theater
AIDA. Saenger Theatre, 143 N. Rampart St., 522-5555.
Elton John and Tim Rice's musical love story, based on Verdi's opera. Tickets
$22-$59. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 7:30
p.m. Sunday.
... AND THE BALL AND ALL. North Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville,
(985) 626-1500 or (800) 924-5538. Comedy celebrating New Orleans' culture,
focusing on the women of the Mystic Krewe of Terpsichore during Mardi Gras.
Written and directed by Ricky Graham; starring Amanda Hebert. Tickets $25. Performances
8 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL -- THE WHOLE STORY. Rock
N Bowl Cafe, 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., 885-2113. Piazza Productions' annual
holiday spoof. Written and directed by Rene Piazza, who stars as Scrooge. Tickets
$14 adults, $12 children under 12 (Monday and Thursday tickets $7 for student/actor
night). Performances 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and Monday, 2 p.m. Sunday,
through Dec. 23.
AN EVENING IN DECEMBER. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles
Ave., 581-5812. Original musical cabaret for the holidays with Amy Alvarez
and Jimmy Murphy. Tickets $16, with advance one-drink minimum of $6. Performances
8 p.m. nightly except Sun., Dec. 22 with 3 p.m. matinee, through Dec. 24.
FLORA THE RED MENACE. Ty Tracy Theatre,
Gallier Hall, Lafayette Street at St. Charles Avenue, 565-7860. NORD Theatre
production of Tony Award-winning musical set in 1935 New York. Ty Tracy directs
Gabrielle Porter and Bryan Wagar. Tickets $10. Performances 8 p.m. Friday, 4
p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
GRENADINE MCGUNKLE'S DOUBLE-WIDE CHRISTMAS.
Shim Sham Club, 615 Toulouse St., 739-4037. Running with Scissors'
musical parody features beleaguered housewife Grenadine McGunkle and her trailer-park
neighbors and family. Stars Dorian Rush, Flynn De Marco, Bianca Del Rio and
others. Tickets $15. Performances 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through Dec. 28.
HINCKLEY ON FOSTER: THE HEARING. The
Refuge, 2238 St. Claude Ave., 606-7124. Michael Martin stars in his saga
of John W. Hinckley, the man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981
to impress actress Jodie Foster. Tickets $10 or pay-what-you-can. Performances
8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 7 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 22.
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.
LEND ME A TENOR. Slidell Little
Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324. Farce of mistaken identities,
set in the world of opera. Polly Hudgins directs. Call for ticket info. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
THE SANTALAND DIARIES. Southern
Rep Theatre, Shops at Canal Place, third floor, 522-6545. Humorist David
Sedaris' experiences working as an elf at Macy's in New York City. John Grimsley
directs Gary Rucker. Tickets $20, with discounts for students, seniors and theater
professionals. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through
Dec. 22.
SHIM SHAM REVUE. Shim Sham Club,
615 Toulouse St., 739-4037. Holiday burlesque performance by the Southern
Jeze-Belles, "The 12 Dames of Christmas." Features Ronnie Magri's Shim Sham
Revue Band, emcee Joe E. Merlot and guest performers Debbie Davis, Marcy Hesseling
and Becky Allen. Tickets $17 advance, $20 at door. Performances 8 p.m. and 10
p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 29.
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 -- Photographs by Josephine Sacabo, through December.
ABITA ART GALLERY 72078 Maple St., Abita Springs,
(985) 867-3323 -- Group show by gallery artists, through December.
ANTHONY KELLEY GALLERY 1933 Sophie Wright Place, 529-4443 --
Works by Clementine Hunter and Charles Chambers, through December.
A.R.K. 511 Marigny St., 566-7989 --
Outside, new works by Revo artist/painter Andrew Madinc, through December.
ARTEGG STUDIOS 1001 S. Broad St.,
822-4002 -- Works by Joseph Pearson and other local artists, through
December.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999
-- Sculptures by Jesus Moroles, glass work by Mitchell Gaudet, through December.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 --
Works by Michael Murrell and Pam Longobardi, through Dec. 23.
BREWER LANDRY GALLERY 2022 Magazine
St., 522-2022 -- Blues and folk art by Susan Landry, through December.
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 December.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588
-- New paintings by Belinda Flores-Shinshillas, through December.
CRESCENT GALLERY 531 Wilkinson Row,
525-5255 -- A Re-View of Select Works, group show, through Dec. 24.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City Park Ave., 483-4048
-- Deception of Being, recent paintings by Ron Bechet, through Jan. 30.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St.,
897-2688 -- Traces of Time, new work by Jean Geraci, through December.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471
-- 5 Practical Uses for Capes, new paintings and other works by Matthew
Cox, through Jan. 2.
