theater
ALL MY SONS. Southern Repertory Theatre, 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 during and
after war. Perry Martin directs Randy Cheramie, Adriana Bate, Janet Shea and
Bob Edes. Tickets $25. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
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 the Andrew Sisters. Dorian
Rush, Brian Peterson and Elizabeth Pearce star. Tickets $22 ($17 with military
ID), includes $6 bar minimum. Performance 8 p.m. Tuesday, through Sept. 30.
ANNIE. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024
Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324. SLT holds over the musical that follows
the Depression-era orphan from rags to riches. Tickets $17 adults, $10 kids.
Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
THE BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Musical cabaret exploring New Orleans'
obsession with food, presented from the service workers' points of view. Bob
Edes and Heidi Junius star. Tickets $27, includes $6 bar minimum. Performances
7:30 p.m. Mondays. Open run.
BLOOD. Frederick Douglass High
School auditorium, 3820 St. Claude Ave., 866-7387. The Douglass/King Coalition's
2003-04 Performance Series kicks off with Lloyd Joseph Martin's Big Easy Entertainment
Award-nominated drama that follows six New Orleans African-American men and
their experiences with violence. John Grimsley directs. $10 suggested donation.
Performance 6 p.m. Wednesday.
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES. Southern
Repertory Theatre, 333 Canal St., Shops at Canal Place, third floor, 522-6545.
The Evangeline Theatre Co. and the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary
Festival present this bonus costumed, staged reading of the John Kennedy Toole
classic. Perry Martin directs John McConnell, Becky Allen and Randy Cheramie.
Tickets $15. Performance 8 p.m. Thursday.
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 and love to sing, and their dreams of rising
to stardom. Derek Franklin and Sonny Borey direct Patrick Mendelson, Mark Weinberg,
Bryan Wagar and Brian Rosenberg. Tickets $26 adults, $21 students. 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 advance,
$12 day of show, $7 students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Producers Circle presents the cabaret
that gives mortals a peek into the lives of Hollywood stars residing in the
area of heaven dedicated to the rich and famous. Writer and director Ricky Graham
stars with Roy Haylock. Tickets $24 Thursday, $27 Friday-Saturday, includes
$6 drink minimum. Performances 9 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
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. Performance 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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 MEDEA MONOLOGUE. Zeitgeist
Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767.
New York City's Luminous Work and Zeitgeist present this work written and performed
by Laylage Courie about a woman surviving tragedy. Tickets $6 general admission,
$5 students, seniors and the unemployed; $4 members. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday,
10 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
THE MUSIC MAN. Rivertown Repertory
Theatre, 325 Minor St., Kenner, 468-7221. Alton Geno directs and choreographs
the Tony award-winning musical. Stars Jimmy Murphy, Brandi Cotogno, Helen Blanke
and Susan Barrett Smith. Tickets $22 adults, $20 seniors and students, $12 children.
Pre-performance buffet by Messina's $16. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
2:30 p.m. Sunday; through Oct. 5.
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.
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.
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.
THE WOMEN. Times Square Center,
1320 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985) 542-8048. Command Peformers present
Clare Boothe Luce's comedy about the "friendly" advice given to a divorcee.
Tickets $10 adults, $8 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating
opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638
Clio St., 569-2700 -- Framed, new works by photographer Shannon Brinkman
and painter Suzanne E. Saunders, through Oct. 11.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- 2003 Faculty Exhibition,
through Saturday.
AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER ART GALLERY Tilton
Hall, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave., 865-5535 -- Celebrating
Celebrities, photographs by Carl Van Vechten, through September.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233
-- Roberto Rincon photographs, through Oct. 4.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY PROJECT SPACE
730 Tchoupitoulas St., 522-1999 -- Paintings and sculpture by Ida Kohlmeyer,
through Oct. 25.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709 Royal St., 299-1666
-- New paintings by Jacques Godin and Patrick Pietropoli, through September.
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.
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.
FORT ISABEL GALLERY 401 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 892-1841 -- Layered Connections, group show
by mixed-media artists Karen Abboud and Lynda Thurlow and clay artist Pat Watkins,
through Oct. 11.
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 --
Oil Paintings and Watercolors by Thomas Sully, through September.
IAN GALLERY 2917 Magazine St., Suite
102, 894-8385 -- Mixed-media works by Kat Fullilove, through Oct. 11; group
exhibit 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 Saturday.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- Time: A Celebration of 20 Years, through Saturday.
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 Saturday.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.,
524-8800 -- One With the Sun, folk art by Thomas Gallagher, through
Oct. 10.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb
College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- In Finite Spaces, photographs
by Doug Hall, through Sunday.
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
Sunday.
ST. TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION 317
N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650 -- Elliot Snellings Memorial
Photography Exhibit, through Oct. 10.
SHOOTING STAR GALLERY 816 Baronne St., 522-8808
-- Animal Magnetism: a Photo Exhibit benefiting the Louisiana SPCA, Sept.
26-28.
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
LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY CENTER 2114
Decatur St., 945-1103 -- Parables, paintings by Keith Theriot, through
Oct. 17.
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.
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
-- The Aftermath of the Louisiana Purchase, stories and portraits of Louisiana
residents of the era, through 2003; Napoleon's Eyewitness: Pierre Clément
Laussat in Louisiana, 1802-1804, through March 2004.
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 2003; 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.
call for submissions
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- SPACE is accepting submissions of functional art for
its October show. Some examples of functional art include furniture, clothing,
appliances and games. Deadline for consideration is Sept. 30. Contact Robyn
Menzel for information.
books
Tuesday 23
SARAH TURNBULL.
Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author
discusses and signs her memoir Almost French -- Love and a New Life in Paris.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday 24
MAXINE CASSIN. Latter Library,
5120 St. Charles Ave., 596-2625. Local poet reads selections from her latest
work, Against the Clock, New and Neglected Poems. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday 25
FREEDOM TO READ. House of Blues,
Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., 522-0744. The American Civil Liberties
Union of Louisiana co-sponsors this gathering of local authors reading from
banned or challenged books. Readers include Poppy Z. Brite, Andrei Codrescu,
Theresa Crushshon, Andy Fox and Fred Kasten. Food and drink available, along
with banned-book trivia contest. Free admission. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday 28
MARLA "THE FLYLADY" CILLEY. Borders
Books & Music, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Author
discusses and signs her work, Sink Reflections. 2 p.m.
