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fter forced a change of A venue to Las Vegas in 2006, the AAO is finally returning to April 25-29. While parts of the city have been slow to recover from the disastrous flooding, the main draws for tourists—music, cuisine, and architecture—are thriving. With its unique blend of European, Caribbean, and Southern cultures and styles, New Orleans remains a destination city for travelers from around the and abroad.

Transportation and Weather The renovated Ernest N. Morial Convention Center opened a new grand entrance and Great Hall in 2013. Its location in the Central Business District is convenient to both the French Quarter in the French Quarter at night. Photo © Jorg Hackemann, Dreamstime.com. to the north and the Garden District to the south. Museums, galleries, and other attractions, as well as several of the convention hotels, are within Tours walking distance, as is the Riverfront Streetcar line that travels along the into the Get to know popular attractions in the city French Quarter. center by using the hop-on-hop-off double-decker Louis Armstrong International Airport is City Sightseeing buses, which make the rounds about 15 miles from the city center. A shuttle with of a dozen attractions and convenient locations service to many hotels is $20 one-way; taxi fares every 30 minutes (daily and weekly passes are are about $35 from the airport, although fares will available). Fares for the Regional Transit Auth- be a little higher than usual around town because ority’s buses and streetcars are $1.25 per trip; of the annual Jazz Festival. Amtrak passengers one- or three-day passes can also be purchased arrive at Union Terminal, centrally located a few (www.norta.com). The four- and six-person mule- minutes by taxi from the Convention Center and drawn carriages rolling through the French Quarter downtown hotels. from 8 a.m. to midnight can be engaged at April and May are usually mild to warm, but Carriage Tours in Jackson Square. Gray Line an umbrella would be advisable for anyone plan- Tours offers excursions within the city and beyond ning to be out and about this walkable city. One of by bus or boat. Capital City Trolleys provides the convenient Visitor Information Centers is a bus, airboat, and “ghost” tours, along with a visit good first stop; the Station Visitor to the Villalobos Rescue Center for pit bulls, fea- Information & Cultural Center is housed in the tured on Animal Planet. Tours by Isabelle are restored Southern Railway Station, located at the small-group, personalized trips through the city, edges of the French Quarter and the historic neigh- antebellum plantations, and Cajun Country borhoods of Tremé and Iberville. Other French Quarter visitor centers are at 529 St. Ann St., 2020 Boldface names in this article are listed in the St. Charles Ave., and the Jean Lafitte Center at 419 Directory on pp. 126-128 with their telephone Decatur St. numbers and street addresses. The online ver- Mobile apps devoted to the Crescent City’s sion of this article (freely accessible) includes attractions, nightlife, and dining spots can be live website links; see the JCO Online Archive downloaded from www.neworleansonline.com/ at www.jco-online.com. tools (some free, some for a fee).

