maybe my best music is ahead of me." 21 37 MUSIC listings Tipitina's -- breton sound, phil the tremelo King, sheridan road, 8:30 Victory -- sombras brilhantes, 7:30 THURSDAY 19 MON COMEDY NIGHT 8:30PM 1/17 W/ JACKIE JENKINS 12 Bar -- mumbles, elements, 9 Complete listings at www.bestofneworleans.Com AllWays Lounge -- Deepak, 10 Banks Street Bar -- rx filled, Dave Jordan, Chris boone, mike burkhart, sam Hotchkiss, 10 Bayou Beer Garden -- walter "wolfman" washington, 8 Blue Nile -- micah mcKee & the little movers, 7 WED BRASSAHOLICS 9PM 1/18 BECOMING A NEW ORLEANS TRADITION THU THE MUMBLES & 1/19 Lauren LaBorde, Listings Editor email@example.com 504.483.3110 faX: 504.483.3116 THE ELEMENTS 9PM all show times p.m. unless otherwise noted. project, 8; gravity a, 11 HERITAGE 8PM 1/20 FRI BENEFITTING TRUMPETS NOT GUNS FEAT: HOT 8, FREE AGENTS, PINETTES, TO BE CONTINUED & BABY BOYZ A BRASS BAND CELEBRATION TUeSDAY 17 AllWays Lounge -- wasted lives, 10 Banks Street Bar -- roy mcgrath's Jazz showcase, 10 Big Al's Deckbar Seafood & Blues -- redfish blues band, 8 Blue Nile -- barry stevenson, 10 BMC -- mikey b3 organ Combo, 5; Cristina perez, 8; lagniappe brass band, 11 Chickie Wah Wah -- marc adams & His House of Clements, 8:30 d.b.a. -- treme brass band, 9 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar -- tom Hook, 9:30 Hi-Ho Lounge -- autotomii, a troop of echoes, roarshark, 10 Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse -- wes "warmdaddy" anderson, 8 Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts -- b.b. King, 8 The Maison -- gregory agid Quartet, 6; magnitude, 9 Maple Leaf Bar -- rebirth brass band, 10 Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill -- spike perkins trio, 6; mojo Combo, 9:30 Old Point Bar -- Josh garrett & the bottom line, 8 One Eyed Jacks -- strfKr, painted palms, 9 Siberia -- toxic rott, morphines, room 101, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro -- richard Julian & rosetta Kess, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat -- brett richardson, 4; Kristina morales & the bayou shufflers, 6; meschiya lake & the little big Horns, 10 BMC -- marcelo benetti, 5; blues4sale, 8; De Ja Vu brass band, 11 Cafe Negril -- Jamey st. pierre & the Honeycreepers, 9 BMC -- soulabillyswampboogie band, 5; Jack Cole band, 8; Young fellaz brass band, 11 Bombay Club -- matt lemmler Duo feat. steve masakowski, 7:30 Buffa's Lounge -- tom mcDermott & aurora nealand, 8 Chickie Wah Wah -- electric Yat string Quartet, 5:30; Creole string beans, 8 d.b.a. -- Jon Cleary, 7; truckstop Honeymoon CD release, 10 House of Blues -- rise against, lollies, 6 Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse -- roman skakun, 5; James andrews, 8 Kerry Irish Pub -- John Craigie, 9 Maple Leaf Bar -- the trio, 10 Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill -- andre bouvier, 6; peter novelli, 9:30 Oak -- anais st. John, 9 Ogden Museum of Southern Art -- ogden after Hours feat. louisiana Hellbenders, 6 Old Point Bar -- blues frenzy, 6:30; lushingtons, 9 One Eyed Jacks -- alabama shakes, Hurray for the riff raff, tumbleweeds, 7 Preservation Hall -- survivors brass band feat. Jeffrey Hills, 8 Rivershack Tavern -- major bacon, 8 Rock 'N' Bowl -- same ol' 2 step, 8:30 Siberia -- DJ Jonathan toubin benefit feat. King louie's missing monuments, bipolaroid, lonely Knights, DJ matty, DJ lefty parker, DJ lingerie, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro -- Jake saslow Quartet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat -- brett richardson, 4; miss sophie lee, 6; smoking time Jazz Club, 10 Tipitina's -- old 97s, those Darlins, rhett miller, the os, 9 SAT 1/21 APRIL DAWN 9:30PM 608 FULTON STREET NEW ORLEANS � 504-212-6476 WWW.12BARNOLA.COM d.b.a. -- washboard Chaz blues trio, 7; walter "wolfman" washington & the roadmasters, 10 Howlin' Wolf (The Den) -- baby bee, 9 Irvin Mayfield's I Club -- mia borders, 8 Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse -- Kipori woods, 5; irvin mayfield's noJo Jam, 8 Kerry Irish Pub -- beth patterson, 9 Legends Bar & Grill -- topcats, 9 The Maison -- roy mcgrath, 6; Upstarts, 9; mario abney Quartet, 10 Maple Leaf Bar -- Dirty Dozen brass band, 10 Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill -- blues frenzy, 6; mikey b3 organ Combo, 9:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse -- Jonathan David tankel, 10 Palm Court Jazz Cafe -- lars edegran & topsy Chapman feat. palm Court Jazz band, 7:30 Preservation Hall -- preservation Hall Jazz band feat. mark braud, 8 Rock 'N' Bowl -- Johnny angel & the swingin' Demons, 8:30 Siberia -- Dos locos, lazarus projext, bayou boi entertainment, Young n thuggin, sex party, mz. rell, mC trachiotomy, DJ planarious, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro -- Delfeayo marsalis & the Uptown Jazz orchestra, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat -- brett richardson, 4; orleans 6, 6; st. louis slim & the frenchmen street Jug band, 10 St. Roch Tavern -- JD Hill & the Jammers, 7:30 meschiya lake & tom mcDermott, 8 Chickie Wah Wah -- GREEN ROOM Music Club Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 JAN The Showcasing Local Music MON 1/16 TUE 1/17 WED 1/18 FRI 20 21 Bruiser's House of Surf + The Unnaturals Dirty Dozen Brass Band JAN JAN Rebirth Brass Band JAN Papa Grows Funk SAT Battle of the Bands FRI 27 Killahouse 28 Battle of the Bands 03 04 MON todd lemoine SAT FRI FRI 1/20 SAT 1/21 SUN SUN 1/22 3/13 FEB THU 1/19 Johnny V, George Porter Jr & Special Guests The Trio featuring 101 Runners Papa Mali FEB Sheridan Road + Robert Fortune Band SAT Battle of the Bands FINALS W E E K LY S C H E D U L E TUE WED open mic THU ladies night Joe Krown Trio featuring Joe Krown & Walter Russell batiste Trio feat. Russell "Wolfman" Batiste & Walter Washington Wolfman Washington service industry free red beans night New Orleans Best Every Night! 8316 Oak Street � New Orleans 70118 www.themapleleafbar.com served on the patio Wed-Sat OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY � 2PM-2AM SATURDAY & SUNDAY � 5PM-2AM 521 East Boston Street � Covington, LA 70433 LATE NIGHT FOOD WeDneSDAY 18 12 Bar -- brass-a-Holics, 9 Banks Street Bar -- major bacon, 10 Blue Nile -- United postal FRIDAY 20 12 Bar -- trumpets not guns benefit feat. Hot 8, free agents, pinettes, to be Continued & baby boyz brass bands, 8 page 41 38 (504) 866-9359 985-892-2225 www.GreenRoomLive.net JANUARY AT THE JOY THEATER LITTLE RIVER BAND Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 AT 8PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 AT 8PM PERCY SLEDGE TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH AT 1-800-745-3000 OR AT THE BOX OFFICE. 1200 Canal Street � New Orleans, LA 70112 504.528.9569 � www.TheJoyTheater.com 40 MuSIC LISTINGS page 38 PrEVIEW AllWays Lounge -- Ghost Project, Enrique Ugalde, 10 PHOTO By STEVEN DEWALL Banks Street Bar -- Black Cat, Bills, Deadly Fists of Kung Fu, DJ Smut, 9 Blue Nile -- Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7; John Michael Bradford & the Vibe (upstairs), 10; Hot 8 Brass Band, 11 BMC -- El DeOrazio & Friends, 3; Soul Project, 6; Dana Abbot Band, 9; Lagniappe Brass Band, 12:30 a.m. Buffa's Lounge -- Ricardo Crespo & Sol Brazil, 8 Carrollton Station -- Vox & the Hound, King Rey, Sports & Leisure, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah -- Alexandra Scott & the Grapefruits, 5; Paul Sanchez, 8; Truckstop Honeymoon CD release, 10 Circle Bar -- Rik Slave & the Phantoms, O.L.D., Little Maker, 10 d.b.a. -- Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Kenny Brown, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar -- Joe Krown Trio, 10 Eiffel Society -- Royal Teeth, Prom Date, Mobley, 9 Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots -- Starlight Racing feat. Bucktown All-Stars, 7 Green Room -- Bruiser's House of Surf, Unnaturals, 10 Hermes Bar -- Panorama Jazz Band, 9:30 & 11 Hi-Ho Lounge -- Sparrowhawk, Brothers, 10 House of Blues -- Robert Fortune Band, xDefinition, Cathercist, 9 Howlin' Wolf -- LSUHSC Operation Smile Benefit Concert, 9 Irvin Mayfield's I Club -- Iguanas, 8 Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse -- Joe Krown, 5; Leon "Kid Chocolate" Brown, 8 Kerry Irish Pub -- Chip Wilson, 5; Foot & Friends, 9 Krazy Korner -- Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, 1 Le Bon Temps Roule -- Cindy Chen, 7 The Maison -- Those Peaches, 5; Kristina Morales, 7; Brass-A-Holics, 10; Kings of the Fauborg, midnight Maple Leaf Bar -- 101 Runners, 10 Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill -- Mary Flynn's Prohibition Jazz & Blues Band, 4; Big Al, 7; Fredy Omar con su Banda, 10:30 Oak -- Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes, 9 Old Point Bar -- Rick Trolsen, 5; Lil Red & Big Bad, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks -- New Grass Country Club, Ragbirds, Mississippi Rail Co., 9 21 JaN 10 p.m. Saturday Tipitina's 501 Napoleon Ave. 895-8477 www.tipitinas.com The Mountain Goats Because he lives and works in the 21st century, John Darnielle uses computers and the Internet to disseminate his ideas, and guitars and recording studios to set them to music. But they would have found a way out somehow, regardless of the devices or means available at another time. Had he been born in 1767 instead of 1967, the Mountain Goats singer/songwriter might have been a soapbox climber, a town crier, a sage seer. We know exactly what 20th-century tools he would use: a dinky boom box, a bag of scrawled-on cassette tapes and a chest-collapsing dichotomy of wonder and dread. With his solo project-turned-band and decade-old prose and poetry blog -- the incisive, outspoken Last Plane to Jakarta, a self-publishing house for erudite music criticism and elegant consecrations of the "gore-flecked, pitiless brutality" of Finnish heavy metal -- Darnielle lets his inner monologue go awry, a deluge of emotions gathered into a river of words, delivered in streamof-consciousness detail, the thrumming strum of guitars propelling a mind-racing narrator who yells through his nose about doomed Gulf Coast romances (Tallahassee) and redeemed Pacific Northwest methamphetamine circles (We Shall All Be Healed), in a high-wire voice hardwired into an electrical current. All Eternals Deck (Merge), Darnielle's seventh album since going into the studio in 2002, is a record of either battle-scarred peace or foreboding mortal war. More likely both. Nurses opens. Tickets $18. -- NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS TUES-SAT 3-6PM Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 HAPPY HOUR Kristin, DJ Suzy Q, DJ Bunny, 10 Republic New Orleans -- Throwback Friday feat. G-Eazy, Michael Franco, 11 Rivershack Tavern -- Refried Confuzion, 9:30 Rock 'N' Bowl -- Wise Guys, 9:30 Shamrock Bar -- No Idea, 9 Siberia -- DJ Johnathan Toubin Benefit feat. Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Microshards, MC Traciotomy's Ape of Spain, DJ Spotted Cat -- Brett Richardson, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; New Orleans Cotton Mouth Kings, 10 Tipitina's -- Gravity A, 10 OPEN AT 9AM FOR BRUNCH COME TRY OUR BLACKBERRY JALAPENO SMOKED RIBS Saturday 21 12 Bar -- April Dawn, 9:30 AllWays Lounge -- Why Are We Building Such a Big page 43 on gamedays 3701 IBERVILLE STREET � NOLA 70119 504.488.6582 � KATIESINMIDCITY.COM MON.11AM-3PM � TUES-THURS.11AM-9PM FRI-SAT.11AM-10PM � SUN BRUNCH. 