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. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. Open run.
THE BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. The North
Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500. A musical comedy
documenting the cuisine culture of New Orleans, told from the viewpoint of waiters
and waitresses. Writer Ricky Graham directs Russell Hodgkinson, Heidi P. Junius
and others. Tickets $24. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, through Nov.
2.
THE BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. A musical comedy documenting the cuisine
culture of New Orleans, told from the viewpoint of waiters and waitresses. Writer
Ricky Graham directs Russell Hodgkinson, Heidi P. Junius and others. Tickets
$23 Sunday, $18.50 Monday. Performances 6 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Monday.
DIAL M FOR MUDER. Slidell Little
Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324. Classic murder mystery
by Frederick Knott, whose plot centers on themes of love, money and betrayal.
Best known for the Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same title. Tickets $12 adults,
$5 children. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
GALATOIRE'S MONOLOGUES. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Comedic look into the controversy
following Galatoire's firing of a revered, old-line waiter, with reading of
letters submitted to welovegilberto.com.
Starring Chris Rose, Redbean, Harry Mayronne Jr., Miss Viola Davis Rogan and
many others. Tickets $16. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
GROSS INDECENCY. Contemporary Arts
Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800. Dog & Pony Theater Company's production
of Moises Kaufman's comedy on the three mock trials of Oscar Wilde. John Grimsley
directs. Tickets $18 CAC members, $20 non-members. Performances 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
HONK! Le Petit Theatre du Vieux
Carre, Teddy's Corner Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Musical adaptation
of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale The Ugly Duckling. Brandt
Blocker directs Hardy Weaver as Ugly and Michelle Marcotte as Ida. Tickets $12
adults, $10 students. Performances 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. (Reviewed in
this issue.)
INNER MANDALA. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary
Arts Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 or 525-6246. Actress
Maja Mitic featuring presents performance/lecture, subtitled "The Healing Power
of the Theatre" and featuring texts from the Bible, Bertolt Brecht, Carlos Fuentes
and more. Part of Dah Teatar's weeklong series of presentations. Admission $6
Zeitgeist members, $8 others. Performance 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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 $26. Call box office for show times.
Open run.
MONDAY NIGHT SALON #7. Zeitgeist
Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767. The
Artists' Company Theatre's presentation of monologues performed by actors of
works by local playwrights. Tickets $15 general admission, $10 students and
seniors. Performance 8 p.m. Monday.
THE NEWS. Tulane University, Newcomb Campus, Dixon
Hall, 865-5106. Paul Schierhorn's Tony Award-winning musical "pop opera"
on the blurring between news and entertainment in modern journalism. Schierhorn
directs and Beverly Trask choreographs. Stars Kristen Faucher, Greg Morabito
and others. Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets
$10 general admission, $8 Tulane faculty and staff, $6 all students and seniors.
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE. Skyfire
Theatre, 332 N. New Hampshire St., Covington, (985) 875-7577. Steve Martin's
comedy takes place on the chance meeting of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso
in a 1904 cafe in Paris. Deborah Bettelli directs Shawn Patterson and Scott
DeVore. Tickets $18 adults, $15 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Nov. 2.
THE QUEEN OF BINGO. True Brew Theater,
200 Julia St., 362-4451. Comedy about two sisters who play bingo to make
up for what is missing from their lives. Dane Rhodes directs Becky Allen, Sandy
Bravender, Doris Methe and Michael Sullivan. Tickets $24. Performances 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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. Sundays
at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
SINGING BODY, DANCING VOICE. Zeitgeist
Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 or
525-6246. Actress Sanja Krsmanovic-Tasic presents her piece that debuted
at Dah Teatar's 10-year anniversary celebration last year, with Tasic exploring
several roles and characters she has developed. Part of Dah Teatar's weeklong
series of presentations. Admission $6 Zeitgeist members, $8 others. Performance
8 p.m. Thursday.
VISITING MR. GREEN. Southern Repertory Theatre,
Shops at Canal Place, third floor, 835-6002. Dramatic comedy detailing the
relationship of two men in New York City brought together by court order. Keith
Briggs directs Roy Dumont and Robert Richardson. Tickets $20 Friday-Saturday,
$18 Sunday matinees (special "Actors and Friends" performance 8 p.m. Thursday,
admission $15). Performances 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through
Nov. 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 -- Tone Poems, photos by Bruce Barnbaum, through
October.
