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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'	Saints Players Re-Suspended by Goodell for Bounty Scandal Posted Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 Bountygate ain't over yet, Saints fans. The Black and Gold players who were punished, then unpunished for their alleged roles in Bountygate will have to serve time away from the team after all, according to a statement issued by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Current Saints linebacker Jon Vilma, who is currently out with an injury, and defensive lineman Will Smith will have to serve their suspensions, as will former Saints Scott Fujita and Anthony Hargrove, the site reports. Vilma was banished for the year, though the new ruling states he will be able to retain his salary for the first part of the year. Smith was suspended for four games. In a letter, Goodell told Vilma: "At our meeting, you confirmed that cart-offs and knockouts were part of a broader program in place among the Saints' defensive players. You confirmed that these terms referred to plays in which an opposing player has to leave the game for one or more plays. You confirmed that, as Coach Vitt testified, an opposing player's need for smelling salts under a trainer's care was a consequence of the kind that the program sought to achieve and for which players were offered cash rewards from the incentive pool. I also find that you engaged in conduct detrimental by offering a substantial financial incentive to any member of the defensive unit who knocked Brett Favre out of the Saints' 2009 NFC playoff game against the Vikings. Vilma has been locked in legal battles with the league, including a defamation lawsuit against Goodell. In the new ruling, Fujita saw his suspension cut from three games to one. Hargrove, who is currently a free agent, saw his penalty cut from eight games to seven. An appeals panel overturned the suspensions just before the season started in September. But the panel gave Goodell the right to re-enter the discipline if he could prove that the players showed intent to injure other players as part of the pay-for-play scheme. Whether by design or not, looks like he's chosen the Saints bye-week - and the week after their first win - to re-announce the suspensions. Tagged with: bounty bountygate New Orleans Saints NFL roger goodell scott fujita vilma Will Smith	ADVERTISE with NOLA Defender 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.
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