theater
ANGEL AND DRAGON. Cowpokes Theatre
Space, 1030 Marigny St., 482-1071. MESA Productions presents this unpublished
play loosely based on the lifelong relationship of two women artists as they
lived and worked in Paris. Cheryl Denson directs Maggie Eldred, Stacey Arton
and others. Tickets $15. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday;
through Nov. 8.
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 songs of the
Fab Four. Fans invited to bring memorabilia. Tickets $10 general admission,
$8 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Monday. Open run.
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. Bob Edes and Heidi
Junius star. Tickets $27, includes $6 bar minimum; reduced prices for the service
industry. Performances 7:30 p.m. Monday. Open run.
BLAST! Saenger Theatre, 143 N. Rampart
St., 524-2490. The Tony- and Emmy Award-winning celebration of movement
and music. Tickets $20-$60. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Thursday
and Saturday-Sunday.
DRACULA: THE WHOLE STORY. True Brew
Theatre, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. Piazza Productions presents this spoof
of the Bram Stoker classic. Stars Eric Simon, Rene J.F. Piazza and others. Tickets
$17 adults, $15 children 12-under. Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30
p.m. Sunday; through Oct. 26.
THE HOUSE OF PLUNDER. Southern Repertory
Theatre, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 522-6454.
Local playwright Jim Fitzmorris' commissioned drama about the Louisiana Purchase
involves an opera star caught in a game of espionage. Ryan Rilette directs Kyra
Himmelbaum, Gavin Mahlie and others. Tickets $19 previews (Wednesday-Friday),
$30 opening night (Saturday); subsequent shows $23 general admission, $15 students
and seniors, $12 theater professionals. Performances 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday; through Nov. 9.
I LOVE MY KIDS, BUT ... . Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Chris Rose's look at the transition
from single guy to dad. Stars Rose, Fred "Red Bean" Plunkett and Peter Orr.
Tickets $19, plus $6 bar minimum. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. (Reviewed
in this issue.)
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.
PRELUDE TO A KISS. Slidell Little
Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell. (985) 641-0324. An adult fairy tale
begins with a kiss between a new bride and a stranger. Tickets $12 adult, $5
youth. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; through Nov. 1.
PROOF. Skyfire Theatre, 332
N. New Hampshire St., Covington, (985) 875-7577. David Auburn's Pulitzer
Prize- and Tony Award-winning play about a young woman's mathematical genius
and mental instability. Kay M. Files directs Alison Cummings, Bradley Barrios
and others. Tickets $18 adults, $12 seniors and students. Performances 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; through Oct. 25.
THE RIVALS. Tulane University, Lupin
Theatre, 865-5106. Richard Brimsley Sheridan's classic farce stars Robin
Baudier, Laura Cambell, and others. Buzz Podewell directs. Tickets $10, $8 Tulane
faculty and staff, $6 students and seniors. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday,
2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
SNOOPY. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux
Carré, 616 St. Peter St., Teddy's Corner Theatre, 522-2081. Musical
based on the Charles Schulz character and featuring other members of the "Peanuts"
gang. Brandt Blocker directs Alex Pomes, Sara Brignac and Hardy Weaver. Tickets
$12 adults, $10 students. Performances 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; through Oct.
26.
VAUDEVILLE NIGHTS. 735 Club, 735
Bourbon St., 524-4702. Second Circle-Keyhole Productions presents magic,
burlesque, dancers, singers and more. Skye Jordan directs Herman Magic, Jimmy
Fagan, the Creole Tomatoes burlesque troupe, and others. Charlie Chaplin films
follow performance. Tickets $11. Performance 8 p.m. Saturdays. Open run.
THE WIZARD OF OZ. Jefferson Performing
Arts Center, 400 Phlox Ave., Metairie, 885-2000. Musical based on L. Frank
Baum's classic children's book following Dorothy and Toto's adventures along
the yellow brick road. Tickets $12-$26. Performance 2 p.m. Sunday.
art
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638 Clio St.,
569-2700 -- Jim Sohr: Neighborhood, paintings by the New Orleans artist,
through November. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Memory Chambers,
photographs by Richard Sexton, through Oct. 25.
ACME GALLERY 5700 Magazine St.,
891-0357 -- All Creatures Mean Everything, works by Katherine Klimitas,
through Nov. 4.
ANTON HAARDT FOLK GALLERY 2858 Magazine
St., 891-9080 -- Cirque, works by Anton Haardt and Clark Walker,
through Nov. 14.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233
-- Into the Wood, turned vessels by Dixie Biggs, through Oct. 31.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709
Royal St., 299-1666 -- New paintings by Albert Hadjiganav, Jacques Godin
and Patrick Pietropoli; limited editions by Andre Bourre, through October.