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 -- New work by Auseklis Ozols and Errol Barron,
through October.
ANTON HAARDT FOLK GALLERY 2858 Magazine
St., 891-9080 -- Faces of a Different South, folk-art portraits,
through October.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233 -- Glass work
by Emilio Santini; Fall Furniture Perspective, through October.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Paintings
by Robert Colescott, photographs by Greg Gorman, through October.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 --
(Re)Introducing New Orleans' African-American Artists: A Group Show, curated
by Bob Tannen; metal paintings by Jimmy Descant, through October.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233
Chartres St., 529-9811 -- Photos by David Halliday and Shelby Lee Adams.
BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY 516 Natchez
St., 522-7503 -- Rare hand-signed black-and-white photographs by
Pops Whitesell, through October.
BERTA'S AND MINA'S ANTIQUITIES GALLERY -- 4138 Magazine
St., 895-6201 -- New paintings by Nilo Lanzas, works by Noel Rockmore, through
October.
BREWER LANDRY GALLERY 2022 Magazine St., 522-2022 -- Blues and
folk art by Susan Landry, sketches by Virginia Srust, through October.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Fall for Art, featuring paintings
by Karen Laborde, and photography and paintings by H.C. Porter, through Nov.
2.
CALLAN FINE ART 3506 Magazine St.,
899-8782; 240 Chartres St., 524-0025 -- Jazz scenes and views of
Venice by Jim Pennington, through October.
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 October.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588
-- Photographs by Herb Greene and Paul Natkin, paintings by Patrick Gorman,
through October.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130 -- New works
by Jere Allen, through October.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine
St., 891-6789 -- Paintings and mixed-media work by Jenny Kahn, paintings
by Katherine Sherwood, through October.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp
St., 523-1216 -- Works by Christian Marclay, Stephen Paul Day and Sibylle
Peretti, through October.
CRESCENT GALLERY 531 Wilkinson Row,
525-5255 -- Annual group show featuring gallery artists including Rolland
Golden and Roy Pfister, through Nov. 10.
DILLARD UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Cook Fine Arts and
Communication Center, Collier Conference Center, 816-4711 -- Things Remembered,
mixed-media work by Reagan Robinson, through October.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Sculpture
by Brent Barnidge, paintings by Diego Larguia, through October.
ENOCH'S FRAMING AND GALLERY 4001
Baronne St., 897-2603 -- Paintings by Gustavo Trujillo, through October.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688 -- Paintings
by Janet McGreal, through Oct. 25.
SHANNON C. FOLEY FINE ART 3935 Magazine
St., 891-3235 -- The Birds of Walter Anderson, through October.
FRENCHY GALLERY 319 Royal St., 561-5885
-- Eight Feet Under, Photographs from Life in New Orleans, by Jenny
Bagert, through October.
GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St., 896-2307 --
Figures of the Imagination, sculpture by Kim Bernadas, paintings by Carolita
Keith Cantrell, through October.
GALERIE SIMONNE STERN 518 Julia
St., 529-1118 -- New works by Monica Zeringue, through October.
GALLERIES AT THE SAULET 1420 Annunciation
St., 586-9800 -- Mixed-media work by Three Ring Circus Productions and John
Zeringue & GEYO; metal sculpture by Jimmy Gorman, through October.
GEORGE SCHMIDT GALLERY 626 Julia
St., 592-0206 -- A Day at the Races, horse paintings by George Schmidt,
through October.
HANDS IN CLAY 4122 Magazine St.,
269-1300 -- Works by Lill, Thomas and local artists, through October.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211 -- Group
show of gallery artists including Edward Povey, Joseph Lorusso and Eddy Stevens,
through October.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Paintings by Hunt Slonem, through October.
JEAN BRAGG GALLERY 3901 Magazine
St., 895-7375 -- Paintings of the French Quarter, through October.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Byproducts of My Existence, works by Adam Farrington, through
October.
KOLEKTIV GALLERY 2112 Magazine St.,
566-9933 -- Works by Peter Timotic, through Oct. 24.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St.,
524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Landscape paintings by French, English
and German artists, through October.
