theater
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO
GOOD, VERY BAD DAY. Southern Repertory Theater, Shops at Canal Place,
third floor, 365 Canal St., 835-6002. Based on the namesake children's book
by Judith Viorst, Summer Stages Children's Theater showcases a day in a young
boy's life. Buffie Rogers directs Flannery Peters Broach and Rachel Simon. Tickets
$14 adults, $10 children ages 10 and under. Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday, through July 27.
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 legendary Minnesota trio
the Andrew Sisters. Dorian Rush, Brian Peterson and Elizabeth Pearce star. Tickets
$22 ($17 with military ID), includes one drink. Performances 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, through July 27.
BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Musical exploring New Orleans' food culture
from a server's perspective. Russell Hodgkinson, Heidi Junius star. Tickets
$27 (includes one drink). Performances 7:30 p.m. Monday, through July 28.
BLOODREIGN. The Core (inside State
Palace Theatre), 1108 Canal St., 522-4435. Theatre Louisiane presents
mythical drama about the Mycenean dynasty in the decades after the fall of Troy.
Amy Woodruff directs John Tiliakos and Joy Begnaud. Tickets $10. Performances
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.
BUNK BED BROTHERS. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Two brothers return home for their grandparents'
75th anniversary and are forced to sleep in their childhood bunk beds. Pat Hazell,
Clive Rosengren and William Ragsdale star. Tickets $31 (includes one
drink). Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, through Aug. 16.
BYE BYE, BIRDIE. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Popular Broadway musical
portraying a town's visit by a rock star about to enter the armed forces. Brandt
Blocker directs Mark Weinberg and Gabrielle Porter. Tickets $12 adults, $10
children. Performances 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, through Aug. 3.
CAPTAIN CARTAGUS CANDOO AND HIS TRASH CANNED
TREASURES. The Howlin' Wolf, 828 S. Peters St., 427-5462. Discarded
pirate Captain Cartagus Candoo takes the lead in multi-media work featuring
rod puppets and found objects. Written and directed by Bryan Spitzfaden; Jacques
Dufforc, Skye Jordan and Carl Passantino star. Tickets $10 adults, $8 students.
Performances 8 p.m. Sunday-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 the classic tale with
an audience-participation slant. Tickets $6. Performances 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. Saturday.
A HOUSE NOT MEANT TO STAND. Tulane
University, Lupin Theatre, 865-5105, ext. 2. The Shakespeare Festival at
Tulane presents the premiere of an unpublished Tennessee Williams work about
the decline of a Mississippi Gulf Coast family. Aimée K. Michel directs
Danny Bowen and Karl Langel. Tickets $22-$25. Performances 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
through July 26.
THE LARAMIE PROJECT. University
of New Orleans, Performing Arts Center, 280-6810. UNO Summer Theatre Workshop
presents a searing look at a town in the wake of violence. Rusty Tennant directs
Bob Edes Jr. and Sean Patterson. Tickets $5. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Tulane University, Lupin
Theatre, 865-5105, ext. 7. The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane University
presents the Bard's classic comedy where mortals and mystical creatures mix.
Aimée K. Michel directs Gavin Mahlie, Ron Gural and Shelley Poncy. Tickets
$12.50-$25. Performance 2 p.m. Sunday.
MONKEY BUSINESS. Times Square Center, 1320 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond,
(985) 542-8048. The Columbia Players presents a musical comedy created for
the whole family. Tickets $8-$10. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m.
Sunday, 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.
auditions
UNEMPLOYED MALE STRIP SHOW. The Country Club, 634
Louisa St., 945-0742. Unemployed men are welcome to audition for a strip-show
performance a la The Full Monty, scheduled for Aug. 15. All men are encouraged
to attend, from blue collar to white collar. 4 p.m. Tuesday.
HANSEL AND GRETEL. Greater Covington
Center, 317 N. Jefferson St., Covington, (985) 892-8650. Missoula Children's
Theatre will hold open auditions for children ages 5 to 18. Roles to be cast
in the classic fairy tale production include Hansel, Gretel, the Wildwood Witch
and others. No prior acting experience necessary. 10 a.m. Monday, July 21.
