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theater
ALL MY SONS. Southern Repertory Theatre,
The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545. Arthur Miller's
classic post-World War II drama dealing with morality and personal tragedy.
Perry Martin directs Randy Cheramie, Adriana Bate and others. Tickets $25. Performances
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; through Sept. 28.
THE ANDREWS SISTERS' HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN.
Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Running With Scissors
presents its World War II-era musical revue of hits by the Andrew Sisters. Stars
Dorian Rush, Brian Peterson, Elizabeth Pearce and others. Tickets $22 ($17 with
military ID), includes $6 bar minimum. Performance 8 p.m. Tuesdays; through
Sept. 30.
BEATLES 4-EVER. True Brew Theater,
200 Julia St., 524-8440. Mikko presents a celebration of the Beatles playing
City Park in 1964. Star Greg DiLeo shares memories and performs Fab Four songs.
Fans invited to bring memorabilia. Tickets $10, $8 students and seniors. Performance
8 p.m. Saturday.
THE BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Musical cabaret exploring New Orleans'
obsession with food, presented from service workers' point of view. Stars Bob
Edes, Heidi Junius and others. Tickets $27, includes $6 bar minimum. Performances
7:30 p.m. Mondays. Open run.
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES. Southern
Repertory Theatre, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545.
The Evangeline Theatre Co. and the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary
Festival present a costumed, staged reading of the John Kennedy Toole classic.
Perry Martin directs John McConnell, Becky Allen, Randy Cheramie and others.
Tickets $15. Performances 8 p.m. Sunday; through Sept. 21.
CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE IN NEW ORLEANS.
UNO Downtown Theatre, 619 Carondolet St., 866-7387. Panel discussion
featuring Chakula Cha Jua, John Grimsley, Barbara Hayley, Mikko and Jose Torres-Tama.
For more info, visit www.artspotproductions.org.
Free admission. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday.
FOREVER PLAID. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Musical tells the story
of four guys who met in high school, loved to sing and dreamed of rising to
stardom. Derek Franklin and Sonny Borey direct Patrick Mendelson, Mark Weinberg,
Bryan Wagar and Brian Rosenberg. Tickets $26. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday; through Oct. 5.
THE HAUNTED HOST. Cowpokes Theatre
Space, 1030 Marigny St., 948-9924. DRAMA! presents the tragi-comedy about
a ghostly encounter between a Greenwich Village writer and a young college man.
Daniel LaForce directs Blake Balu and Richard Alexander Pomes. Tickets $10 in
advance, $12 day of show, $7 students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sundays; through Sept. 28.
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Producers Circle presents a musical
peek into the lives of Hollywood stars residing in the area of heaven dedicated
to the rich and famous. Writer-director Ricky Graham co-stars with Roy Haylock
(aka Bianca Del Rio). Performances 9 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, through Sept. 27. Tickets $18 Thursdays, $21 Friday-Saturday, $6 drink
minimum. (See A&E Feature in this issue.)
HYSTERICAL HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS. The
Club in the Fine Arts Center, 3916 Baronne St., 269-3922. David "The Nac"
Naccari presents a comical telling of New Orleans' unique history and culture
with Mike Strecker and Marion Wikholm. Tickets $10. Performances 7:30 p.m. Thursdays;
through Sept. 25.
LIFE, LIBERTY AND SOCIAL SECURITY. True
Brew Theater, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. Farce with 3,000-year-old woman demanding
Social Security payments whose lifehas included hundreds of marriages to figures
such as Moses and Mark Twain. Buzz Podewell directs Gia Rabito and Gavin Mahlie.
Tickets $23. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; through Sept.
21.
LIL' BEAUX PEEP SHOW. The Howlin'
Wolf, 828 S. Peters St., 529-5844. Burlesque show featuring Sadie Corsette,
Madame Femme Petite and others. Tickets $10. Performance 9 p.m. Sunday. Open
run.
THE MERCY SEAT. NOCCA/Riverfront,
Nims Black Box Theatre, 2800 Chartres St., 940-2875. Neil LaBute's work
explores the options and moral dilemmas one couple faces in their loft apartment
blocks from the World Trade Center in the hours after 9/11. Karl Lengel directs
Ashley Nolan and Ryan Rilette. Tickets $20. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday; through Sept. 21.
MOVING HUMANS PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP. UNO
Downtown Theatre, 619 Carondolet St., 866-7387. Co-sponsored by
ArtSpot Productions and featuring classes in voice, mask, contact/partnering,
modern dance and performance composition led by members J Hammons, Anne-Liese
Juge-Fox and Kathy Randels. Admission $100 general public, $75 students. Call
for times. Classes Saturday-Sunday.
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. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Open run.
SEE HOW THEY RUN. Playmakers Theatre,
1601 Playmakers Road, Covington, (985) 893-1671. Playmakers presents the
farce revolving around a vicar's wife and the trouble she has juggling the people
in her life. Jill Lane directs. Tickets $10, $5 students. Performances 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday; through Sept. 27.
SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO. Southern
Repertory Theatre, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545.
Evangeline Theatre Co. presents David Mamet's sexually charged work about
four young professionals in Chicago. Perry Martin directs Sean Patterson, Gary
Rucker, Lori McWhorter and Angie Joachim. Tickets $12. Performance 11 p.m. Saturday;
through Sept. 27.
SWERVE. TwiRoPa Mills, 1544 Tchoupitoulas
St., 522-1544. EgoPo Productions presents a fragmented tale of fear in an
interactive hospital set. Lane Savadove directs Bill Dykes, Robert Pavlovich,
Leah Lofton and Chip Steltz. Tickets $25. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.