BARLOW ART GALLERY 805 Royal St.,
523-2964 -- Works by gallery artists including Emily Kernion, Ronald Jones,
Koets and "Connie," through Nov. 12.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Low-Tar Fantasties, new woodcut prints by
Sean Star Wars; The Vices, works by Julie Crozat and John Lawson, through
Nov. 25; Listen Up, sound installation by Ileana Lyons, through Nov.
22.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233
Chartres St., 529-9811 -- New photographs by Victoria Ryan; works by Frances
Billes, Jackie Brenner and Sandy Iteld, through Dec. 1.
BERTA'S AND MINA'S ANTIQUITIES GALLERY
4138 Magazine St., 895-6201 -- New paintings by Nilo Lanzas, artworks
by Mila Lanzas, through December.
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 -- Ensess Series, new mixed-media
works by Bernard Mattox, through Nov. 1. Reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.
CARROLL GALLERY Woldenberg Art Center,
Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- From the Water's Edge,
art by Robin Cole, Anthony Henderson, Sandra Russell Clark and Evert Witte,
through October.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine
St., 891-6789 -- Iron Lace and Screen Doors by Paul Darver; Female
Fetishes by Claudia DeMonte (reviewed in this issue), through Oct. 28.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp
St., 528-3805 -- Killing Ground: Photographs of the Civil War and the
Changing American Landscape by John Huddleston and What a Wonderful World
-- Louis Armstrong by Bill Fagaly, through Dec. 15. 15th Annual New Orleans
Film Festival: The Independent Filmmaker's Showcase, various times through
Oct. 16; call for details.
CRESCENT GALLERY 628 Toulouse St.,
525-5255 -- Paintings of Notoriety, selected works on view by Rolland
Golden, Oct. 17 through Nov. 6.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City
Park Ave., 483-4048 -- New sculpture by Peter Favier, through Oct. 30.
DLKART FINE ART GALLERY 2027 Magazine
St., 299-1756 -- The Women's Series by Dianna L. Kaufman; Bio-Morphic
Abstractions by Deile Smith, through December.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936
-- Hoods in the Hood, sculpture by Denice Bizot, through October.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St.,
897-2688 -- Sculpture by Adele Sypesteyn, through October.
GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St.,
896-2307 -- Views From the Carré, group show by gallery artists, through
Nov. 1.
GALLERY 311 311 Royal St., 299-9299
-- Saints and Gods, Biff Elrod's paintings of plays from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers'
Super Bowl win, through Nov. 30.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- Ophelia's Garden, new panoramic series
by Josephine Sacabo, through December.
HANDS IN CLAY 4122 Magazine St.,
269-1300 -- Works by Martin Lill, Alison Thomas, Karen Marchand and Andrea
Freel.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- The Garden, new paintings by Minneapolis-based artist Charles Thysell,
through Nov. 2. Opening reception 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Saturday.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters
St., 566-1944 -- Picturing Bill, pictures of William Eggleston by
American and European photographers; Snapshot, photos by William Greiner,
through October.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- The Delachaise Suite, new paintings by Jonathan Ferrara,
through Oct. 27; Intersculpt 2003, digital sculpture by Paul Higham,
Christian Lavigne and Alexandre Vitkine, through Oct. 28.
LATITUDES/ MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3701
Magazine St., 895-9880 -- Enlightenment in Bronze and Glass, new works by
Mario Villa, through Oct. 14.
MARY VIOLA WALKER GALLERY 3652 Magazine
St., 891-4122 -- Boudoir Art, fantasy footwear in acrylics and collage.
MORGAN-WEST STUDIO/GALLERY 3326
Magazine St., 895-7976 -- "gnostic: devotions," group show by 17
artists, through December.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Woldenberg Art
Center, Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- The Louisiana Project,
installation by Carrie Mae Weems, through Dec. 14.
OM 1241 Royal St., 529-4443
-- Eye Candy, abstracts on paper and canvas by Joann Cox, through October.
POETS GALLERY 3113 Magazine St.,
899-4100 -- Ceramic sculptures and paintings by Lateefah Wright, through
Nov. 6.
RADICI 527 Julia St., 596-2144
-- Photography by Jenny Bagert, Zach Smith, Aaron Farrington and Blake Haney.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
GALLERY 3420 Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Glass lamps, chandeliers,
stained glass and prisms by artists including Ed Pennebaker, Buzz Blodgett and
Scott Amrheim, through Oct. 26.
