theater
ALL IN THE TIMING. NOCCA/Riverfront, 2800 Chartres
St., 940-2854. Newly formed NOCCA/Riverfront alumni theater company Thick
Space presents production of seven original one-act plays by David Ives, comedies
exploring human desire. Ray Vrazel Jr. directs. Tickets $10. Performances 7:30
p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
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 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday.
THE BLACK & WHITE BLUES. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Original musical about waiters and
the service industry, written by Harry Mayronne Jr. and Ricky Graham. Tickets
$27 includes one drink; discount for service industry workers available. 7:30
p.m. Monday.
BROWN PAPER BAG. The Neighborhood
Gallery, 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800. Work set in Seventh Ward
dealing with reverse discrimination within the local African-American community.
Written and directed by Dr. Kim F. Layman. Tickets $10. Performances 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday.
CEREMONIES IN DARK OLD MEN. Ashé
Cultural Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070. Drama set in
Harlem barbershop examining the plight of the African-American family. Shriff
Hasan directs and stars. Tickets $15. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
EARL LONG IN PURGATORY. True Brew
Theatre, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. The Evangeline Theatre Co. presents remounting
of work documenting the life of colorful Louisiana politician Earl Long. Perry
Martin directs John McConnell from Jason Berry's script. Tickets $25. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
HELLO, DOLLY! Le Petit Theatre du
Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Broadway musical with widowed
matchmaker scheming for a man's money through marriage. Sonny Borey and Derek
Franklin direct Ann Casey, Bob Edes Jr. and others. Tickets $21-$26. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
HONK. St. Luke's United Methodist
Church, 5875 Canal Blvd., 486-3982. Wing and a Prayer Productions' 25th
annual summer musical, based on the ugly duckling fable. Scott Sauber directs.
Call for ticket info. Performances 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
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
showtimes. Open run.
LIKK-HR. Cowpokes Theater Space,
1030 Marigny St., 947-0505. New Orleans Alliance of Pride presents comedy
of three gay friends on a road trip to San Francisco. John Cash Carpenter directs
Jeff M. Poucher, Kriste Tujague and Jason Kirkpatrick. Tickets $15. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Tulane
University, Lupin Theatre, 865-5105, ext. 2. Opening play of The Shakespeare
Festival at Tulane, with William Shakespeare's comedy of lovers and earthy creatures
together in a forest. Aimée K. Michel directs Gavin Mahlie, Shelley Poncy
and others. Tickets $7.50-$25. Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through
July 26.
THE MUSIC MAN. Jefferson Performing
Arts Center, 400 Phlox Ave., Metairie, 885-2000. Jefferson Performing Arts
Society and the Lupin Foundation present Meredith Wilson's classic musical.
Michelle Pietri directs cast of children in third through seventh grades. Tickets
$8-$12. Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
THE MUSIC MAN, JUNIOR. Tulane University,
862-3214. Tulane Little Lyric Theatre presents Meredith Wilson's classic
musical with cast of 58 local children. Tickets $8 adults, $6 children. Performances
2 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m. Friday-Saturday.
OUR CLASS REUNION ... AND ALL. Rock
'N' Bowl Cafe, downstairs, 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., 483-9980. The Producers
Circle's audience-participation comedy with ladies of Krewe of Terpsichore returning
for their high school reunion. Written and directed by Ricky Graham; starring
Becky Allen, Rene Maxwell and Amanda Hebert. Tickets $28, includes first drink.
Performances 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. Cowpokes
Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 947-0505. Stage version of the camp classic
with Dr. Frank-N-Furter and friends. Jonne Dendinger directs Michael Santora,
Jennifer Leigh Stockton and others. Tickets $20 general, $10 students. Performances
midnight Friday-Saturday (doors open two hours early for pre-show festivities).
TWO IN THE BUSH. Le Chat Noir, 715
St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Two-act comedy. First act Stud Mule features
a woman racing the biological clock with a gigolo's help. Second act Snatching
Victory has an attractive co-ed charging sexual advances against a professor.
