theater
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS. True Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 945-6798. Roberts Batson's solo performance 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; through June.
CINDERELLA. Tulane University, Rogers Memorial Chapel, Broadway St. between Oak and Zimple streets, 865-5106. The Patchwork Players, Tulane's improvisational children's theater company, presents the classic fairy tale. Buzz Podewell directs. Tickets $6. Performances 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday-Friday, June 5-7; through June 22
COLD READ. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Open rehearsals for works by directors John Grimsley, Perry Martin, mikko and Carl Walker, selected for presentation at the 2002 One Act Play Competition. Free admission, one drink minimum. Performances 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
DOROTHY AND ALAN. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Special performance to benefit The Friends of NOCCA features Michael Cahill's original play about writer Dorothy Parker and the tumultuous relationship with her husband. Stars Janet Shea and Cahill. Tickets $15 general public, $10 students. Performance 8 p.m. Sunday.
EARL LONG IN PURGATORY. True Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. One-man show that looks at Earl Long's unique personality as told by author Jason Berry and musician Spencer Bohren. Perry Martin directs John McConnell. Tickets $21. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
HURLYBURLY. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. David Rabe's award-winning Broadway play focuses on the relationships between friends, lovers, enemies and strangers. Dane Rhodes directs Christopher Lee, mikko, Veronica Russell and others. Tickets $16 Thursday, $19 Friday and Saturday, $11 students. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
HUSH. Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767. Performance artist David Bateman presents his "anti-racist and homophobia" monologue. Tickets $6 general, $5 students and seniors, $4 Zeitgeist members. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday.
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. Friday and Saturday, 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
NITA AND ZITA. The Core, State Palace Theater, 1108 Canal St., 866-7387. Full-production premiere of the story of two sisters from Baia Maire, Romania, who arrived in the United States at Ellis Island, toured the country as "Nita and Zita, International Dancers," and settled in New Orleans as performers and local legends. Stars Kathy Randels and Katie Pearl. Tickets $12 general, $10 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday, 8 p.m. Monday (pay as you can); through June 16.
OUT DA BOX! North Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500. Ricky Graham's new musical revue featuring songs and comedy sketches that reflect a local point of view. Graham directs Becky Allen, Sean Patterson and Heidi P. Junius. Tickets $24. Performances 8 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, through June 29.
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; photos by Edward Curtis, through Aug. 30; photos by Jan Saudek, through Aug. 15; photos by Marion Post Wolcott, through Sept. 15.
ABITA ART GALLERY 72078 Maple St., Abita Springs, (985) 867-3323 -- Recent paintings and etchings by John Akers, through June 17.
ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- The Annual Student Exhibition, through July 20.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233 -- Paintings and crafts by Gala d'Haiti, through June.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Straight to Video, works by John Waters; works by Michelle Elmore, through July 19.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709 Royal St., 299-1666 -- Works by Michel Delacroix, Adre Bourrie and others, through June.
*BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- The Second Coming, new work by John Lawson, through June; Displace, group show of documentary photographs of New Orleans housing projects, through July; group show featuring works by the visual arts faculty at Country Day School, through July.
BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY 516 Natchez St., 522-7503 -- Jazz Legends at Preservation Hall circa 1962, photographs by Bob Coke, through June.
*BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Visiting Familiar Places, paintings by Jerry Greenberg, through Aug. 3.
BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St., 525-5584 -- Paintings by Dean Mitchell, through June 18.
CALLAN GALLERY 3506 Magazine St., 899-8782 -- New collection of 19th and early 20th century French Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings, through June.
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 June.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130 -- Group show of gallery artists including Karen Jacobs and Sonia Kouyoumdjian, through July.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789 -- Paintings by Gaither Pope and Robin Durand, through June.
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.
DAISIE MAE'S ASTRAL PLANE CAFE & GALLERY 4409/11 Magazine St., 895-6753 -- Give it Up for the Arts, current work by Heather Weathers, Gabriella Mills, Sarah Spell and Shawn Maholland, through June 21. (Reviewed in this issue.)
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Annual group exhibition, through July.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688 -- Group show featuring works by Jean Geraci, Janet McGreal and Adele Sypestyn, through June.
