Search
| Mostly Cloudy, 76 F (24 C)
| RSS | |

SECTIONS:

 

Arts · Politics · Crime
· Sports · Food ·
· Opinion · NOLA ·
Lagniappe

 
THE

Defender Picks

 

Mercredi

May 22nd

Much Ado About Nothing

NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden (5:00 PM)

The NOLA Project presents this festive comedy that pits two of Shakespeare's most beloved characters, Benedick and Beatrice, in a war of words and wits

 

Artist Inc. Fundraiser

1445 Pauger Street (6:00 PM)

Cultural philanthropists Dorian and Kel Bennett have opened their historic Marigny home for this inaugural event with music, theater and dance performances

 

Retox with Tinsel Teeth

Circle Bar (10:00 PM)

Punk rock on Lee Circle

 

Walter Wolfman Washington

d.b.a. (10:00 PM)

Fiery blues on Frenchmen - every week

 

Curren$y's Jet Lounge

Blue Nile (10:00 PM)

The NOLA rapper's weekly party

 

Major Bacon

Banks Street Bar (10:00 PM)

Blues rock and BLTs!

 

SIN Night

Country Club (All Day)

Weekly Wed Gig- $3 martinis and free admission for the service industry folks.

 

Tom McDermott and Meschiya Lake

Chickie Wah Wah (8:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Piano man meets a golden voice.

 

Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses

Mimi's (10:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Gypsy jazz upstairs in the Marigny

 

Busker's Ballroom

Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- from the street to the stage. Midnight Snax throwdown follows at 10pm.

 

Tin Men

dba (7:00 PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- The world's premiere washboard-sousaphone-guitar trio.

 

Treme Brass Band

Candlelight Lounge (9:00 PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Pass on by and see the 6th Ward’s home band

Jeudi

May 23rd


Much Ado About Nothing

NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden (5:00 PM)

The NOLA Project presents this festive comedy that pits two of Shakespeare's most beloved characters in a war of words and wits

 

Thursdays at Twilight with Alex McMurray

City Park’s Botanical Garden (5:00 PM)

New Orleanian songwriter performs at the weekly outdoor concert series

 

After Hours with Seth Walker

The Ogden Museum (6:00 PM)

Singer/ songwriter who has recently performed at Austin City Limits Music Festival and provided tour support for Raul Malo and the Wood Brothers

 

Maya Erdelyi Reception and Film Screening

The Foundation Gallery (6:00 PM)      

A screening of Maya's award-winning animation "Pareidolia" followed by a Q &A with the artist

 

Night Train

Snug Harbor (8:00 & 10:00 PM)

The third evening of a chamber music festival that has something for classical aficionados and dilettantes alike


 

Marcel Black

Hi Ho Lounge (9:00 PM)

Hip hop artist raps on St. Claude with his album Trap Hop

 

Stoop Kids

Circle Bar (10:00 PM)

Performing tracks from the new album 'What a World'

Latest in Loot: Cross-Dressing Crime Comes to New Orleans East Bank


The last word in a month of cross-dressing crime may have come from the man who started it all. For the second time in a month, a man got all dressed up as a woman to go out and rob a bank. At about 10:40 a.m., the man entered the Capitol One Bank at 5695 Bullard Ave. in New Orleans East wearing a curly wig, blue blouse, black pants, sunglasses, makeup, sculpted finger nails and a ladies handbag on his left arm, according to the FBI.


Bank Robbers Ask Glen David Andrews to Leave


A decision to bring the dog to the bank apparently saved trombonist Glen David Andrews and his cousin, Rebirth Brass Band trumpeter Glen Andrews, from a holdup Monday morning. Around 9 a.m. Monday, the Andrews were standing outside the Capital One at S. Carrollton and Canal St. right before a group of people waiting for the bank to open were robbed by a pair of gun-toting men. Because Glen Andrews brought the potentially noisy pit bull with them, the robbers told the cousins to leave before they started the stickup. According to a Facebook post, Glen David Andrews immediately called 911. Click through to see the trombonist's full account of the events, and why he's speaking out.