9AM-3PM 41 GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING NEW ORLEANS ARENA Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 irViN MaYFieLd'S NOJO JaM LIVE JAZZ 7 NIGHTS A WEEk � 8PM MON-SAT � 7PM SUNDAYS FEATURING MUSIC BY BiLLY STraYHOrN Every Wednesday New Orleans' Premier Jazz Venue $15 Cover DOORS: 8PM, SHOW: 8:30PM Saturday, 21st at 8PM SUNDAY 7PM TYLER'S REVISITED FEATURING 22, 29 GERMAINE BAZZLE & PAUL LONGSTRETH MONDAY 8PM THE ORIGINAL TUXEDO JAZZ BAND 16, 23, 30 WITH SPECIAL GUEST GERALD FRENCH TUESDAY 17, 24 31 WEDNESDAY 18, 25 THURSDAY 19, 26 FRIDAY 20, 27 SATURDAY 21 28 8PM January 2012 NEW ORLEANS ARENA New Orleans Hornets ..................................................... Regular Season though April 19 Harlem Globetrotters ...................................................................... January 20 @ 7:00 PM Jeff Dunham ....................................................................................... January 26 @ 7:30 PM Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR/Cirque du Soleil.....February 15-16 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament ...................................................................... March 8-11 Red Hot Chili Peppers ....................................... RESCHEDULED October 4 @ 8:00 PM . 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April 14 @ 7:00 PM Essence Music Festival ............................................................................................... July 6-8 Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster Outlets, the New Orleans Arena Box Office, select Wal-Mart locations or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. MUSic LISTINGS page 41 DARTS � POOL � DARTS � POOL MON: FREE POOL 6-10pm Ship?, 10 Banks Street Bar -- Woggles, Sarah Quintana, 9 Blue Nile -- Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Crooked Culture (upstairs), 10; Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, 11 BMC -- Andre Bouvier, 3; Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Jazz Band, 6; Smoky Greenwell's Band, 9; Ashton & the Big Easy Brawlers Brass Band, midnight Bombay Club -- Matt Lemmler Quartet feat. Diane Landry, Peter Harris & Doug Belote, 9:30 Buffa's Lounge -- Royal Rounders, 8 Cafe Negril -- Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7 Carrollton Station -- N'awlins Johnnys, Mercy Brothers, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah -- Ruby James, 6; Gurf Morlix, 9 d.b.a. -- John Boutte, 7; Pine Leaf Boys, 11 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar -- Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, 10 Green Room -- Battle of the Bands, 10 Hermes Bar -- Mia Borders, 9:30 & 11 Hi-Ho Lounge -- DeBauche, 10 Howlin' Wolf (The Den) -- Habitat, Bantam Foxes, Gold & The Rush, 10 Irvin Mayfield's I Club -- Los Hombres Calientes feat. Irvin Mayfield & Bill Summers, Javier Gutierrez & Vivaz, 8 Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse -- Joe Krown Swing Band, 8; Lagniappe Brass Band, midnight Kerry Irish Pub -- Wheelhouse, 5; Lynn Drury Band, 9 Krazy Korner -- Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, 1 Legends Bar & Grill -- Wise Guys, 10 Louisiana Music Factory -- Daria Dzurik, 2; Kristina Morales, 3; H.G. Breland, 4 The Maison -- Ramblin' Letters, 5; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Rich Aucoin, Space Capone, 10; Jermaine Quiz (upstairs), 10 Maple Leaf Bar -- Papa Mali, 10 Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill -- Mumbles, 12:30; The Deluxe, 4; Eudora Evans & Deep Soul, 7:30; Soula Billy Swamp Boogie Band, 11 NOCCA Riverfront -- Fred Hersch, 8 Oak -- Jen Howard, 9 Old Point Bar -- Ian Cunningham, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks -- Rotary Downs, R. Scully's Rough 7, 11 Palm Court Jazz Cafe -- Lionel Ferbos & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7:30 Preservation Hall -- Preservation Hall Jazz Band feat. Mark Braud, 8 Rivershack Tavern -- Austin Sicard, 10 Rock 'N' Bowl -- Kermit Ruffins, 9:30 The Saloon -- Major Bacon, 8:30 Siberia -- Ghostwood, The Silent Game, I'm Fine, 6; Disciples of Thrash, The Void, Demonic Destruction, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro -- The Bridge Trio CD release, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat -- Ken Swartz Trio, 3; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, 10 Three Muses -- Bottoms Up Blues Gang, 6:30; Frenchmen Street Jug Band, 10 Tipitina's -- Mountain Goats, Nurses, 10 Tommy's Wine Bar -- Julio & Caesar, 10 Twist of Lime -- Ashes to Dust CD release feat. Rise Laveux, 10:30 Old Point Bar -- Brent Walsh Jazz Trio feat. Romy Kaye, 3:30 Preservation Hall -- St. Peter Street All-Stars feat. Lars Edegran, 8 The Saloon -- Major Bacon, 5 Siberia -- Fire Bug, Gangster Rainbow, Pancake, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro -- James Westfall & Wee Trio CD release, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat -- Rights of Swing, 3; Ben Polcer & the Grinders, 6; Pat Casey, 10; In & Out, 2 a.m. St. Charles Tavern -- Maryflynn's Prohibition Jazz & Blues, 10 a.m. Three Muses -- Harmonouche, 5:30; Monty Banks, 8 Tipitina's -- Sunday Youth Music Workshop feat. Johnny Vidacovich, Chris Severin & Tony Dagradi, 1; Cajun Fais Do Do feat. Bruce Daigrepont, 5:30 WED: Blues Jam Night 8-11pm THURS: Steak Night 6pm-till SAT: Karaoke - Starts at 9PM SUN: Happy Hour ALL DAY full bar � 10:30-til 738 Toulouse St. � 523-5530 HAPPY HOUR � MON-FRI � 3-7PM www.originaldungeon.com VISIT OUR WEBSITE More than just great food... 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Romy Kaye, 7 Rivershack Tavern -- Dave Jordan, 7 Siberia -- Magnetic Ear, Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet, 10 Spotted Cat -- Brett Richardson, 4; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; Jazz Vipers, 10 BOOK YOUR SUNDAY 22 AllWays Lounge -- Delicate Cutters, Tumbleweeds, 10 Banks Street Bar -- Chris Pickering, Elli Perry, 8 Blue Nile -- Mykia Jovan, 7; Mainline, 10 BMC -- Soula Billy Swamp Boogie Band, 3; Gypsy Elise & the Royal Blues, 6; Chapter: SOUL, 9 Bombay Club -- Matt Lemmler Duo feat. Diane Landry, 7:30 Chickie Wah Wah -- Golden Triangle Blues, 8 d.b.a. -- Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; Mardi Gras Indians practice feat. Big Chief Smiley Ricks, 10 Dragon's Den -- Joshua J., Chris Ryo, Unicorn Fukr, Mr. Cool Bad Guy, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge -- Skin 'N' Bones Gang, 6 House of Blues -- Led Zeppelin 2, 8 Howlin' Wolf (The Den) -- Hot 8 Brass Band, 9 Kerry Irish Pub -- Beth Patterson, 8 Krazy Korner -- Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, 1 Maple Leaf Bar -- Joe Krown Trio feat. Russell Batiste & Walter "Wolfman" Washington, 10 MARDI GRAS PRIVATE PARTY private dining areas corporate parties rehearsal dinners business meetings 6 FRIDAY � 1/20 � 9 pm sAtuRDAY � 1/21 � 10pm no Idea dj & danCe ConteStS EVERY SUNDAY � 8pm-2Am karaoke $12 alWaYS WIth SIdeS Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 Call Our Special Events Planner Gift Certificates Available mon-fri 9am-5pm 12oz CHoICe RIBeYe 504.581.1103 or 504.525.4790 tommysneworleans.com 4133 S. Carrollton ave ( @ T u l a n e ) 301-0938 S H a M R O C K Pa R T Y. C O M kirk holder fri., jan. 20th � 10pm NO COVER Bruce Davenport, Jr. clASSicAl/ coNcertS Trinity Episcopal Church -- 1329 Jackson Ave., 522-0276; www.trinitynola.com -- Tue: Organ & Labyrinth Organ Recital feat. 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Free admission. 7:30 p.m Monday, La Divina Gelateria, 621 St. Peter St., 302-2692; www.ladivinagelateria.com JACQUES TATI FILM SERIES -- the gallery screens films created by, starring and inspired by Jacques tati. email email@example.com for details. free admission. 8 p.m. Monday, Antenna Gallery, 3161 Burgundy St., 957-4255; www. press-street.com LONDON RIVER (NR) -- two parents come together to find their children after the 2005 london terrorist attacks. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members. 7:15 p.m. FridayMonday, Jan. 24 and Jan. 26, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www. zeitgeistinc.net PLAYER HATING: A LOVE STORY (NR) -- new orleans filmmaker maggie Hadleighwest's documentary follows a hip-hop artist and his friends in brooklyn's albany Housing projects. tickets $5 nofs members, $10 general admission. 6 p.m. Friday, Sunday, Jan. 27-28, Feb. 3-4, Feb. 10-11 and Feb. 25-26, Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave.; www. neworleanshealingcenter.org AMC Palace 10 (Hammond), (888) 262-4386; AMC Palace 12 (Clearview), (888) 262-4386; AMC Palace 16 (Westbank), (888) 262-4386; AMC Palace 20 (Elmwood), (888) 262-4386; Canal Place, 363-1117; Chalmette Movies, 304-9992; Entergy IMAX, 581IMAX; Grand (Slidell), (985) 641-1889; Hollywood 9 (Kenner), 464-0990; Hollywood 14 (Covington), (985) 893-3044; Kenner MegaDome, 468-7231; Prytania, 891-2787; Solomon Victory Theater, National World War II Museum, 527-6012 Complete listings: www.bestofneworleans.com Complete listings at www.bestofneworleans.Com Lauren LaBorde, Listings Editor email@example.com 504.483.3110 faX: 504.483.3116 Now ShowiNg CARNAGE (R) -- roman polanski directs the film about parents who argue over an altercation between their sons. 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AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (R) -- a portrait of marilyn monroe (michelle williams) at the peak of her fame. AMC Palace 20 SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG-13) -- robert Downey Jr. reprises the title role in the sequel, where the detective must try and stop a cunning criminal mastermind. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (PG-13) -- gary old- man stars in the adaptation of John le Carre's british spy novel. AMC Palace 20, Canal Place WAR HORSE (PG-13) -- steven spielberg adapts the award-winning stage play that follows a boy looking for his horse during world war i. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14 WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) -- matt Damon and scarlett Johansson play a family that moves into a dilapidated zoo and works to get it reopened. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 oPENiNg FRiDAY EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE (PG-13) -- tom Hanks and sandra bullock star in a story about a precocious boy who embarks on a journey through new York after his father dies on 9/11. RED TAILS (PG-13) -- bryan Cranston, terrence Howard and Cuba gooding Jr. star in the film about the tuskegee airmen, an all-black world war ii fighter pilot squad. UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (R) -- Kate beckinsale is a vampire warrior leading a war against humankind in the fourth installment of the fantasy series. Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 PRESENTED IN , AND SCREEN GEMS AND LAKESHORE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT A LAKESHORE ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH SKETCH FILMS "UNDERWORLD AWAKENING" STEPHEN REA MICHAEL EALY THEO JAMES INDIA EISLEY AND CHARLES DANCE MUSICBY PAUL HASLINGER EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DAVID KERN JAMES MCQUAIDE DAVID COATSWORTH ERIC REID SKIP WILLIAMSON HENRY WINTERSTERN PRODUCED BY TOM ROSENBERG GARY LUCCHESI LEN WISEMAN RICHARD WRIGHT STORY BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY KEVIN GREVIOUX AND LEN WISEMAN & DANNY MCBRIDE BY LEN WISEMAN & JOHN HLAVIN DIRECTED SCREENPLAY BY M�RLIND & STEIN BY LEN WISEMAN & JOHN HLAVIN AND J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI AND ALLISON BURNETT STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 SPEciAl ScREENiNgS COLOR ME OBSESSED: A FILM ABOUT THE REPLACEMENTS (NR)-- gorman bechard's documentary of the punk rock pioneers. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members. 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES 44 FILM LIStINGS REVIEW Shame Sex addiction isn't exactly the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Experts claim that more than 20 million Americans suffer from it, but that doesn't mean anyone's hoping to see the topic explored at the local multiplex. then there's the problem of depicting it credibly on film. None of that stopped artist-turned-filmmaker Steve McQueen from mounting the relentless and remarkably explicit Shame. the NC-17 rating may keep the faint of heart at a safe distance, but even jaded viewers may find themselves unprepared for the film's raw nerves. Anyone seeking cheap thrills would be wise to look somewhere else. Shame is a brutally honest character study with a whole lot of troubles on its dark and worried mind. Actor-of-the-moment Michael Fassbender (who was introduced to the world via McQueen's previous narrative film, 2008's Hunger) stars as Brandon, a successful New Yorker whose constant barrage of sexual conquests masks his inability to connect with anyone in a meaningful way. Brandon's world starts to unravel when his sister Cissy (Carey Mulligan) arrives at his apartment for an unexpected stay. Open and vulnerable, Cissy is Brandon's equally damaged opposite. Fassbender has already won more than a dozen best actor awards for his work in Shame, but Mulligan's presence is just as strong as she brings crucial heart and soul to the film. Until recently, writer-director McQueen only made the kind of short films that are projected onto walls at major museums as fine art. In 1999, he won the turner Prize, which each year honors an innovative British artist under 50. that talent and sense of purpose are on display in Shame. Key scenes consist mostly of a single long, unbroken shot using a Rated NC-17 Directed by Steve McQueen Starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan Wide release static camera and no edits. While some directors use this technique to showcase elaborately choreographed set pieces, McQueen intends to give his film the rhythm and pace of real life, and it works. Shame just doesn't let up. It may be an art film, but it never feels arty. Londoner McQueen had spent little time in New York before deciding to set Shame there, and he captures something of the city's current essence through the fresh eye of an outsider. With its high-rise fishbowl apartments, curtain-free and seemingly built for voyeurs and exhibitionists, modern-day New York provides the ideal setting for the story. Its immediacy, and its constant focus on the here and now, fit Brandon and Cissy like a glove. We never find out what early trauma caused their broken states, but that's part of the point. they struggle mightily to keep the past at bay, where it can cause no further harm. Both McQueen and Fassbender have acknowledged the potential for longterm director-actor collaboration in the manner of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, and the parallels, so far, are striking. that pair's second film together was Taxi Driver, another unflinching tale of an obsessed man engulfed by New York City. time will tell, of course, whether McQueen and Fassbender are destined for anything approaching that sort of greatness. But Shame is just good enough to make you wonder if they are. -- KEN KORMAN Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 TEAK S MB BO THE D AVA ELIVE IL A RY BLE ! STEAK PHYLLIS WALLO, M.D. PRACTICE OF PSYCHIATRY EVALUATION MEDICATION THERAPY R S ODNES W/GO NCH TENDE E ON FR AD. BRE Adults and Adolescents 504.444.5640 7329 FRERET � 861-7890 (1 block off Broadway) Now Accepting NOLA Bucks! 7611 MAPLE STREET NEW ORLEANS 45 lISTINGS Works by Carlos Estevez and Key-Sook Geum aRt REVIEW feb. 18. COMPlETE lISTINGS AT WWW.BESTOfNEWORlEANS.COM Lauren LaBorde, Listings Editor email@example.com 504.483.3110 fAX: 504.483.3116 aRt EVENtS PROSPECT.2. Dan Cameron's art biennial features works by more than 26 local, national and international artists on display in traditional and alternative venues. Visit www.prospectneworleans. org for details. Through Jan. 29. 569-2700; www.3rcp.com -- "Taint Modern," a mixed-media exhibition by Critique Group, through Jan. 28. opENINgS OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org -- "The Created World of Enrique Alferez," sculpture and works on paper by the artist, through April 2; "The Past Still Present," photographs by David Halliday; "The Shape of louisiana Commenting on the Shape of louisiana," assemblages by Jimmy Descant; both through April 8. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. SOUTHEASTERN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE. Jones Hall, Tulane University, 6801 Freret St., 865-5699; seaa.tulane. edu -- "following Wright," an exhibit highlighting frank lloyd Wright's influence with drawings by architects Edward Sporl, Albert C. ledner, Philip Roach Jr. and leonard Reese Spangenberg, through Dec. 7. Opening Tuesday. A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY. 241 Chartres St., 568-1313; www.agallery.com -- "Trees of life," photographs by Joyce Tenneson, through March 1. Photogravures by Josephine Sacabo, through March 31. ACADEMY GALLERY. 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- SelfPortrait Invitational, through March 24. ANTENNA GALLERY. 3161 Burgundy St., 957-4255; www. press-street.com -- "Everything All at Once," a group exhibition of gallery members curated by James W. Goedert, through feb. 5. ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., 524-3233 -- "True Blue," photographs by Gary Perez; jewelry by Bonnie Miller; works by Pamela Marquis; all through Jan. 30. ART HOUSE ON THE LEVEE. 4725 Dauphine St., 247-8894 -- "Art By Committee," an interactive exhibit by Robert Tannen for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY. 432 Julia St., 522-1999; www. arthurrogergallery.com -- "Aspects of a New Kind of Realism," a group exhibition curated by Michael Klein; "Shifting States," paintings and drawings by luis Cruz Azaceta; both through gallERIES 3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY. 1638 Clio St., Artists are inspired by perception, but perceptions are open to interpretation. The human form first appeared as stick figures in caves before becomApophenia: Paintings by THRu ing idealized by the classical Carlos Estevez JaN Greeks. Now Havana-born Miami Taylor Bercier fine Art artist Carlos Estevez reduces them to schematics once again 233 Chartres St. in works that recall 19th century 527-0072 paper dolls or the mechanical automata of visionary Victorian www.taylorbercier.com inventors. But who controls them? In Lucid Dreaming (pictured) a Moving in Colors: Sculpheadless figure sits astride a THRu strange mechanism that's part ture by Key-Sook Geum JaN bicycle, part beast. With the Gallery Bienvenu figure's head atop the machine's 518 Julia St., 525-0518 serpentine neck, propellers and gears convey it toward destinations www.gallerybienvenu.com unknown. In Secret Learning, a headless ballerina does a jig as her head, suspended by pulleys, stares back at us from a pedestal on the floor. In Apophenia, a schematic mystic meditates in a half-lotus posture; he alone appears conscious of his condition, yet it's not clear whether he can do anything about it. Despite all the existential speculation, the prolific Estevez's real gift is for creating a fully formed parallel world that comments on our own. Archaic yet futuristic, his figures suggest we are the automata, the mechanical beings whose condition they mimic with such bizarre elegance. Korean artist Key-Sook Geum's sculptures are no less figurative, but the figures themselves are absent. Instead we see empty evening dresses floating in space like charismatic specters making grand entrances at invisible cocktail parties. Their intricate wire mesh filigrees outline the curves of high fashion movie starlets, yet they actually contain empty space and subtle energy, or chi. In this they are the reverse of Denyce Celentano's rather fleshy painted nudes at Cole Pratt, which grapple passionately with each other and their own imperfections as they embody a chaos of the senses. Geum's wiry lace concoctions are more like a haute couture of the spirit, if such a thing is possible. Geum suggests, at least obliquely, that it is. -- D. ERIC BOOKHARDT BARRISTER'S GALLERY. 2331 St. Claude Ave., 525-2767; www. barristersgallery.com -- "Thought and Thoughtlessness," drawings and sculpture by Gary Oaks, through feb. 4. BYRDIE'S GALLERY. 2422-A St. Claude Ave., www.byrdiesgallery.com -- "It's Complicated," interactive and performance art by Minka Stoyanova, through feb. 9. COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789; www. coleprattgallery.com -- "Body, Remember," oil paintings by Denyce Celentano, through Jan. 28. COLLINS C. DIBOLL ART GALLERY. Loyola University, Monroe Library, 6363 St. Charles Ave., fourth oor, 861-5456 -- Mixed fl media by Avish Khebrehzadeh, through Jan. 29. COUP D'OEIL ART CONSORTIUM. 2033 Magazine St., 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com -- "The Whelming Part II," paintings by Blaine Capone, through feb. 18. D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 5243936 -- "The Bull and the Dream," gurative stone and wood sculpfi tures by Thomas Glover W. and Marianne lerbs, through feb. 3. DU MOIS GALLERY. 4921 Freret St., 818-6032 -- "The Waking," a group show featuring Nanci Charpentier, lisette Copping, Candy Depew, Mandy Rogers Horton and lisa Tahir, through March 3. THE FRONT. 4100 St. Claude Ave.; www.nolafront.org -- Works by Rachel Jones, Rachel Avena Brown, Stephanie Patton, Dave Greber and Andrea ferguson, through feb. 5. GALLERY BIENVENU. 518 Julia St., 525-0518; www.gallerybienvenu.com -- "Moving in Colors," sculpture by Key-Sook Geum, through Jan. 26. 31 26 Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 Federal tax credits and EntergySmart Rebates available 47 THE GARDEN DISTRICT GALLERY. 