theater
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS. True Brew Theatre,
200 Julia St., 945-6789. Roberts Batson's solo performance on the history
and characters that helped shape New Orleans; based on his Scandal Tours. Tickets
$20. Performances 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Open run.
BIANCA AND BECKY'S OUTRAGEOUS BACHANALE. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles
Ave., 581-5812. Musical revue featuring songs and costumes in duet performance
by Becky Allen and Bianca Del Rio (Roy Haylock). Evening features complimentary
champagne during countdown to 2003 at midnight. Tickets $25, $50 for VIP seating.
Doors 9 p.m., show 10 p.m.
BIANCA'S REMOTE (OUT OF) CONTROL. Le
Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Drag-phenom Bianca Del Rio in
a one-woman cabaret show with a series of back-in-time TV parodies, movie vignettes
and monologues. Roy Haylock stars as Bianca Del Rio. Call for ticket info. Performances
8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, through Jan. 11.
THE BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.
Charles Ave., 581-5812. Musical comedy documenting the cuisine culture of
New Orleans returns for an open run. Writer Ricky Graham directs Russell Hodgkinson,
Heidi P. Junius and others. Call for ticket info. Performances 7:30 p.m. Mondays.
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.
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 $22.50. Performances 8
p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating
opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- Legends, rare photographs by gallery artists
including Francis Frith, William Henry Jackson and W.H. Fox Talbot, through
February.
*ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia
St., 522-1999 -- New works by Joel Morrison, Christopher Taggart and Douglas
Bourgeois, through January.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709
Royal St., 299-1666 -- Group show of contemporary artists featuring work
by Philippe Vasseur, Michele Delacroix and Jean-Daniel Bouvard, through January.
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 January.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588 -- Fifteenth
anniversary show featuring gallery artists, through January.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130 -- Group
exhibition featuring gallery artists, through January.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine
St., 891-6789 -- Drawings by Bob Berguson, through January.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City
Park Ave., 483-4048 -- Deception of Being, recent paintings by Ron Bechet,
through Jan. 30.
*D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936
-- Paintings by Shug Lockett, through January.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688 -- Works
by gallery artists, through January.
SHANNON C. FOLEY FINE ART 3935 Magazine
St., 891-3235 -- Group show of Southern artists of the 19th and 20th centuries,
through January.
FRENCHY GALLERY 319 Royal St., 561-5885 -- NFL
and New Orleans Saints painting collection, through January.
GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St., 896-2307 -- Disappearing
Marshes, works by Glinda Schaefer, through January.
*HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Line paintings by Deborah Pelias, through January.
*JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Renovate, photographic installation by Daniel Perlaky and
John J. B. Terrill, through January.
*LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- The
Blurry Edge, paintings by Kurt Schlough; ceramic sculpture by John Donovan,
through Jan. 25.
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine
St., 895-8731 -- Portraits, and a Few Nudes, new paintings by Carol Leake,
through January.
*NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT
2800 Chartres St., 940-2787 -- Mixed-media by Bonita Day, fabric
constructions by Gina Phillips, multi-media installation by Stephen Paul Day,
outdoor installation by Jennifer Odem, through February .
*SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St., 569-9501 --
Transfigurations, paintings by Luc Leestemaker, through Jan. 26.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- Paintings by Linda Joyce Franks, through January.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline
St., 949-1805 -- Paintings by Jim Sohr, Suzanne E. Saunders, Eric
Buchanan, Pati D'amico and Bill Warren, through January.
WILLIAMS & JOSEPH GALLERY 713 Royal
St., 566-7009 -- New works by Kate Dunn, Huntley Baldwin, Jay Russell
Leach, Monique Leon, James McKelvey and Jason Fricke, through January.
WYNDY MOREHEAD FINE ARTS 3926 Magazine St.,
269-8333 -- Works on paper exhibit by David Smith-Harrison, through January.
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; 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.
