New Orleans traditions don't limit themselves by banks of the river. Tomorrow, the East and West Bank will demonstrate why New Orleans culture thrives with a second line in Treme, and the West Bank Mardi Gras Indians' version of Super Sunday.

New Orleans police are searching for two men wanted for a Monday night armed robbery in Algiers. The men entered a store in the 3000 block of General Degaulle Street around 9 p.m. wearing masks, according to a police press release. They began yelling, “Where is the money? Give me the money!” as one of the men demanded that the clerk open the cash register.

Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a man who may have information on an unsolved murder. Eric Hatley was shot several times and killed in Algiers on December 31, 2012, at approximately 1:10pm. Hatley was found in a white Chevrolet Camaro parked in the 2000-block of Cypress Acres Drive.

Next weekend the Krewe Of Cleopatra will march down the traditional Uptown-St. Charles parade route after 39 years of parading on the West Bank. The first all ladies parade this season, Cleopatra is also the only all female, night time parade that will ride on a weekend.

Five NOFD firefighters were hurt Sunday while trying to control a scorcher that engulfed a mostly-vacant West Bank apartment building that is under renovation, according to the Department. The firefighters who were hurt fell through the floors of two separate apartments while trying to stanch the blaze at the Audubon Point Apartments, located at 4547 Maple Leaf Dr. in Algiers. By the end of the effort, two of the company's members ended up in ambulances.

On this week's smorgasboard of scandal, a City Park car burglar returned for another weekend outing, the tourists got to see a real life drug bust on Jackson Square and a rash of gas station robberies are linked to one suspect. Get your weekly rundown of the lowdown in Crescent City Crime Bits:

by Cate Czarnecki

New Orleans artist Dan Tague was recently selected by the prestigious West Collection as one of its West Collects Artists of 2012. Tague’s collection “Live Free or Die” was picked from a pool of over 2,500 national and international contemporary artists, and will be featured as part of the Collection’s fall exhibition in Oaks, PA. Tague’s initial reaction to the acquisition was surprise.

As the evening brought a brief break from the heat and heavier winds, the haze and smell of smoke drifted in. Once again, New Orleans was in a haze. About 7 p.m., the burning smell of smoke and haze around the Lakeview area near I-10 increased to proportions that reminded us of last year's New Orleans East Marsh Fire, though not nearly as consistent. Turns out it wasn't oil, or that marsh fire flaring up again. The Jefferson Parish Fire Department told Fox 8 news that the smoke was from a marsh fire on the West Bank near Waggaman. The station reported that the fire is out.

NoDef Drama Critic Jim Fitzmorris takes the Connection over to the Best Bank for the foremost and only 80s kitsch rollerskating musical in the metro area.

According to the JP Sheriff's Office, 3 Teens were shot while walking in the 100 Block of the West Bank Expressway yesterday afternoon. Fortunately, the wounds were not life threatening this time. Thi victims, two males, and a female are all expected to make full recoveries.