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swamps; Spanish- and French-speaking guides can be arranged in advance. Jean Lafitte Swamp & Airboat Tours traverse a historical park and nature preserve, a 30-minute drive south of the city (children 8 and older are allowed on the airboats). On the waterfront, Steamboat Natchez, a true steam-powered vessel launched in 1975, fea- tures antique fittings from historic vessels and a 32-note steam calliope; daily brunch and dinner jazz cruises depart from the Toulouse Street Wharf The Riverfront Streetcar line runs along the in the French Quarter. The Paddlewheeler Creole Mississippi into the French Quarter. Photo © Queen, built in 1983 and propelled by an authen- Lawrence Weslowski Jr., Dreamstime.com. tic (but diesel-electric-powered) paddlewheel, launches every afternoon from the Port of New concert, Piano Night 2014, on April 28 at the Orleans for narrated cruises to the site of the 1815 , which also hosts George Clinton Battle of New Orleans (Chalmette Battlefield) and & Parliament Funkadelic on April 27. Wednesday in the evening transforms to a jazz cruise vessel, at the Square, a free 12-week concert series at offering a Creole buffet and cocktails. Lafayette Square, goes on rain or shine; a special all-star line-up for April 30 includes Eric Performances McFadden, Jerry Joseph, Norwood Fisher, and Eric Bolivar. Mardi Gras World hosts the day- Although music is always in the air, the New long “Fiya Fest 2014 Crawfish Boil and Benefit for Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, held at the the Roots of Music” on May 2. To keep track of north of the French the multitude of live-music venues during the 10 Quarter, is an annual highlight, drawing huge days of Jazz Fest, check the “Nearly World Famous crowds to multiple stages. This year’s festival will Jazz Fest Grids”, updated daily (www.jazzfest run during the weekends of April 25-27 and May grids.com). 1-4; headliners include Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, and Santana, backed by dozens of other musicians and bands Attractions encompassing “every style associated with the city Mardi Gras will be long past by April, but a and the state”. More than 100 -based few venues celebrate year-round. The Mardi Gras vendors will sell restaurant-quality local delica- World facility in the port district lets visitors watch cies. Visitors should look into tickets and transpor- the real artists at work on costumes and floats for tation options as early as possible. next year’s parades while learning about festival During and between Jazz Fest weekends, history and culture. Free shuttle service is available live-music choices abound. The renowned from the central city and French Quarter. Tremé, offers three nightly perfor- the oldest African-American neighborhood in the mances for all ages, and the Louisiana Music United States, features the Backstreet Cultural Factory, a French Quarter music store, features Museum, displaying memorabilia and the city’s live, in-store performances. The Pfister Sisters bring their traditional jazz vocal harmonies to Music at the Mint—that’s the Old U.S. Mint, part For subscription service and information on of the Jazz National Historical Park—on April our Online Archive, visit the JCO booth (No. 25. Progressive rock band Moe presents two per- 2452) at the AAO meeting. For information formances at the Civic Theater on April 25 and before the meeting, call us at (303) 443-1720, 26; radio station WWOZ stages its annual benefit ext. 11.

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Clark, Herbert Singleton, and William Woodward. Newcomb Art Gallery, on the campus of , is exhibiting “Early Modern Faces: European Portraits 1480-1780”—a collection of paintings on loan from Houston’s Sarah Campbell Blaffer Collection. For a more offbeat museum outing, the French Quarter’s Historic Voodoo Museum fea- tures voodoo dolls and other artifacts, psychic The popular Algiers Ferry traverses the readings by a voodoo priestess, and gris-gris bags from the Canal Street dock to (voodoo talismans, sold as “curios” only). The the historic Algiers neighborhood. Photo © museum offers a Voodoo Cemetery walking tour Lawrence Weslowski Jr., Dreamstime.com. including and the historic St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, led by guides who can answer largest collection of elaborate and brilliantly col- questions about jazz funerals, zombies, and voo- ored Mardi Gras Indian costumes. A more high- doo’s influence on the local Catholic Church. tech historical presentation of Mardi Gras traditions The Audubon Nature Institute operates 10 can be seen in the French Quarter’s Presbytère, museums and parks in the area, including the with an interactive permanent exhibition called Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Audubon “Mardi Gras: It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana”. Butterfly Garden and Insectarium (check the Harrah’s New Orleans offers a “full dose of the website for a link to the mesmerizing “ant cam”), Big Easy” in one spot: table games, poker, and slot Audubon Park, Audubon Zoo, and Entergy machines surrounded by French Quarter décor, IMAX Theatre, which will be showing “Penguins Mardi Gras floats, and strolling brass bands. 3D” and “Madagascar, Island of Lemurs 3D” dur- The full tableau of New Orleans history— ing the convention. from the Battle of New Orleans to the world of St. Louis Cathedral, a much-photographed voodoo and a haunted dungeon—is presented by icon on Jackson Square, is open for self-guided 154 life-size wax figures at the Musée Conti Wax tours when masses or other functions are not going Museum. The National World War II Museum, on. Nearby, the extensive Louisiana State Museum the official U.S. museum for that conflict, show- collection includes seven historic and iconic French cases artifacts, vehicles, oral histories, and theatri- Quarter buildings: 1850 House, refurbished to cal presentations in multiple large pavilions. depict middle-class family life in the antebellum Historic Tremé is the setting for the New Orleans era; the Greek Revival Arsenal, built in 1839; The African American Museum; the New Orleans Cabildo, focusing on early Louisiana history; the Pharmacy Museum is housed in the French Old U.S. Mint, now incorporating the Louisiana Quarter apothecary of the country’s first licensed Historical Center, the New Orleans Jazz Club pharmacist. Collection, and a performing-arts center; the The New Orleans Museum of Art and Presbytère; Creole House and Jackson House; beautifully landscaped Sydney and Walda Besthoff and Madame John’s Legacy, one of the few major Sculpture Garden are found in . Along buildings that escaped the great fire of 1795. with its extensive collection of American, French, For close-up appreciation of the region’s African, and Japanese works, the museum is show- unique architecture, visit the 18th-century Creole ing “Photography and the ” colonial Pitot House, now the headquarters for the through May 4. Closer to the center of town, the Louisiana Landmark Society. The lavish, Federal- Ogden Museum of Southern Art focuses on the style Hermann-Grima House was built in 1831, art, history, and culture of the American South during the “Golden Age of New Orleans”; Gallier with works by Walter Anderson, Christopher House, a Creole townhouse whose owner was

