theatre
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN. St. Pius X Gym, 6600 Spanish Fort Blvd., 484-6804. Tracey Collins, Nellie Collins and Bobbie Collins star in this Broadway musical comedy. Advance tickets $9 adults, $8 seniors, $4 children and students. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
CHERRIES JUBILEE. Southern Repertory Theatre, 333 Canal St., Canal Place, Third Floor, 861-8163. Buzz Podewell directs Aimee Hayes, Tari Hohn Lagasse and others. (Reviewed in this issue.) Tickets $20. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
COLD READ. Le chat noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Theater for Writers. Features readings of new scripts and other works. Free admission. Performances 6 p.m. Wednesday.
EDUCATING RITA. Arena Theatre, UNO's Performing Arts Center, 280-SHOW. Walter Bost and Chris Lusk star in Wily Russell's Golden Globe Award-winning play about an aging, alcoholic English professor and the brassy young beautician who becomes his student. Tickets $8 general, $5 students with ID. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. Shim Sham Club, 615 Toulouse St. 299-8932. Carl Walker and Richard Read direct Flynn De Marco in the off-Broadway tale of transsexual glam-rocker Hedwig, the "internationally ignored song stylist." Tickets $20 adults, $15 students. Performances 8:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday, through Aug. 5.
NIGHTTIME NAUGHTIES. True Brew Theater, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. The Producers Circle sends up 1920s nightlife, New Orleans-style. Written by Ricky Graham and Fred Palmisano, and starring Becky Allen, Danon Smith, Angela Mannino and Sean Patterson. Tickets $25. Performances 8 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Aug. 12.
THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST. Carlone's Dinner Theatre, 100 N. Labarre Road, Metairie, 838-9906. Perry Martin directs this look at a town's preparation for an annual Fourth of July Festival and Beauty Contest. Tickets $20 and $42 (with buffet) adults, $17 and $38 (with buffet) students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Aug. 19.
WITH MALICE TOWARDS ALL. Lagniappe Stage, Tulane University, 865-5105. New Orleans native Jim Fitzmorris' play comes to the stage with the help of the Red Noses Theatre Company. Buzz Podewell directs Gavin Mahlie, Clare Moncrief, Danny Bowen and Tony Molina. Tickets $15. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
A Gallery For Fine Photography 322 Royal St., 568-1313 -- Orotones by Edward S. Curtis, Norman Edson and James Barton; photos from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair; work by the Pilsbury brothers, through August.
*Ariodante 535 Julia St., 524-3233 -- Mediterranean Influence, glass works by Carl Radke and Leslie Moody, through August
*Arthur Roger Gallery 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Paintings by Sean Scherer and Aristides Logothetis, through August.
Barrister's Gallery 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Women Without Walls, group show of work by five female artists, through August.
brunner Gallery 522 N. New Hampshire St., Covington, 893-0444 -- Introductions, paintings by Marcia Holmes, Susan Conklin Johnston, Seanie Haik Kohnke and Karen Laborde, through Aug. 4; paintings by Rosemary Goodell and Larry Thompson, through August.
Bruno galleries 910 Julia St., 525-4288 -- Exclusive representative of Royal Brierly Crystal, the crystal of Britain's Royal family for more than a century; antique reproductions by master cabinetmaker Frank S. Bruno. Works by Thomas Bruno, Natalie Gaidry, Greg Hymel, Joe Barth, Myra Robinson and Lynn Rose Light.
CAMERON JONES 2127 Magazine St., 524-3119 -- Oils by Mika Anami, watercolors by Doris Cowan, seriographs by Ronald Jones, acrylics by Marcel Flisiuk, mixed-media work by Vera Deville Judycki and Chris Clark.
cole pratt gallery 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789 -- Paintings by Emily Hogan, through August.
*Contemporary Arts Center 900 Camp St., 523-1216 -- 2001 Louisiana Open, featuring works by Courtney Egan, Michelle Elmore, Michael Guidry, Tim Hailey, Francis James, Robert Ruello and Gerry Wubben, through August. (Reviewed in this issue.)
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City Park Ave., 483-4512 -- Works by Felipe Dulzaides and Aristides Logothetis, through August.
