theater
THE ASSHOLE MONOLOGUES. Monkey
Hill Bar, 6100 Magazine St., 899-4800. Holdover of the comedy about human
language, anatomy and psyche. Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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. 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. Jessie Terrebonne and Heidi Junius star. Tickets $27. 7:30 p.m. Mondays.
Open run.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL -- THE WHOLE STORY. UNO
Downtown Theatre, 619 Carondelet St., (866) 468-7630. Piazza Productions
presents an interpretation of the Christmas classic that blends the comedy of
the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers and the Little Rascals. With Rene J.F.
Piazza, Michael Sullivan, Kevin Songy, Veronica Oliver and others. Tickets $15.
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
A CHRISTMAS STORY. Slidell Little
Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324. Christmas tale
of Ralphie and his Christmas wish for a Red Ryder BB gun. $12 adults, $5 youth.
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
DYSKOLOS. Tulane University, Lupin
Theatre, McWilliams Hall, 835-6002. Menander's classic is reinterpreted
by Evolving Door Productions. Sara Clifford directs Nicholas Brown, Evan Prizant
and others. Tickets $13.50 general admission, $8.50 students and TFA members.
(Pay what you can Dec. 18.) 8 p.m. Thursday, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. (Reviewed
in this issue.)
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. (Reviewed in this issue.)
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Producers Circle look at the lives of
Hollywood stars residing 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.
A MIRACLE ON 34TH ST. North Star
Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500 or 1-800-924-5538. A
cast of 26 young performers presents the Christmas classic. Lori Bennett directs
Katherine Carey and Evan Johnson. Tickets $17.95 adults, $13.95 children and
seniors. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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, Fahnlohnee Harris and Greg Baber.
Tickets $23. Discounts available for students/seniors/theater professionals/groups.
8 p.m. Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
MY JOHNSON SPEAKS. Le Petit Theatre
du Vieux Carré, Director's Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. The
comedy that 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.
NAUGHTY AND NICE: A CHRISTMAS HAPPENING.
Cowpoke's Theater, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 237-3619. Christmas variety
show featuring the vintage jazz band, Some Like It Hot. Alice Shaffer
produces and directs the show to benefit Belle Reve. Tickets $12, $10 with gift
donation to Belle Reve. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
THE PECAN CRACKER. NORD Theatre,
545 St. Charles Ave., 565-7860. New original musical comedy has a theatre
in "da parish" producing the classic Christmas play, The Nutcracker.
Book and lyrics by Ricky Graham and Bob Bruce. Ty Tracey directs. Tickets $10,
group rates available. 8 p.m. Thursday, 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Saenger
Theatre, 143 N. Rampart St., 525-1052 or 522-5555. Andrew Lloyd Webber's
award-winning musical about the masked figure haunting a Paris opera house and
the young soprano he falls in love with. Tickets $18-$62.25. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday
& Monday, 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday-Sunday, through Jan. 4.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA CLAUS. The
Fine Arts Center, 1733 Constantinople St., 481-8274. Artists' Cooperative
Theater presents the one-man musical about how a bishop named Nicholas was transformed
into Santa Claus. Roland "Butch" Caire performs in the role inspired by The
Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn. Tickets $10. 11 a.m. Saturday.
art
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.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St.,
522-1999 -- Sneewittchen (Snow White), the first exhibit in Blake
Boyd's 11-part multi-media Romantika series, through Dec. 27.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Bulletproof, works by David Bradshaw, through
Dec. 27; Other Voices, Other Rooms, new paintings by Myrtle Von Damitz
III, through Jan. 24, 2004.
BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY 516 Natchez
St., 522-7503 -- Group show featuring black-and-white photographs
by Bob Coke, Frank Gordon, Theodore Fonville Winans, C. Bennette Moore and C.F.
Weber, through Jan. 13, 2004.
BERTA'S AND MINA'S ANTIQUITIES GALLERY
4138 Magazine St., 895-6201 -- New paintings by Nilo Lanzas and artworks
by Mila Lanzas, through December.
