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. Tickets $20. Performances 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and 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. Produced by Kara Hadigan, Dane Rhodes and Michael Sullivan. Tickets $11, law students with ID $8. Performance 8 p.m. Tuesday.
CINDERELLA. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical version of the fairy tale classic. Brandt Blocker directs Jaune Buisson, Bryan Wagar, Yolanda Ratcliff and Kathy Taaffe. Tickets $8. Performances 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; through August 4.
CITIZEN NUMA. Martine's, 2347 Metairie Road, Metairie, 739-4091. One-man comedy written by and starring Christian Champagne. Tickets $10. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; through July 20.
DEAR EDWINA. Southern Repertory Theatre, The Shoppes at Canal Place, third floor, 598-3800. Summer Stages Children's Theater presents the New Orleans premiere of this musical about a young teen putting on a show in her parents' garage. Perry Martin directs an all-kids cast of 8-to-13-year-olds. Tickets $12 adults, $10 children 10-under. Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through Aug. 4.
DICKIE DOES BROADWAY. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. One-woman cabaret show starring Dickie DuFour. Tickets $16. Performance 8 p.m. Thursday, July 18.
DIRTY BLONDE. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré, Directors Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Broadway comedy-drama set in present-day New York City covering the relationship of two die-hard Mae West fans. Carl Walker directs Becky Allen, Bob Edes Jr. and Charlie Owens. Tickets $26. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; through Aug. 14.
FOREVER PLAID. Skyfire Theatre, 332 N. New Hampshire St., Covington, (985) 875-7577. Nostalgic look back at the music of the 1950s featuring the Plaids, a group of four young men with talented voices and a tragic fate. Rita Stockstill directs Jeff Polito, Jonathan Arnold, Teddy Boone and Jeremy Abram. Tickets $20 adults, $12 seniors and students. Performance 8 p.m. Friday; call for additional performance times.
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS. Carlone's Dinner Theater, 100 N. Labarre Road, Metairie, 838-9906. Dane Rhodes directs Jerry Lee Leighton, Jennifer Pagan, Ann Casey and Stacey Talliancich in this Neil Simon comedy. Tickets $37 with dinner, $26.50 with coffee/dessert. Performances 8:15 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through July 28 (meals precede performance).
LATE NIGHT CATECHISM. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré, Directors Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. The "Sister" teaches an adult catechism class. 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 examines the games of love that result from the King of Navarre's ban of women from his court. Part of The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane. Aimee 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.
POP TARTS. The Shim Sham Club, 615 Toulouse St., 606-9903. Running with Scissors' musical parody of contemporary pop music, following the rise and fall of fictional boy band A La Mode. Written by Richard Read, Flynn De Marco and Dorian Rush, starring De Marco, Rush, Jason Toups and Brian Peterson. Tickets $12-$15. Performances 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; through Aug. 4.
RUMPELSTILSKIN. Tulane University, Rogers Memorial Chapel, Broadway Street between Oak and Zimple streets, 865-5106. The Patchwork Players presents the classic fairy tale. Buzz Podewell directs. Tickets $6. Performances 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Tuesday-Friday, through July 20.
SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Storer Boone Award winner by John Grimsley and Dog and Pony Theater interprets the classic Stevie Wonder album. Directed by Grimsley and Natascha C. Bolden. Tickets $16. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through July 20.
THE WONDER BREAD YEARS. North Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500. Seinfeld writer Pat Hazell's one-man show looking back to childhood. Tickets $24, $22 on Thursdays. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; through Aug. 10.
art
Asterisk indicates 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 -- Water, 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 -- Furniture by Darrin Butler; works by Haitian artist Marithou, through July.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Straight to Video, works by John Waters; works by Michelle Elmore, through July 19.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Displaced, group show of photographs of New Orleans housing projects; group show of work by the Country Day visual arts faculty, through July.