LALLYBROCH GALLERY 3648 Magazine
St., 899-1011 -- Sculpture by Charles Gillam Sr., pastels by Glinda
Schafer, through October.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- Paul Ninas, 1903-1964, New Orleans & the West Indies, through
October. (Reviewed in this issue.)
LIONEL MILTON GALLERY 1818 Magazine
St., 522-6966 -- VooDoo Art Experience, through October.
THOMAS MANN GALLERY/GALLERY I/O 1812 Magazine St.,
581-2113 -- The Chair Show, through October.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 --
Recent works by Dawn Southworth, through October. (Reviewed in this issue.)
MARY VIOLA WALKER GALLERY 834 Julia
St., 558-9688 -- Gem Bags -- Effortless Glamour, through October.
MORGAN WEST STUDIO/GALLERY 3326 Magazine St., 895-7976
-- Paintings by Dick Johnson, pottery by Zahidi Neale, silk paintings by
Perry Morgan III, through October.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING
STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- New Orleans Artworks Cornucopia
Exhibit, featuring work by Teri Walker, Andrew Pollack, Greg Geniusz, Miriam
Martin and Gerald Haessig, through October.
OBJETS TROUVE 3713 Magazine St.,
897-5066 -- Paintings by Isabelle Jacopin, through October.
RIVERBEND GALLERY 1000 S. Carrollton
Ave., 862-0111 -- Work by Jeremy Hughes, Jim Leasure and Linda Berman, through
October.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
GALLERY 3420 Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Straight From Texas,
group show of artists from the Lone Star State, through October.
SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St., 569-9501 --
Form Space Reform, work by David Borgerding, through October.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- Art for Heterosexuals, paintings and drawings by Bunny
Matthews, through October.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Windows of the Soul, Series
VII, new work by Sarah Albritton, through October.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624
Julia St., 566-1390 -- Artist in Motion, work by Sarah Ashley Longshore;
Mystical Expression, paintings by Jamali, through October.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Art Redressé, work by Kathleen Holmes; new works by
Sibylle Peretti, through October.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ART GALLERY
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- Masters of
Fine Arts Group Exhibition, group show of painting, photography, printmaking
and sculpture by UNO graduate students, through October.
VILLA VICI 2930 Magazine St., 899-2931
-- Abstract artwork by Alice McNeely, through October.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville St., 523-2342
-- Grand Cathedrals of France, paintings by Pierre Rigaud, through
October.
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 -- Recent work by Barrett Debusk, through October.
spare spaces
ENTERGY 639 Loyola Ave., 576-4000
-- Degas Pastel Society 9th Biennial National Juried Exhibition, through
Nov. 22.
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL 444 St. Charles
Ave., 469-3581 -- The Photography of Jean Manale, through Nov. 13.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT
2800 Chartres St., 940-2787 -- Annual Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition,
through Nov. 15.
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 AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM OF
ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 527-0989 -- Louisiana-Congo:
the Bertrand Donation, featuring more than 70 pieces of African artwork,
through November.
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.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola
Ave., 596-2567 -- The Forgotten People: A Missing Segment in Plaquemines Parish
History, through Nov. 7.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 603 Julia St., 539-9600
-- Enrique Alferez -- Art and Life, through October.
books
Tuesday 22
JOHN CONNOLLY. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania
St., 895-2266. Author signs and discusses his latest crime novel, The
Killing Kind. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday 26
BARRI BRONSTON. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St.,
899-READ (7323). Local children's writer signs and talks about her guide
for children's experiences in New Orleans. Free admission. 11 a.m.
VICTOR KLEIN. Bookstar, 414 N. Peters
St., 523-6411. Author signs New Orleans Ghosts and New Orleans
Ghosts II. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
BARBARA SILLERY. Barnes & Noble,
3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-4929. Author signs and discusses
The Haunting of Louisiana, based on the PBS documentary of the same name,
with additional stories. Free admission. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Sunday 27
LORAINE DESPRES. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St.,
895-2663. Television writer signs and discusses debut novel, The Scandalous
Summer of Sissy LeBlanc. Free admission. 1 p.m.