TOPDOG/UNDERDOG. Contemporary Arts
Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800. Dog & Pony Theatre Co. presents Suzan Lori
Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about two street-smart brothers playing
a deadly game of Three-Card Monty. John Grimsley directs Lance Nichols and Don
Guillory. Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at door, $2 discount for CAC members and
students. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; through Sept.
27.
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 -- Industrial Strength, mixed-media art by Keith Moore,
through Sept. 13.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- 2003 Faculty Exhibition,
through Sept. 27.
AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER ART GALLERY Tilton
Hall, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave., 865-5535 -- Celebrating
Celebrities, photographs by Carl Van Vechten, through September.
BARLOW ART GALLERY 805 Royal St.,
523-2964 -- An Evening of Music and Art, oil paintings by Jamie P.,
Savoy, Ronald Jones, and Carson, through Sept. 20.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- The Vices, works by John Lawson and Julie
Crozat, through October.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233
Chartres St., 529-9811 -- Gelatin silver photographs by Tom Baril, Jennifer
Shaw and Nicholas Pavloff, through September.
BOCKMAN DESIGN 4513 Magazine St.,
891-8785 -- Aotearoa, artworks from New Zealand, through Nov. 8.
*BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Paintings by Dennis Johnson, wood-fired
clay vessels by Bill Kremer, through Oct. 4.
BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St.,
525-5584 -- Paintings by Juan Medina, through September.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon
Ave., 895-6130 -- Juxtapositions, new paintings by Karen Jacobs,
through September.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine
St., 891-6789 -- New Orleans Nen Plein Air, paintings by Phil Sandusky,
through September.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp
St., 528-3805 -- 2003 Louisiana Biennial, juried art show, through
Sept. 14.
DILLARD UNIVERSITY FINE ART GALLERY Cook
Fine Arts Center, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., 816-4711 -- Multi-media works
by Monica Beasley, through September.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Paintings
by Gregory Eltringham, through Oct. 2.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St.,
897-2688 -- Paintings by Auguste Garufi, photographs by Sandra Russell Clark,
and bronze sculpture by Tom Corbin, through September.
GALERIE 313 313 Royal St., 299-9299
-- The Works of Mario Villa, through Sept. 21.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- The Master and the Maestro, original photographs
by Yousuf Karsh and Herman Leonard, through September.
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 September.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Paintings by Thomas Sully, through September.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters
St., 566-1944 -- Photographs by Brad Edelman, through September.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- No Dead Artists, juried exhibition of contemporary Louisiana
art, through Sept. 27.
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.
LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS 7 Bamboo
Road, 488-5488 -- It's a Small World: Dollhouse China and Glass in the
Longue Vue Collection, through June 2004.
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 Ave., 865-5361 -- In Finite Spaces, photographs
by Doug Hall, through Sept. 28.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS AND PRINTMAKING STUDIO
727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Glass fabric weaving by Andrew
Brott, silver jewelry by Gerald Haessig, silk screen weaving by Miriam Martin,
daily demonstrations by varied artists; through September.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT
2800 Chartres St., 940-2787 -- 2003 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition,
through Oct. 17.
RIVERSTONE GALLERIES 719 Royal St.,
412-9882 -- New work by Michael Flohr, Thomas Stiltz and Paul DeLafille,
through September.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
GALLERY 3420 Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Glassworks by Susan
Gott, Henner Schroeder, Mark Abilgaard, Chris Mosey and Jeremy Neumann, through
Sept. 28.
SOREN CHRISTENSEN 400 Julia St.,
569-9501 -- Paintings by Melissa Bonin, mixed-media paintings by Karoline
Schleh, through September.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- The Origin of the World, group show featuring
works by Bunny Matthews, Spencer Livingston, Robyn Menzel and Missy Graham,
through September.
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 -- Paintings by Jordan Ivanov and Wade Welch, through September.
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 September.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ARTS GALLERY
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- Master's of Fine Arts group
exhibition, through September.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville
St., 523-2342 -- Impressionist Landscapes, recent paintings by Luc
Didier, through September.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline
St., 949-1805 -- Cineplasty, new video works by Courtney Egan, through Oct.
18.
spare spaces
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 Illusio, paintings by Mario
Padilla.
*WORLD TRADE CENTER 2 Canal St.
, 581-4888 -- Exhibit of Honduran paintings and crafts in
celebration of Honduras' Independence Day, through Sept. 20.
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 who oversaw
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.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins
Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- 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 December.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 925
Camp St., 539-9600 -- The Story of the South: Art and Culture 1890-2003,
through May 2004.
books
Wednesday 10
PETER COOLEY. Octavia Books, 513
Octavia St., 899-READ. Cooley reads from and signs his book of poetry, A
Place Made of Starlight. 7:30 p.m.
Friday 12
LES STANIFORD.
Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Author reads from and signs
new paperback, Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flager and the Spectacular Rise
and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean. 6:30 p.m.
MARIE ETIENNE. Octavia Books. 513
Octavia St., 899-READ. Etienne reads and signs, Storkbites. 7 p.m.
Saturday 13
MICHAEL L. VARNADO.
Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-4929. The
author/detective discusses and signs his book, Dead Man Walking. 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m.
DANIEL GLICK. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia
St., 899-READ. Author signs and reads from his work, Monkey Dancing.
7 p.m.
Sunday 14
TOM PIAZZA AND JAMES WILCOX. Faulkner
House, 624 Pirate's Alley, 524-2940. Author Tom Piazza reads from and signs
his new novel, My Cold War, along with James Wilcox, who reads and signs
his latest novel, Heavenly Days. 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (See this week's
cover story.)
Monday 15
TOM PIAZZA.
Borders, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Award-winning
fiction writer discusses and signs his latest work, My Cold War. 7:30
p.m. (See this week's cover story.)
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