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theater
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. Thursday and Saturday. Open run.
... AND THE BALL AND ALL. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St.,
522-2081. 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 $26. Performances 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday.
ASSHOLE MONOLOGUES. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Original monologues written by and starring Chris Rose, along with Fred Plunkett and Mikko. Tickets $26 plus one-drink minimum of $6. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.
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. Performance 7:30 p.m. Monday.
EL HAJJ MALIK. St. Mathais Auditorium, 3911 Gen. Pershing St., 891-6191. The life and times of Malcolm X. Written by Norbert A. Davidson, directed by Jomo Kenyatta-Bean. Tickets $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 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 and others. Tickets $22-$26. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 2. (Reviewed in this issue.)
THE FULL MONTY. Saenger Theatre, 143 N. Rampart St., 524-2490. Six unemployed steelworkers plot to make some money. Jack O'Brien directs. Tickets $20-$55. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday-Sunday.
IN WALKS ED. Southern Repertory Theatre, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 835-6002. Drama
of man returning to fictional Harlem "Chocolate City" after 15 years. Ryan Rilette
directs. Tickets $10-$20. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
LATE NIGHT CATECHISM. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 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.
MOZART'S COSI FAN TUTTE. Loyola University, Roussel Performance Hall, 865-3492. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera on the love, betrayal, happiness and despair of human relations. Carol Rausch conducts, stage direction by David Morelock. Tickets $20 general admission, $10 students with I.D. Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324. Residents of a mental institution plot against their supervisor, Nurse Ratched. Based on Ken Kesey's novel. Bob Gault directs. Tickets $12 adults, $5 children. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 1.
OUT DA BOX! Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Ricky Graham's musical revue featuring comedy sketches and songs. Stars Graham, Becky Allen, Sean Patterson and Heidi Junius. Tickets $20 front row and $15 general admission, plus $6 one-drink minimum. Performance 11 p.m. Saturday.
SHIM SHAM REVUE. Shim Sham Club, 615 Toulouse St., 565-5400. Burlesque
troupe the Southern Jeze-Belles performs a tribute to "Notable Women in Louisiana History." Tickets
$17 advance, $20 at the door, $15 with student I.D. Performances 8 p.m. and 10
p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 16.
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.
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, Jennifer Pagan 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-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
THE WONDER BREAD YEARS. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Comedian Pat Hazell's one-man show about growing up in the 1950s. Tickets $21 plus $6 one-drink minimum. Performances Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
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.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Urban landscapes by John Arceneaux, new work by Robert Ryan, through Jan. 28.
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.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St., 523-1216 -- Baby-Boom Daydreams, The Art of Douglas Bourgeois; Made in California, selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection.
CRESCENT GALLERY 531 Wilkinson Row, 525-5255 -- Works by Grace Newburger, William Ludwig and Dot Turnipseed Svendson, through Feb. 6.
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.
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.
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.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211 -- Annual auction featuring gallery artists including Raymond Douillet, Peter Max and Thomas Arvid, through January; works by painter Ellaida Neiman, 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. (Reviewed in this issue.)
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Nineteenth 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.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Recent
paintings and sculpture by Jeff Jennings, through February.
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine St., 895-8731 -- Portraits, and a Few
Nudes, new paintings by Carol Leake, through January.
NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM OF ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY 1418
Gov. Nicholls St., 527-0989 -- American Woman, oil paintings by Joseph Anthony
Pearson, through Feb. 28; A Knock at Midnight, group show of artwork based
on the Martin Luther King Jr. sermon, through May 4; Louisiana/Congo,
costumes, beadwork, sculpture and more from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Tulane University, 865-5328 -- Stitched,
group show featuring stitched artwork, through January.
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.
SHANNON C. FOLEY FINE ART 3935 Magazine St., 891-3235 -- Group show
of Southern artists of the 19th and 20th century, through January.
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.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center, 201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Tapestries
of Life, Series 1, works by Claude Clark and Beverly Buchanan, through January.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St., 566-1390 -- Sculpture
by D. Nuego, through January.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Sculpture by
Jimmy Descant (reviewed in this issue), 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
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990 -- Exhibit celebrating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase, through 2003.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- A Decorative Arts Bestiary, through Feb. 16.
books
Tuesday 21
HENRI SCHINDLER. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St., 368-1175. Author of Mardi Gras Treasures: Costume Designs of the Golden Age presents lecture and signs books. Admission $5 PRC members, $7 non-members. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday 25
PHILIP BREITMEYER. Maple Street Old Metairie Book Shop, 200 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-8937. Local author signs and discusses Lightning Ridge! Further Adventures of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, a historical novel. Free admission. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
NICOLE FONTENOT. Borders Books, Music & Cafe, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd.,
Metairie, 835-1363. Author signs Cooking with Cajun Women. Free admission. 2 p.m.
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