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theater
ALICE IN CONCERT. Southern Repertory Theater, Shops at Canal Place,
333 Canal St., third floor, 835-6002. The classic tale of Alice in Wonderland
set to a mix of musical styles performed by Summer Stages Combo, which features
Jason Marsalis, Curtis Pierre and Michael Backes. Lane Savadore directs Zsa
Zsa Cuevas, Taylor Shurte and Amanda Schomaker. Tickets $14 adults, $10 children
12 and under. Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through
Aug. 31.
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 Minnesota trio The Andrew Sisters. Dorian Rush, Brian
Peterson and Elizabeth Pearce star. Tickets $22 ($17 with military ID), includes
one drink. Performance 8 p.m. Tuesday, through Aug. 26.
BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812.
Musical caberet exploiting New Orleans' obsession with food. Bob Edes and
Heidi Junius star. Tickets $27, includes one drink. Performances 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Open run.
BLAME IT ON THE MOVIES. Ty Tracy Theatre, Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles
Ave., 565-7860. The 2003 Summer Youth Workshop presents this musical revue
celebrating the "reel music of Hollywood." Musical direction/arrangements by
Ron Abel, choreography/vocal direction by Leo Jones. Quentin Arias, Liz Bowman
and Rachel Clark star. Tickets $10. Performances 8 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday,
through Aug. 31.
BLUEBEARD. Scottish Rite Temple, 619 Carondelet St., 525-4498. The
Mystick Krewe of Satyricon presents the famous French fable of a cruel husband.
Rusty Tennant, Jack Long and Dorian Rush star. Tickets $20. Performances 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.
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.
FREAK-A-RAMA! Body and Soul Hall, 535 Marigny St., 943-8929.
Whatta LewLew productions presents the story of two women on a road trip
through the South. Lewis Routh and Tim Greeley star. Tickets $10 in advance,
$15 at door of The Friendly Bar, 2301 Chartres St. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
Open run.
HURRICANES OF THE HEART. Cowpokes Barn Theater, 1030 Marigny St.,
909-7607. An evening of dark-comedy one-acts and monologues by Patrick Shannon
III. Tickets $15. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 8:30 Sunday.
LITTLE HAM. Anthony Bean Community Theater and Acting School, 1333
S. Carrollton Ave., 862-PLAY. Musical set in the Harlem Renaissance and
inspired by the works of Langston Hughes. Anthony Bean directs Darrin Carkum
and Sandra Richards. Tickets $18-$20. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3
p.m. Sunday, through Aug. 31.
MONOLOGUES AND MUSIC FOR THE MONEY, HONEY. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles
Ave., 581-5812. Nell Nolan's repeat performance of five original monologues
to benefit Sacred Heart Academy alum. Tickets $26 (includes one drink). Performance
8 p.m. Wednesday.
PEOPLE COME AND GO SO QUICKLY HERE! Body and Soul Hall, 535 Marigny
St., 943-8929. Whatta LewLew productions presents Lewis Routh's one-man
show about trailer park life. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at door of The Friendly
Bar, 2301 Chartres St. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Open run.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk celebrate opening receptions this week. Call
each space for information.
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP 1638 Clio St., 569-2700 -- Industrial
Strength, mixed-media art by Keith Moore, through Sept. 13.
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 Aug. 31.
BARLOW ART GALLERY 805 Royal St., 523-2964 -- Summer in the
City, new oil paintings by Connie Chapman Briethoff, Koets, Jammie P and
Savoy, through August.
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 August.
BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St., 525-5584 -- Paintings by
Juan Medina, through Aug. 31.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-0444
-- New work by Rhea Gary and Percent for Art winners, through Sept. 6.
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 Aug.
15.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St., 528-3805 -- 2003 Louisiana
Biennial, juried art show, through Sept. 14.
DLKART FINE ART GALLERY 2027 Magazine St., (985) 727-3681 -- Works
by Young Aspirations/Young Artists and CMK: Design Art, through August.
