theater
A WALK IN THE WOODS. True Brew Cafe, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. Lee Blessing's political comedy/drama centered on an American negotiator and an eccentric Soviet diplomat. Perry Martin directs Bob Edes and Randy Cheramie. Tickets $21, $31 for A Walk in the Woods and Sea Marks. Performances 7 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, and 6 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 24.
FLAMING IDIOTS. Columbia Players, 1320 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, 542-9243. Tom Rooney's comedy about two postal workers who open a disaster-plagued restaurant. Mary Beth Ridgel and Selena Ray co-direct. Tickets $10 general, $8 seniors and children. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through Feb. 23.
LATE NIGHT CATECHISM. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré, Directors Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. The "Sister" teaches an adult catechism class and alternately rewards and chastises her students. Amanda Hebert stars. Tickets $21 Thursday and Sunday; $26 Friday and Saturday. Performances 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
SEA MARKS. True Brew Cafe, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. Gardner McKay's Irish comedy/drama about star-crossed lovers. Stars Dane Rhodes and Mary Lee Gibbons. Tickets $21, $31 for Sea Marks and A Walk in the Woods. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday, 9:30 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 24.
SOWETO! SOEWTO! SOWETO! A TOWNSHIP IS CALLING. Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., 816-4857. David Kote directs this play about the death of Hector Peterson, the first youth to die in the Sharpsville Massacre in apartheid-ridden South Africa. Tickets $10 general, $8 seniors and students, $5 children. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
VALLEY SONG. Neighborhood Gallery Theatre, 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800. South African playwright Athol Fugard's metaphorical story probes the push and pull of the country's past and future as told through the eyes of a farmer, his granddaughter and a white landowner. Jimmy Walker directs Fahnlohnee Harris and Bert Pigg. Limited seating. Tickets $10. Performances 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sunday and Monday, through Feb. 20. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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 -- Snaps, photographs by Elliot Erwitt, through Feb. 28.
ABITA ART GALLERY 72078 Maple St., Abita Springs, (985) 867-3323 -- Group show of gallery artists, featuring Mardi Gras originals and etchings, through February.
ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- 2002 Faculty Exhibition, through Feb. 25.
ACME GALLERY 5700 Magazine St., 891-0357 -- Comic-book art by Vernon Smith, through February.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233 -- Painted wooden bowls by Karen Morava, through February.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Constructions by Al Souza, paintings by Matthew Sontheimer, through February.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- In Your F***in' Face, recent paintings by Roy Ferdinand, through February.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233 Chartres St., 529-9811 -- Group show of gallery artists featuring David Halliday and new work by Jack Spencer, through March.
BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY 516 Natchez St., 522-7503 -- Vintage Mardi Gras photography by Michael P. Smith and C.F. Weber, through Feb. 15.
*BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St., 525-5584 -- Mardi Gras paintings by Carol Katchen, through February.
CAMERON JONES 2127 Magazine St., 524-3119 -- Group show by 12 local artists including George Ufford, Marcel Flisiuk, Ruth Marie Wright, and Chris Clark, through February.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588 -- Two Continents: The African Tradition in Contemporary American Art, featuring African art from Kenya and Chad, through February.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130 -- Group show by gallery artists, through February.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789 -- Pastel paintings by Ed Dyer, organic abstractions and acrylic on paper by Amanda Talley, through February.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St., 523-1216 -- Expanding Universe: The Recent Paintings of Al Held; Bodyworks: An Exhibition by Studio Matrixx, featuring works by Ila Berman and Michelle Fornabai, through March 24.
CRESCENT GALLERY 531 Wilkinson Row, 525-5255 -- European Exhibition, new paintings by Grace Newburger, through Feb. 14.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City Park Ave., 483-4512 -- Return to New Orleans, paintings by Gilbert Fletcher, through Feb. 28.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Sculpture by Allen Wynn, paintings by Michael Fee, through Feb. 28.
DU MONDE GALLERY 318 Royal St., 523-0078 -- New paintings by Kathe Calhoun and gallery artists, through February.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688 -- Paintings by Janet McGreal and Auguste Garufi, through February.
