theater
AN EVENING OF GREEK THEATRE. University of New Orleans
Lakefront Campus, Performing Arts Center, Thrust Theatre, 280-SHOW. MFA
Acting candidates perform works by Aristophanes, Euripides and Sophocles, concentrating
less on the tragic themes and more on the coarse sexual humor. Philip Karnell
directs. Tickets $8 general, $5 students/seniors. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday,
2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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 and seniors. 8
p.m. Monday. Open run. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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. 7:30 p.m. Mondays. 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;
through Dec. 13.
GRENADINE MCGUNKLE'S DOUBLE-WIDE CHRISTMAS.
735 Club, 735 Bourbon St., 606-9903. Running With Scissors presents
the musical of housewife Grenadine McGunkle and her trailer park family get-together.
Stars Dorian Rush, Flynn De Marco, Bianca Del Rio, Jason Toups and others. Tickets
$17. 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; through Dec. 27.
HOLIDAY INN. Le Chat Noir, 715 St.
Charles Ave., 581-5812. The "self-proclaimed love child of Ernest Borgnine
and Ethel Merman," Varla Jean Merman performs her versions of classic holiday
songs. With Ricky Ritzel and Maggie Moore. Tickets $26. 8 pm. Thursday-Saturday,
through Dec. 13.
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Producers Circle looks at the lives
of Hollywood stars who now reside in the area of Heaven dedicated to the rich
and famous. Writer-director Ricky Graham stars with Roy Haylock. Tickets $21.
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.
MRS. BOB CRATCHIT'S WILD CHRISTMAS BINGE.
The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545. Christopher
Durang's comedy that twists the Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. James
Marvel directs Lara Grice, Andre Du Broc and others. Tickets $23. Discounts
available for students/seniors/theater professionals/groups. 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Friday & Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 21.
MY JOHNSON SPEAKS. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, Director's Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. The
comedy investigates and celebrates man's greatest obsession. Fred Nuccio directs
Tony Molina, Jerry Lee Leighton and Dane Rhodes. Tickets $26. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
Open run.
THE NUTCRACKER. East Jefferson High
School, The Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox Ave., Metairie, 885-2000.
Peter Tchaikovksy's classic Christmas ballet. Dennis G. Assaf conducts.
Tickets $$12-$27. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS. Le Petit
Theatre, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081 or 522-5555. Acclaimed show features
two naked puppeteers, Jef Benjamin and Dan Speed, presenting the art of "genital
origami." Tickets $34, Tuesday-Thursday & Sunday, $39 Friday-Saturday. 8 p.m.
Tuesday-Thursday & Sunday, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
SEXY MUSIC AGAIN. Cowpokes Theatre
Space, 1030 Marigny St., 948-9924. DRAMA! presents the satiric dramady about
love, friendship and sexual ambiguity. Chip Steltz directs Michael-Chase Creasy
and Grace Fraga. Advance tickets $10, $7 student, $12 at door. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday. (Reviewed in this issue.)
STORY THEATRE. Delgado Community
College, City Park Campus, Building 1, third floor Drama Hall, 483-4817. Paul
Sill's play presents the Brothers Grimm's fables with unique twists. Gary Widland
directs T.J. Toups, Anita Duncan, Lawrence Giacobbi and others. Tickets $8 general,
$7 seniors/students/staff. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA CLAUS. The
Fine Arts Center, 1733 Constantinople St., 481-8274. Artists' Cooperative
Theater present the one-man musical about how a bishop named Nicholas transformed
into Santa Claus. Roland "Butch" Caire performs in the role inspired by The
Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn. Tickets $10. 2 p.m. 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, Amanda Hebert and Jennifer
Pagan. 7:30 Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 7.
art
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638
Clio St., 569-2700 -- Jim Sohr: Neighborhood, paintings by the New Orleans
artist, through Dec. 13. Artist talk with Jim Sohr from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- 2003 Annual Miniature
Exhibition, works by invited artists, through Friday.
AGORA 2240 Magazine St., 525-2240
-- Works on display by Daryn Brammell, Shmuela Berg, Susan Brechtel, Elaine
Gleason, John Kenny, Nell Mabry, Tony Mose, GVN, Lynette Walker and Kent Walsh.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Bulletproof, works by David Bradshaw,
through Dec. 27; new works by Myrtl Von Dammitz III, through January. Reception
for Von Dammitz from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
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
Saturday.
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 Thursday.
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 Thursday.
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
Thursday.
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 --
Sanctuaries, landscapes in oil and pastel by Adrian Deckbar, plus new
paintings by Joseph Lorusso. Opening reception 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St.,
524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Paintings of children from the 19th
century by Edmund Rode Adler, Jean Geoffrey, and other Austrian, English and
French traditional artists, through December.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- Photographs by Bobby Wozniak, through Dec. 27. Opening reception
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
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.
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 Friday.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS AND PRINTMAKING STUDIO 727
Magazine St., 529-7277 -- All That Glitters in Gold and Crystal,
holiday ornaments and candleholders by William Gudenrath, wildlife glass and
metal sculptures by Stephen Williams and Udo Zembok, and nature prints by Pam
Carusso, through Dec. 22. Opening reception with artists' demonstrations from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Woldenberg Art
Center, Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- The Louisiana Project,
installation by Carrie Mae Weems, through Dec. 14.
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 -- Art for the Holidays,
stemware by Teri Walker, platters by Alexandra Callner, and blown vessels by
Art Allison, from Saturday through Dec. 30.
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.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624
Julia St., 566-1390 -- Retrospective of drawings, oil paintings,
watercolors and monographs by Zella Funck, through December. Opening reception
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
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. Opening reception 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
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.
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.
LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM'S PRESBYTERE 751
Chartres St., 568-6968 -- Crown Jewels of Carnival, an exhibit of
royal jewels from the 1870s to the 1930s, assembled by renowned Mardi Gras designer
Henri Schindler. Opens Friday through Dec. 5, 2004.
NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM OF
ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 527-0989 -- Photographs
by Jim Thorns, J. Nash Porter and Eric Waters.
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. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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 2
VERITA THOMPSON. St. Ann Marie Antoinette
Hotel, Claire's on Conti, 717 Conti St., 525-2300. Thompson will autograph
her book, Bogie and Me: A Love Story. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday 5
FRANK DAVIS. Oakwood Mall, B. Dalton Booksellers,
197 West Bank Exp., Gretna, 362-2074. Davis signs and discusses The Fisherman's
Tackle Box Bible. Free admission. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday
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KERRI MCCAFFETY. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St.,
899-7323. The local photographer signs her book, St. Joseph Altars. Free
admission. 2 p.m.
FRANK DAVIS. Borders Books and Music,
3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Davis signs and discusses
The Fisherman's Tackle Box Bible. Free admission. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
SARAH BLAZEK. Barnes and Noble Booksellers,
3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Blazek reads from and
signs her book, An Irish Night Before Christmas. Free admission. 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m.