*d.o.c.s. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Driven to Abstraction, paintings and sculpture by Molly Gordon and Michael Gnad, through August.
*Galerie Simonne Stern 518 Julia St., 529-1118 -- Detritus, Refuse and other Multiples, sculpture and installation by Sally Heller, through August.
*george schmidt gallery 626 Julia St., 592-0206 -- Works by Louisiana artist George Schmidt.
Hanson Gallery 229 Royal St., 524-8211 -- Provencal landscape paintings by Elisabeth Estivalet; paintings and prints by Joseph Lorusso, through August.
*Heriard-Cimino Gallery 440 Julia St., 525-7300 -- Abstract paintings by Mark Davis, through August.
*IBERMUNDO ART GALLERY 604 Julia St., 588-9797 -- Paintings by Colombian artist Jorge Gaviria, through August.
*INDUSTRIAL ELEMENTS 517 Rue St. Louis, 581-1155 -- Mardi Gras bead exhibit by Emen Levy, through October.
*jim blanchard STUDIO & DESIGN 608 Julia St., 522-4815 -- Where is Sainte Marie?, watercolors by Jim Blanchard, through August.
*Jonathan Ferrara Gallery 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- The Black and White Show, group exhibit featuring works in black and white.
Kurt E. Schon 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- 19th century paintings of children by French artists such as Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau and Jacques-Emile Blanche, through August.
*LeMieux Galleries 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- Icons and ICONvicts, paintings and ceramics by Francie Rich and Simone Mollere, through Sept. 29.
*Marguerite Oestreicher Fine Arts 720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Sewn fabric works by Gina Philips, through August.
*N.O. School of Glassworks & Printmaking Studio 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- White Linen Magic, featuring glass sculpture by Andrew Brott, printmaking by Resa Bates and Janelle Trosclair-Mullen, book binding by Miriam Martin, and copper enameling by Catherine DeYoung, through August.
Rhino Contemporary craft co. Canal Place Shopping Centre, 523-7945 -- Pottery by Casey Williams, through Aug. 21.
RIVERTOWN FINE ARTS GALLERY 409 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 468-7231 -- Works by Howard Hershberg, through September 5.
*Stella jones gallery 201 St. Charles Ave., Bank One Center, 568-9050 -- Dream Variations, paintings and works on paper by Hughie Lee Smith, through August.
*STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St., 566-1390 -- The Cock, the Pig and the Pussycat, paintings by Ashley Longshore; sculpture and paintings by Steve Martin.
*Sylvia Schmidt Gallery 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Works by Jacques Soulas and Sylvia Schmidt, through August.
spare spaces
*AUDUBON CLUB 1225 St. Charles Ave., 566-1717 -- Be Nice or Leave, works by Dr. Bob.
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL 444 St. Charles Ave., 469-3581 -- A Western Woman's Solo Journey to the Ancient Land, photographs by Maria Griener, through Aug. 4.
museums
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- Collecting the Collected: Five Years of New Photography Acquisitions, through Sept. 23; From Myth and Reality: Animals in Japanese Edo-Period Painting, through Nov. 25; Sam Doyle: Heart and Soul, through September.
*NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola Ave., 596-2567 -- Show-Off, a collection of art and writing by the New Orleans Public Library staff, through August 25.
*OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 603 Julia St., 539-9600 -- Treasures From the Amistad Collection, group show of paintings, drawings and sculpture by African-American artists, through Sept. 29.
books
Thursday 2
RAYMOND CALVERT. The Catholic Book Store, 8039 Fig St., 861-7504. Author lectures on Just Icons. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Friday 3
K. THOOMAS OGLESBY. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-4929. Author reads and signs copies of What Black Men Should Do Now: 100 Simple Truths, Ideas, and Concepts. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Saturday 4
GREG ILES. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author signs copies of Dead Sleep. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday 4
CHARLES L. PETERS, KENNETH C. DILLON AND QUENTON D. GILLISPIE. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-4929. Young poets read and sign copies of Down South Poets, Volume 1: The Dirty Collection. Free admission. 1 p.m.
