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It’s debatable whether the Voodoo and costumed Frenchmen Street rock ’n’ roll crowds overlap with the well-dressed, older theatergoers who make a routine of attending opening nights. But for this one, they should have. Because “Rock of Ages,” well … rocks.
The plot of the show, which is set on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip in 1987, is sort of a mashup of an Our Gang movie with a Poison video. Youngsters from the heartland with dreams of fame step off the bus and are welcomed to the urban jungle, where the little rascals of the old, beloved rock ’n’ roll venue are trying to get it together to put on one last show to save their clubhouse from the villain who wants to tear it down. There’s also romance, quick dips into the gutter (in the form of a Motley Crue-worthy strip club), and big production numbers performed by Tawny Kitaen clones.

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But the corner outside the daiquiri shop has been particularly active this summer, and neighbors and nearby workers say that fights and other signs of trouble seem a bit too common there. In July, a New Orleans police officer killed a New Iberia man who, after arguing with bouncers, ran down the street here firing a large-caliber weapon.
“A lot of the violence has been at that corner, and somebody’s got to find a solution,” said Earl Bernhardt, a past president of the Bourbon Street Business Association. Bernhardt owns six bars in the Quarter, including the Tropical Isle, a few doors down from this morning’s murder. “I just went through the airport and people are randomly searched there; why can’t police in New Orleans find a constitutional way to do some checking and get some guns off the street?”
Some questioned whether the block’s incendiary environment is being fed by a nearby club that blasted rap music into the streets and a cluster of strip clubs that drew a largely male, well-lubricated crowd.

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There is so much to see and do in New Orleans, all in a matter of blocks. You can tour the Mississippi Riverfront area, where the Aquarium of the Americas, the Entergy IMAX Theater, the shops at the Riverwalk Marketplace and Harrah’s Casino are all conveniently located within walking distance of each other.
Or perhaps you’d prefer to ride the city’s famous street cars to see the above-ground cemeteries with their elaborate grave markers.
Or, it might be your choice to take a street car to the City Park where the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and the New Orleans Museum of Art are located. Naturally, no visit to N’awlins is complete without checking out the many excellent restaurants and art galleries of the French Quarter or the eclectic Voodoo museum, live music venues, strip clubs and bars of Bourbon and Canal Streets.

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AN UNLIKELY PLACE: Taking the Gospel to Bourbon Street
Submitted by philip on Wed, 10/26/2011 – 01:00
By Marilyn Stewart, Regional reporter
NEW ORLEANS – It’s only Wednesday night, but the strip clubs on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street are busy. The crowded street is awash in neon light as tourists, some with children, snap souvenir pictures.
But inside, tears stream down a dancer’s face when the women of Inward step into her dressing room. God has answered her prayer.
“I asked Jesus to send someone,” she said. Tricia [name changed for privacy] needed help in breaking free.An Unlikely Place: Inward, a ministry showing God’s love in a place where the need is great, began when women of New Orleans churches felt burdened for the women of Bourbon Street. Without a template and with few ministries for a model, they started by simply taking gifts of chocolate to the dancers. (Photo by Boyd Guy)

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… It has been fun doing the play,” Elliott said. “I thought it would be fun to come back and help with the show.”
Elliott has a company in New Orleans where he directs and produces theater shows. He has also toured the country, producing theater performances.
“The musical is for an adult audience,” Ruiz said. “College audiences don’t want to be treated like children anymore. They want to be talked to like an adult. There is foul language and sexual situations. It is out there in our everyday lives.”
The musical is about a stripper named Pippi, played by Kami Ellender, mass communication junior from Houma, that causes havoc between Jeannie, played by Lisa Cunningham, history junior from Houma, and her husband Norbert, played by Tyler Taquino, business sophomore from Thibodaux.

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The Top 20 list came to light locally last month when The Hullabaloo, Tulane’s student newspaper, published an interview with a freshman identified as Amanda who said Sugar Daddies had helped her meet her expenses at Tulane, where tuition and fees alone for first-year students amount to $43,434.
Interest peaked for a time on campus, with some professors imploring their students to pick up a copy of the story for class discussions.
But selling sex is not a new issue on college campuses, said Mimi Schippers, an associate professor of sociology who specializes in gender and sexuality issues. The article, however, does illuminate some new wrinkles.
“I think it’s a sign that working in the sex industry is less stigmatized,” said Schippers, who has had former students talk to her about working as strippers.

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Today’s gay scene is well integrated into the city’s fabric and echoes its “let the good times roll” vibe. At the intersection of St. Ann and Bourbon Street, the central hub of gay nightlife blends right into the end of the French Quarter’s legendary strip of drunken revelry. The two-story Bourbon Pub, open 24 hours a day, sits across from Oz, known for its late-night dance floor. The square is completed with smoke-free lounge Napoleon’s Itch and Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo, where gay psychic Phillip Humphries has earned a loyal following for his no-nonsense readings of palms and tarot cards.
Elder statesman Café Lafitte in Exile is one block away, and deserves added props for extraordinary Bloody Marys served with a cornucopia of garnishes. Its across-the-street companion Clover Grill has saved many gay travelers from the downward spiral of overindulgence, slinging out breakfast and burgers 24/7. Meander through the Quarter’s streets and more rainbow flags pop into view: at the two-story Good Friends Bar; the 700 Club, a low-key local hangout; and the stripper bar, The Corner Pocket.

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Jefferson Parish stores, bars and strip clubs targeted for alcohol violations
Published: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 5:06 PM     Updated: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 5:07 PM
After repeated incidents of allegedly selling alcohol either to minors or after hours, the Brothers convenience store on Edenborn Avenue in Fat City lost its alcohol retail permit for good. The Jefferson Parish Council unanimously revoked it, following the lead of Councilwoman Cynthia Lee-Sheng.
Jefferson Parish Councilwoman Cynthia Lee-Sheng led the charge to ban permits to businesses for allegedly selling booze to minors or operating outside legal hours.
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Suzanne Coe, co-owner of Cherry Bombs Inc., which runs Suzie Q’s Gentlemen’s Club in Harvey, protested the council’s decision to revoke her alcohol retail permit. Calling the governing law “arbitrary and capricious,” she questioned the way the review committee conducted hearings.

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Tommy Anzelmo, who represented the parish, said Lagers operates primarily as a restaurant, not a bar, and thus is exempt from the bar closing rule. And because new stand-alone bars are prohibited by the ordinance while existing ones are allowed to stay open, Anzelmo argued, the bars challenging the regulations actually get preferential treatment.
Under the ordinance, stand-alone bars in Fat City must close Sunday through Thursday by midnight and Friday and Saturday by 1 a.m., a dramatic change for an area that saw many establishments open until at least 4 a.m.
That rule is the driving force behind some of the changes now under way in Fat City, a popular nightlife district in the 1970s but one that has evolved in what some see as a blighted neighborhood dotted with seedy bars and strip clubs.

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Sooner or later, every city makes a list.
Some are more livable than others (the 604).
Others are home to one of the world’s finest universities, not to mention being legendary for their cigarette smokers, strip bars and Stanley Cup championship banners (the 514).
Yet others make the lists that all the other cities land on (the 416).
Thanks to the latest list, courtesy of CNNgo.com, ours will forever be known as the finest city north of New Orleans in which to party.
Last week, CNN published a list of the 15 finest places on the planet to party like a rock star. The Calgary Stampede rolled in at fifth.
On the planet.
Someone pour me a drink, I need to absorb this.
Fifth? On the one hand, it’s always nice to land on a list, any list, although I’m getting tired of reading about our carbon emissions and the cost of parking downtown – but fifth in the world?

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