theater
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS. True Brew
Theatre, 200 Julia St., 945-6798. Roberts Batson's solo performance based
on his Scandal Tours. Tickets $20. Performances 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays. Open run.
ANYTHING GOES. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux
Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-9958. Classic Broadway musical comedy
by Cole Porter. Derek Franklin and Sonny Borey direct Karen Hebert, Jimmy Murphy
and more. Tickets $26 adults, $16 students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday.
BEHIND THE BROKEN WORDS. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Series of readings described as "theater
for the soul," presented by award-winning actors Roscoe Lee Browne and Anthony
Zerbe. Benefit for Faulkner Festival. Tickets $25. Performance 8:30 p.m.
THE BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Musical comedy documenting the cuisine culture
of New Orleans. Writer Ricky Graham directs Russell Hodgkinson, Jorindas Junius
and others. Tickets $23, Mondays $18.50. Performances 7:30 p.m. Monday, 8 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday.
CRAZY FOR YOU. Rivertown Repertory Theatre,
325 Minor St., Kenner, 468-7221. Classic musical with score composed by
George Gershwin. Alton Geno directs Gary Rucker, Kelly Hirling Fouchi and others.
Tickets $22 adults, $20 seniors and students, $12 children ages 6-12; pre-performance
buffet $16. Performances 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. (Reviewed in
this issue.)
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. City Park, Popp
Memorial, 595-8899. Dog & Pony Theatre Company staging of Shakespeare's
complex comedy set in Venice, Italy. John Grimsley directs Martin Covert, Diana
Shortes and others. Tickets $10, cash only at the door. Performances 8 p.m.
Friday-Sunday.
NO NIGGERS, NO JEWS, NO DOGS. Anthony Bean
Community Theatre, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-PLAY (7529). Southern premiere
of John Henry Redwood's drama of an African-American family living in North
Carolina in 1949. Anthony Bean directs Oliver Thomas, Gwendolyne Foxworth and
others. Tickets $15 general, $13 seniors and students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday, through Oct. 13.
SHAKESPEARE ON TRIAL. Le Chat Noir, 715
St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The series continues, this time weighing crimes
committed in The Merchant of Venice. Featuring actors, Loyola
law school students and district court judges. Produced by Kara Hadigan, Dane
Rhodes and Michael Sullivan. Tickets $11, law students with ID $8. (Tuesday
features a "full-dress performance" with free admission.) Performance 8 p.m.
Tuesday, through Oct. 15.
SHIM SHAM REVUE. Shim Sham Club, 615 Toulouse
St., 739-4037. Burlesque performance features the Southern Jeze-Belles,
Ronnie Magri's Shim Sham Revue Band, MC Joe E. Merlot and guest performers Debbie
Davis and Becky Allen. Theme: "America: A Broad History," honoring America's
female heroes. Tickets $17 advance, $20 at door. Shows 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
THE SINGER. The Core Theater, second floor
State Palace Theatre, 1108 Canal St., 482-7112. Jeri Cain Rossi's story
of rock star Chance Tyler and his fall from grace and disappearance. Rossi directs
Erik Corveaux, Christian Middleton, Raphaelle and John Hammons. Tickets $13
general admission, $10 for students, artists and musicians. Performances 8 p.m.
Thursday-Friday and Monday, through Oct. 12.
SPINNING INTO BUTTER. Southern Rep Theatre,
Shops at Canal Place, third floor, 522-6545. Louisiana premiere of Rebecca
Gilman's critically acclaimed work dealing with race relations and political
correctness on a college campus. Lisa Jo Epstein directs Lara Grice, Gavin Mahlie,
Shelley Poncy, Randy Cheramie and others. Tickets $20, with discounts for students,
seniors and theater professionals. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3
p.m. Sunday, through Oct. 13.
THE ZOO STORY. Mama's Blues, 616 N. Rampart
St., 864-0357. Edward Albee's 1959 play about a drifter who plots his own
murder. Sarah Clifford directs Bryan Spitzfaden and Adam Haver. Friday-Saturday
tickets $10 adults, $6 students; Sunday tickets Pay What You Can. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating
opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
ABITA ART GALLERY 72078 Maple St., Abita
Springs, (985) 867-3323 -- Paintings by John Akers, through October.
ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of
Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Recent projects including paintings
and models by Jose-Maria Cundin, through September.
ANTHONY KELLEY GALLERY 1933 Sophie Wright
Place, 529-4443 -- Inaugural exhibit of gallery artists, through September.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233 --
Fall Furniture Perspective, through October.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Grid Coordinates,
group exhibition by gallery artists; Natural Affinities, recent works
by Mary Jane Parker, through Sept. 28.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709 Royal
St., 299-1666 -- New paintings by Jacques Godin, through Oct. 20.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle
Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Displaced, group show of documentary photographs
of New Orleans housing projects, through September.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington,
(985) 893-0444 -- Figures, work by Aubry Frederick and Babette Wattigny,
through Oct. 5.
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 September.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St.,
894-1588 -- Paintings by William Tolliver and Belinda Flores-Shinshillas,
through September.
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.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City Park
Ave., 483-4048 -- Snipe Hunting in Lavonia: New Works by Anthony Carriere,
through Sept. 26.
