theater
THE ASSHOLE MONOLOUGES. Monkey Hill
Bar, 6100 Magazine St., 899-4800. Holdover and relocation of the comedy
in which Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose and local comedian Redbean
explore the human language, anatomy and psyche. Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Wednesday,
through Nov. 26.
BEATLES 4-EVER. True Brew Theater,
200 Julia St., 524-8440. Mikko presents a celebration of the Beatles playing
City Park in 1964. Stars Greg DiLeo. Tickets $10, $8 students/seniors. 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. Bob Edes and Heidi Junius star. Tickets $27. Reduced prices for the
service industry. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Open run.
CAMWOOD ON THE LEAVES. Loyola University,
Music Communications Building, Lower Depths Theatre, 865-3840. Wole Soyinka's
Nobel Prize-winning play deals with issues of totalitarianism, violence and
social pretensions. Lane Savadove directs. Tickets $12 general, $7 students/children/seniors.
Group rates available. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
CLUE: THE MUSICAL. Nunez Community
College Auditorium, 3710 Paris Road, Chalmette, 271-0833. C.A.S.T. and S
& K Productions present the musical based on the popular board game. Advance
tickets $6 adult, $4 youth and seniors. Door prices $7 adult, $5 youths/seniors.
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
CRESCENT CITY. Le Chat Noir, 715
St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Monthly live radio show recorded for broadcast
on WWNO. This show's theme: "Thanksgiving in New Orleans." Ronnie Virgets hosts
Astral Project and the Live Nude Radio Players. Tickets $13, plus $6 bar minimum.
8 p.m. Tuesday.
FAT GIRL FOLLIES. True Brew Theater,
200 Julia St., 524-8440. New theater company Krewe des Sept Productions
presents Seattle comedienne Peggy Platt's critically acclaimed one-woman show
about femininity and obesity. Tickets $20 adults, $15 students/seniors/theater
professionals. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Sunday,
through Nov. 30.
FUDDY MEERS. UNO Performing Arts
Center, Thrust Theater, 280-7469. David Lindsey-Abaire's
comedy about a day in the life of an amnesiac. Brent Surdukan directs Ashley
Ricord, Michael Santos and others. Tickets $8 general, $5 seniors and students.
8 p.m. Tuesday-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 departed Hollywood stars residing in the area of heaven. Writer-director
Ricky Graham stars with Roy Haylock. Tickets $21 plus $6 drink minimum. 6 p.m.
Sunday.
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. 9 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
THE LITTLE PRINCE. The Big Top,
1638 Clio St., 569-2700. Mondo Bizzaro presents an adaptation of Antoine
de Saint Exupery's chronicle of the adventures of a curious boy on his journey
across the universe. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.
THE MONKEY'S PAW/BLACK COMEDY. Playmaker's
Theatre, 19601 Playmaker's Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671. Two
one-act plays: one a horror based on the W.W. Jacob short story, the other a
comedy written by Peter Shaffer. Tickets $10 adults, $5 students. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday.
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP. Le Petit
Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Gothic spoof inspired by the "Penny
Dreadfuls" of Victorian England. Ricky Graham and Sean Patterson play eight
characters. Carl Walker directs. Tickets $21 adults, $16 students. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday; through Nov. 21. (Reviewed in this issue.)
PROOF. Rivertown Repertory Theatre,
325 Minor St., Kenner, 468-7221. David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize and Tony
Award-winning play about a young woman's mathematical genius and mental instability.
Keith Briggs directs John Hammons, Yvette Hargis, Chad Carvell and Janet Daley.
Tickets $20 adults, $18 seniors and students, $10 children. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
2:30 p.m. Sunday; through Nov. 23.
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, Bob Edes,
Kara Hadigan, Bob Scully and others. Tickets $21, plus a $6 bar minimum. 8 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday.
TITUS ANDRONICUS. Contemporary Arts
Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800. Dog & Pony Theatre Company presents "Shakespeare's
bloodiest drama" about a noble soldier who experiences the betrayal of his own
emperor and the revenge he then seeks. John Grimsley directs and co-stars with
Justin Scalise, Ryan Reinike and others. Advance tickets $10, $12 at door. $2
discount CAC members and students. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES. True Brew
Theater, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. Dane Rhodes directs Eve Ensler's critically
acclaimed play. Stars Becky Allen, Sandy Bravender and special guest Peggy Platt.