1332 Washington Ave., 891-3032; www. gardendistrictgallery.com -- A group exhibition featuring Kim Bernadas, Jacques Soulas, Jean Cassels and others, through Jan. 29. HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY. 440 Julia St., 525-7300; www.heriardcimino. com -- "Elemental," paintings by Regina Scully; "Minor Keys," wall sculptures by Martin Payton; both through Feb. 19. HOMESPACE GALLERY. 1128 St. Roch Ave., (917) 584-9867 -- "RAW," a group exhibition curated by Luis Cruz Azaceta and Sharon Jacques, through Feb. 5. ISAAC DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY. Delgado Community College, Isaac Delgado Hall, third oor, 615 City fl Park Ave., 361-6620 -- "Below Sea Level," a panoramic video installation by Pawel Wojtasik for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. JAZZ & HERITAGE GALLERY. 1205 N. Rampart St., 558-6100; www.jazzandheritage.org -- Works by Sarah Allen Freeman, through March 1. JEAN BRAGG GALLERY OF SOUTHERN ART. 600 Julia St., 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com -- "The Painter on An Extended Voyage," paintings by Bernard Beneito, through Jan. 29. Paintings by Adam Hall, through January. JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY. 400A Julia St., 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com -- "P.2 Projects," a group exhibition curated in conjunction with Prospect.2, through Jan. 21. LEMIEUX GALLERIES. 332 Julia St., 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com -- "Mann's Mind," works by Thomas Mann; "American Ghosts," works by Olivia Hill, through Feb. 25. Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 MARTINE CHAISSON GALLERY. 727 Camp St., 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com -- "Stamina in the Dream House," oil paintings and sculpture by Elizabeth Fox, through Jan. 28. NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO. 727 Magazine St., 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks.com -- "The Winter Trifecta," painting on glass by Aziz Diagne, photographs by Scott Schexnaydre and wood sculpture by Jon Krueger, through January. NEW ORLEANS HEALING CENTER. 2372 St. Claude Ave., 948-9961; www. neworleanshealingcenter.org -- Works by Keith Duncan for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. NEW ORLEANS PHOTO ALLIANCE. 1111 St. Mary St., 610-4899; www. neworleansphotoalliance.blogspot.com -- "Silenced Suffering: The Comfort Women Project," photographs by Jungeun Lee for PhotoNOLA, through Jan. 29. NEWCOMB ART GALLERY. Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, 8655328; www.newcombartgallery.tulane. edu -- Works by Nick Cave and Joyce J. Scott for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. 4 drawer chest $99 traditional � contemporar y � vintage office chair WE BUY AND SELL $19 24 in. wide, single door wardrobe Mardi Gras Chocolates Chocolate Doubloons Ball Favors Party Tray Mid Century Modern furniture $79 48 C/F Liquidators Canal Furniture next to the post office at 501 North Jeff Davis in Mid City 504-482-6851 | Mon-Sat:10am-5pm � � � � home office restaurant hotel OCTAVIA ART GALLERY. 4532 Magazine St., 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com -- Tulane graduate student exhibition, through Jan. 28. 5707 Magazine St. � 504.269.5707 www.BlueFrogChocolates.com PRESERVATION RESOURCE CENTER. 923 Tchoupitoulas St., 581-7032; www.prcno.org -- "Penn Station: A Distant View," largescale photographs by Becca Fitzpatrick in conjunction with Prospect.2 satellites, through January. Visit www.gicdt.org for details. museums 1850 HOUSE. 523 St. Ann St., 568-6968 -- Works by Sophie Calle for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER. 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www.cacno.org -- "NOLA Now Part I: Swagger for a Lost Magnificence"; Prospect.2 show featuring Jonas Dahlberg, George Dunbar, Karl Haendel and others; both through Jan. 29. "As We See It: Youth Vision Quilt," studentcreated quilt with more than 400 patches, ongoing. GEORGE & LEAH MCKENNA MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART. 2003 Carondelet St., 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com -- "African Wisdom in Image and Proverb," photographs by Betty Press for PhotoNOLA; "Becoming Home," photographs by Mariana Sheppard and Nakeya Brown for PhotoNOLA; both through Jan. 21. HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION. 533 Royal St., 523-4662; www.hnoc.org -- "The 18th Star: Treasures From 200 Years of Louisiana Statehood"; "Goddess Fortuna and Her Dunces in an Effort to Make Sense of it All," outdoor installation by Dawn Dedeaux for Prospect.2; both through Jan. 29. LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS. 7 Bamboo Road, 488-5488; www. longuevue.com -- "Audubon's Absence," ecological artworks by Brandon Ballengee, through January. LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM PRESBYTERE. 751 Chartres St., 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us -- "The Louisiana Plantation Photos of Robert Tebbs," 60 gelatin silver prints by the architecture photographer, through November. "Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond"; "It's Carnival Time in Louisiana," Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items. LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT MUSEUM. Louisiana Supreme Court, 400 Royal St., 310-2149; www.lasc.org -- The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society sponsors the museum's exhibitions of the people and institutions that have contributed to the development of Louisiana law for 300 years. MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN COCKTAIL. 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www.museumoftheam- ericancocktail.org -- "Absinthe Visions," photographs by Damian Hevia, ongoing. PROSPECT NEW ORLEANS VISITOR CENTER. 1036 Esplanade Ave., 7566438; www.prospectneworleans.org -- Prospect.2 Student Biennial, a group show featuring works by New Orleans students, through Jan. 29. REYNOLDS-RYAN ART GALLERY. Isidore Newman School, 5333 Danneel St., 896-6369; www.newmanschool.org -- "Southern Writers and Other Assorted Images," photographs by David G. Spielman, through Feb. 16. SCOTT EDWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY. 2109 Decatur St., 610-0581 -- Photographs by Barry Kaiser, through Feb. 4. SIBLEY GALLERY. 3427 Magazine St., 899-8182 -- "Magazine Street of Dreams," paintings by Hayley Gaberlavage and Robert Post, through Feb. 29. SOREN CHRISTENSEN GALLERY. 400 Julia St., 569-9501; www.sorengallery. com -- "Wall-Paper," a group exhibition of works on paper; "Home & Away," photographs by Jack Kotz, through January. ST. TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyart. org -- "Paper & Stone," works by Ed Whiteman and Michael Eddy, through Jan. 28. STAPLE GOODS. 1340 St. Roch Ave., 908-7331; www. postmedium.org/staplegoods -- "Arm's Breadth," sculptural ceramics by William DePauw, through Feb. 5. T-LOT. 1940 St. Claude Ave., (865) 567-9766; www.t-lot. tumblr.com -- "Parallel Play," a group exhibition featuring works on paper, architectural installations, sculpture and performance, through January. UNO-ST. CLAUDE GALLERY. 2429 St. Claude Ave. -- Works by Ivan Navarro for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. UPTOWN POPUP ART GALLERY. 7835 Maple St. -- "The New South: A Post-Katrina Reimagining of the Confederate Battle Flag," works by Anne Ashley, through Feb. 8. NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM. 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org -- "Infamy: December 1941," oral histories, artifacts and images focusing on the attack on Pearl Harbor, through Feb. 19. NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 566-1136; www.noaam.com -- Works by Lorraine O'Grady for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www. noma.org -- "NOMA 100: Gifts for the Second Century," an exhibition with works by Anish Kapoor, Keith Sonnier, Matthew Barney, Jasper Johns, Sol LeWitt, Kathe Kollwitz and Gabrielle Munter, through Jan. 22. Works by Bruce Davenport Jr., Nicole Eisenman and Jennifer Steinkamp for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. "Light to Dark/Dark to Light," paintings by Wayne Gonzales, through Feb. 26. OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org -- Works by Ashton Ramsay for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. "Ersy: Architect of Dreams"; "Oyeme Con Los Ojos," photographs by Josephine Sacabo; both through Feb. 26. OLD U.S. MINT. 400 Esplanade Ave., 568-6990; lsm.crt.state.la.us/site/mintex. htm -- Works by William Eggleston, An-My Le and Ragnar Kjartansson for Prospect.2, through Jan. 29. SOUTHERN FOOD & BEVERAGE MUSEUM. Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 5690405; www.southernfood. org -- "Acadian to Cajun: Forced Migration to Commercialization," a multimedia exhibit; "Laissez Faire -- Savoir Fare," the cuisine of Louisiana and New Orleans; "Eating in the White House -- America's Food"; "Tout de Sweet," an exhibit exploring all aspects of the sugar industry in the South; "Barbecue Nation"; all ongoing. WILLIAMS RESEARCH CENTER. Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., 523-4662; www. hnoc.org -- "In Katrina's Wake: Restoring a Sense of Place," photographs by Stephen Wilkes for PhotoNOLA, through March 3. For complete listings, visit www.bestofneworleans.com. Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 DOGGIE DAYCARE, BOARDING, GROOMING & MORE MONDAY � FRIDAY 6-8 SATURDAY & SUNDAY 7-7 4920 TCHOUPITOULAS ST. 218-4098 DOGGIE DAYCARE & GROOMING MONDAY � FRIDAY 6:30-7:30 617 S. CLAIBORNE AVE. 304-3844 NOW OPEN W W W.CA N I N ECO NNECTI O NNO L A.CO M Canine Connection's Paws on Parade Bead Dog. With a $50 donation to the LA/SPCA, a puzzle piece will be reserved for you and your dog's name will be permanently inscribed on the Bead Dog. The Bead Dog will be then be proudly displayed at Canine Connection, 4920 Tchoupitoulas St. Get Your Dog Connected Piece by Piece, Paw by Paw with call for artists A NEW LANDSCAPE. Artists are sought for the April juried exhibition in Grand Isle. Submissions deadline is Feb. 1. 49 STAGE listings REVIEW Mardi Gras Ballgowns arriving daily Complete listings at www.bestofneworleans.Com Exclusive Resale Boutique 8204 Oak Street 861-0159 Mon-Sat � 10-6 Lauren LaBorde, Listings Editor email@example.com 504.483.3110 faX: 504.483.3116 ThEATER A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www. theallwayslounge.com -- the nola project stages martin mcdonagh's drama about a man who has been searching for his severed left hand for 27 years. Visit www.nolaproject.com for reservations. tickets $18 general admission, $14 students. 8 p.m. thursdaysunday. DAISY BATES: FIRST LADY OF LITTLE ROCK. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070; www. ashecac.org -- sharon laCruise directs the play about the civil rights activist known for her role in the 1957 integration crisis in little rock, ark. free admission. 6 p.m. friday. GREATER TUNA. Cutting Edge Theater at Attractions Salon, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 290-0760; www.cuttingedgeproductions.org -- derrick mittelstaedt and Jeff mallon portray the eclectic residents of the ctional town fi of tuna, texas in Jaston williams, Joe sears and ed howard's satire of rural america. tickets $18.50. 