theater
TWELFTH NIGHT. Nunez Community College Auditorium,
3710 Paris Road, Chalmette, 277-7469. Shine Productions version of Shakespeare's
comedy, set in the Roaring '20s. Dave Dessens directs Terrell Robinson, Robert
Fielding and Chris Bordelon. Tickets $12 adults, $10 seniors and students in
advance; $15 adults, $12 seniors and students at door. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday.
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS. True
Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 945-6789. Roberts Batson's solo performance
about the history and characters that helped shape New Orleans, based on his
Scandal Tours. Tickets $20. Performances 5 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays. Open
run.
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, complete with costume changes. Roy Haylock stars as Bianca Del
Rio. Tickets $21 plus one-drink minimum charge of $6. Performances 8 p.m. Friday,
8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
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. Tickets $21 plus one-drink minimum charge of $6.
Performances 7:30 p.m. Mondays.
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Musical revue of the songs
of Louis Jordan performed by five men named Moe, who appear out of a man's radio
to console him. Brendt Blocker directs Darrin Nelson. Tickets $22-$26. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 2.
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.
PEOPLE COME AND GO SO QUICKLY HERE!
Cowpokes Barn Theatre, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 528-1806. Lewis Routh's
one-man show is held over. Tickets $12. Performances 8 p.m. Fridays, through
Jan. 31. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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 and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
ROMEO & JULIET. Tulane University,
Dixon Hall, 865-5105, ext. 2. The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane presents
Shakespeare's classic. Aimee K. Michel directs Michael Salinas as Romeo and
Andrea Frankle as Juliet. Tickets $20 adults, $15 teachers, seniors and Tulane
staff, $7 students and theater workers, with "buy three get one free" deal.
Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
THIS AIN'T YOUR BUBBE'S YIDDISH THEATER.
Congregation Gates of Prayer, 4000 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 885-2600.
Celebration of Jewish culture told through folk tales, music and contemporary
stories, led by husband-and-wife storytelling duo Mark Novak and Renee Brachfeld.
Tickets $7.50 adults, $5 seniors, students free. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
THE WOMEN. Rivertown Repertory Theatre,
401 Minor St., Kenner, 468-7221. Clare Boothe Luce's comedy of women in
modern society. Keith Briggs directs Hope Weiss, Claudia Baumgarten and others.
Tickets $20 adults, $18 seniors and students, $10 children ages 6-12. Pre-performance
buffet catered by Messina's $16. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, 2:30
p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 26.
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.
BREWER LANDRY GALLERY 2022 Magazine St., 522-2022
-- Blues and folk art by Susan Landry, 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 century,
through January.
FRENCHY GALLERY 319 Royal St., 561-5885 -- NFL
and New Orleans Saints paintings collection, through January.
*GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St., 896-2307 -- Disappearing
Marshes, works by Glinda Schaefer, through January.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Annual auction featuring works by gallery artists such as Peter Max,
Adrian Deckbar and Frederick Hart, through January.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Line paintings by Deborah Pelias, through January.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters
St., 566-1944 -- The Naked Photography of E.J. Bellocq and Greg Fiedler,
through January.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Renovate, photographic installation by Daniel Perlaky and
John J. B. Terrill, through January.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St.,
524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Collection of 19th century marine watercolors
by artists such as Frederick Aldridge and George Chambers, 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.
N.O. SCHOOL OF GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO 727
Magazine St., 529-7277 -- New works by Stephen Williams, Brandon Mansell
and Chris Fiertner, through January.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
GALLERY 3420 Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Super Bowls, works
by glass artists Anthony Schafermeyer, Claire Kelly, Mark Rosenbaum and Malcolm
Sutcliff, through Jan. 26.
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.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Sculpture by Jimmy Descant, hand-colored woodblock prints
by Sean Starwars, 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 (reviewed in this issue); 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.
books
Tuesday 7
LEAH CHASE. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas
St., 368-1175. Biographer Carol Allen and Chef Leah Chase discuss Chase's
life and career as told in their book Listen, I Say Like This. Admission
$5 PRC members, $7 non-members. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday 9
JILL CONNER BROWNE. Garden District Book Shop, 2727
Prytania St., 895-2266. Author of The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook
(and Financial Planner) signs and reads her work. Free admission. 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m.
Friday 10
DIONNE CHARACTER. Barnes & Noble, 1601B Westbank
Expwy., Harvey, 263-1482. Poet reads from her latest book, 7 Pairs of
Black Shoes, part of open-mic poetry night. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Saturday 11
RICHARD SELZER. Tulane University, Stone Auditorium
of Woldenberg Art Center, 865-5000. Physician and author of Confessions
of a Knife presents lecture "The Doctor As Writer," which includes a reading
from his work. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.