DUQUE ART CENTER 3218 Magazine St., 899-4554 -- Seven-year retrospective
exhibition, works by Gustavo Duque, through August.
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 Edward Povey, through August.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300 -- The Dialogue of
Gesture, assemblages by Audra Kuhout, through August.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters St., 566-1944 -- Rock
Paper Scissors, photographs by Brad Edelman and Jen Denike, through August.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- Nostalgia
for the Future Past, sculpture by Michael Greathouse; Domestic Review,
collage by Blainey Kern, through August.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902
-- Exhibition of European artists, featuring Paul Desire Trouillebert, Jose
Frappa and others, through August.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- Time: A Celebration of
20 Years, through Sept. 27.
LIONEL MILTON GALLERY 1818 Magazine St., 522-6966 -- Throw
Back, new paintings by Lionel Milton.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 --
The Other Side of Heaven, paintings by Michelle Muennig, through Sept. 27.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 --
Colored in Motion, new works by Joe Gordon, through Sept. 12.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, 865-5361
-- In Finite Spaces, photographs by Doug Hall, through Sept. 28.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS, PRINTMAKING AND METAL STUDIO 727 Magazine
St., 529-7277 -- Blown Sugar Glass/Metal Chocolate Sculpture, works
by Lisa Liggett and Angela Wilson, through Sept. 5; Chartra Cathedral stained
glass by Udo Zembok, through August.
RIVERSTONE GALLERIES 719 Royal St., 412-9882 -- Paintings by Thomas
Stitz, through Aug. 20.
RIVERSTONE GALLERIE II 729 Royal St., 581-3688 -- Jazz and the French
Quarter, works by Neil Unterseher and Robert Sutton, through Aug. 20.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY 3420 Magazine St.,
894-4444 -- Artistry in Motion, featuring works by Micheal Costello,
Steve Haas, Mark Tickle and Jim LaPaso, through August.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 --The Harlot Letter
and 21st Century Pin Ups, works by Marilee Mast and Missy Graham, through
Aug. 30.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center, 201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050
-- Paintings by Wosene Worke Kosrof and Antonio Carreno, through September.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Recent Ceramic
Sculpture, works by Dana Chapman, Veronique Day and Tom LaDousa, through
August.
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 August.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville St., 523-2342 -- Impressionist
Landscapes, recent paintings by Luc Didier, through August.
spare spaces
CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE 527 Decatur St., 522-0571 -- Third Annual
Satchmo Art Show, through August.
NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE 5110 Daneel St., 891-3381 -- Paintings
by Jane Brewster and Ashley Nicole, photographs by Katya Becnel, through Oct.
25.
SUGAR MAGNOLIA 1910 Magazine St., 529-1110 -- New Orleans in
Illusion, paintings by Mario Padilla.
TURNCOATS CLOTHING AND ART 1926 Magazine St., 299-9004 -- Group
exhibition of paintings and mixed-media art by Jac Currie, Brian Waitman and
Ronnie Boudreaux, through Sept. 5.
WORLD TRADE CENTER 2 Canal St. , 581-4888 -- Artist
on the Verge, through Aug. 23.
museums
AMERICAN ITALIAN MUSEUM & RESEARCH LIBRARY 537 S. Peters St., 522-7294
-- Italian-American Participation in the Founding of Louisiana, through
August.
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.
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.
LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM'S PRESBYTERE 751 Chartres St., 568-6968
-- The Golden Age of Costume Design, through August.
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.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 925 Camp St., 539-9600 -- The
Story of the South: Art and Culture 1890-2003, through May 2004.
books
Thursday 21
JULIE SMITH. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266.
Author signs and discusses her newest book about a New Orleans detective,
Mean Woman Blues. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday 23
JULIE SMITH. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-READ. Author
signs and discusses her newest book about a New Orleans detective, Mean Woman
Blues. 7 p.m.
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