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fascinated by engineering and Quarter), Herbsaint (Warehouse architectural innovation, is also in District), Lilette (Uptown), and the French Quarter, as is the House Stella! (French Quarter). Those of Broel Victorian Mansion. seeking ethnic dining adventures Longue Vue House and Gardens, may want to head for Cane & the former Metairie residence of art Table (Cuban, French Quarter), La collectors Edith and Edgar Stern, Boca (Argentine, Warehouse features 20th-century artworks by District), Lilly’s Café (Vietnamese, Picasso, Gabo, Laurens, Hepworth, Garden District), Maïs Arepas and Soto; each exterior wall of the (Colombian, Faubourg Lafayette), house is in a different style, with its or Pho Tau Bay Restaurant own garden. (Vietnamese, Gretna). Or support Outside the city in Vacherie, Beer and crawfish. Photo © at-risk youth by chowing down on visit Oak Alley Plantation, the Ekaterina Staats, Dreamstime. soul food at the nonprofit Café “Grande Dame of the Great River com. Reconcile (Faubourg Lafayette). Road”, one of the few remaining stately plantation homes in the region. Across the Shopping and Galleries Mississippi from downtown New Orleans is the city’s second-oldest neighborhood, Algiers Point. The Warehouse District, adjoining the Take the ferry at the foot of Canal Street (free for Convention Center area, houses the region’s thriv- pedestrians) and walk through the business district ing contemporary-arts movement. In April, Soren and neighborhood streets to see a wide assortment Christensen Gallery will spotlight the landscapes of single-family homes in styles ranging from of Eric Abrecht, while Octavia Art Gallery offers French Colonial Plantation to Creole Cottage to an exhibition of Nall’s Southern-European fusion. Eastlake Shotgun Double. May 3 is the date for the monthly openings in and around Julia Street, including Callan Con- temporary (paintings and sculpture), Jonathan Dining Ferrara Gallery (an exhibition of new paintings New Orleans is legendary for its Creole cui- by Gina Phillips), and Arthur Roger Gallery sine, as epitomized by Clancy’s Restaurant (works by David Bates, Dale Chihuly, and Lin (Uptown), Commander’s Palace (Garden District), Emery). Three notable galleries on neighboring Emeril Lagasse’s Delmonico (Garden District), include Sibley Gallery (regional K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen (French Quarter), and national contemporary artists), Guthrie and The Pelican Club (French Quarter). Expect Contemporary (five photographers in an exhibit rather expensive menus in plush surroundings. called “PhotoNOLA”), and Kevin Gillentine For trendier, more contemporary Cajun-style Gallery (works by the owner and other local art- cooking, try Bayona (French Quarter), Boucherie ists). Between Audubon Park and the Lower (Carrollton), Brigtsen’s Restaurant (Riverbend), Garden District, Magazine Street is a six-mile-long Cochon Restaurant (near the Convention Center), stretch of antique stores, art galleries, craft shops, Dick & Jenny’s (Uptown), Eleven 79 (Garden boutiques, and restaurants. District), Jacques-Imo’s (Carrollton), Pêche French Quarter sites and activities are so Seafood Grill (near the Convention Center), or diverse that many New Orleans visitors spend their Toups Meatery (near City Park). entire trips in this neighborhood (www.french- Other top restaurants serving more interna- quarter.com). Highlights for shoppers include the tional French-American fare include August (near Cigar Factory (two locations; watch cigars being the Convention Center), Coquette (Garden rolled at the Decatur Street shop), Erzulie’s District), Gautreau’s (Uptown), GW Fins (French Authentic Voodoo (handmade soaps, candles, and