Carl Walker directs Janet Shea, Randy Cheramie and Jesse Terrebonne. Tickets
$11 Wednesday; tickets $27 (includes one drink) Thursday-Saturday. Performances
8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, through July 5.
auditions
JEFFERSON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY.
Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox Ave., Metairie, 885-2000. JPAS
will hold auditions for 2003-2004 season for dance, vocal and children's roles
for productions of Sweet Charity, Oliver, The Merry Widow
and Artful Dodger. Some preparation required; call or visit www.jpas.org
for more info.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating
opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP 1638
Clio St., 569-2700 -- Oasis: Water-themed works by MJ Robitaille,
Shaun Yount, Jillian Gibson, Nancy Laskowski-Maas, Will Smith, David Momyer,
Juliet Lockwood, Blake Haney, Zack Smith, Jeannine Flores, Michele Flores and
Tania Manou. Through Aug. 9.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Annual student exhibition,
through July 19.
AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER ART GALLERY Tilton Hall, Tulane
University, 6823 St. Charles Ave., 865-5000 -- A Visual Narrative of the Liberation
of Haiti in 1804, through July 31.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- 25th anniversary
exhibit (group show), through July 19.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709 Royal St., 299-1666 -- Once
Upon a Time in Paris, new works by Michel Delacroix; works by Andre Bourrie,
Jean-Daniel Bouvard and Jacques Godin, through June.
BARLOW ART GALLERY 805 Royal St., 523-2964 -- Hand-woven rugs
by Elay Doyle, paintings by Eddie Mormon and Jamie P., through June.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 --
Group show featuring gallery artists, through August.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233
Chartres St., 529-9811 -- Photographs Elsewhere, multi-media images
by photographers Maggie Taylor, Linda Broadfoot, Holly Roberts and Dan Ragland,
through June.
*BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington,
(985) 893-0444 -- Water Lillies: A Study, paintings by Jerry Greenberg,
through July.
BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St.,
525-5584 -- New paintings by Dean Mitchell, through June 14.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130
-- Group show featuring gallery artists, through August.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine
St., 891-6789 -- Paintings and drawings by Miriam Hirsch; Summer Show,
monoprints by Barbara Brainard, through June.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City Park Ave., 483-4048
-- Tinker: An Installation by Bonita Day, through July 15.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936
-- Paintings by Chic Connell and sculpture by Sam McCarty, through July.
DUQUE ART CENTER 3218 Magazine St.,
899-4554 -- Landscapes and Flowers, works by Gustavo Duque; recent
paintings by Laxman K., through June 20.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St.,
897-2688 -- New paintings by Jean Geraci, through June.
FORT ISABEL GALLERY 401 N. Columbia St., Covington,
(985) 892-1841 -- White Night, group show, through July 5.
GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St., 896-2307 -- Photo Expo,
group show, through June 21.
GALLERY CLAIBORNE LLC 2109 N. Claiborne
Ave., 949-5300 -- Photographs by Eric Waters and Jim Thorns, through June.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241 Chartres St.,
568-1313 -- New photographs by Jerry Uelsmann, through August.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- New paintings by Elisabeth Estivalet and Edward Povey, through June.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Paintings and works on paper by Libby Johnson, through
June.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters
St., 566-1944 -- Nudes: Torsos Hips and Knees, paintings by Ole Anders
Oddlokken, through July 5.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- In Flux, paintings by Roberto Ortiz; Internal Features,
sculpture by Ashley Hope Carlisle, through July 23.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St.,
524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Mid-19th century precursors of Impressionism,
along with Barbizon, Academic and Salon paintings.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- The Spanish Influence in America, paintings by Luz Maria Lopez,
through June. (Reviewed in this issue.)
LIONEL MILTON GALLERY 1818 Magazine St., 522-6966
-- Regular Friday-evening receptions feature new works by the artist.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS
720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Four Decades of Painting and Drawing,
work by Margaret Witherspoon, through July.