DILLARD UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Cook Fine
Arts and Communication Center, Collier Conference Center, 816-4711 --
Harrington House, new works by Amy Bryan, through September.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 --
Glass sculpture by Gregory Geniusz, paintings by Kathy Sizeler, through September.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688
-- New works by Auguste Garufi and Jason Kimes, through September.
GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St., 896-2307
-- A View From the Pass, new paintings by Sharon Mortillaro, through September.
GALERIE SIMONNE STERN 518 Julia St., 529-1118
-- Optical Optimism, new-media group show, through Oct. 2.
GEORGE SCHMIDT GALLERY 626 Julia St., 592-0206
-- Just Us, courtroom drawings of Edwin Edwards, through September.
GALLERIES AT THE SAULET 1420 Annunciation
St., 586-9800 -- New works by John Zeringue; mixed media on paper by Eduardo
Exposito; paintings by Caprica Joseph and Jordan Ivanov, through September.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Group show of gallery artists including Steve Taylor, T.L. Lange and Thomas
Arvid, through September.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300
-- Group show of gallery artists, through September.
HUBER HOUSE GALLERY 1522 St. Charles Ave.,
561-0628 -- Paintings and prints by Al Federico, through September.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Paperwork, group show featuring works on paper,
through Sept. 25.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462;
523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Marine paintings from the 18th and 19th century,
through September.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988
-- Right Here, paintings and drawings by Leslie Staub, through September.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia
St., 581-9253 -- New portraits by Alexander Stolin, through September.
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine St., 895-8731
-- Layers of Intimacy, works by Franklin Adams, through Sept. 28.
(Reviewed in this issue.)
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle
Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- Festival of Color, works by Thomas Edward
Gallagher, through September.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO
727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Fusion of Glass, Culinary, and Musical
Artistry, works by Curtiss Brock, Josh Cohen, and Angela Wilson, through
Oct. 5.
OBJETS TROUVE 3713 Magazine St., 897-5066
-- Paintings by Gabe Hausmann, through September.
THE PICKERY 433 Orange St., 561-5661
-- The Liquid Revival, group show, through September.
POET'S GALLERY 3113 Magazine St., 899-4100
-- Interiors, paintings by Rob Goldsmith, through Oct. 19.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY
3420 Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Group show featuring more than 200 artists
in various mediums, through September.
SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St., 569-9501
-- Paintings by Carol Pelletier, through Sept. 28.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119
-- Woman, As Thou Art, monoprints by Lori Markman, through September.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center, 201
St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Windows of the Soul, Series VII,
new works by Yvonne Edwards-Tucker and Michele Wood, through September.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St.,
566-1390 -- Horses and Hounds, paintings by Jennifer Cocoma Hustis,
through September.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St.,
522-2000 -- Images of Water, group show, through Sept. 25.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805
-- Paintings and shadowboxes by Colombian artist Soco Ocampo, through Oct.
26.
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 -- New works by Christy Diniz Liffman, through September.
spare spaces
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 -- Enduring Vision: 17th to 20th Century
Japanese Painting from the Gitter-Yelen Collection, through Oct. 26.
SLIDELL CULTURAL CENTER 444 Erlanger St.,
Slidell, (985) 646-4375 -- Paintings by Elemore Morgan, Jr., through Sept.
28.
books
Wednesday 25
KERRI MCCAFFETY. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine
St., 895-2663. Beaucoup Books presents two book-signing parties at Uptown
restaurants for author's new book Etouffee, Mon Amour: The Great Restaurants
of New Orleans; the first at 5 p.m. at Upperline (1413 Upperline St.) and
6 p.m. at La Crepe Nanou (1410 Robert St.). Free admission.
GEORGE WEIGEL. Xavier University, Library
Resource Center, sixth floor, 483-7568. Roman Catholic theologian and author
of Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II discusses his
latest book, The Courage to Be Catholic. Free admission. 6 p.m.
Friday 27
KERRI MCCAFFETY. The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans,
third floor, 921 Canal St., 524-1331. Author signs Etouffee, Mon Amour:
The Great Restaurants of New Orleans during afternoon tea. 1:30 p.m. to
4:30 p.m.
TAMARA KREININ AND BARBARA CAMENS. Beaucoup
Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Authors sign and discuss Girls' Night
Out: Celebrating Women's Groups Across America. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
Saturday 28
MITCH FRANK. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia
St., 899-READ (7323). Time magazine reporter discusses and signs his book
Understanding September 11: Answering Questions about the Attacks on America.
Free admission. 11 a.m.
DWAN HIGHTOWER. Bookstar, 914 N. Peters
St., 523-6411. Author signs Anthrax: The Game. Free admission. 1
p.m. to 3 p.m.
MARJORIE CONATSER. Barnes & Noble Booksellers,
3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Author presents parents'
guide How to Prepare Your Preschooler for Harvard. Free admission. 1
p.m.
SIM SHATTUCK. Bookstar, 914 N. Peters St.,
523-6411. Author signs Pleasant Hurricanes. Free admission. 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m.
KERRI MCCAFFETY. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia
St., 899-READ (7323). Author signs Etouffee, Mon Amour: The Great Restaurants
of New Orleans. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