8 p.m. friday. NUNSET BOULEVARD. Teatro Wego, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego, 8852000; www.jpas.org -- the sisters from dan goggin's nunsense series are invited to perform at the hollywood bowl, where they try to impress a famous movie producer. tickets $30 general admission, $27 seniors and military, $20 students, $15 children. 7:30 p.m. friday-saturday, 2 p.m. sunday. THE RAT PACK NOW. Stage Door Canteen at The National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org -- the tribute show seeks to recapture the music, style and comedy of frank sinatra, dean martin and sammy davis Jr. 8 p.m. friday-saturday, 11 a.m. sunday. Gemma and Jack Gemma and Jack (presented at southern rep's new play bacchanal) was a story told by seven authors. the playwrights brainstormed outlines for a male and a female character, then each wrote a 10-minute segment dealing with their relationship. the result was somewhat postmodern: the narrative build toward a climax was dissipated, and it was not always clear how the episodes fit together. at times, it seemed like a mosaic that had been broken and reassembled in a random fashion. but the element of surprise was part of the fun. in the first episode (by brian sands), the unacquainted gemma (Kerry Cahill) and Jack (garrett prejean) are trapped in a stalled elevator. as the hours crawl by, their nerves grow more and more on edge. they finally attempt to dislodge the elevator by jumping up and down on the floor, and this burst of energy is more effective than repartee in bringing them together. they fall into each others' arms and kiss. there was hardly any set and few props, but under the nuanced direction of aimee hayes, the actors brought the somewhat amorphous characters to fascinating life. the story spans 1984 to 2011 in a series of scenes separated by blackouts. most of the gemma-and-Jack romance was sketched by madison Curry, amanda Zirkenbach, Cahill, Jon broder, bradley troll and pat bourgeois. the program included some of the protagonists' biographical and psychological background, and bits and pieces turned up at odd moments, often to comic effect. gemma, for instance, got into a bar fight, was jailed and, while in the slammer, got a tattoo from a prostitute. the play focuses most on the lovers' separations and reunions, and there is a strong sense that they are fated to be together. in the last segment (by paul werner), we see what seems a final stable union. while doing yoga together after their most recent reconciliation, Jack has a premonition. he senses gemma is pregnant. Convention dictates that tragedies end in funerals and comedies end in weddings, so there is nothing left to do but kiss and vow to tie the knot. Gemma and Jack was a highlight of the new play bacchanal, an annual festival of original work with many staged readings. the event is an exciting addition to the local theater scene. -- dalt wonK details. 4:30 p.m. friday. photo by ride hamilton RICKY GRAHAM & FRIENDS. Fuhrmann Auditorium, 317 N. Jefferson St., Covington, 892-2624 -- graham, along with usual cohorts yvette hargis, matthew mickal, mandy Zirkenbach and musical director Jefferson turner, perform in the satirical revue. Call 264-1206 or visit www.therickygrahamshow. blogspot.com for reservations. tickets $25. 8 p.m. saturday. SPRING AWAKENING. Southern Rep Theater, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third oor, 522fl 6545; www.southernrep. com -- theatre 13 presents steven sater and duncan sheik's tony-winning rock musical concerning a group of 19th century german teenagers dealing with their nascent sexuality. tickets $20 preview performance (Jan. 12), $30 general admission. 8 p.m. thursdaysaturday, 3 p.m. sunday, through Jan. 29. TINY ALICE. Mid-City Theater, 3540 Toulouse St., 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com -- george patterson directs silk dress productions' performance of edward albee's psychospiritual mystery about an enigmatic church benefactress. tickets $15 thursday, $22 friday-saturday. 8 p.m. thursday-saturday through Jan. 28. MEXICAN & CUBAN FOOD Best Fajitas in Town! PUERCO FRITO - $10.50 ROPA VIEJA - $8.15 COUNTRY FLAME Come Have Lunch With Me! 620 IBERVILLE STREET � 522.1138 OPEN EVERYDAY `TIL 8:30PM bar & grill experience the mediterranean Attiki BELLY DANCER Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 Every Fri & Sat Night HAPPY HOUR FOOD SERVED TIL 1AM M-F 3-6pm Daily Martini Specials 230 DECATUR 11AM-4AM DAILY 504-587-3756 www.attikineworleans.com AuDITIONS CRESCENT CITY SOUND CHORUS. Delgado Community College, City Park campus; www.dcc.edu -- the women's chorus holds weekly auditions for new members. Call 453-0858 or visit www.crescentcitysound.com. 7 p.m. monday. MUSIC MAN JR. Fuhrmann Auditorium, 317 N. Jefferson St., Covington, 892-2624 -- performers ages 6-18 are sought for the march production of the musical. email email@example.com for BuRlESquE & CABARET Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., 553-2270; www.sonesta. com -- trixie minx stars in a show featuring the music of leon "Kid Chocolate" brown. Call 553-2331 for details. 11:50 p.m. friday. SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET. Giacobbe Academy of Dance, 6925 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 889-0940 -- the school holds auditions for its June 25-July 28 course in new york City. intermediate and advanced ballet students who will be ages 12-18 as of July 31 are eligible. Call (212) 769-6600 or visit www.sab.org/summercourse. application fee is $25 in advance online and $35 the day of the audition. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. saturday. SYMPHONY CHORUS OF NEW ORLEANS. the principal chorus of the louisiana philharmonic orchestra holds auditions for new singers. auditions are by appointment only. Call 5252111 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for details. auditions are 6 p.m. tuesday and Jan. 24 at the loyola University College of music (6363 st. Charles ave.) and 10 a.m. saturday at delgado Community College's City park Campus (building 1, 615 City park ave.). 51 The best kept secret in New Orleans EVENT listings WEdNEsday 18 ACLU BENEFIT. The Green Goddess, 708 Exchange Alley, 301-3347; www. greengoddessnola.com -- the restaurant hosts a fundraiser for the american Civil liberties Union foundation of louisiana that features wine, beer, cocktails and light snacks. admission $30. email sgelfand@ laaclu.org or visit www. laaclu.org for details. 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. THE ARAB SPRING: PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY. Vacherie, 827 1/2 Toulouse St., 207-4532; www.vacherierestaurant. com -- the world affairs Council of new orleans, national Democratic institute and the international republican institute present the lecture and discussion. Call 280-5591 or email programs@wacno. org for details. admission $35 (includes dinner). 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. BECOMING A WOMAN. East Jefferson General Hospital, Conference Center, 454-4000; www.ejgh.org -- girls ages 9-12 learn about the changes that come with adolescence. Call 4565000 for details. admission $20. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. COVINGTON FARMERS MARKET. Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 -- the market offers fresh locally produced foods every week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. saturday. FRENCH MARKET FARMERS MARKET. French Market, French Market Place, between Decatur and N. Peters streets, 522-2621; www.frenchmarket.org -- the weekly market offers seasonal produce, seafood, prepared foods, smoothies and more. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP. East Jefferson General Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 454-4000; www. ejgh.org -- the american Cancer society sponsors a group for people who have experienced the death of a loved one. Call 456-5000 for details. 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. HOPE FOR HAITIAN CHILDREN FUNDRAISER. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave.; www. neworleanshealingcenter. org -- the event benefiting Haitian orphans features an exhibit and sale of Haitian art, a raffle and music by the noCCa Jazz Combo, red Hot brass band, Jean montes and molto. email email@example.com for details. admission $15 suggested donation. patron party 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., general admission 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. LUNCHBOX LECTURE. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org -- the semi-monthly lecture series focuses on an array of world war ii-related topics. Call 528-1944 ext. 229 for details. noon. NONPAC MEETING. Seventh District Station, 10555 Lake Forest Blvd. -- the new orleans neighborhood policing anti-Crime Council holds its monthly meeting. 7 p.m. WESTWEGO FARMERS & FISHERIES MARKET. 484 Sala Ave., Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego -- the market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art and more, with live music and pony rides. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. wednesday and saturday. WOMEN & WINE ON WEDNESDAY. Santa Fe Restaurant, 3201 Esplanade Avenue, 948-0077; www. santafenola.com -- the women's networking and social event features wine specials. Visit www.womenwinewednesday.com for details. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. reservations are requested. email amueller@ thelensnola.org for details. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. SISTAHS MAKING A CHANGE. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 5699070; www.ashecac.org -- the group offers lessons in african dance and more, along with nutrition, health and wellness seminars. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. thursday and monday. THIRD THURSDAYS LECTURE SERIES. Louisiana State Museum Presbytere, 751 Chartres St., 5686968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us -- liz skilton presents "gender, Hurricanes and popular Culture" in conjunction with the museum's Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond exhibit. free admission. 6 p.m. WORKPLACE WELLNESS LUNCHEON. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 5699070; www.ashecac.org -- Dr. timothy s. Harlan, aka television personality Dr. gourmet, discusses healthy eating. reservations are recommended. free admission. noon to 1:30 p.m. Plant sales & rentals 1135 PRESS ST. @ NEW ORLEANS 2900 ST. CLAUDE Complete listings at www.bestofneworleans.Com (504) 947-7554 Lauren LaBorde, Listings Editor email@example.com 504.483.3110 faX: 504.483.3116 family TuEsday 17 SPRAY-FOAM & BLOW-IN INSULATION EVENTs TuEsday 17 CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St. -- the weekly market features fresh produce, kettle corn, green plate specials and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE. TulaneLakeside Hospital, 4700 South I-10 Service Road West, Metairie -- the peer support group meets the first and third tuesdays of every month. Visit www. dbsaneworleans.org for details. 7:30 p.m. HIDDEN TREASURES: CARNIVAL EDITION. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo Collections Facility, 1000 Chartres St., 568-6968; lsm.crt.state. la.us -- the friends of the Cabildo host a behindthe-scenes tour of the louisiana state museum's Carnival collection. reservations are required. Call 523-3939 for details. admission $10 foC members, $15 nonmembers. 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. tuesday and thursday. MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEK FOR PEACE. Xavier, tulane, loyola and Dillard Universities host the week of events that includes a lecture by author and educator steve perry, an interfaith service, a community service day and more. Visit www.xula. edu for the full schedule and other details. tuesday-friday. OCHSNER HELLO HEALTH SEMINAR. Chateau Golf and Country Club, 3600 Chateau Blvd., Kenner, 467-1351; www. chateaugc.com -- surgeon eric Heinberg discusses hernias. Call (866) 6247637 for details. admission $15. noon. COLD HOME? FREE ESTIMATES $4,000 Incentives A New Orleans, LA Co. *credit cards accepted 504-255-5165 museum hosts special tuesday and thursday activities for children ages 3-under and their parents or caregivers. admission $8, free for members. 10:30 a.m. TODDLER TIME. Louisiana Children's Museum, 420 Julia St., 523-1357; www.lcm.org -- the Thursday 19 ART ACTIVITIES DURING AFTER HOURS. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org -- the ogden offers art activities for kids during its weekly after Hours concerts. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. friday 20 FUNDRAISING FRIDAY FISH FRY. Resurrection After Exoneration Building, 1212 St. Bernard Ave., 9431902; www.r-a-e.org -- resurrection after exoneration hosts fish fries on the third friday of the month to raise money for its community center and housing for exonerates. Call 302-1940 or email voi_booking@r-a-e. org for details. admission $7. 11 a.m. LAKEVIEW SHEPARD CENTER GOLDEN COMMUNITY LUNCHEON. Community Church, 6690 Fleur de Lis Drive, 483-2918; www.communitychurchuu.org -- arthur Johnson and the Chosen few perform at the seniors luncheon. Visit www.lakeviewshepherdcenternola.org for details. admission $5. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. MARKETPLACE AT ARMSTRONG PARK. Armstrong Park, N. Rampart and St. Ann streets -- the weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, louisiana seafood, natural products, art, crafts and entertainment. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. fridays. STARLIGHT RACING. Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., 943-1415; www.fairgroundpage 54 Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 Thursday 19 EPILEPSY & SEIZURE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP. East Jefferson General Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 454-4000; www.ejgh.org -- the epilepsy foundation of louisiana holds a monthly support group for adults who have or are impacted by epilepsy or seizure disorders. the group meets in the foundation board room. Call (800) 960-0587 or email kelly@ epilepsylouisiana.org for details. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. FRESH MARKET. Circle Food Store, 1522 St. Bernard Ave. -- the Downtown neighborhood market Consortium market features fresh produce, dairy, seafood, baked goods and more. ebt and wiC accepted. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. THE LENS' SECOND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. Fox 8 Studios, 1025 S. Jefferson Davis Pkwy. -- the online investigative news outlet celebrates its second anniversary with food and refreshments. saTurday 21 EXPANDING HORIZONS NATURE PROGRAM. Jean Lafitte National Park, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, 589-3882; www. nps.gov/jela -- Children DENTAL CLEANING SPECIAL $ 89 (reg. $132) * includes comprehensive exam (#0150), x-rays (#274), cleaning (#1110) or panorex (#330) *NEW PATIENTS ONLY -- EXPIRES 01/29/12 DR. GLENN SCHMIDT DR. STEPHEN DELAHOUSSAYE FAMILY DENTISTRY Call For An Appointment Now available at 2 locations! UPTOWN KENNER 52 8025 Maple St. @ Carrollton � 861-9044 www.uptownsmiles.com 1942 Williams Blvd., Suite 8 � 469-9648 www.kennersmiles.com December 1941 exhibit and then participate in a discussion and hands-on activity. pre-registration is required. Call 528-1944 ext. 229 or email lauren. firstname.lastname@example.com for details. free with museum admission. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 6-12 can learn about trees through crafts, trail walks and hands-on science activities. preregistration is required. Call 689-3690 ext. 25 for details. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. YOUNG HISTORIANS TOUR. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org -- Children ages 8-12 tour the museum's Infamy: eVent LISTINGS page 52 sracecourse.com -- The Fair Grounds hosts a nighttime racing event with live music, DJs and cuisine from local food trucks. General admission is $5; clubhouse and beer garden admission is an additional $5. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE Y'ART. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 6584100; www.noma.org -- The museum's weekly event features music, performances, film screenings, family-friendly activities and more. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays. -- The market features a wide range of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon. GRETNA FARMERS MARKET. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, 362-8661 -- The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP FOR CHILDREN & TEENS. Grief Resource Center, 1221 S. Clearview Pkwy., fourth floor, 723-3628 -- Facilitated by licensed counselors and therapists, the Akula Foundation Grief Resource Center's group is open to any family that has experienced a death or other significant loss. Space is limited; pre-registration is required. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. children ages 5-12; 11 a.m. to noon teenagers. Third and First Saturday of every month. LOWER 9TH WARD COMMUNITY WELLNESS EXTRAVAGANZA. All Souls Episcopal Church, St. Claude and Caffin avenues -- The event features a maternal health fair, free smoke detectors and energy efficient light bulbs, healthy cooking demonstrations, health screenings and more. Email skhudson@nola. gov for details. 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. MADISONVILLE ART MARKET. Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River Front at Water St., Madisonville, (985) 8714918; www.artformadisonville. org -- The monthly market features fine art from local artists including paintings, mixed media, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK KICK-OFF EVENT. UNO Lakefront Arena, 6801 Franklin Ave., 280-7171; www.arena.uno. edu -- The kick-off for the week promoting better education options for children features guest speakers, activities, and performances by the Temptations, Ellis Marsalis, the St. Augustine High School marching band and more. Preregistration is recommended. Visit www.schoolchoiceweek. com for details. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. NEW ORLEANS SECULAR HUMANIST ASSOCIATION PROGRAM. Audubon Zoo, Dominion Auditorium, 6500 Magazine St. -- Sean Faircloth, Director of Strategy and Policy for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, discusses "Why Romney's Religion Matters." Call 282-5459 for details. 4 p.m. SANKOFA FARMERS MARKET. Holy Angels Complex, 3500 St. Claude Ave., 875-4268; www.sankofafarmersmarket.org -- The weekly market offers fresh produce and seafood from local farmers and fishermen. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. ST. BERNARD SEAFOOD & FARMERS MARKET. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi -- The market showcases fresh seafood, local produce, jams and preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment, children's activities and more. Call 355-4442 or visit www. visitstbernard.com for details. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. TREME UNDER THE BRIDGE MARKET. North Claiborne Expressway, between Ursulines Avenue and Gov. Nicholls Street -- The new monthly market highlights local artwork and features live music from local bands, high schools and choirs; community services like health and legal aid; and educational services and exhibits. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Suite 203, 309-7304 or (877) 500-7304; www.bbbssela. org -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Louisiana needs volunteers to serve as mentors. A volunteer meets two to three times a month with his or her Little Brother or Sister. You can play games, watch movies, bake cookies, play sports or plan any other outings you both would enjoy. Call for information. HANDSON NEW ORLEANS. The volunteer center for the Greater New Orleans area invites prospective volunteers to learn about the various opportunities available, how to sign up to attend service projects and general tips on how to be a good volunteer. Call 4837041 ext. 107, email volunteer@ handsonneworleans.org or visit www.handsonneworleans.org for details. HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS. Harmony Hospice, 519 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-8111 -- Harmony Hospice seeks volunteers to offer companionship to patients through reading, playing cards and other activities. Call Jo-Ann Moore at 832-8111 for details. MEAL DELIVERY VOLUNTEERS. Jefferson Council on Aging seeks volunteers to deliver meals to homebound adults. Gas/mileage expenses will be reimbursed. Call Gail at 888-5880 for details. MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION. The MDA seeks volunteers ages 16 and older for its weeklong summer camps around the country. Call (800) 572-1717 or visit www. mda.org/summercamp for details. PEOPLE PROGRAM. The nonprofit seeks volunteers to teach active seniors at its campuses in Metairie, New Orleans and the West Bank. Call 284-7678 for details. PUBLIC SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS. New Orleans Outreach seeks volunteers to share their enthusiasm and expertise as part of the ARMSOutreach after-school program. Volunteers are needed in the arts, academics, technology, recreation and life skills. Email email@example.com or call 654-1060 for information. START THE ADVENTURE IN READING. The STAIR program holds regular volunteer training sessions to work one-on-one with public school students on reading and language skills. Call 8990820, email elizabeth@scapc. org or visit www.stairnola.org for details. TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION. The Teen Suicide Prevention Program seeks volunteers to help teach middle- and upper-school New Orleans students. Call 8318475 for details. TOURO VOLUNTEER SERVICES. Touro Volunteer Services, 1401 Foucher St., 897-8107; www.touro.com/ content/careercamp -- The infirmary seeks adult volunteers to assist with the Family Surgery Lounge, patient information desk, book and goody cart, hospital tours and health screenings. Call volunteer services at 897-8107 for information. 1190 -- The authors sign and discuss A More Noble Cause: A.P. Tureaud and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Louisiana. 