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psychic readings), Hové Parfumeur (fine fra- Louisiana in Avondale, 15 miles west of the city grances for men and women), and Kabuki Design center. The Pete Dye-designed course, part of the Studio (one-of-a-kind hats for wearing and col- Audubon Golf Trail, reopens to the public April lecting). The century-old, 25,000-square-foot 29. Other worthy courses within a reasonable dis- M.S. Rau Antiques on Royal Street is a landmark tance include English Turn Golf and Country for discerning collectors worldwide. Club and the century-old Audubon Park Golf The open-air mall, the old- Course in the city, Stonebridge Golf Club in est public market in the country, resembles a nearby Gretna, and Riverlands Golf & Country European bazaar with its art stalls, shops, eateries, Club in La Place. flea markets, farmers’ market, and, of course, For cyclists, The American Bicycle Rental music (take the Riverfront Streetcar from the Company offers a nighttime bike tour of the Convention Center). Other major shopping centers “Wicked French Quarter”; Bike NOLA and include Riverwalk Market Place (with a grand Crescent City Bike Tours rent out bikes in the reopening as The Outlet Collection scheduled for French Quarter. To apply your pedaling skills on early spring) and the Shops at Canal Place (fea- water, take out a four-seater pedal boat and explore turing Saks Fifth Avenue, Gucci, and local con- the bayous and lagoons of Big Lake at City Park. fectioner Blue Frog Chocolates). Chartered fishing trips over the inland waters of the Louisiana Delta, about a half-hour’s drive south of New Orleans, are offered by the well-regarded Sports and Recreation Jean Lafitte Fishing Charters and Griffin Golf fans can see Billy Horschel defend his Fishing Charters; both will pick up and return Zurich Classic championship April 24-27 at TPC guests who are staying in the city.

DIRECTORY Tours Address* Phone** Capital City Trolleys 710 St. Louis St. (888) 433-5115 Carriage Tours 700 Decatur St. 943-8820 City Sightseeing 101 Burgundy St. 636-1029 Gray Line Tours 400 Toulouse St. 569-1401 Jean Lafitte Swamp & Airboat Tours 6601 Leo Kerner Lafitte Parkway, Marrero 689-4186 Paddlewheeler Creole Queen 365 Canal St. 529-4567 Steamboat Natchez Decatur St. 586-8777 Tours by Isabelle P.O. Box 740972 398-0365

Performances Civic Theater 510 O’Keefe Ave. 272-0865 House of Blues 225 Decatur St. 310-4999 Louisiana Music Factory 421 Frenchmen St. 586-1094 Music at the Mint 400 Esplanade Ave. 568-2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1751 Gentilly Blvd. 410-4100 Preservation Hall 726 St. Peter St. 522-2841 Wednesday at the Square Lafayette Square 585-1500 *New Orleans unless otherwise noted. **Area code 504 unless otherwise noted.

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Attractions Address* Phone** Algiers Point 1 Morgan St. (877) 413-0052 The Arsenal 600 St. Peter St. 568-6968 Audubon Aquarium of the Americas 1 Canal St. 565-3033 Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium 423 Canal St. 524-2847 Audubon Park and Zoo 6500 Magazine St. 581-4629 Backstreet Cultural Museum 1116 St. Claude Ave. 522-4806 The Cabildo 701 Chartres St. 568-6968 Creole House 616 Pirates Alley 568-6968 1850 House 523 St. Ann St. 568-6968 Entergy IMAX Theatre 1 Canal St. 565-3020 Gallier House 1132 Royal St. 525-5661 Harrah’s New Orleans 228 Poydras St. (800) 427-7247 Hermann-Grima House 820 St. Louis St. 525-5661 Historic Voodoo Museum and Tours 724 Dumaine St. 680-0128 House of Broel Victorian Mansion 2220 St. Charles Ave. 522-2220 Jackson House 616 Pirates Alley 568-6968 Jazz National Historical Park 916 N. Peters St. 589-4837 Longue Vue House and Gardens 7 Bamboo Road 488-5488 Madame John’s Legacy 632 Dumaine St. 568-6968 Mardi Gras World 1380 Place 361-7821 Musée Conti Wax Museum 917 Rue Conti 525-2605 National World War II Museum 945 Magazine St. 528-1943 New Orleans African American Museum 1418 Governor Nicholls St. 566-1136 New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle 658-4100 New Orleans Pharmacy Museum 514 Chartres St. 565-8027 Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane 6823 St. Charles Ave. 865-5361 Oak Alley Plantation 3645 Highway 18, Vacherie (225) 265-2151 Ogden Museum of Southern Art 925 Camp St. 539-9600 Old U.S. Mint 400 Esplanade Ave. 568-6993 Pitot House 1440 Moss St. 482-0312 Presbytère 751 Chartres St. 568-6968 St. Louis Cathedral 615 Pere Antoine Alley 525-9585 St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 Basin St. at St. Louis St. 482-5065

