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Wed.-Fri., Feb. 1-3 | Brody Stevens, familiar from bit parts in The Hangover movies and late-night cable appearances, headlines the comedy festival. More than 40 local and touring comics perform over the course of three nights at La Nuit Comedy Theater.
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Jan. 31 Though they serially pantomime dumbstruck awe at the discovery of new and odd objects, the trio of blue-skinned figures in Blue Man Group has made a major touring spectacle of drumming on PVC pipes, launching balloons and soft projectiles and orchestrating a frenzy of percussion, color and techno-tribal ritual.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Sat., Feb. 4 | The satirical krewe revels in guilty pleasures and the wild abandon of end times in its 2012 parade Crimes Against Nature. Women's health and rights advocate Deon Haywood reigns as queen and leads the procession through the French Quarter and Marigny.
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Alex Woodward on Krewe du Vieux's "Crimes Against Nature"
by Alex Woodward
The impending 2012 apocalypse was an obvious thematic choice for members of Krewe du Vieux — humorous doom and gloom, puns and portmanteaus involving death and anything else are right up the krewe's alley. Instead, it opted for a different theme, one that draws attention to a local women's rights organization — but the krewe isn't skimping on its gratuitous sex jokes and paper mache penises.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Thu., Feb. 2 | Shawn Rosenblatt is Chicago's prolific psychedelic Netherfriends, whose recent kaleidoscopic sampling project reimagined Harry Nilsson. Another full-length album, Middle America (Kilo Records), is due next month.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Wed., Feb. 1 | Touring in support of the new Psychedelta (Knick Knack), Seattle blues-rockers GravelRoad get a pick-me-up in the form of bad-man patriarch and sometime bandleader T-Model Ford. With Cashman at the Howlin' Wolf.
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Sat., Feb. 4 | Since appearing at Siberia the week of Halloween, electro ice princess Nika Roza Danilova has been remixed by David Lynch and immortalized by The New York Times fashion magazine T. Her third paralyzing album, Conatus (Sacred Bones), arrived in October. Talk Normal opens.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
They might've been rockers, rappers, balladeers, scatters, astronauts, gravediggers, scientists, babysitters, perverse puppeteers, reverse telemarketers, subliminal advertisers or Lincoln (Mass.) biographers. Thirty years of rabbiting every strange idea that enters your head — not to mention committing all those mysterious whispers to record — means trying on a lot of hats.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Thu.-Fri., Feb. 2-3 | Clarence "Blowfly" Reid was a major figure in Miami's soul and funk music scene in the 1960s and '70s, but somehow, he is better known as the dirty rapper and alter ego Blowfly. He appears at a screening of The Weird World of Blowfly at Zeitgeist Thursday and performs Friday at Siberia.
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
You've got to hand it to the Hollywood establishment for recognizing The Artist with 10 Oscar nominations last week. Sure, members of the Academy are suckers for any film that pays loving tribute to early days of Tinseltown, which The Artist certainly does.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
It's not hard to understand why Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki's Le Havre has become a major hit on the international film festival circuit and found a spot on a number of critics' top-10 lists for 2011. The film starts out gloomy — a man is inexplicably shot in a train station, and the wife of the hero, ex-bohemian shoeshine guy Marcel (Andre Wilms), becomes seriously ill. But Le Havre has a few tricks up its sleeve.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Lauren LaBorde reviews Southern Rep's production of the Tony Award-winning rock musical
Like an episode of Gossip Girl set in 19th-century Germany, Spring Awakening is a bit melodramatic — in the show's two-and-a-half hour run time, it broaches such hot-button topics as teen sex, homosexuality, sexual abuse, abortion, rape and suicide. There's even some nudity and simulated sex that closes out the first act.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
There were times when the mostly co-op galleries of the St. Claude Arts District collectively resembled grad school exhibitions that happened to be connected to a neighborhood instead of a university. But that appears to be changing as we see in this salon-style show at Homespace Gallery organized by New York and New Orleans art scene veterans Luis Cruz Azaceta and Sharon Jacques.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Dinner service is back at Dooky Chase Restaurant (2301 Orleans Ave., 821-0535), the 6th Ward culinary landmark and home base of chef Leah Chase. For now, hours are limited to Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Maurepas Foods (3200 Burgundy St., 267-0072; www.maurepasfoods.com) opened last week in the Bywater, bringing an interesting new dining option to its neighborhood. Chef/owner Michael Doyle has been sous chef at Dante's Kitchen (736 Dante St., 861-3121; www.danteskitchen.com) in the Riverbend for years.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
One of the better purveyors of bar food in New Orleans has cooked its last redfish sandwich and sauteed duck grilled cheese. Craig Giesecke, who along with his wife Kimmie co-owned J'Anita's at the Rendon Inn, closed their operation last week.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
"Chickens only have two wings, so when the supply declines, the price will rise because demand is relatively inelastic. People really want wings, and the recession doesn't seem to have an effect on demand."…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Bourbon House 144 Bourbon St., 522-0111…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Big Momma's Chicken & Waffles (5741 Crowder Blvd., Suite A3, 251-2548; www.bigmommaschickenandwaffles.com) observes Taxi Cab Appreciation Day from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Ian McNulty on the Gentilly hotspot serving traditional Creole dishes
by Ian McNulty
Sassafras and its predecessor restaurants have moved around a bit, but at its core the food here is very firmly rooted. This is the Creole cooking you'll find at a solid neighborhood restaurant.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
The location of a one-time hookah cafe just off Frenchmen Street has been revamped into an ambitious new restaurant called Melange (2106 Chartres St., 309-7335; www.melangenola.com). The chef is Brady Broussard, who previously worked at Broussard's Restaurant (819 Conti St., 581-3866; www.broussards.com) and the Camelot Club, a private club in Baton Rouge.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Forager, Link Restaurant Group by Ian McNulty Each week, Ashley Locklear buys hundreds of pounds of vegetables, pork and other ingredients for the Link Restaurant Group, chef Donald Link's company that includes Herbsaint, Cochon (and the new Cochon in Lafayette), Cochon Butcher and the event hall Calcasieu. Locklear spends half of her time on the road, shuttling between farms, farmers markets and Link's restaurants, making a loop from the city to a network of farms mostly on the Northshore and in the River Parishes area.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Since 1966, Gentry has provided budget-friendly gifts and footwear
by Alex Pence
Ever get irritated when your energy flounders midway through a shopping marathon and there's no refreshment in sight? We've all been there — and fortunately for parched shoppers, a frosty Icee is just one of the quirky, thoughtful features the all-purpose gift and accessory store Gentry (6047 Magazine St., 899-4223) has to offer.…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
Niki Walker Salon (625 Baronne St., 522-5677; www.nikiwalkersalon.com) celebrates the grand opening of its new location with a party at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at the House of Blues (225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com).…
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31 January 2012 | 5:00 am
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