7 p.m. Thursday. PASS IT ON. George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art, 2003 Carondelet St., 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com -- Poet Gian "G-Persepect" Smith and Alphonse "Bobby" Smith host a weekly spoken-word and music event. Admission $6. 9 p.m. Saturdays. POETRY MEETING. New Orleans Poetry Forum, 257 Bonnabel Blvd., Metairie, 835-8472 -- The forum holds workshops every Wednesday. 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. SOCRATES CAFE. St. Tammany Parish Library, Folsom Branch, 82393 Railroad Ave., Folsom, (985) 796-9728 -- The philosophical group holds a monthly discussion. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. SOUTHERN LOUISIANA CHAPTER OF ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA MEETING. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1190 -- Author and playwright June Shaw discusses "Getting a Good Start to Your Writing Year." Visit www.solawriters.org for details. 10 a.m. Saturday. THE WELL: A WOMEN'S POETRY CIRCLE. St. Anna's Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., 947-2121; www. stannanola.org -- The group meets at 2 p.m. Mondays. Call 289-9142 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for details. wordS ANDREA CREMER. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 8997323 -- The author signs and reads from the young adult book Bloodrose. 4:30 p.m. Friday. COOKBOOKS & COCKTAILS SERIES. Kitchen Witch Cookbooks Shop, 631 Toulouse St., 528-8382 -- The group meets weekly to discuss classic New Orleans cookbooks. 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday. FAIR GRINDS POETRY EVENT. Fair Grinds Coffeehouse, 3133 Ponce de Leon Ave., 913-9073; www. fairgrinds.com -- Jenna Mae hosts poets and spoken-word readers on the second, fourth and fifth Sunday of each month. 8 p.m. GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 8381190 -- The group discusses Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. 7 p.m. Thursday. JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1190 -- The group discusses Sanditon, Austen's incomplete novel written right before her death. 7 p.m. Wednesday. JOHN GREEN. Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Ave., 8613693; www.templesinaino. org -- The author signs and discusses The Fault in Our Stars along with his brother Hank Green. 7 p.m. Wednesday. MAPLE LEAF READING SERIES. Maple Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak St., 866-9359; www. mapleleafbar.com -- The weekly reading series presents featured writers followed by an open mic. Free admission. 3 p.m. Sunday. OCTAVIA BOOKS BOOK CLUB. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 -- The group discusses Abraham Verghese's Cutting For Stone. 10:30 a.m. Saturday. A. P. TUREAUD JR. & RACHAEL EMANUEL. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838- Saturday 21 ALLIANCE FOR AFFORDABLE ENERGY GALA. Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave.; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org -- The organization honors its founders at the gala featuring a keynote speech by Gambit publisher Clancy Dubos and music by Fredy Omar Quartet. Call 208-9761 or visit www.all4energy.org for details. Admission $35 general admission, $75 patron party. 6 p.m. patron party, 7 p.m. gala. ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIETY DINNER. Five Happiness Imperial Room, 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., 4860820; www.fivehappiness. com -- The organization hosts its general membership dinner with door prizes and special elections for board positions. Reservations are recommended. Call 231-3109, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.apasneworleans.com for details. Admission $20 APAS members, $25 nonmembers. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, 861-5898; www. marketumbrella.org -- The weekly market features fresh produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon. ERACE NEW ORLEANS MEETING. Christ Church Cathedral, 2919 St. Charles Ave., 895-6602 -- ERACE meets in the church's Westfeldt Room for its weekly discussion group. Call 866-1163 for details. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. GALVEZ RESTAURANT DEMONSTRATION. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 5690405; www.southernfood. org -- Chef Laura Cedillo from the French Quarter restaurant demonstrates a Spanish dish. Free with museum admission. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. GERMAN COAST FARMERS MARKET. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan Sunday 22 INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM. Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Ave., 861-3693; www. templesinaino.org -- Rabbi Edward Cohn leads a free class for those seeking information about Judaism or considering conversion. Reservations are recommended. 9 a.m. PRIMITIVE WOODWORKING. Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 -- The program discusses woodworking techniques used to split wood and make various objects. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 Call for wrIterS BOB KAUFMAN BOOK PRIZE IN POETRY. Trembling Pillow Press presents the contest. The winner will be published in 2012. Visit www. tremblingpillowpress.com/ bobkaufmanbookprize.html for details. Submissions deadline is Jan. 31. NEW ORLEANS BOOK PROJECT. New Orleanians are invited to enter short written works and artwork for New Orleans by New Orleans, an upcoming collection of stories and art inspired by, set in or about New Orleans. Visit www.bookbyauthors.org for details. Submissions deadline is Feb. 14. SWAMP LILY REVIEW. Editors seek fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and creative nonfiction for the spring 2012 issue of the online publication. Editors are also open to some book reviews, interviews, photographs and artwork. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.swamplily.com for details. Call for VolunteerS AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. American Cancer Society, 2605 River Road, Westwego, 833-4024 or (800) ACS2345; www.cancer.org -- The American Cancer Society needs volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient-service programs. Call for information. BAYOU REBIRTH WETLANDS EDUCATION. Bayou Rebirth seeks volunteers for wetlands planting projects, nursery maintenance and other duties. Visit www.bayourebirth. org for details. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS VOLUNTEERS. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Louisiana, 2626 Canal St., 54 CLASSIFIEDS AUTOMOTIVE SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 5 speed, 4 WD, good A/C, power windows & mirrors dependable, 104,000 miles. Needs paint & tires. $3800. 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He's very well-behaved, super-sweet, is a "leaner" and is currently being obedi ence trained by volunteers. To meet Blaze or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun. or call 368-5191. Aslan is a 3-year-old, neutered, DLH, with luxurious orange fur. He BLAZE came to the shelter injured and Kennel #A14550369 had to have his eye removed and his jaw wired. He gets along great SKI JUMPSUIT, NILS CLOTHING (800) 340-2185 101 Magnolia St B. Mutz, 1467-12 www.servcorpii.com Weekly Tails Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 2001 F-150 Stick shift trans, V8 engine, sturdy XL cab, leather interior. For more info call Lawrence @ (504) 737-1558 Relax with a massage. Amazing Hands by Patrick. LMT Lic 4005. 504-717-2577 www.amazinghands.us STRESS? PAIN? with dogs, cats, & kids, loves to be brushed and LOVES all kinds of exotic foods. 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There is a $500 reward for her safe return. Any information please call 504-473- 4254, 504-231-9566 or 504-919-4264. She went missing from the Westgate Subdivision. The circumference is between West Napolean, Veterans, Roosevelt, and David Dr. LOST TEACUP CHIHUAHUA from Stall Dr in Harvey, Sat, Dec, 17. She is mostly black, with brown & white patches. She is very small (2-3 lbs) but chubby. VERY friendly. Answers to "Etta". Call Ray 504-261-0364 AIR COND/HEATING Trane 3 Ton Replacement System $3890 Installed Expires 1/31/12 504-465-0688 Air Conditioning Heating TEMPORARY FARM LABOR SUPERIOR AIRE NICK, BEAGLE/PIT MIX Very Sweet, Neut./Vet CK/Vacs/Rescue. If interested in meeting please call (504) 460-0136 FLOORS/CARPET/TILE GROUT WORKS, LLC Tile Grout Cleaning, Color Sealing, Grout repair, Shower Restoration, Natural Stone Care, Tile Replacement, Recaulking. Commercial & Residential. Free Estimates. Jay Broadwell, 504-309-2509. www.grout-works.com SOCO - URGENT! REWARD! Very sweet Stafford, home or foster. Very, very sweet boy, help asap to get him out of small confinement. email@example.com M&M Leasing, Cleveland, MS, has 6 positions for grain & oilseed crops; 3 mos. experience required for job duties listed, must be able to obtain clean U.S. driver's license in 30 days following hire; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $9.30/hr; work period guaranteed from 2/20/12 � 12/20/12. Apply at the nearest State Workforce Agency with Job Order MS45112. MUSIC/MUSICIANS Louisiana Red Hot Records Jobs in Sales, Graphics/Web, Marketing, Accounting, A&R, $25-50K Email resume to: firstname.lastname@example.com CULINARY STORE/ COOKING SCHOOL RESTAURANT/HOTEL/BAR TEMPORARY FARM LABOR SWEET & SPIRITED PIT Francine - playful attitude! Loves long walks in the grass, give this girl a home full of warmth, laughter & love. 