7:30 Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 7.
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. 8 p.m. Saturdays. Open run.
art
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638
Clio St., 569-2700 -- Jim Sohr: Neighborhood, paintings by the New Orleans
artist, through November. (Reviewed in this issue.)
THE ACADEMY GALLERYNew Orleans Academy
of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- 2003 Annual Miniature Exhibition,
works by invited artists, through Dec. 5.
ANTON HAARDT FOLK GALLERY2858 Magazine
St., 891-9080 -- Cirque, works by Anton Haardt and Clark Walker,
through Nov. 14.
BARLOW ART GALLERY805 Royal St.,
523-2964 -- Works by gallery artists including Emily Kernion, Ronald Jones,
Koets and "Connie," through Nov. 12.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY1724 Oretha Castle
Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Low-Tar Fantasies, new woodcut prints by Sean Star
Wars, through Nov. 25; Bulletproof, works by David Bradshaw, through
Dec. 27.
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 GALLERY4138
Magazine St., 895-6201 -- New paintings by Nilo Lanzas, artworks by Mila
Lanzas, through December.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Recent paintings by Linda Dautreuil, through
Dec. 6.
CARROLL GALLERY Woldenberg Art Center,
Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- 2003/2004 Undergraduate Juried
Exhibition, works by 37 Tulane University students, through Nov. 25.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER900 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.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERYDelgado
Hall, 615 City Park Ave., 483-4048 -- Archeology, dual exhibit of
mixed media by Vickie Lever Niolet and sculpture by Vesna Osojnicki and her
ceramic students, through Dec. 4.
DILLARD UNIVERSITY FINE ART GALLERY Cook
Fine Arts Center, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., 816-4711 -- Journeying
in Possibilities, ceramics installation by Rashida Ferdinand, through Nov.
28.
DLKART FINE ART GALLERY2027 Magazine
St., 299-1756 -- The Women's Series by Dianna L. Kaufman and Bio-Morphic
Abstractions by Deile Smith, throgh
December.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Structures
and Homeland, two series of new paintings by Keith Perelli, through Dec. 4.
FORT ISABEL GALLERY 401 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 892-1841 -- All Small II, small-scale artworks by Karen
Abboud, Ron Alexander, Beryl Carbon, Phillip Hubbell, Suzanne King Hughson,
Wes Koon, Martin Needom, Johnny Stout, Lynda Thurlow and Patricia Watkins, through
Dec. 10.
GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St., 896-2307
--New oil paintings, drawings, and pastels by Ed Dyer, through Dec. 6.
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 November.
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.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Colors of a Better World, new works by Peter Max, through November.
IAN GALLERY 2917 Magazine St., Ste.
102, 894-8385 -- New paintings by Elizabeth McMillan, through November.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Images of Desire, new paintings of cars, motorcycles and mannequins
by Lory Lockwood, through Nov. 29. (Reviewed in this issue.)
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462;
523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- European paintings by such artists as Sir Francis
Grant, Gustave Paul Robenit, Alois Heinrich Priechenfried, and others.
LEMIEUX GALLERIE 332 Julia St., 522-5988
-- Various Aspects, paintings by Deedra Ludwig, through Nov. 29.
LIONEL MILTON GALLERY 1818 Magazine
St., 522-6966 -- Throw Back, 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.
MARTIN LAWRENCE GALLERY 709 Royal St.,
588-9020; 433 Royal St., 299-9055 -- Paintings, prints, sculptures and graphics
by Erte, through Nov. 23.
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.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT
2800 Chartres St., 940-2787 -- 2003-04 Visiting Artists Group Exhibition, works
by Jason Burrell, James Hajicek, Evelyn Jordan, Richard Knox, Brian McCormick,
Carol Panaro-Smith and Katherine Slingluff, through Dec. 5.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS AND PRINTMAKING
STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Fall Harvest Cornucopia in Glass and
Silver, works by Stephen Williams, Gerald Haessig and Miriam Martin, through
Nov. 29.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Woldenberg Art
Center, Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- The Louisiana Project,
installation by Carrie Mae Weems, through Dec. 14.
RADIC I527 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 -- Findings, jewelry designs by Jo Jennings,
Pamela Hill-Byrne, Eva Strauss-Rosen, Abigail Ramos, and Katherine DeYoung,
through November.
ST. TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION 317 N.
Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650 -- Heavy Metal exhibition featuring
work from 20 regional metal artists, through Dec. 8.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119
-- Self Reflection, works by Spencer Livingston, Jeremy Campbell, and Adam Carlos,
through November.
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.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St.,
522-2000 -- Souvenirs de l'Amerique, selected woodcut prints by Endi Poskovic,
through Nov. 29.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville
St., 523-2342 -- Impressionist Landscapes, new paintings by Luc Didier, through
Dec. 15.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St.,
949-1805 -- Remains of State, installation by Mathew Nesbit, and Imperial Crypts,
mixed media by John Thornton, through Jan. 1, 2004.
WINDSOR FINE ART 221 Royal St., 586-0203
-- The Modern Masters, lithographs, etchings, drawings and other original works
on paper by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, and Henri Matisse,
through Dec. 8.
spare spaces
CAFE DEGAS 312 Esplanade Ave., 945-5635
-- Signs -- Of Life, photographs by Elinor S. Cohen, through Jan. 5, 2004.
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Visitors' Center, 916 N. Peters St., 589-4841 -- New Orleans jazz photographs
by L.J. Goldstein, through January 2004.
SUN RAY GRILL1051 Annunciation St.,
566-0021 -- Cloudscapes, Landscapes and Women Series, works by Kelley Jones,
through November.
TURNCOATS1926 Magazine St., 299-9004
-- Chaos: Remnants of a Skateboarding Culture, works by Clayton Colvin, Jen
DeNike, Chris Jahncke, Anis Majgani and Joey Slaughter, through Nov. 30.
call for artists
SPACE GALLERY4528
Magazine St., 897-9119 -- Accepting submissions for December/January show, XY:
Images of Men, to run Dec. 6-Jan. 30. Artists should send slides, prints, or
digital images plus their contact information to SPACE Gallery by Nov. 28. Call
for details.
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.
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; 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
Thursday 13
CREATIVE LEARNING SERIES.
NOCCA/Riverfront, Ken Kirschman Artspace, 2800 Chartres St., 940-2822. Authors
Joseph Boyden, Alison Pelegrin, Wells Tower and Carolyn Hambree read selections
from new and published works. Reception following. Free admission. 7:30 p.m.
Friday 14
HOLLY CLEGG. Borders
Books & Music, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. The author
presents her new recipe book, Trim and Terrific Home Entertaining the Easy Way.
Free admission. 11 a.m.
CAROLYN CHAMBERS SANDERS. Afro-American
Book Stop, 1400 Poydras St., 588-1474. The author signs her book, Sins, Secrets
and Success. Free admission. 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday 15
BOOK AND CD RELEASE. Garden District
Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. An afternoon of wine, food and live
music celebrating the release of Mary Gehman's book Touring Louisiana's Great
River Road and Sybil Kein's CD Gardenias y Rosas. Free admission. 1 p.m. to
5 p.m.
LISA COHEN. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia
St. 899-READ. The local illustrator reads and signs her book, Dancing the Ring
Shout. Free admission. 1:30 p.m.
GEORGE RODRIGUE. Borders Books & Music,
3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. The creator of the Blue Dog
signs his new book, Art of George Rodrigue: A Cajun Artist. Free admission.
2 p.m.
TREBOR HEALY. Faubourg Marigny Art
& Books, 600 Frenchman St., 947-6847. Healy reads from his debut novel, Through
it Came Bright Colors. Free admission. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
BARBARA CHASE-RIBOUD. Afro-American
Book Stop, 1400 Poydras St., 588-1474. Chase-Riboud signs her work, Hottentrot
Venus. Free admission. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
PHIL SANDUSKY. Borders Books & Music,
3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. The local artist signs his
book, New Orleans en Plein Air. Free admission. 3 p.m.
Monday 17
BURNS MCFARLAND. Books-A-Million, 197
Westbank Expwy, Gretna, 364-1070. McFarland signs and reads from his new book,
Living Tomorrow's Dreams Today: 12 Steps to a Better Tomorrow. Free admission.
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
DONNA TARTT. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine
St., 895-2663. The author signs the paperback of her latest novel, The Little
Friend. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
DENISE DUHAMEL. Tulane University Uptown
Campus, Newcomb College, Newcomb Chapel, 865-5238. Poet Duhamel reads from Buddhist
Barbie. A reception and signing follows. Free admission. 7:30 p.m.