FRENCHY GALLERY 319 Royal St., 561-5885 -- Second Month, Second Line, second-line photographs by Michelle Elmore, through February.
GALLERY CARROLL 4817 Prytania St., 861-8838 -- New work by August Martens, JoAnn Saucier, Carroll Becker and MacDonald Eaton, through March.
GALERIE LAFItTE 533 St. Louis St., 524-0105 -- New paintings by Gustavo Duque, through February.
GALERIE SIMONNE STERN 518 Julia St., 529-1118 -- Paintings by George Dunbar, through Feb. 27.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211 -- Super Show 2002, featuring works by Peter Max, Leroy Neiman, Frederick E. Hart, Luigi Rocca and Raymond Douillet-Chevoleau, through Feb. 15.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300 -- On Imagined Occasions, paintings by Carlos deVillasante, through Feb. 23.
J. PIERRE FINE ART GALLERY 1562 Magazine St., suite 5, 586-1997 -- Paintings, sculptures and monoprints by Jamar Pierre, through February.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- Louisiana Landscapes and Surreal Settings, paintings by Roberto Ortiz, through Feb. 13.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Paintings of children by Austrian, English and French artists, through February.
LALLYBROCH 240 Pelican Ave., Old Algiers Point, 362-2226 -- Mardi Gras memorabilia from Blaine Kern's studio; 40 hand-painted Carnival masks by Elizabeth Becket, Neil & Kim Allen, Robin Fraser-Orr, and others (proceeds benefit art programs at the Holy Name of Mary school), through February.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- Axis of Passion, new work by metal artist Thomas Mann, through Feb. 26. (Reviewed in this issue.)
LMS FINE ART & ANTIQUES 729 Royal St., 529-3774 -- The Best of Russia and America, featuring paintings by Valery Kosorukov and sculpture by Raymond Wiger, through March.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Wood engravings and paintings by Orren Kickliter, through February. (Reviewed in this issue.)
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine St., 895-8731 -- New glass work by Mario Villa; Oil and Water, paintings by Melissa Bonin, through February.
MCINNIS FINE ART 404 Chartres St., 581-3608 -- Mardi Gras Daze, new oil paintings by Nicki Flynn, Claude Dussell, Peter Wood and others, through February.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Tulane University, 865-5328 -- Materials of Africa: African Art from New Orleans Collections, through Feb. 17.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Carnival Exhibition in Glass and Ceramic Sculpture, through Feb. 8.
RIVERTOWN FINE ARTS GALLERY 409 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 468-7231 -- Works by Annie Strack and Cheryl Gautier, through March 6.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St., 566-1390 -- Paintings by Tanya Lantier, through February.
VINTAGE 429 429 Royal St., 529-2288 -- Commemorative Super Bowl XXXVI artwork by Charles Fazzino, through Feb. 28.
VISUAL JAZZ INCORPORATED 2337 St. Claude Ave., 949-9822 -- Featuring Richard Thomas' We Too Sing America, the 2002 Zulu poster saluting African-American patriotism, through Feb. 15.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 -- Recent paintings by Daniel Finnigan, through April 6.
WILLIAMS & JOSEPH GALLERY 713 Royal St., 566-7009 -- The Writing's on the Wall, poetry vessels and paintings by Bradley Bowers, through February.
WYNDY MOREHEAD FINE ARTS 3926 Magazine St., 269-8333 -- Paintings by Jim Pennington, through February.
museums
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- O Say Can You See: Great American Photographs from NOMA.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 603 Julia St., 539-9600 -- Then & Now: 1941-2001, exhibition of Southern artists' work on war and peace, through March 1.
books
Saturday 9
PAT SAIZAN CORBIN. Bookstar, 414 N. Peters St., 523-6411. Author signs Cajun Cooking Southern Style: Five Generations of Family Recipes. Free admission. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday 10
KERRI AND CYNTHIA McCAFFETY. Bookstar, 414 N. Peters St., 523-6411. Local authors sign Masking and Madness. Free admission. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