*FRENCHY GALLERY 319 Royal St., 561-5885 -- Charmed by Sound, photographs by Shannon Brinkman; 2002 Jazz Fest paintings by Frenchy, through June.
GALLERY CARROLL 4817 Prytania St., 861-8838 -- New work by August Martens, George and JoAnn Saucier, Carroll Becker, MacDonald Eaton, and Eva McDaniel, through June.
GALERIE LAFITTE 533 St. Louis St., 524-0105 -- Paintings by Gustavo Duque, Christina Juran and Jordan Ivanov; sculptures by Cauvin Eustis, through June.
GALERIE SIMONNE STERN 518 Julia St., 529-1118 -- The Blue Highway, paintings by Tony Scherman, through July 3.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300 -- Daylight Is Dangerous, photographs by Mick Vovers, through June.
JOHN PRODUCT GALLERY 2027 Magazine St., 581-5280 -- First Annual Going Out of Business Sale, works by Lisa C. Soto and John Product, through July 31.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- Simple Moments, steel sculpture by Gina Laguna; Complexities, paintings by Jeffrey Pitt, through July 15.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Salute to Royal Academy Landscape painters such as James Webb and James Edwin Meadows, through June.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- New paintings by Margaret Ross Tolbert, through July 27.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Group show of 17th, 18th, and 19th century original drawings; works on paper by Austrian artist Gerhard Muller, through July.
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine St., 895-8731 -- Group show of gallery artists, through August.
MY MAMA 'NEM ARTISTS' STUDIO 4129 Magnolia St., 894-0634 -- You Done Good Baby, works by Charles Collins Jr., through June 10.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- Save America's Treasures, pictorial exhibit of the lower St. Charles Avenue corridor, through June.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- New Orleans ArtWorks Exhibit, group show, through June.
POET'S GALLERY 3113 Magazine St., 899-4100 -- Photography and mixed-media retrospective by Lisa Conrad, through July.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center, 201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Windows of the Soul, new work by Faith Ringgold, through June 28. (Reviewed in this issue.)
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St., 566-1390 -- Group exhibit, through June.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Works by Ken Hanning, Katherine Keller, Pamela Sun and Madeline Faust, through June.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 -- Snooks Jazz, jazz-inspired collage paintings by Margo Kren, through June 8.
spare spaces
*BANK ONE CENTER 201 St. Charles Ave., 831-1699 -- 32nd Annual Louisiana Watercolor Society International Exhibition, through June 28.
JEFFERSON PARISH EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY 4747 W. Napoleon Ave, Metairie, 838-1100 -- Captured on Canvas: Louisiana Paintings and the Artists Who Created Them, traveling exhibit from the Louisiana State Museum. Opens Monday, June 10, through July 10.
museums
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- A Brush With History: Portraits From the National Gallery, through Aug. 11; Southern Graphics Council Printmakers Emeritus, 1978-2002, through June 23; Bingo! Photographs by Andrew Miksys, through June 9.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola Ave., 596-2567-- Mardi Gras: A Louisiana Celebration, through June 5.
books
Tuesday 4
JOHN BIGUENET. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author reads and signs Oyster. Free admission. 5 p.m.
PEGGY VINCENT. Borders Books, Music & Cafe, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Author reads and signs Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Housewife. Free admission. 5 p.m.
Thursday 6
DUNCAN STEEL. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323. Author reads and signs Eclipse. Free admission. 3 p.m.
PEGGY VINCENT. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author reads and signs Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Housewife. Free admission. 5 p.m.
Saturday 8
CAPTURING OAK ALLEY. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Photographer Robert S. Brantley and editor Michael Ledet appear and sign copies of Capturing Oak Alley, which includes photography by Brantley, Philip Gould and Richard Sexton. Free admission. 1 p.m.
RICHARD CAMPANELLA. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 455-5135. Author signs Time and Place in New Orleans. Free admission. 2 p.m.
STACEY PARDUE. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 455-5135. Author signs her cookbook Eat What You Love. Free admission. 2 p.m.
CHRIS WARNER. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 455-5135. Author signs his works Southeastern Conference baseball, basketball and football. Free admission. 2 p.m.