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Apply at the nearest State Workforce Agency with Job Order TX8165557. Upscale Wine Bar & Restaurant Now Hiring: Sous Chef Lead Cook Dishwasher All FOH Positions Exp. Servers & Bartenders Apply in Person M-Th, 2pm-4pm 840 Tchoupitoulas Or Send Resume To: firstname.lastname@example.com in Riverwalk looking for someone who is personable and enjoys workilng with the public! This job requires you to make samples of our recipe and interact with customers in front of store. Must work weekends. We will pay for parking. Email us if yio are interested in an application or for further detils: firstname.lastname@example.com MISCELLANEOUS WALK THRU MARDI GRAS Experience Mardi Gras first hand. Help lead horses through the excitement of the Mardi Gras parades. Salary plus tips. Lots of fun! Call 891-2246. VOLUNTEER TEMPORARY FARM LABOR The Cracked Pot Garden Center 2 mi west of Airport on Airline Hwy 504-466-8813 Fall Landscaping Clean Up Special Free Estimates EVE, PIT BULL Beautiful girl, solid white, loves to play! Neut/Vet Checked/Vaccinated/Housebroken. If interested in meeting please call (504) 482-8379. GOLDEN RETRIEVER MIX - CLIO Friendly, attentive, family dog. 50#, 5 yrs old & n good health. Playful & loves attention. Loves all children. Likes other dogs except the sm. breed. Sarat, 504-864-2097 ADOPTIONS PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby's One True Gift Adoptions 866-413-6293 LEGAL SERVICES SCHOENFELD LAW CORPORATION 24-hr mobile notary services. Successions, Wills, Power of Attorney, etc, We'll come to you! 504-416-2489 NEED A NOTARY NOW? Reece Farms, Daisetta, TX, has 9 positions for bees & honey; 3 mos. experience required as a beekeeper; may not have bee, pollen or honey related allergies; must be able to physically lift 50 pounds when moving bees and puling honey; must be able to obtain clean U.S. driver's license in 30 days following hire; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.57/hr; work period guaranteed from 2/15/12 � 12/15/12. Apply at the nearest State Workforce Agency with Job Order TX2632326. JOAN'S KITTEN LIL ABNER MARINE EMPLOYMENT Everest Consultants, Inc. seeks Marine & Ship Surveyor to inspect vessels & cargo. Req Master's in Marine Transport or Supply Chain Mgmt & valid Nautical Inspector ID for Liberia & Bahamas. Job in New Orleans area. Send resume and cover ltr to 1000 W. Esplanade Ave., Ste. 102, Kenner LA 70065. RETAIL Culinary Store/Cooking School in the Riverwalk looking for enthusiastic retail sales person who has basic knowledge about New Orleans cooking. Must be able to work Saturday and Sunday. We will pay for parking. Email us if you are interested in an application or for further details: email@example.com DSH, Gray Tabby Tuxedo. Very sweet, approx 8 mos old. (504) 891-2453 HOUND/MOUNTAIN DOG. Young, sweet, playful & a big baby. Nut/Vet Ck/Vacs/Rescue. If interested in meeting call (504) 451-2822 WE ARE GROWING! SERVICES Offers Volunteer Opportunities. Make a difference in the lives of the terminally ill & their families. Services include: friendly visits to patients & their families, provide rest time to caretaker, bereavement & office assistance. School service hours avail. Call Volunteer Coordinator @ 504-818-2723 #3016 To Advertise in HOME SERVICES Chip/Spot Repair - Colors Available Clawfoot tubs for sale Southern Refinishing LLC Certified Fiberglass Technician Family Owned & Operated 504-348-1770 southernrefinishing.com CAREER PREPARATION Teach English Abroad! 4-week TEFL course in Prague. Job assistance worldwide. We have over 1500 graduates teaching in 60+ countries. www.teflworldwideprague.com. info@ teflworldwideprague.com MAGGIE - GREY CAT Don't Replace Your Tub REGLAZE IT EMPLOYMENT Call (504) 483-3100 Who loves to hang out! Indoor cat. Sweet w/other cats. Adores the company of people. Traci - tbkestler@ cox.net 504-975-5971 COLLEGES/SCHOOLS EDUCATION: Assistant Professor, China Area Studies (Tulane University - New Orleans, LA): Teach advanced Chinese Language courses in the Asian Studies Department as well as Communication courses in the Liberal Arts Department. Requires Ph.D. in Linguistics, Pol. Sci. or related field & fluency in Chinese language skills. Mail: Genean Mathieu, Attention Job ID#KMC617, 300 Gibson Hall, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118 "A DRUG � FREE WORKPLACE" Are you looking for an exciting yet rewarding career? Come join Our Team! TAX SERVICES Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 baby momma TAX SERVICE GUAR ED ANTE ! VICE PRESIDENT OF MISSION SERVICES The ideal candidate will provide leadership, strategic direction and oversight for mission delivery to the program and services teams. Works in concert with the other Executive Leadership Team members to develop and guide strategic direction, develop tactical plans and assist in the leadership of the organization. Develops, mentors and coaches direct reports in the areas of program participant/customer service, strategy, management and compliance. Operates effectively across functional boundaries, building and sustaining external and internal relationships. Serves as internal consultant to the President/CEO. Develops programs to meet the needs of referral and funding organizations, which are consistent with the mission and strategic goals of the organization. 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Position requires proficiency with computers, MS Word, Excel and Access. FARM LABOR TEMPORARY FARM LABOR Franz Farms, Katy, TX, has 2 positions for seed rice production; 3 mos. experience required for job duties listed, must be able to obtain clean U.S. driver's license in 30 days following hire; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.00/ hr; work period guaranteed from 2/15/12 � 12/15/12. Apply at the nearest State Workforce Agency with Job Order TX2632143. IF YOU HAVE KIDS WE GUARANTEE YOU WILL GET A REFUND W-2 SELF-EMPLOYED BUSINESS ETC ... P/T DEVELOPMENT & FUNDRAISING MANAGER The ideal candidate will have a minimum three (3) years previous experience in Fundraising and Development and a BA degree in a related field of study. A Masters degree is preferable. This position is responsible for research, Grant Writing and Development of workforce development programs as well as Fundraising activities. The selected candidate will have excellent negotiation, verbal and written communication skills including phone, computer / internet and marketing mediums. Successful applicants must have an intermediate level command of Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel and Power Point applications. TEMPORARY FARM LABOR Garrett Flying Services, Danbury, TX, has 4 positions for grain; 3 mos. experience required for job duties listed, must be able to obtain clean U.S. driver's license in 30 days following hire; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.00/ hr; work period guaranteed from 2/25/12 � 11/1/12. Apply at the nearest State Workforce Agency with Job Order TX6824560. 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No pets. $700/mo. 504-715-4179 OLD METAIRIE 1/2 OFF FIRST MONTH OLD METAIRIE SECRET 1 or 2 BR, Sparkling Pool, Bike Path, 12' x 24' Liv.Rm, Sep Din, King Master, No Pets, No Sect 8, $699 & $799 . 504-236-5776 CALL 899-RENT HARAHAN/RIVER RIDGE ELMWOOD CONDO 2/2, Appl inc. w&d, walk-in closets, pkng, priv. patio, pool, tennis crts. Earhart - 1 mile. No smokers. $1050, Glenn, 504-450-5634 ALL NEW - HIDDEN GEM Renov't - all new! - near Heart of Metairie. 1 bdrm + bonus room, from $795. Wtr pd., Rsvd pkg,1 car. No smoking/ pets 504-780-1706 orrislaneapts.com LESLEY POCH� mobile: 504-259-2561 EACH OFFICE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED THE FERNANDEZ HOUSE 927 DAUPHINE STREET $1,895,000 An excellent example of an early creole cottage set in a serene compound. Beautiful courtyard with mature plantings in a classic partere garden. Property consists of the main house, 4 income producing apartments and a large bonus space-- office, workshop, gym, etc. Parking for multiple cars. Great location. Paula Bowler � French Quarter Realty o:504-949-5400 � c:504-952-3131 www.frenchquarterrealty.com Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 58 CLASSIFIEDS REAL ESTATE METAIRIE TOWERS 1BR, 1-1/2 BA, pool. Elec & cable included, parking. 24 hr Concierge Service, Reduced to $880/mo 914882-1212. ESPLANADE RIDGE 1 BEDROOM Living room, kit & bath, private balcony, gated. Water included & laundry facilities on property. Gated. $850/mo + dep. Call (504) 615-1716. GENTILLY Beautiful New Renovation 3838 Havana Place. 2 BR, quiet neighborhood, cent air & heat, alarm. granite counters in kit, fenced yd. $1025/mo. Call 504-430-1164 MID CITY SMALL OFFICE SPACE MID CITY - Offstreet parking for one vehicle. Separate entrance. Available Now. Contact Jane, (504) 482-5292 UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1205 ST CHARLES/$1075 Fully Furn'd studio/effy/secure bldg/ gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry. Avail 2/1. 985-871-4324, 504-442-0573. ST. CHARLES AVE & 6TH Remodeled, on street car line in Garden District. 1 br, 1 ba, liv rm, kit w/ appl, offst pkg, coin operated w/d. $675/mo. 504-874-4330 ALGIERS POINT HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT High end 1-4BR. Near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750$1200/mo. 504-362-7487 1208 N. GAYOSO 2 BR NEAR MAGAZINE Upper 2 BR, LR, DR, 1 BA, KIT, wood/ ceramic flrs, high ceilings, cen a/h, w/d hkups, no pets. $1050 mo. 432-7955. LAKEVIEW/LAKESHORE 110 EGRET, LAKE VISTA 2 BR, DUPLEX. Walk to Pios School & City Park. All appliance. One offst parking. Small pets OK with deposit. $1100. 504-908-6751. UNIVERSITY AREA 4 BLKS FROM TULANE 5512 Cucullu. Newly renov 2 br 1 ba, lr, din rm, kit w appl w\/d hkups, cent a/h, offst pking, hdwd flors. $1000/ mo. 504-874-4330 930 Jackson, 2BR, furn kitchen, cent a/h, washer/dryer on site. No pets. $850/mo. 504-250-9010. WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Furnished 1 Bedroom--1 Bath Furnished Condo in Warehouse District. Secure building, top floor, end unit. Rent includes utilities, pool, gym, cable, internet. Apt has W/D, stainless steel appliances, central heat/air. Central to to French Quarter, West Bank, Uptown, parade route, streetcar. Loft with desk. Available 11/1. Call Bonnie at Soniat Realty, 504-488-8988. $1600, negotiable. Gorgeous penthouse condo on top floor, unbeateable spot in the Arts and Warehouse dist. 2b-2b, Exquisitely furnished, located in a luxurious building, with amenities including : Gym, inground pool, events room, covered garage and 24 security/surveillance. Walk to world class shops,restaurants, night life. Breathtaking views of New Orleans from huge outdoor terrace... a must live in! $4500.00/month Corporative leases are welcome. firstname.lastname@example.com 504-275-7772 3222 Napoleon Rooms For Rent Spacious house, 4 large private bedrooms. Large equipped kitchen, 3 baths, dining room, front porch. Central heat & air $625 each includes all utilities & internet, cable & laundry facilities. No Pets + Deposit 504-376-4676. Grad students welcome. 1 BR 1 BA Condo. Completely renovated, High ceil, hardwood flrs. 754 Louisiana, Close to Magazine & shopping. 700 sq ft, $1400/mo. Lease. 504-214-7215 CITY PARK/BAYOU ST. JOHN 3324 DESOTO Living room, large bedroom, tile bath, furnished kitchen. No pets. $850/ month + deposit. 504-494-0970 FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY 929A ST. PETER 1BR, 1BA, Furn Kit, Heat/Cool Unit, Ceiling Fan. Shared Ctyd. Non-Smoking. Lse. $875/mo; $875 dep. Owner Occupied Bldg. Seek neat, resp, long term tenant. (504) 296-7126 for appt LAKEFRONT LARGE ATTRACTIVE APT 2BR, 2BA w/ appls, beautiful courtyard setting w/swimming pool, quiet neighborhood. $850/mo. 504-495-6044 or 504-756-7347 To Advertise in UPPER NINTH WARD 4545 URQUHART Newly renovated lg 1 BR apt. Updated kit, new electric appl, granite counters, carpet in liv areas, ceramic in kit & ba. $650. Joe, 504-451-4422 To Advertise in Stunning Restored Victorian OLD NEW ORLEANS CHARM PENTHOUSE LOFT 1700sf 3br/1ba, furn kit & ldry, wd flrs, ca/h, 14' ceils, o/s prkg. Pets ok 1 yr lse. $1200/mo. 504-296-7267 OFF STREET PARKING 1713 BURGUNDY, 1 bd/1 ba, furn kit, all elec, ac, carpet, wtr pd. 1 yr lse. No pets. $750 + dep. 949-5518 REAL ESTATE Call (504) 483-3100 EMPLOYMENT Call (504) 483-3100 RENTALS TO SHARE ALL AREAS - ROOMMATES.COM. Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: http:// www.Roommates.com. To Advertise in Call (504) 483-3100 REAL ESTATE 59 Gambit > bestofneworleans.com > january 17 > 2012 CLASSIFIEDS PUZZLE PAGE BROADMOOR FAUBOURG ST. 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