BREWER LANDRY GALLERY 2022 Magazine St., 522-2022 -- Paintings by Jacques Murphy; group show of folk art, through July.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Visiting Familiar Places, paintings by Jerry Greenberg, through Aug. 3.
CAMERON JONES 2127 Magazine St., 524-3119 -- Group show by local artists including George Ufford, Marcel Flisiuk, Ruth Marie Wright and Chris Clark, through July.
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 -- Black & White, through July. (Reviewed in this issue.)
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St., 523-1216 -- When Time Stands Still, photos by David Halliday; Southern Contemporary, group show of works from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
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 -- Wardell Picquet: Works on Paper, through Aug. 29.
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 -- Paintings by Janet McGreal, sculpture by Jason Kimes, through July.
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 July.
GALERIE SIMONNE STERN 518 Julia St., 529-1118 -- Sculpture by Kevin Kennedy; new work by Nat Lakin, Mitchell Long and Emily Sartor, through July.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211 -- Group show of gallery artists including Edward Povey and Steve Taylor, through July.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300 -- Daylight Is Dangerous, photographs by Mick Vovers; group show by gallery artists, through July.
HUBER HOUSE GALLERY 1522 St. Charles Ave., 561-0628 -- Beautiful Angels, works by Glenn Dieterich, through July.
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.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- French Salon paintings by artists such as Etienne-Philippe Martin, through July.
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.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Group show featuring work by William Gudenrath, Curtis Brock, Lauren Brown and Kerrie Partridge, through July.
POET'S GALLERY 3113 Magazine St., 899-4100 -- Photography and mixed-media retrospective by Lisa Conrad, through July.
*RHINO GALLERY 333 Canal St., Canal Place, 3rd floor, 523-7945 -- Blast From the Past, works by Sandra Blair and Lois Simbach, through Aug. 20.
RIVERBEND GALLERY 1000 S. Carrollton, 862-0111 -- The art of Christian Jules LeBlanc, through July.
SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St., 569-9501 -- Group show of gallery artists, through July.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 -- Artists and Models: Self Portraits With Collaborators, paintings by Spencer Livingston; paintings by Robyn Menzel, photographs by Jorge Quinonez, through July.
STELLA JONES GALLERY 201 St. Charles Ave., Bank One Center, 568-9050 -- Windows of the Soul, Series VI, new work by Phoebe Beasley and Helen Ramsaran, through Aug. 16.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St., 566-1390 -- New Abstractions, group show curated by Dan Teague, through July.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Works by Ken Hanning, Katherine Keller, Pamela Sun and Madeline Faust, through July.
WILLIAMS & JOSEPH GALLERY 713 Royal St., 566-7009 -- Photographs by Christopher Porche West, through August; recent work by Barrett Debusk, through October.
WYNDY MOREHEAD FINE ARTS 3926 Magazine St., 269-8333 -- Group show of gallery artists, through July.
spare spaces
1896 O'MALLEY HOUSE BED AND BREAKFAST 120 S. Pierce St., 488-5896 -- Past and current paintings by Ralph Chabaud, through August.
DANTE'S KITCHEN 736 Dante St., 861-3121 -- Photography exhibit featuring work by Cheryl Gerber, Sarah Essex, Eugenie Uhl and David Spielan, through Sept. 28.
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; Eyes on the Road, group show of black-and-white photographs, through August; Traditions in Elegance, teapots exhibit, 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 18
DEAN PASCHAL. Maple Street Old Metairie Book Shop, 200 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-8937. Author reads and signs By the Light of the Jukebox. 7 p.m.
Friday 19
DAVID RAE MORRIS. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 603 Julia St., 539-9600. Photographer signs My Mississippi. 6 p.m.
Saturday 20
GEORGE METTLER. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Magazine St., 455-5135. Author signs Agent Under Glass. 2 p.m.
TODD-MICHAEL ST. PIERRE. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Author and children's storyteller reads The Louisiana State Bird Beauty Pagent. 2 p.m.
