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.
ASSHOLE MONOLOGUES. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Chris Rose returns with his popular original monologues, with Fred Plunkett and mikko. Tickets $16. Performances 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
CHICAGO. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, Directors Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. John Kander and Fred Ebb's classic about love, murder, booze and jazz in 1920s-era Chicago. Derek Franklin and Sonny Bore direct Karen Hebert and Diane Lala. Tickets $26 adults, $21 students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 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.
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.
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST. Tulane University, Lupin Theater, 865-5105. Shakespeare's comedy examining the games of love resulting from the King of Navarre's ban of women from his court. Part of The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane. Aimée Michel and Clare Moncrief direct. Tickets $25 adults, $22 students and $12.50 children (half-price preview performances Thursday and Friday). Performances 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, through July 28.
MISERY. Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-PLAY. Stage adaptation of Stephen King's novel about a popular romance artist held prisoner by a deranged fan. Anthony Bean directs Shriff Hasan and Claudia Baumgarten. Tickets $16 general admission, $14 seniors and students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through July 14.
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.
PETER PAN. St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 5875 Canal Blvd., 486-3982. Wing and a Prayer Productions' annual summer musical with the fantasy tale of Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and others. Scott Sauber directs. Free admission. Performances 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.
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. Featuring 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.
WIT. Southern Repertory Theatre, Canal Place, 365 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545. Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a brilliant academic facing death. Bert Pigg directs Adriana Bate, Amy Alvarez, Rex Badeaux, Charlotte Schully and Vatican Lokey. Tickets $20. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through July 7.
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
art
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 -- Water, paintings of swamps, lakes, oceans, etc., by gallery artists, through July.
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; 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.
CALLAN FINE ART 3506 Magazine St., 899-8782; 240 Chartres St., 524-0025 -- 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.
*CRESCENT GALLERY 531 Wilkinson Row, 525-5255 -- Shades of Patriotism, group show of red, white, and blue-themed landscapes, nudes and still lifes, through July 22.
*DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City Park Ave., 483-4048 -- Eye Level, exhibition of works by artists age 17 and younger, through July 3.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Annual group exhibition, through July.
ENOCH'S FRAMING AND GALLERY 4001 Baronne St., 897-2603 -- Watercolors by Walter Anderson, oil paintings by Gustavo Trujillo, 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 Karen Cauvin Eustis; metal furniture by Herman Kron, 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.
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 (reviewed in this issue), 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.
LEGATO GALLERY 424 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-9115 -- Mixed-media sculpture by Denise Greenwood, 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 (reviewed in this issue), through July.
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine St., 895-8731 -- Group show of gallery artists, through August.
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.
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.
RIVERBEND GALLERY 1000 S. Carrollton, 862-0111 -- Paintings by Tommy Thomson, prints by G. Harvey, through June.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 -- Group exhibition featuring work by Kerrie Jones, Lori Markman, Spencer Livingston and others, through June.
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.
TODD'S GALLERY 900 Louisa St., 319-3250 -- Group show of works by 20 mentally retarded artists, through July 15 (by appointment only).
WILLIAMS & JOSEPH GALLERY 713 Royal St., 566-7009 -- Photographs by Christopher Porche West, through August; recent work by Barrett Debusk, through October.
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.
JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY EAST BANK REGIONAL 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1100 -- Captured on Canvas: Louisiana Paintings and the Artists Who Created Them, through July 10.
QUARTER SCENE RESTAURANT -- 900 Dumaine St., 522-6533 -- New work by John Spradlin, through June.
museums
HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION 533 Royal St., 523-4662; Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St., 598-7171 -- A Visible Presence, a Legacy of Service: 275 Years of the Ursulines in New Orleans, through Dec. 14.
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.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola Ave., 596-2567 -- The Double Victory -- African Americans in World War II: Fighting on Two Fronts, through July.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 603 Julia St., 539-9600 -- Photos from Jack Kotz's new book, Ms. Booth's Garden, through July 26.
books
Thursday 27
NANCY LEMANN. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author signs Malaise. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday 29
CHRIS KUZNESKI. Bookstar, 414 N. Peters St., 523-6411. Author signs The Plantation. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
MARGARET WEIS. Borders Books, Music & Cafe, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Author signs Dragons of a Vanished Moon. 2 p.m.
RANDY WAYNE WHITE. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author signs Twelve Mile Limit. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
SPOTLIGHT ON NEW AUTHORS. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Authors Glen Allison of Miscue, Chris Kuyneski of The Plantation, and Jamie Menuti of Where the Natives Feast in New Orleans appear. 2 p.m.
Monday 1
MADISON SMART BELL. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author reads and signs Anything Goes. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
