theater
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS. True Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 945-6789. Roberts Batson's solo performance that brings to life the history and characters that helped shape the story of New Orleans based on his Scandal Tours. Tickets $20. Performances 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
THE ASSHOLE MONLOGUES. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Local columnist Chris Rose's monologues based on interviews with real people. Mikko directs. Also featuring comic Fred "Redbean" Plunkett. Tickets $16 general, $5 actors on Wednesday. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
DRIVING MISS DAISY. Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie, (800) 442-5539. Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the relationship between an aging Jewish widow and her black chauffeur in the pre-civil rights South. Tickets $25-$35. Performances 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, through May 11.
EVENING OF ONE-ACTS. University of New Orleans/Arena Theatre, 280-SHOW. Sam Shepard's Action focuses on four people trapped in isolation with each other, while Dancing With a Devil portrays a young woman's struggle with tragedy. Free admission. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
FOOTLOOSE. Jesuit High School Auditorium, 4133 Banks St., 483-3877. One teenager rebels against the oppressive rules of the small town of Bomont in this musical based on the popular '80s movie. Tickets $12.50 reserved, $10 general, $5 Jesuit students. Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
GOODNIGHT IRENE. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-PLAY. Biography of the legendary blues guitarist. Anthony Bean directs Chris Thomas King. Tickets $18 general, $16 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through May 5.
HARVEY. Columbia Players, Inc., 1320 N. Morrison Blvd., Times Square Shopping Center, Hammond, (985) 542-6745. Daryl Ray directs this classic comedy about an eccentric man and his imaginary rabbit friend. Tickets $10 adults, $8 children and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
HELL'S BELLES. Cowpokes Theatre Space, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 606-9903. Running With Scissors' latest production (very loosely based on the 1971 film The Beguiled) finds an unsuspecting wounded Union soldier in the midst of a group of naughty Confederate schoolgirls. Brian Peterson and Flynn De Marco star. Tickets $12-15. Performances 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday, through April 28.
IMPORTANT CHICKEN. Martine's, 2347 Metairie Road, Metairie, 739-4091. A political satire written and directed by Christian Champagne, featuring the music of Peter Orr. Tickets $10. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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 through Saturday, 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
LIQUID LAND. The Pickery, 433 Orange St., 269-2546. Experimental piece focuses on the Louisiana Atchafalaya River Basin Swamp, weaving poetry and images into the abstract plot. Free admission, $5-$10 donations appreciated. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT. Loyola University, Marquette Theater, 6363 St. Charles Ave., 865-3824. Jean Giraudoux's play centers on a group of businessmen out to swindle a neighborhood over a supposed oil discovery and the cafe owner who plots to stop them. Tickets $10 general, $7 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
MONOLOGUES AND MUSIC, FOR THE MONEY, HONEY! Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The classical ensemble of Michael Harold and Dr. Quinn Peeper provide the score for Nell Nolan Young's latest theatrical production. Reservations recommended. Tickets $19. Performance 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
OUR TOWN. Delgado Community College, Third Floor Drama Hall, Building 1, City Park, 483-4817. Thornton Wilder's classic about small-town America. Janet Shea directs Mia Smith, Stu Miller, Ciera Payton and others. Tickets $7 general, $5 students, faculty and staff. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK, LIVE! Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Popular kids cartoon offers musical numbers and lessons in history, science and language. Tickets $8. Performances 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
SHAKESPEARE ON TRIAL. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Using the audience as the real-life jury, Shakespeare's Macbeth, played by Dane Rhodes, is tried by a team of Loyola law students and district court Judges in a mock trial. Tickets $12, $8 law students with ID. Performance 10 p.m. Wednesday, through April 24. (Reviewed in this issue.)
SKETCHES FOR THE WITCHING HOUR. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Three new sketches by R.J. Tsarov center on some unusual characters. Tsarov directs Greg DiLeo, Veronica Russell, Chris Lee and others. Tickets $11. Performance midnight Friday. (Reviewed in this issue.)
THE TROJAN WOMEN. Tulane University, Lupin Theater, 865-5106. Bill Walters directs Charles Mee's contemporary interpretation of Euripides' tragedy, incorporating music and dance. Tickets $10 general, $8 faculty and staff, $6 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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 July 14.
ABITA ART GALLERY 72078 Maple St., Abita Springs, (985) 867-3323 -- Spring Blooms, new work by Louisiana artists, through April.
ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Ceramics by Jo Ann Greenberg, paintings by Kate Samworth (reviewed in this issue), through May 11.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233 -- Eggstraordinary Journey, painted eggs by Paul Wirhun, through April.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Glass work by Dale Chihuly, through May 25.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Lenin: Busted, group show, through May 27; assemblage work by John Greco and Matjames; paintings by Dimitri Fouquet, through April.
BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY 516 Natchez St., 522-7503 -- Lost Plantations: late 1880s-1960s stereoviews and lithographs; black-and-white photography by C.F. Weber and Frances Benjamin Johnson, through April.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Spring for Art, featuring new work by Rick Brunner and wood sculpture and paintings by Linda Dautreuil.
BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St., 525-5584 -- Paintings by Alan Flattman, through April 20.
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 April.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588 -- Paintings by Kathy Sizeler, through April 27.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130 -- Landscapes by Robert Malone, through April.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789 -- Landscapes by Danna Ruth Harvey; Cut Flowers, monotypes by Barbara Brainard, through April.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St., 523-1216 -- Digital Louisiana, group show featuring recent computer-processed prints, photographs, and interactive art by Louisiana artists, through June 9.
CRESCENT GALLERY 531 Wilkinson Row, 525-5255 -- Paintings by Martha Guthrie and Roy Pfister, through April 25.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- New sculpture by Badette Wattigny, through April.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688 -- Paintings of marsh scenes by Carolyn Pelligrin, through April.
FRENCHY GALLERY 319 Royal St., 561-5885 -- New abstract paintings by Frenchy, through April.
GALLERY CARROLL 4817 Prytania St., 861-8838 -- New work by August Martens, George and JoAnn Saucier, Carroll Becker, MacDonald Eaton and Eva McDaniel, through April.
GALLERY INFERNO 3336 Magazine St., 891-1006 -- Recent paintings by Jeremy Willis, through May 2.
GALERIE SIMONNE STERN 518 Julia St., 529-1118 -- Paintings and drawings by Randy Asprodites, through April.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211 -- New work by MacKenzie Thorp, through April.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300 -- New paintings by Colombian artist Luis Roldan, through April.
JOHN PRODUCT GALLERY 2027 Magazine St., 581-5280 -- The Black and White photographs of Bob Compton, through May.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- Seventh annual No Dead Artists juried exhibition of New Orleans art, through April 23.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Collection of paintings of children by artists from the Royal Academy, through April.
*LALLYBROCH 240 Pelican Ave., Old Algiers Point, 362-2226 -- New Orleans Architecture, group show by local artists, through May.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- Embossed monoprints by Brandon Graving, through April 30.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Digging for Pearls, recent drawings and sculpture by Jennifer Odem, through April 27.
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine St., 895-8731 -- Legacy of Printmaker J.L. Steg, through April 30.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 --Dedicated to the Second Line, paintings by Sheila Alson, through May 6.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Triangle Book Arts Exhibition, featuring book art from Chicago Book Arts, New York Book Arts and New Orleans Book Arts; glass musical instruments by Josh Cohen, through April 30.
SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St., 569-9501 -- Necessary Sculptures, paintings by Mark Bradley-Shoup, through April. (Reviewed in this issue.)
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center, 201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Prints From the Printmaking Workshop, through April 21.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St., 566-1390 -- Acrylic paintings by John Kaine, through April.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Figures and Still Lifes, paintings by Robert Hausey, through April 30. (Reviewed in this issue.)
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville St., 523-2342 -- Paintings and lithographs by Francoise Gilot, paintings of the French countryside by Luc Didier, through May.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 -- Snooks Jazz, jazz-inspired collage paintings by Margo Kren, through May.
WYNDY MOREHEAD FINE ARTS 3926 Magazine St., 269-8333 -- Paintings by Eric Abrecht, through April.
spare spaces
CAFE DEGAS 312 Esplanade Ave., 945-5635 -- In Character, portraits by Andrea Tomasovsky, through May 13.
*INTERNATIONAL HOUSE HOTEL 221 Camp St., 553-9550 -- Mixed-media assemblages by Christopher Porche West, through May 10.
museums
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- Southern Graphics Council Printmakers Emeritus, 1978-2002, through June 23; O Say Can You See: Great American Photographs from NOMA; The Sport of Life and Death: the Mesoamerican Ballgame, through April 28.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 603 Julia St., 539-9600 -- Art in the South: Recent Acquisitions and Projects, through April.
OLD U.S. MINT 400 Esplanade Ave., 568-6990 -- Sight of Music, exhibit spotlighting diverse visual works on the theme of music, through April.
books
Tuesday 16
STEVE ALMOND. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Author signs My Life in Heavy Metal. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
SHERI JOSEPH. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Author signs Bear Me Safely Over. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
Saturday 20
RICHARD COLLIN. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. UNO professor signs Travels with Rima, chronicling the travels that helped him recover from his wife's death. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