GALERIE LAFITTE 533 St. Louis St., 524-0105 -- Follow the
Fish, new paintings by Jordan Ivanov, through December.
GALERIE SIMONNE STERN 518 Julia
St., 529-1118 -- New paintings by Richard Johnson, through December.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Works by gallery artists including Raymond Douillet and new works
by Thomas Arvid, through December.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300 --
Drawings and sculpture by Gregory B. Saunders, through December.
JEAN BRAGG GALLERY 3901 Magazine St., 895-7375 -- Paintings
of the French Quarter, through December.
KOLEKTIV GALLERY 2112 Magazine St., 566-9933 -- Group show featuring
works by local artists, through December.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St.,
523-5902 -- Depictions of Shakespeare scenes by French and English artists,
through December.
LALLYBROCH GALLERY 3648 Magazine
St., 899-1011 -- Shadowboxes by Jon Bright, through December.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- A Landscape
of Human Emotions, new paintings and drawings by Leslie Elliottsmith, through
Dec. 28.
THOMAS MANN GALLERY/GALLERY I/O 1812 Magazine St.,
581-2113 -- Ornametal, through December.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 --
Navigating Light, new works by Raine Bedsole, through Dec. 28. (Reviewed
in this issue.)
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine
St., 895-8731 -- Portraits, and a Few Nudes, new paintings by Carol Leake,
through January.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- Sharing the Best of Both Continents,
works by Judy Dixon, through Dec. 30.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING
STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Festival of Angels, works
by Teri Walker, Andrew Brott and Gerald Haessig, through December.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY 3420
Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Italian Ice, group show featuring glass
work by more than 12 Italian artists, through Dec. 26.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 -- Motley, group
show featuring artists including Spencer Livingston and Margaret Murphy, through
December.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Windows of the Soul Series VIII,
works by Syd Carpenter and Sonya Clark, through December.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- A Sense of Place, new works in clay by Dana Chapman, through
Dec. 28.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ART GALLERY
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- Senior Project Exhibition,
featuring painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture by undergraduate
students, through December.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville
St., 523-2342 -- Barbizon paintings of France, featuring works by
Alexander Defaux, Edmond Petitjean and Lucien Griveau, through December.
WILLIAMS & JOSEPH GALLERY 713 Royal
St., 566-7009 -- Glass work by Barry Entner, recent work by Barrett
Debusk, through December.
spare spaces
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL 444 St. Charles
Ave., 469-3581 -- Photography by Jennifer A. O'Brien, through Jan.
14.
LIVE ART STUDIO 4207 Dumaine St., 484-7245 --
Paintings by Eric Hartman ceramics by Craig Henry, paintings by Josanne Sjostrand,
wall hangings and ceramics by Annie Zipkin, through December.
PAMPERED SOUL & BODY DAY SPA 4826
Magazine St., 895-5333 -- Hidden Imagery, recent paintings by Tama Distler,
through March.
POYDRAS CENTER 650 Poydras St.,
539-9600 -- Sculpture by Arthur Silverman, presented by the Ogden Museum
of Southern Art.
museums
LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
1210 Gov. Nicholls St., 243-6423 -- The Historic 1811 LA Slave Revolt;
the Slave Castles of West Africa; the African Roots of the Underground Railroad,
through December.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins Diboll
Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- Raised to the Trade: Creole Building Arts
of New Orleans, through Jan. 12; Noah's Art: Animals in Prints and Drawings,
through Dec. 29; A Decorative Arts Bestiary, through Feb. 16.
OLD U.S. MINT 400 Esplanade Ave.,
568-6990 -- Jazz, original plates and works by Henri Matisse, through
Jan. 12.
THE PRESBYTERE 751 Chartres St.,
568-6968 -- The Golden Age of Carnival Design, through August 2003.
books
Wednesday 18
FITTING WORDS INTO THEIR PLACE. East Bank Regional
Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Blvd., Metairie, 838-1100, ext. 239. Editor and
publisher of French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest
Bohemia presents discussion of compiling the anthology and presents a reading
of his work along with contributing writers Andrei Codrescu, Lee Meitzen Grue
and Chris Rose. A question-and-answer session and book signing follows. Free
admission; pre-registration requested. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday 21
RICHARD CARROLL. The Catholic Book Store, 8039 Fig
St., 861-7504. Author signs and discusses Oasis of Peace. Free admission.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
BISHOP JOE DOSS. The Catholic Book
Store, 8039 Fig St., 861-7504. Author signs and discusses The Songs of
the Mothers: Messages of Promise for the Future Church. Free admission.
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
FRANK DAVIS. Lakeside News, 3323 Severn Ave., Metairie.
Author signs his cookbooks Seafood Notebook, Cooks Cajun Creole
and Cooks Naturally New Orleans. Free admission. 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
