theater
THE ASSHOLE MONOLOUGES. Monkey
Hill Bar, 6100 Magazine St., 899-4800. Holdover of the comedy in which Times-Picayune
columnist Chris Rose and local comedian Redbean explore language and the human
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. Star Greg DiLeo performs songs of the Fab
Four. Tickets $10, $8 students and 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 service industry). 7:30 p.m. Monday. Open run.
A CHRISTMAS STORY. Command
Performers Theatre, Times Square Shopping Center, 1320 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond,
(985) 542-9243. Command Performers Inc. presents the tale of Ralphie and
his Christmas wish for a Red Ryder BB gun. $10 general, $8 seniors and children.
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
THE DEATH OF ZUKASKY. Tulane
University, Lupin Theater, 865-5106. Comedic farce about climbing the ladder
of corporate success. Patrick McNamara directs Alysha Rooks, Harry Boileau,
Greg Morabito and Jason Ashley. Tickets $10 general, $8 Tulane faculty and staff,
$6 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
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.
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. 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. 9 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP. Le
Petit Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Gothic spoof inspired by the
"Penny Dreadfuls" of Victorian England. Carl Walker directs Ricky Graham and
Sean Patterson. Tickets $21 adults, $16 students. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2
p.m. Sunday.
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 and others. Tickets
$20 adults, $18 seniors and students, $10 children. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
2:30 p.m. Sunday. (Reviewed in this issue.)
SEXY MUSIC AGAIN. Cowpokes
Theatre Space, 1030 Marigny St., 948-9924. DRAMA! presents satirical production
about love, friendship and sexual ambiguity. Chip Steltz directs Michael-Chase
Creasy and Grace Fraga. Advance tickets $10 general admission, $7 students;
$12 at the door. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 7.
ST. LUCY'S EYES. Dillard
University, Samuel Du Bois Cook Fine Arts and Communications Center, University
Theatre, 816-4857. Bridget Wimberly's drama recounts a woman's life during
some critical changes in American history. Sherri Marina directs. Tickets $10
general admission, $8 seniors and non-Dillard students. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday
and Monday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
THE VAGINA MONOLOUGES. True
Brew Theater, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. Dane Rhodes directs Eve Ensler's
critically acclaimed play. Stars Becky Allen, Sandy Bravender, Peggy Platt and
Jennifer Pagan. 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. Saturday. 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; Spin Art, party featuring DJs plus video, games
and hands-on art projects about spinning records, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday,
$10 admission includes cocktails.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 --2003 Annual
Miniature Exhibition, works by invited artists, through Dec. 5.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 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 GALLERY
4138 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 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.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY Delgado
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 GALLERY 2027 Magazine
St., 299-1756 -- The Women's Series by Dianna L. Kaufman and Bio-Morphic
Abstractions by Deile Smith, through December.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936
--Structures and Homeland, two series of new paintings by
Keith Perelli, through Dec. 4. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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.
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 GALLERIES 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.
POET'S GALLERY 3133 Magazine St., 899-4100
-- Feldspathic Fair, works by Lateefa Wright, through November. (Reviewed
in this issue.)
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 -- 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 -- Second Annual "Heavy Metal" Exhibition
featuring work from 20 regional metal artists, through Dec. 8.
SPACE GALLERY4528 Magazine St., 897-9119
-- Self Reflection, works by Spencer Livingston, Jeremy Campbell and
Adam Carlos, through November.
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; 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 GRILL 1051 Annunciation St.,
566-0021 -- Cloudscapes, Landscapes and Women Series, works by Kelley
Jones, through November.
TURNCOATS 1926 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 GALLERY 4528 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 (zip code: 70115)
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
Tuesday 18
FESTIVAL OF THE IMAGINATION. The Gold
Mine, 701 Dauphine St., 586-0745. Festival of readings by local and New York
poets. Features Dave Brinks, Megan Burns, Andrei Codrescu, Jose Torres Tama,
Simon Pettet and more. Free admission, donations requested. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday.
Wednesday 19
TIZRAH FIRESTONE.Jewish Community Center,
5342 St. Charles Ave., 897-0143. The rabbi and therapist presents her book,
The Receiving: Reclaiming Jewish Women's Wisdom, at the annual "People of
the Book" luncheon. Tickets $15-$50. 12:30 p.m.
FREDRICK BARTON. East Bank Regional
Library, 4747 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 838-1100. The local writer and
professor reads from and signs his book, A House Divided, as part of the
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and Jefferson Parish Library's
"Coffee and Conversation" series. 7 p.m.
Thursday 20
PHIL SANDUSKY. Smith Library, 301 Canal
Blvd., 596-2638. The artist signs his book. New Orleans en Plein Air.
Free admission. 10 a.m.
WALTER BOYNE.National D-Day Museum,
945 Magazine St., 527-6012. Boyne discusses and signs his book, The
Influence of Air Power Upon History.Free admission. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday 22
FREDRICK BARTON.Garden District Book
Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. The local writer and professor reads from
and signs his book, A House Divided. Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
NORMAN & SAND MARMILLION.Borders Books
and Music, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. The Marmillions
sign their book on the Laura Plantation, Memories of the Old Plantation
Home. Free admission. 2 p.m.
MARCUS IRWIN.Barnes and Noble Booksellers,
3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Local author signs his new
book, Why Men Have Affairs. Free admission. 2 p.m.
STEVE ONEY. Jewish Community Center,
5342 St. Charles Ave., 897-0143. The author presents And the Dead Shall
Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank. Includes
a slide show presentation. Free admission. 7:30 p.m.
