theater
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. Tulane University Newcomb Campus, Lupin Theatre, 865-5106. Arthur Miller's play is adapted for this production dealing with feminism, the environment and journalism ethics, as they affect Catherine Stockmann, her family and community. Paul Schierhorn directs Victoria Watson, Adam Haver and others. Tickets $10 general, $8 faculty and staff, $6 students. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. Southeastern Louisiana University, Vonnie Borden Theatre, Hammond, (985) 549-3546. A young man, confronted by two men while he resides in an older couple's boarding house, is the central plot in Harold Pinter's play. Kay M. Files directs Katherine Duvic, Clarence Wethern and others. Tickets $5 general, $3 seniors, non-Southeastern students and Southeastern faculty and staff, Southeastern students free with ID. Performances 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
BROADWAY BOUND. Rivertown Repertory Theatre, 325 Minor St., 468-7221. Final part of Neil Simon's trilogy, following Eugene and Stanley as they try to their hand at professional comedy writing and deal with their family. Chase Waites directs Julie Vorus, Jeff Riddick, Gary Rucker and others. Tickets $20 adults, $18 seniors and students, $10 children. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, through March 24.
DOROTHY AND ALAN. Le chat noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Return of Michael P. Cahill's original play dealing with the life, love, and times of writer Dorothy Parker and her husband, Alan Parker. Tickets $20 Friday and Saturday, $15 Thursday. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, through March 30.
EARL LONG IN PURGATORY. Southern Repertory Theatre, 333 Canal Place, third floor, 522-6545. One-man show that looks at Earl Long's unique personality as told by author Jason Berry and musician Spencer Bohren. Stars John McConnell. Directed by Perry Martin. Tickets $21. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through April 7.
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.
MOONCHILDREN. Loyola University, Lower Depths Theater, 865-3824. College students in the 1960s deal with the peace movement in different ways in this play by Patrick McNamara. Tickets $10 general, $7 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., 816-4857. Sharon London directs this Caribbean musical tale based on Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid. Tickets $10 general, $8 seniors and students, $5 children. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
SUBURBIA. Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., 483-4114. Former high school friends meet in a parking lot to share their life events. Greg Stratton directs Travis Resor, Kevin Fricke and others. Tickets $7. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH. Le Petit du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Age, youth, betrayal and revenge are major themes in Tennessee Williams' play about the travels of Princess Kosmonopolous and Chance Wayne. Ryan Rilette directs Steve Screws and Francine Segal. Tickets $21. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through March 31.
SWING ! Saenger Theatre, 143 N. Rampart St., 524-2490. Celebration of the music and dance styles of the '30s and '40s, including a mix of Jive, Latin Swing, West Coast Swing, Hip-Hop and Country Western Swing. Tickets $29-$52. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
TURANDOT. Mahalia Jackson Theatre of the Performing Arts, Armstrong Park, 529-3000. Puccini's tale of the Princess Turandot and her quest for a suitor who can answer her three riddles. David Morelock directs and Robert Lyall conducts Anna Shfajinskaya, Eduardo Villa and others. Tickets $30-$100. Performances 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday.
WHEN YA SMILIN'. North Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500. Sean Patterson and Becky Allen star in Ricky Graham's comedy about growing up in New Orleans. Tickets $23.50. Performances 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.
THE WONDER BREAD YEARS. North Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500. Pat Hazell's one-man show recalls childhood tales from the 1950s and 1960s. Tickets $23.50. Performances 8 p.m. Friday.
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 -- Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson, through May.
ABITA ART GALLERY 72078 Maple St., Abita Springs, (985) 867-3323 -- Spring Blooms, floral paintings by Louisiana artists, through March.
Academy Gallery New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Paintings by Kathy Brombacher, photographs by Rick Lineberger, through April 2.
Ariodante 535 Julia St., 524-3233 -- Ceramics by Casey Willems, through March.
Arthur Roger Gallery 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Paintings by Jacqueline Bishop, through March 27.
Barrister's Gallery 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- In Your F***in' Face, recent paintings by Roy Ferdinand, through March; The Devil and the Bird of Love, group show, through March 15. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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.
BOGDANOFF GALLERY 936 Royal St., 299-1500 -- Frescoes by Steve Bogdanoff, through March.
Bryant Galleries 316 Royal St., 525-5584 -- Group show featuring Juan Medina, Leonardo Nierman, Alan Flattman and Carol Katchen, through March.
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 March.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588 -- Glasslight Studios, new neon sculpture by Eric Ehlenberger, through March.
Carol Robinson Gallery 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130 -- New Work in Clay, by Lisa Jordy, through March.
cole pratt gallery 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789 -- Paintings by Phil Sandusky, mixed-media works by Katie Rafferty, through March.
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.
d.o.c.s. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Paintings by Suza Talbot, ceramic sculpture by Marlene Pellerito, through April 4.
du Monde Gallery 318 Royal St., 523-0078 -- New paintings by Roger Bolzonello, through March.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688 -- Paintings by Jean Geraci, Janet McGreal, Adele Sypesteyn, through March.
FILMWORKS PHOTO STUDIO AND GALLERY 519 Wilkinson Row, 569-0176 (By appointment only) -- Fine-art black-and-white nudes.
frank gordon gallery 501 State St., 899-9793 -- Photographs of old New Orleans, including Canal Street, St. Charles Hotel, the French Quarter and the Riverfront.
FRENCHY GALLERY 319 Royal St., 561-5885 -- New works from the Olympics, through March.
