theater
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.
Fans invited to bring memorabilia. 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, presented from service workers' point of view. Jessie Terrebonne
and Heidi Junius star. Tickets $27. Reduced prices for the service industry.
7:30 p.m. Mondays. Open run.
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 PECAN CRACKER. NORD Theatre,
545 St. Charles Ave., 565-7860. New original musical comedy has a theater
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. Friday, 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
and Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
UNDER A BIG TOP. Le Chat Noir, 715
St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Varla Jean Merman's brand new show features
the songs and dance of the diva, as well as three new videos. Special New Year's
Eve package includes show, dinner and champagne toast. Tickets $60 per person.
The Mystic Krewe of Satyricon sponsors the Thursday show. Call 525-4498 for
ticket information. Additional shows $26. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
art
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638 Clio St.,
569-2700 -- Inventory, works by David Rex Joyner, through February. Late-night
opening party, "Last Stop at the Big Top," 8 p.m.-midnight Saturday.
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.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233
-- New photographs by Nancy Moylan, through Feb. 6, 2004. Opening reception
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Other Voices, Other Rooms, new paintings
by Myrtle Von Damitz III, through Jan. 28, 2004; Das Wunderkammer, works
by Patrick Lichty, through Feb. 29, 2004, with opening reception 6 p.m. to 9
p.m. Saturday.
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 January 2004.
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 pastels by Adrian
Deckbar, plus new paintings by Joseph Lorusso.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- Recent paintings
by Mark Davis, through December.
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.
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 200 Metairie Road,
Metairie, 837-4044 -- Allegories of Virtue and Vice, drawings by Mary
Lee Eggart; Children's Hour,
paintings by Alan Gerson, through
Jan. 24, 2004. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
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.
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.
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., 894-9444 -- 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.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Lightboxes by Nancy Gutkin O'Neil, wall sculptures by Richard
Taylor, glass works by Kenny Pieper, through Jan. 5, 2004.
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 portrait 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. 15, 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, 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 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 December; 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 December; 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
Sunday 4
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY. Eisenhower
Center, 623 Bourbon St., 539-9560. Reception celebrates the release of Brinkley's
newest book, Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War. Free admission.
RSVP requested. Noon.