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
-- New sculpture by Marianne Lerbs and paintings by Carrie Christian, through
Jan. 8, 2004.
GALERIE ROYALE 3646 Magazine St.,
894-1588 -- Mixed-media works by Michael Klung, through Jan. 24, 2004.
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.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Recent paintings by Mark Davis, through December.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Sanctuaries, landscapes in oil and pastels by Adrian Deckbar,
plus new paintings by Joseph Lorusso.
IAN GALLERY 2917 Magazine St., Ste.
102, 894-8385 -- Coastal Living, new photographs by Michael Kahn,
through Jan. 30, 2004.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters
St., 566-1944 -- New Orleans and the North Shore, historic photos
by New Orleans Camera Club founder Albert DuQuesnay, through December.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Rift This -- Rift That, paintings by Boris Zakic, through
Jan. 1, 2004. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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.
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.
MAGAZINE STREET GALLERY 5207 Magazine
St., 897-5330 -- Group show featuring works by Fred Marchman, Kaye Wall
Hoffman, Phyllis Springen, Susan Acree, Mannie Pair and Bruce Larsen.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS
720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Politics and War, new ceramic sculpture
by Joe Bova, through Dec. 27. (Reviewed in this issue.)
MORGAN-WEST STUDIO/GALLERY 3326
Magazine St., 895-7976 -- gnostic: devotions, group show by 17 artists,
through December.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- From Cotton to Canvas, creative designs
by Judy Dixon, Brenda McClure and Latifah Ali, through Jan. 9, 2004.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT
2800 Chartres St., 940-2787 -- Alumni Exhibit features artworks by
graduates from the classes of 1980 through 2003, through Jan. 23, 2004. Selected
alumni works on loan from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Ogden Collection
are on display in the Trusty-Corey Atrium through March 12, 2004.
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.
RIVERTOWN FINE ART GALLERY 322 Williams
Blvd., Kenner, 468-7224 -- Group show featuring Marie Goodfellow, Jeannie
Schuler, Joyce Laporte, Lee Caruso Schnell, Claire Pescay, Jan Wilken, Betty
Porche and Susan Yancich, through Jan. 7, 2004.
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, through Dec. 30.
SERENITY GALLERY 126 Main St., Bay
St. Louis, Miss. (228) 467-3061 -- Nudes, works by Lori K. Gordon, through
December.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- XY: Images of Men, group show by local artists,
through January 2004.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624
Julia St., 566-1390 -- Retrospective of drawings, oil paintings,
watercolors and monographs by Zella Funck, through December.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ARTS GALLERY
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- UNO Fine Arts Senior Project Exhibition,
through Jan. 9, 2004.
VINTAGE 429 429 Royal St., 529-2288
-- Presidential Collection, official White House portraits, carte de
viste potrait cards, and signed photos and documents of several American presidents.
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.
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.
TURNCOATS 1926 Magazine St., 299-9004
-- Rio-1, photographs by Blake Haney, through Jan. 30, 2003.
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 December.
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, royal jewels
from the 1870s to the 1930s assembled by Mardi Gras designer Henri Schindler,
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.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola
Ave., 596-2567 -- A Great and Growing City: New Orleans in the Era of
the Louisiana Purchase, through December.
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 18
REX ZIAK. The Collection, 533 Royal
St., 523-4662. Author and cinematographer Ziak lectures and signs his book,
In Full View: A True and Accurate Account of Lewis and Clark's Arrival at
the Pacific Ocean. Reception following. Free admissions. Reservations required.
6 p.m.
Saturday 20
ROBERT GUSTE. The Catholic Book Store, 8039 Fig St.,
861-7504. Guste signs his work, Love's the Message That I Heard. Free
admission. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday 21
FRANK DAVIS. Sam's Club, 3900 Airline Drive, Metairie,
831-2911. Davis signs and discusses The Fisherman's Tackle Box Bible.
Free admission. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