*MARTIN LAWRENCE GALLERY 709 Royal
St., 588-9020; 433 Royal St., 299-9055 -- Pop!, pop art exhibit featuring
works by artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Keith Haring, through
July 5.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.,
524-8800 -- Paintings by Lisa Elizabeth, through July 11.
OBJETS TROUVE 3713 Magazine St., 897-5066 -- Paintings by Ellis
and Reed Chappell, through June.
RHINO GALLERY The Shops at Canal
Place Mall, 333 Canal St., third floor, 523-7945; 927 Royal St., 569-8191
-- Hand-painted silk by Traci Batchelor; glass enamels by Catherine DeYoung,
through June.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY 3420
Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Wedded to Glass, group show featuring works
by husband-and-wife glass artist teams, through June.
SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St.,
569-9501 -- Mixed-media paintings by David Chell, through June.
SOUTHEASTERN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE Tulane
University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., third floor, 865-5699 -- Drawing
Inspiration: Travel Sketches From the Southeastern Architectural Archive,
through June.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- Sofa Size, group show featuring local artists, through
June.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Paintings by Charles Hollingsworth
and Ron Bechet, through June.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Paintings by Ling Zhang, printmaking by Bo Zhang, through
June. (Reviewed in this issue.)
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville
St., 523-2342 -- Impressionist Landscapes, recent paintings by Luc
Didier, through August.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 --
Paintings and drawings by Bunny, through June 12.
spare spaces
COUNTRY CLUB 634 Louisa St., 945-0742
-- The Art of Susann Turnquist, pencil sketches, through June.
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL 444 St. Charles
Ave., 469-3581 -- Paintings by Kerrie Jones, through July 12.
JEFFERSON PARISH EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY
4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1100 -- Captured
on Canvas: Louisiana Paintings and the Artists Who Created Them, through
July 10.
SUGAR MAGNOLIA 1910 Magazine St.,
529-1110 -- New Orleans in Illusion, paintings by Mario
Padilla.
TURNCOATS 1926 Magazine St., 299-9004 -- Paintings
by Chris Jahncke, through June.
museums
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990
-- Exhibit celebrating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase, through 2003.
HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
533 Royal St., 523-4662; Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St., 598-7171
-- Napoleon's Eyewitness: Pierre Clément Laussat in Louisiana, 1802-1804,
documents, paintings and other material from the French prefect overseeing transfer
of Louisiana to United States, through December.
LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS 7 Bamboo Road, 488-5488
-- Sabbatical Saunterings of Edith and Edgar Stern, 1936-1937, through
July 6.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins
Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- Jefferson's America & Napoleon's
France, through August; The Masterful Art of the Transfer Print: 250
Years of American, British and Continental Ceramics, through July 13;
Subject and Creator: Women in Edo-Period Japanese Painting, through June.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola
Ave., 596-2567 -- A Great and Growing City: New Orleans in the Era of the Louisiana
Purchase, through 2003.
LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM'S PRESBYTERE 751
Chartres St., 568-6968 -- The Golden Age of Costume Design, through
August.
books
Tuesday 24
TIM GAUTREAUX.
Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Louisiana author reads and
signs his latest novel, The Clearing. 6:30 p.m. (See A&E Feature in this
issue.)
Thursday 26
CARMIT DELMAN. Octavia Books,
513 Octavia St., 899-READ (7323). Author reads and signs her memoir Burnt
Bread and Chutney: Growing Up Between Cultures -- A Memoir of an Indian Jewish
Girl. 7 p.m.
SWAN-SWANK EXTRAVAGANZA. Contemporary
Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3805. Lit City presents readings from poets
Jerry McGuire, Bill Lavender, Andy Young, Skip Fox, Carolyn Hembree, Michael
Tod Edgerton, Martha Reed and Brad Elliot. 8 p.m.
Saturday 28
RANDY WAYNE WHITE. Garden District
Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author reads and signs ninth novel,
Everglades, in event that includes raffle for baseball caps, the author's
own hot sauces and restaurant gift certificate. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
