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Review: I Killed My Mother

Ken Korman — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:35 -0500

The alienated teenage protagonist of award-winning French Canadian film I Killed My Mother doesn’t actually do the evil deed of the title — it’s not that kind of movie — but you might not entirely blame him if he did. Hubert (Xavier Dolan) and his annoying mom Chantale (Anne Dorval) fight like star-crossed lovers, but their vivid love-hate relationship feels all too familiar to the many of us who barely survived adolescence.…

Review: Lore

Ken Korman — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:00 -0500

It’s not easy to make a film about events surrounding World War II that’s essentially different from all those that have come before. Since the mid-1940s an average of at least 20 major World War II films have been produced internationally each year, a pace that has remained surprisingly steady even after the internet made it much easier to keep tabs on such things.…

NOPD makes another Mother's Day shooting arrest

Alex Woodward — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:13:18 -0500

New Orleans Police Department officers arrested another suspect related to the Mother's Day second line shootings. This afternoon, Monique Pepe, 19, was charged with being an accessory to attempted second degree murder for allegedly hiding 24-year-old Shawn Scott, who was arrested along with his 19-year-old brother Akein Scott.…

New lunch and brunch options stack up

Ian McNulty — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:43:00 -0500

A number of restaurants have recently expanded their service, adding new options of note around town.

In the French Quarter, Kingfish added lunch this week.…

Sunday: Divine Ladies Second Line

Alejandro de los Rios — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:11:00 -0500

Divine Ladies/Unbreakable Men 13th Second Line
Sunday May 19 1-5 P.M.
"Sitting On Top of The World, Overlooking Our Haters"

(NOTE:Gambit's regular second line correspondent, Deborah "Big Red" Cotton was one of the 19 shooting victim's during the Mother's Day second line so I will be taking over her duties until she recovers. A replacement blood drive to benefit victims of the shooting will take place Wednesday May 22 on Frenchmen Street. A benefit concert is being held Thursday May 23 at Tipitina's.…

Benefit for Mother's Day shooting victims May 23 at Tip’s

Clancy DuBos — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:27:00 -0500

Gambit’s Foundation for Entertainment Development and Education, Tipitina’s Foundation, United Way of Southeast Louisiana and Silence Is Violence have joined forces to host a special benefit concert for the 19 victims of the May 12 shooting. The concert will be next Thursday (May 23) at Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave., and will feature local brass bands, Mardi Gras Indians, and other musicians and entertainers.…

Akein Scott's brother and 4 others in custody for Mother's Day shootings

Alex Woodward — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:00 -0500

Returning to the intersection of Frenchmen and North Villere streets, city officials and law enforcement announced the capture of second line shooting suspect Akein Scott as well as his brother, 24-year-old Shawn Scott, and four others.

New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas confirmed Shawn Scott as the second shooting suspect.…

Blood drive Wednesday for victims of Mother's Day shooting

Kevin Allman — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 -0500

The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic has finalized plans for a blood drive in response to the Mother's Day shootings that injured 19 people in the 7th Ward.

The blood drive will be held Wed., May 22 from 3 to 9 p.m. at 617 Frenchmen St. (the site of the Frenchmen Art Market).…

Akein Scott in custody

Alex Woodward — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15:00 -0500

Akein Scott, the 19-year-old suspect in the Mother's Day second line shootings, was arrested from a home in the Little Woods neighborhood in eastern New Orleans late last night. He appeared in Orleans Parish Magistrate Court this morning with bail set at $500,000 for each charge — Scott was booked with 20 counts of attempted second degree murder.…

Original Big 7 will "re-do" Mother's Day second line

Alex Woodward — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:02:00 -0500

Original Big 7 Social Aid & Pleasure Club organizers announced it will "re-do" its second line parade, interrupted by the shooting at its Mother's Day procession, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 1. It will follow the same route.…

Big Tymers will release a new album... without Mannie Fresh

Alex Woodward — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:45:00 -0500

Lil Wayne announced a new Big Tymers project earlier this month — founding member and longtime Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh, however, won't be a part of it. Co-founder Birdman told MTV, "Not at all."

Big Tymers — the multi-platinum supergroup duo responsible for "Get Your Roll On," "#1 Stunna" and "Still Fly" — dissolved in 2005, following the 2003 album Big Money Heavyweight.…

Encore screenings of Timecode:nola's Where Y'at (hello) presented at Chalmette Movies

Ken Korman — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:06:46 -0500

Where Y'at (hello), a feature-length film made for last fall's FFOne film festival and consisting of 15 segments by local filmmakers, will get screenings tonight, May 15, and tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Chalmette Movies. Timecode:nola assigned individual New Orleans street corners to local filmmakers and asked them to create 5-minute slice-of-life films reflecting the character of each neighborhood.…

TBC Brass Band to perform first show since Mother's Day parade shooting tonight

Alejandro de los Rios — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:05:00 -0500

In what is a testament to the resiliency of the New Orleans cultural community, the TBC Brass Band will be playing their first show since the Mother's Day second line shooting tonight at their regular Wednesday location, Celebration Hall at 1701 St. Bernard Ave.