GALLERY CARROLL 4817 Prytania St., 861-8838 -- New work by August Martens, JoAnn Saucier, Carroll Becker, and MacDonald Eaton, through March.
Galerie Simonne Stern 518 Julia St., 529-1118 -- What Should We Do With an Overweight Hungarian?, mixed media by Gary Brotmeyer, through March 27.
Hanson Gallery 229 Royal St., 524-8211 -- New work by MacKenzie Thorp, through April.
Heriard-Cimino Gallery 440 Julia St., 525-7300 -- Arcadia, sculpture by Beverly Penn, through March.
HUBER HOUSE GALLERY 1522 St. Charles Ave., 561-0628 -- Works by Larissa Ivakina, through March.
J. Pierre fine art gallery 1562 Magazine St., suite 5, 586-1997 -- Paintings, sculptures and monoprints by Jamar Pierre, through March.
JOHN PRODUCT GALLERY 2027 Magazine St., 581-5280 -- New paintings by Jessica Benjamin and Jeremy Olson, through Apr. 6.
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- Made in Cuba: Contemporary Art from Cuba 2002, through March.
Kurt E. Schon 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Collection of genre paintings by artists from the Royal Academy, including Alfred Rankley, John Horace Hooper, and Richard Redgrave, through March.
LALLYBROCH 240 Pelican Ave., Old Algiers Point, 362-2226 -- Works by Neil Allen, through March.
LeMieux Galleries 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- New paintings by Billy Solitario, through April 2.
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 -- Recent work by Sharon Kopriva, through March.
mario villa gallery 3908 Magazine St., 895-8731 -- The Pointe Is..., paintings by Beth Lambert, through March.
MARTIN LAWRENCE GALLERY 709 Royal St., 588-9020; 433 Royal St., 299-9055 -- Featuring rare and unique works by Picasso, Chagall, Miro, and Renoir, through March.
McINNIS fine art 404 Chartres St., 581-3608 -- Mardi Gras Daze, new oil paintings by Nicki Flynn, Claude Dussell, Peter Wood and others, through March.
neighborhood gallery 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- She Is the Root, Part IX, celebration of International Women's Month; Urban Swamp, paintings by Susan Norris-Davis, through March.
Newcomb Art Gallery Tulane University, 865-5328 -- Sleepwalk, collaborative video installation and Steve Montgomery: Damaged Nemesis (both reviewed in this issue), through March 24
N.O. School of Glassworks & Printmaking Studio 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Glass and Garden Print Party, works by Gerald Haessig, Pamela Conway Caruso, Anthony Schafermeyer, Claire Kelly, and Andrew Pollack, through March.
POET'S GALLERY 3113 Magazine St., 899-4100 -- Idols and Icons, multi-media photography by Mary Pappas and Ron Bocian, through March 16.
RIVERTOWN FINE ARTS GALLERY 409 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 468-7231-- Works by Annie Strack and Cheryl Gautier, through March 6.
Stella jones gallery Bank One Center, 201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Windows of the Soul, bead sculpture by Joyce Scott, drawings by Vicki Meek, through March.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St., 566-1390 -- Phtotographs by George Long, sculpture by Scott Gentry, works on paper by Steve Martin, through March.
Sylvia Schmidt Gallery 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Wit and Whimsy, works on paper, panel and sketchbooks by Hal Mayforth, through March.
*TWI-RO-PA MILLS 1544 Tchoupitoulas St. -- The Knights of the Grand Brassiere present A Stroll Through the Bra-Seum (Saturday, March 10).
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 March.
waiting room gallery 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 -- Recent paintings by Daniel Finnigan, through April 6. (Reviewed in this issue.)
Wyndy Morehead FIne Arts 3926 Magazine St., 269-8333 -- Gathering Up the Sparks, paintings by John Torina, through April 3.
spare spaces
*Crescent City Brewhouse 527 Decatur St., 522-0571 -- Paintings by Marc Jahn Arceneaux, through March.
museums
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- O Say Can You See: Great American Photographs from NOMA; The Sport of Life and Death: the Mesoamerican Ballgame, through April 28.
old u.s. mint 400 Esplanade Ave., 568-6990 -- Sight of Music, exhibit spotlighting diverse visual works on the theme of music, through April, 2002.
SLIDELL CULTURAL CENTER 444 Erlanger St., Slidell, (985) 646-4375 -- We Shall Overcome: Photographs from the American Civil Rights Era, through April 13.
books
Wednesday 6
DEBORAH SMITH. Barnes & Noble 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-4929. Author signs The Stone Flower Garden. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Thursday 7
LAURA KASISCHKE. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Author reads and signs The Life Before Her Eyes. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
ANTONYA NELSON. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Author will read and sign Female Trouble. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
DEBORAH SMITH. Books-A-Million, 197 Westbank Expy. #8010, Gretna, 364-1070. Author signs The Stone Flower Garden. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Saturday 9
ALICE COUVILLON AND ELIZABETH MOORE. Maple Street Children's Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., 866-1361. Authors sign Evangeline for Children. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
BARBARA COLLEY. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author signs Maid for Murder. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
BARBARA HAINES HOWETT. Bookstar, 414 N. Peters St., 523-6411. Author signs Ladies of the Borobudur. Free admission. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
KEN MURPHY. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Author will sign My South Coast Home; Photographs of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Free admission. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
ANDREI CODRESCU. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-READ. Author signs Casanova in Bohemia. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
Sunday 10
RICHARD FORD. Lalaurie House, 1140 Royal St., 586-1609. Award-winning novelist signs A Multitude of Sins at a special reception. Reservations required. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