Tequila Joins Tuna in Jail After Bringing Stolen Cash for Bail


After his arrest for robbing a Raceland bank on July 4 weekend, the Bad Hatter was split from his girlfriend, Tequila Guidry. But Guidry hatched a plan to spring her man, who's real name is Richard "Tuna" Kiser"  from the joint. According to WWL Radio, she took the heist loot down to the jail, and tried to post bail. But, detectives were waiting outside, where they were nabbed her and the money. That awful Mardi Gras hat, on the other hand, is still on the lam.


Outlaw Paw Paw Sought Payday


From Pretty Boy Floyd to Baby Face Nelson ,the FBI has a long history of giving bank robbers nicknames that make them sound more like guys you chased skirts with, and less like people who carry guns. But for their latest heistmaster, things have gone a little further into friendly territory. Hearing the latest nickname, "Paw Paw Bandit," kind of makes you want to sit on the guy's lap. Nevertheless, the unidentified man is alleged to have pulled off multiple robberies in Jefferson Parish, and authorities don't know who his name.


NoDef Inbox Returns


We shut off the "You've Got Mail" alert for a while because we were getting so many comments, but the comments have only been piling up. To stop our very own carmageddon on the information superhighway, we've decided to get the best and brightest off our desk, and into thine very own eyes. Click through to read some of the best comments of the last fortnight.


Bad Hatter: 'Tuna' Bagged After Raceland Bank Heist


As any seasoned veteran of Mardi Gras can tell you, a weak costume only makes you standout. Richard "Tuna" Kiser learned the lesson first hand this week when he robbed a bank in Raceland disguised only in one of those cheesy, dime-a-dozen hats that say "Mardi Gras" in big letters. The 25-year-old got away from a Chase branch Thursday with all of its 50 and 100-dollar bills, but was apprehended in less than 24 hours because of surveillance video that clearly showed his face. Someone should've consulted Cree McCree.


FBI Gives Good Meeting


Earlier this month, yet another dash of the world's finest irony passed across our discriminating palette as a bank robber who lead police on a high-speed chase ended up being bagged in front of the FBI building on Leon C. Simon Dr. But, for a change this wasn't mere coincidence. Patrick McCarthy lead police right to the doorstep of law enforcement not because he hoped to escape their jurisdiction, or engage in mind games. He lead them there because he wanted a meeting, ABC-26 reports. 


Man's Crime Spree Ends in Front of FBI Building


Around 1:00 p.m. today, Patrick McCarthy produced a knife, and robbed the Chase Bank at 4600 Chef Menteur Highway, according to New Orleans police. The 37-year-old then robbed the Capitol One Bank at 6700 Elysian Fields Ave. in the same fashion. To make it a crime of three, he drove across from the bank to a Shell station, and relieved them of a pack of cigarettes. The jag was up when police caught on. Police and, later, FBI agents, gave chase to McCarthy's green Ford Escort. He lead them to familiar grounds. McCarthy was arrested in front of the FBI building on Leon C. Simon. Federal charges are pending.


Syndicate content
view counter
Follow Us on Twitter
view counter
view counter
Aidan Gill for Men
view counter
view counter
Mardi Gras Zone
view counter


Contributors:

Dead Huey Long, Emma Boyce, Ian Hoch, Sarah Esenwein, Ryan Sparks, Will Dilella, Chris Rinaldi, Lianna Patch, Phil Yiannopoulos, Cate Czarnecki, Jonas Griffin, Jennifer Abbot, Mary Kilpatrick, Elaina Patton, Mike Horst, Devin Bambrick, Katherine McGuire, Norris Ortolano, Joe Shriner

Staff Writers

Ryan Sparks, Kerem Ozkan

Listings

Elisabeth Morgan

Puzzler

Paolo Roy

Art Director:

Michael Weber, B.A.

Assistant Managing Editor

Mary-Devon Dupuy

Managing Editor

Stephen Babcock

Editor:

B. E. Mintz

Published Daily by

Minced Media, Inc.