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 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, through July 12.
THE ANDREWS SISTERS' HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN.
Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Running With Scissors
presents World War II-era musical revue of hits by world-famous singing trio
the Andrews Sisters. Dorian Rush, Brian Peterson and Elizabeth Pearce star.
Tickets $16 ($11 with military ID). Performances 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday, through
July 27.
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.
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES. Tulane
University, Rogers Memorial Chapel, 865-5106. Tulane University's improvisational
children's theater group, the Patchwork Players, performs classic tale with
audience-participation slant. Tickets $6. Performances 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Tuesday-Thursday, through July 19.
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.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Tulane
University, Lupin Theatre, 865-5105, ext. 2. Opening play of The Shakespeare
Festival at Tulane; William Shakespeare's comedy of lovers and fairies 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.
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, 6 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through July 20.
TWO IN THE BUSH. Le Chat Noir, 715
St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Two-act comedy. First act: Stud Mule
depicts a woman racing the biological clock with a gigolo's help. Second act:
Snatching Victory features an attractive co-ed charging sexual advances
against a professor. Carl Walker directs Janet Shea, James Asmus and others.
Tickets $11 Wednesday, $27 (includes one drink) Thursday-Saturday. Performances
8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
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 -- Twenty-fifth
anniversary exhibit (group show), through July 19.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Exhibit of Gallery Artists and Some Newcomers,
through August.
BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St.,
525-5584 -- New paintings by Dean Mitchell, through July.
*BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington,
(985) 893-0444 -- Water Lillies: A Study, paintings by Jerry Greenberg,
through July.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon
Ave., 895-6130 -- Group show featuring gallery artists, through August.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine
St., 891-6789 -- New works by New York City artist Carolyn Evans; group
show of gallery artists, through July 27.
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 -- Seven-year retrospective exhibition, works by Gustavo Duque,
through July.
FORT ISABEL GALLERY 401 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 892-1841 -- White Night, group show, through
July 5.
*THE GALLERY 2027 Magazine St.,
299-1756 -- Urban Abstractions, featuring works by Blake Haney.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- New photographs by Jerry Uelsmann, through August.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Group exhibit of paintings and sculptures by gallery artists including
Peter Max, Raymond Douillet, Frederick Hart, Adrian Deckbar and Thomas Arvid.
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 -- Eighteenth and 19th century European
paintings, academy and salon.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- Art in Medicine/Medicine in Art, Sunday through July 26.
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.
RHINO GALLERY The Shops at Canal
Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 523-7945; 927 Royal St., 569-8191
-- Embellished wooden mirrors and candlestick holders by Anita Sanchez,
floral greeting cards by Patricia Marcantel, through July 31.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- The Art and Practice Of, group show featuring local artists,
through July.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Paintings by Ling Zhang, printmaking by Bo Zhang, through
July.
THOMAS MANN GALLERY I/O 1812 Magazine
St., 581-2113 -- Techno/Sketches, dimensional paper interpretations
of Mann's iconic heart and hand metal sculptures, through July.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville
St., 523-2342 -- Impressionist Landscapes, recent paintings by Luc
Didier, through August.
spare spaces
JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY EAST BANK REGIONAL
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 Ronnie Boudreaux, through July.
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; Louisiana
Purchases: Photographs of Louisiana From the New Orleans Museum of Art,
through Oct. 19. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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 MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
St. Augustine Church Hall, 1210 Gov. Nicholls St., 586-1919 -- The Historic
1811 LA Slave Revolt, The Slave Castles of West Africa, The African Roots of
the Underground Railroad, through July 6.
LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM'S PRESBYTERE 751
Chartres St., 568-6968 -- The Golden Age of Costume Design, through
August.
books
Friday 4
MARCIA RILEY. Afro-American Book
Stop, New Orleans Centre, 1400 Poydras St., 588-1474. Author discusses and
signs Moving to HOT-lanta: A Reality or an Illusion?, a series about
interviews on African-American life and opportunities in Atlanta. Free admission.
Noon to 2 p.m.
Saturday 5
KAREN E. QUINONES MILLER. Afro-American Book Stop,
New Orleans Centre, 1400 Poydras St., 588-1474. Author discusses and signs
coming-of-age novel, Using What You Got. Free admission. 10:30 a.m. to
noon.
KEITH WELDON MEDLEY. Afro-American Book Stop, New Orleans Centre,
1400 Poydras St., 588-1474. Author and New Orleans native discusses and
signs historical work We as Freemen: Plessy v. Ferguson. Free admission.
Noon to 2 p.m.