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
Group Exhibition, through July 19. (Reviewed in this issue.)
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Exhibit of Gallery Artists and Some Newcomers,
through August.
BOCKMAN DESIGN 4513 Magazine St.,
891-8785 -- Paintings by Tina Stanley, through July.
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.
DLKART FINE ART GALLERY 2027 Magazine
St., (985) 727-3681 -- What I Did on Summer Vacation, artwork by
Leonard White, through July.
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.
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 exhibition 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
-- Nineteenth and 20th century European and American paintings, through
July.
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, through July.
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.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.,
524-8800 -- Reports from Toontopia, cartoons by John Slade, through
Aug. 8.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS, PRINTMAKING AND METAL STUDIO
727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Tropical Heatwave Exhibition,
featuring work by Jeffery P'an, April Smart, Janelle Trosclair and Kerrie Partridge,
through July.
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 and floral greeting cards by Patricia
Marcantel, through July.
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 July 29.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 --
The Art and Practice of, group show featuring local artists, through July.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Paintings by David Driskell, 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
*COUNTRY CLUB 634 Louisa St., 945-0742
-- Faith in the Garden of Eden, photographs by Erik Rosengren, through
Aug. 15.
ST. TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION 317
N. Columbia St., Covington (985) 892-9555 -- Thirteenth Annual Jack Swanson
Photographic Exhibit, through July.
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.
WORLD TRADE CENTER 2 Canal St. ,
581-4888 -- Watercolors by Katelyn Colton Ramsey, through July
26.
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 the United States, through December.
LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM'S PRESBYTERE 751
Chartres St., 568-6968 -- The Golden Age of Costume Design, through
August.
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.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins
Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- Jefferson's America & Napoleon's
France, through August; Journeys Real and Imagined in Edo-Period Painting,
through December; Louisiana Purchases: Photographs of Louisiana From the
New Orleans Museum of Art, through Oct. 19.
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.
books
Thursday 17
JOHN E. WADE. DeVille Books, 344
Carondelet St., 525-1846. Author reads and signs his collection of essays,
Deep Within My Heart. 12:30 p.m.
Friday 18
MICHAEL VARNADO. B. Dalton Booksellers, Lakeside
Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 837-2868. Homicide
investigator in the Faith Hathaway murder case discusses and signs his new book,
Victims of Dead Man Walking. 6 p.m. (See News & Views in this issue.)
DAVE EGGERS. Beaucoup Books, 5414
Magazine St., 895-2663. Author discusses and signs his newest book, You
Shall Know Our Velocity!. Reservations for reading portion of event encouraged.
6:30 p.m. (See A&E Feature in this issue.)
Saturday 19
MICHAEL VARNADO. B. Dalton Booksellers, Northshore
Mall, 150 Northshore Blvd., Slidell, (985) 641-0501. Homicide investigator
in the Faith Hathaway murder case discusses and signs his new book Victims
of Dead Man Walking. 11 a.m. (See News & Views in this issue.)
JOHN PAUL ALLEN. Borders Books,
3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Author signs and discusses
his debut mystery novel, Gifted Trust. 1 p.m.
MICHAEL VARNADO. Barnes and Noble, 3414 Hwy. 190,
Suite 10, Mandeville, (985) 626-8884. Homicide investigator in the Faith
Hathaway murder case discusses and signs his new book, Victims of Dead Man
Walking. 1:30 p.m. (See News & Views in this issue.)
ANDREW FOX. Barnes and Noble, 3721
Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-4929. Local author discusses and
signs his debut novel set in New Orleans, Fat White Vampire Blues. 4
p.m.
MARY ANN MORGAN. Borders Books,
3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Author discusses and signs
her new book, Living in the Moment. 7 p.m.
Monday 21
DAVID FULMER. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink,
2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author discusses his new mystery novel, Chasing
the Devil's Tail, set in New Orleans' Storyville. 5 p.m. (See Hot Seven
in this issue.)