ST. TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION 317
N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650 -- 2nd Annual "Heavy Metal"
Exhibition, featuring work from 20 regional metal artists, through Dec.
8. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- Off the Wall, functional art show by various artists,
through Oct. 30.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Landscape paintings by Richard
Mayhew, sculpture by Barbara Chase-Riboud, through Nov. 15.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624
Julia St., 566-1390 -- Works by Steve Martin, through October.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Hold and Flow, paintings and prints by Tanja Softic,
through Oct. 28. (Reviewed in this issue.)
WINDSOR FINE ART 221 Royal St.,
586-0203 -- Pino: Contemporary Realism II, works by Pino Daeni, through
Nov. 5.
spare spaces
CAFE DEGAS 3127 Esplanade Ave.,
945-5635 -- Silkscreen prints and other works by Roberta Kramer, through
Nov. 9.
WORLD TRADE CENTER 2 Canal St. ,
581-4888 -- Gardens of Tuscany, photo exhibit of 20 large pieces on loan
from Italy, through Nov. 1. Opening reception 3 p.m. Saturday.
museums
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990
-- Exhibit celebrating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase includes new
installation, One Nation Under God: The Church, The State, and 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.
LAFAYETTE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM
433 Jefferson St., Lafayette, (337) 291-5544 -- Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession,
72 works by the renowned artist, through Jan. 4, 2004.
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.
LOUISIANA ART AND SCIENCE MUSEUM 100
S. River Road, Baton Rouge, (225) 382-3575; (800) LA ROUGE -- Joséphine,
Le Grand Amour de Napoléon, illuminating the life of Josephine Bonaparte
with more than 150 artworks and personal possessions, through Feb. 1, 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; The Quest for Immortality:
Treasures of Ancient Egypt, rare ancient art from the Egyptian national
collection, opens Oct. 19 through Feb. 25, 2004.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 925
Camp St., 539-9600 -- The Story of the South: Art and Culture
1890-2003, through May 2004.
OLD U.S. MINT 400 Esplanade Ave.,
568-6990 -- The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana
Purchase to Today, featuring unpublished images by photographer Sam Abell,
through May 2004.
call for models
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 --
Seeking artists' models to pose for open-participation figure-drawing sessions
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays. Call for details.
books
Thursday 16
SUSAN SPICER. Beaucoup Books, 5414
Magazine St., 895-2663. Local chef signs Winning Styles Cookbook: Recipes
From the James Beard Foundation Award Winning Chefs. Free admission. 5
p.m. to 7 p.m.
KERRI MCCAFFETY. 1850 House Bookstore,
523 St. Ann St., 524-9118. McCaffety discusses and signs her book,
St. Joseph Altars. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday 17
BURNS H. MCFARLAND. Books-A-Million, 197 Westbank
Expwy., Gretna, 364-1070. Author reads and signs his compilation of anecdotes,
short stories, poetry and more in Living Tomorrow's Dreams Today: Twelve
Steps Toward a Better Tomorrow. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
BARBARA HAMBLY. Octavia Books, 513
Octavia St. 899-READ. Hambly reads from George Alec Effinger's Budayeen
Nights. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Saturday 18
WEST FREEMAN/JIM FRAISER. 1850 House
Bookstore, 523 St. Ann St., 524-9118. The photographer and author sign and
discuss their book, The French Quarter of New Orleans. Free admission.
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
KERRI MCCAFFETY. The Rink, Garden
District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. McCaffety discusses and
signs her new book, St. Joseph Altars. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
RICHARD J. STILLMAN. National D-Day
Museum, Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, 945 Magazine St., 527-6012, ext. 226. Retired
colonel discusses and signs his works, General Patton's Timeless Leadership
Principles: Your Practical Guide for a Successful Career and Life and
General Patton's Best Friend: The Story of the General and his Beloved Dog Willie.
Free admission. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
PHIL SANDUSKY. New Orleans Academy
of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 897-9531. Local artist discusses and signs
New Orleans en Plein Air. Free admission. 2 p.m.
KERRI MCCAFFETY. Borders Books &
Music, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. McCaffety discusses
and signs her book, St. Joseph Altars. Food and wine reception follows.
RSVP requested. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Sunday 19
WENDY TAYLOR CARLISLE. A Studio in the Woods, 13401
River Road, Lower Coast Algiers, 392-5359. A Studio in the Woods
artist-in-residence reads her poetry. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
WEST FREEMAN/JIM FRAISER. Faulkner
House Books, 624 Pirate's Alley, Jackson Square, 524-2940. The photographer
and author sign and discuss their book, The French Quarter of New Orleans.
Free admission. 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
