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 Street 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.
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.
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF. ASHE Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070. Chakula cha Jua Theater Company performs Ntozake Shange's 1976 Broadway play, told in a series of poems covering subjects of love, abandonment, rape and abortion. Chakula cha Jua directs and co-stars. Performances 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; through June 30.
LATE NIGHT CATECHISM. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 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; through June 16.
ONE ACT PLAY WEEKEND. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Performances of the four winning plays from the 2002 Le Chat Noir One Act Play Competition. Featuring The Bar Mitzvah, written by Bernard C. Burk and directed by Perry Martin; The Stud Mule, written by Kevin Allman and directed by Carl Walker; The Bonding Room, written by James A. Perry and directed by John Grimsley; and The Cosmic Debt, written by Pat Bourgeois and directed by mikko. Tickets $11 per play or $21 for entire weekend. Performances 8 p.m. (The Bar Mitzvah) and 9:15 p.m. (The Stud Mule) Friday, 8 p.m. (The Bonding Room) and 9:15 p.m. (The Cosmic Debt) Saturday.
OUT DA BOX! North Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500. Ricky Graham's new musical revue features 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.
THE CASE OF FRIAR LAWRENCE. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Shakespeare on Trial series continues, this time with the audience as jury weighing the case against the friar in Romeo and Juliet who gave the fatal drugs to Juliet. Features actors, Loyola School of Law students and district court judges. Produced by Kara Hadigan, Dane Rhodes and Michael Sullivan. Tickets $11, law students with ID $8. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday, through July 2.
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 (reviewed in this issue), 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; Displaced, group show of documentary photographs of New Orleans housing projects; group show of work by the visual arts faculty at Country Day, through July.
BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY 516 Natchez St., 522-7503 -- Jazz Legends at Preservation Hall circa 1962, photographs by Bob Coke, through June.
BREWER LANDRY GALLERY 2022 Magazine St., 522-2022 -- Paintings by Susan Landry and Amy Archinal; sculptures by Craig Henry and Robert Horan, 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.
DAISIE MAE'S ASTRAL PLANE café & 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.
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 -- 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.
*GALLERIES AT THE SAULET 1420 Annunciation St., 586-9800 -- Get it While it's Hot, emerging artists show featuring work by Tim Frisby, David Rex Joyner, Morgana King, Daphne Loney, Melanie T. Scott and Dan Tague, through July 14.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300 -- Daylight Is Dangerous, photographs by Mick Vovers, through June. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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.
*LALLYBROCH 240 Pelican Ave., Old Algiers Point, 362-2226 -- Paintings and shadow boxes by Jon Bright, through July.
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.
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.
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.
WYNDY MOREHEAD FINE ARTS 3926 Magazine St., 269-8333 -- Allegory of Color, paintings by Haitian artist Vidho Lorville, through May 29.
spare spaces
*1896 O'MALLEY HOUSE BED AND BREAKFAST 120 S. Pierce St., 488-5896 -- Past and current paintings by Ralph Chabaud, through August.
BANK ONE CENTER 201 St. Charles Ave., 831-1699 -- 32nd Annual Louisiana Watercolor Society International Exhibition, through June 28.
QUARTER SCENE RESTAURANT -- 900 Dumaine St., 522-6533 -- New work by John Spradlin, through June.
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.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola Ave., 596-2567 -- Mardi Gras: A Louisiana Celebration, through June 5.
books
Tuesday 11
JOANNA TROLLOPE. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Author reads and signs Girl From the South. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday 12
JOHN BIGUENET. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 455-5135. Author reads and signs Oyster. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Thursday 13
STEVE EARLE. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Musician and author reads and signs Doghouse Roses: Stories. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
Friday 14
ERICA SPINDLER. Bookstar, 414 N. Peters St., 523-6411. Author signs Dead Run. Free admission. 4 p.m.
THE COOKING CLUB COOKBOOK. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Group signs The Cooking Club Cookbook: Six Friends Show You How to Bake, Broil and Bond. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
Saturday 15
BARRI BRONSTON. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 455-5135. Author signs Lobster Kids' Guide to Exploring New Orleans. Free admission. 2 p.m.
CAPTURING OAK ALLEY. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 455-5135. Photographers Robert S. Brantley, Philip Gould and Richard Sexton sign Capturing Oak Alley. Free admission. 2 p.m.
ELIZABETH MULLENER. Borders Books, Music & Cafe, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 835-1363. Author reads and signs War Stories: Remembering World War II. Free admission. 1 p.m.
FRANK DAVIS. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 455-5135. Author signs his Naturally N'Awlins cookbooks. Free admission. 2 p.m.
THE COOKING CLUB COOKBOOK. Judy at the Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 891-7018. Group signs The Cooking Club Cookbook: Six Friends Show You How to Bake, Broil and Bond along with tasting. Free admission. 4 p.m.
