theater
ANGEL AND DRAGON. Cowpokes Theatre
Space, 1030 Marigny St., 482-1071. MESA Productions presents the unpublished
play loosely based on the lifelong relationship of two women artists. Cheryl
Denson directs Maggie Eldred and Stacey Arton. 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 Greg DiLeo's to the Fab Four. Tickets
$10, $8 students and seniors. Performance 8 p.m. Monday. Open run.
BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Musical cabaret about New Orleans' obsession
with food. Bob Edes and Heidi Junius star. Tickets $27. Performances 7:30 p.m.
Monday. Open run.
COMPANY. Delgado Community College,
615 City Park Ave., 483-4817. Stephen Sondheim musical about the difficulty
of making a commitment to someone. Tim Baker directs Yolanda Ratcliff and Idella
Johnson. Tickets $14 general, $12 seniors, $8 Delgado students/staff. Performances
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; through Nov. 2.
DRACULA: THE WHOLE STORY. True Brew
Theatre, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. Piazza Productions spoofs the Bram Stoker
classic. Tickets $17 adults, $15 children 12-under. Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
2:30 p.m. Sunday.
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Producers Circle looks at the lives
of Hollywood stars in heaven. Writer-director Ricky Graham stars with Roy Haylock.
Tickets $21. Performances 6 p.m. Sunday; through Nov. 16.
THE HOUSE OF PLUNDER. Southern Repertory
Theatre, The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545.
Playwright Jim Fitzmorris' commissioned drama about the Louisiana Purchase.
Ryan Rilette directs Kyra Himmelbaum, Tony Molina and others. Tickets $23 general,
$15 students/seniors, $12 theater professionals. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday; through Nov. 9.
HYSTERICAL HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS. 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; through Oct.
30.
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.
PROOF. Skyfire Theatre, 332
N. New Hampshire St., Covington, (985) 875-7577. David Auburn's Pulitzer
Prize- and Tony Award-winning play about a mentally unstable young woman's mathematical
genius. Kay M. Files directs Alison Cummings and Bradley Barrios. Tickets $18
adults, $12 seniors/students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
RIO SECO. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.
Charles Ave., 581-5812. Dalt Wonk's original comedy about three wealthy
sisters and a disastrous poker game. Gary Rucker directs Adriana Bate and Bob
Edes. Tickets $21. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; through Nov. 15.
SNOOPY. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux
Carré, 616 St. Peter St., Teddy's Corner Theatre, 522-2081. Musical
based on Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" gang. Brandt Blocker directs Alex Pomes
and Sara Brignac. Tickets $12 adults, $10 students. Performances 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
(Reviewed in this issue.)
VAUDEVILLE NIGHTS. 735 Club, 735
Bourbon St., 524-4702. Second Circle-Keyhole Productions present magic,
burlesque, dancers, singers and more. 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. Tickets $12-$26. Performance 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday.
art
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638 Clio St.,
569-2700 -- Jim Sohr: Neighborhood, paintings, through November.
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.
BARLOW ART GALLERY 805 Royal St.,
523-2964 -- Works by gallery artists, through Nov. 12.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Low-Tar Fantasies, works 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.
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.
CRESCENT GALLERY 628 Toulouse St.,
525-5255 -- Paintings of Notoriety, works by Rolland Golden, through
Nov. 6.
DLKART FINE ART GALLERY 2027 Magazine
St., 299-1756 -- The Women's Series by Dianna L. Kaufman and Bio-Morphic
Abstractions by Deile Smith, through December.
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.
GALLERY NATALY AND ME 6071 Magazine
St., 891-6173 -- Paintings, jewelry and other works by Russian artist Natasha
Mylius.
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.
LIONEL MILTON GALLERY 1818 Magazine
St., 522-6966 -- Throw Back, paintings by Lionel Milton.
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. (Reviewed in this issue.)
MYSTIC BLUE SIGN GALLERY 2212 Magazine
St., 525-4691 -- Paintings and posters by Steve Soltis and Sean Gray.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians, A Cultural
Treasure, photographs by Dwight A. Harris, through Nov. 7.
NOCCA/RIVERFRONT 2800 Chartres St.,
940-2883 -- 2003-04 Visiting Artists Group Exhibition, Saturday through
Dec. 5.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb
College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- The Louisiana Project, installation
by Carrie Mae Weems, through Dec. 14.
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.
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.
WINDSOR FINE ART 221 Royal St.,
586-0203 -- Pino: Contemporary Realism II, works by Pino Daeni, through
Nov. 5.
spare spaces
THE KINGPIN 1307 Lyons St., 669-8817
-- Extra Innings, baseball park photographs by Cecil Rimes. Reception
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23.
museums
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990
-- 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.
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; The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient
Egypt, rare ancient art from the Egyptian national collection, through Feb.
25, 2004.
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.
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.
books
Tuesday 21
KERRI MCCAFFETY. Beaucoup Books,
5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. McCaffety discusses and signs St. Joseph
Altars. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Friday 24
DAPHNE GOTTLIEB. Dragon's Den,
435 Esplanade Ave., 949-1750. Poet reads from her latest book, Final
Girl. 7 p.m.
Saturday 25
FRANK DELLO STRITTO. Borders Books & Music, 3131
Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Dello Stritto signs and discusses
his book, A Quaint and Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore. Free admission.
1 p.m.
DAVID LEDDICK. Faubourg Marigny
Art & Books, 600 Frenchmen St., 943-9875. David Leddick reads from and
signs his new book, The Secret Lives of Married Men. Reading/signing
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.; reception at the Country Club at 6 p.m.
MARY BETH NORTON. Octavia Books,
513 Octavia St. 899-READ. Historian Norton reads, signs and discusses her
book, In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692. Free
admission. 3 p.m.
GREGORY EDMONT. Alliance Francaise,
1519 Jackson Ave., 568-0770. Edmont and his Dalmatian, JP, sign and discuss
Spotted in France. Free admission. 5 p.m.
Sunday 26
GREGORY EDMONT.
Borders Books & Music, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd.,
Metairie, 835-1363. Edmont and his Dalmatian, JP, sign and discuss Spotted
in France. Gifts provided by Three Dog Bakery for attendees; book sales
benefit LA/SPCA. Free admission. 4 p.m.