Doors open at 9 p.m. with WWOZ's DJ Action Jackson. TBC will play from approximately 10 p.m. until 1 a.m., with a set break around midnight.…

Blood drive for Mother's Day shooting victims

Alejandro de los Rios — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:40:00 -0500

The New Orleans Musician's clinic is seeking donors to sign up to give blood Wednesday May 22 to benefit victims of the Mother's Day second line shooting, according to WWOZ.org. The full statement released by the New Orleans Musician's Clinic, as well as instructions on how to sign up to give blood, are below:

The New Orleans Musicians Clinic will be hosting a replacement blood drive on Wednesday, May 22 from 3-9 pm for the victims of Sunday's shootings.…
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Latin fusion restaurant headed to prominent Metairie Road site

Ian McNulty — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:59:00 -0500

A new cross-cultural Latin restaurant concept from the founders of the Zea Rotisserie & Grill and Semolina restaurant chains is taking shape at a prominent address along Metairie Road just off Interstate 10. Construction is now underway for Cocina Mizado, which will occupy the same site that was for many years a Semolina location.…

The Mother's Day shootings: What constitutes an act of terror?

Kevin Allman — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:00:41 -0500

On Sunday, hours after the Mother’s Day shooting in the Seventh Ward, FBI New Orleans spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig told the Associated Press the gunfire that injured 19 people was, as far as federal investigators knew, not an act of terrorism. “It’s strictly an act of street violence,” Romig said.…

Taqueria’s tiki bar debuts tonight

Ian McNulty — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:42:00 -0500

Known for its fast-casual Mexican format and self-serve salsa bar, Felipe’s Taqueria has been upping its game lately at the bar, which serves Mexican-inspired craft cocktails and even "flights" of mezcal, the earthier, smokier relative to tequila.

Next up for taqueria outfit is a much bigger and ambitious undertaking.…

Mother's Day shooting suspect had prior arrests

Alex Woodward — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:50:31 -0500

A few hours following a community rally at the site of the Mother's Day second line shooting, New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officials named Akein Scott, 19, as the suspect, seen in the surveillance footage.

This is not Scott's first brush with the law.…

Police name suspect in Mother's Day shootings

Kandace Graves — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:38:00 -0500

Police are searching today for 19-year-old Akein Scott as a suspect in the shootings of 19 people at a Mother’s Day second-line parade in the 7th Ward.

At a news conference Monday night Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas called on Scott “to do the right thing” and surrender.…

Photos: Community rally gathers at site of second line shooting

Alex Woodward — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:33:26 -0500

As sun set at the intersection of Frenchmen and North Villere streets, 200 people gathered at the site of yesterday's Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club's annual Mother's Day second line, which ended prematurely as 19 people were injured in a shooting. Mayor Mitch Landrieu, members of New Orleans City Council, community leaders and others spoke into a microphone at the center of the intersection.…

James Gill jumps from The Times-Picayune to The Advocate

Kevin Allman — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:01:05 -0500

James Gill, whose acerbic wit and incisive columns about Louisiana politics and peccadillos have appeared in The Times-Picayune since 1986, is the latest T-P name to jump ship to The Advocate.

"It's very hard to make out a quote, because quotes are all bullshit," Gill told Gambit tonight.…

WWL-TV: CUE magazine spring makeovers

Gambit TV — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:22:00 -0500

CUE editor Missy Wilkinson appeared on the WWL Eyewitness Morning News today to show off the new issue (tucked inside this week's Gambit) and show off some spring makeovers. Watch:

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A visual representation of the Mother's Day second line shootings

Alejandro de los Rios — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:58:00 -0500

As noted several times here and through other media, Gambit contributor Deborah "Big Red" Cotton was one of the 19 people shot at yesterday's Mother's Day second line put on by the Original Big 7 Social Aid & Pleasure Club.…

Officials update Mother's Day second line shooting

Alex Woodward — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:30:29 -0500

New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and federal authorities gathered outside NOPD headquarters this afternoon to provide updates following the shooting at a second line yesterday that injured 19 people, three critically.

NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas said most of the wounds were "superficial, glancing wounds," though those that remain in critical condition faced "direct gunshot wounds."

"We have no ability to give you the condition of persons who went through surgery today, but we know they’re still receiving medical attention," Serpas said.

Investigators are still trying to determine whether there was more than one gunman at the scene, and if there was more than one weapon.…

Fundraiser for victims of Mother's Day second line violence

Kevin Allman — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:39:00 -0500

We're still putting together the specifics, but Gambit's nonprofit arm, The Foundation for Entertainment, Development and Education (FEDE), which produces the annual Big Easy Awards, will be teaming with the Tipitina's Foundation to raise funds for the victims of the Mother's Day shootings.

Mary von Kurnatowski, founder of the Tipitina's Foundation, will be making the club available for a benefit.…