Dining August 301 Tchoupitoulas St. 299-9777 Bayona 430 Dauphine St. 525-4455 Boucherie 8115 Jeannette St. 862-5514 Brigtsen’s Restaurant 723 Dante St. 861-7610 Café Reconcile 1631 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. 568-1157 Cane & Table 1113 Decatur St. 581-1112 Clancy’s Restaurant 6100 Annunciation St. 895-1111 Cochon Restaurant 930 Tchoupitoulas St. 588-2123 Commander’s Palace 1403 Washington Ave. 899-8221 Coquette 2800 Magazine St. 265-0421 Delmonico 1300 St. Charles Ave. 525-4937 Dick & Jenny’s 4501 Tchoupitoulas St. 894-9880 Eleven 79 1179 Annunciation St. 299-1179

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Dining (cont.) Address* Phone** Jacques-Imo’s 8324 Oak St. 861-0886 K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen 416 Chartres St. 596-2530 Gautreau’s 1728 Soniat St. 899-7397 GW Fins 808 Bienville St. 581-3467 Herbsaint 701 St. Charles Ave. 524-4114 La Boca 870 Tchoupitoulas St. 525-8205 Lilette 3637 Magazine St. 895-1636 Lilly’s Café 1813 Magazine St. 599-9999 Maïs Arepas 1200 Carondelet St. 523-6247 Pêche Seafood Grill 800 Magazine St. 522-1744 The Pelican Club 312 Exchange Place 523-1504 Pho Tau Bay Restaurant 113 Westbank Expressway, Gretna 368-9846 Stella! 1032 Chartres St. 587-0091 Toups Meatery 845 N. Carrollton Ave. 252-4999

Shopping and Galleries Arthur Roger Gallery 432 Julia St. 522-1999 Callan Contemporary 518 Julia St. 525-0518 Cigar Factory 415 Decatur St.; 206 Bourbon St. 568-1003 Erzulie’s Authentic Voodoo 807 Royal St. 525-2055 French Market 2 French Market Place 522-2621 Guthrie Contemporary 3815 Magazine St. 897-2688 Hové Parfumeur 434 Chartres St. 525-7827 Jonathan Ferrara Gallery 400A Julia St. 522-5471 Kabuki Design Studio 1036 Royal St. 523-8004 Kevin Gillentine Gallery 3917 Magazine St. 891-0509 M.S. Rau Antiques 630 Royal St. 523-5660 Octavia Art Gallery 454 Julia St. 309-4249 Riverwalk Market Place 500 Port of New Orleans Place 522-1555 Shops at Canal Place 333 Canal St. 522-9200 Sibley Gallery 3427 Magazine St. 899-8182 Soren Christensen Gallery 400 Julia St. 569-9501 Golf and Recreation The American Bicycle Rental Company 325 Burgundy St. 324-8257 Audubon Park Golf Course 6500 Magazine St. 212-5290 Bike NOLA 1209 Decatur St. 858-2273 City Park 1 Palm Drive 482-4888 Crescent City Bike Tours 626 N. Rampart St. 322-3455 English Turn Golf and Country Club 1 Clubhouse Drive 392-2200 Griffin Fishing Charters 2629 Privateer Blvd., Barataria (800) 741-1340 Jean Lafitte Fishing Charters 4915 Jon Marie Drive, Barataria 452-1413 Riverlands Golf & Country Club 500 Fairway Drive, La Place (985) 652-6316 Stonebridge Golf Club 1500 Stonebridge Drive, Gretna 394-1300 TPC Louisiana 11001 Lapalco Blvd., Avondale 436-8721 *New Orleans unless otherwise noted. **Area code 504 unless otherwise noted.

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