theater
THE ALTOS. Rocky and Carlo's, Sicilian
Room, 613 W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, 277-SHOW (7469). Mob spoof of
The Sopranos in comedy murder-mystery. Rosa Di Giovanni directs. Tickets
for show and dinner $25. Dinner 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Friday.
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 the service workers' point of view. Bob Edes and Heidi
Junius star. Tickets $21; reduced prices for the service industry. 7:30 p.m.
Mondays. Open run.
CROWNS. Anthony Bean Community Theatre,
1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-PLAY (7529). Regina Taylor's musical about
a young black woman from Brooklyn staying with family in the South. Anthony
Bean directs Pat McGuire-Hill, Gail Glapion and Leo Jones. Tickets $18, students
and seniors $16. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 15.
THE DMV SHOW. Cafe Satora, 3749
N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, 832-1444. Music and comedy are found in a trip
to the DMV. Admission $5. 8 p.m.
DRAMARAMA 11. Contemporary Arts
Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800. Showcase of theater, from comedy to burlesque
to dance, featuring local and national acts. Tickets $11, $8 CAC members. 6
p.m. to midnight.
THE FEVER. Fine Arts Center, 3916
Baronne St., 914-8861. Big TaDa presents one-person show with character
on a journey of self-discovery. Bryan Jeffery Graham directs Michelle Doan Warner.
Admission $10 general, $5 students (two-for-one with reservations by phone or
email tickets@bigtada.com). 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 8.
GREASE. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux
Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Classic musical capturing high-school
romance in the 1950s. Brandt Blocker directs Matthew Ragas, Amanda Zirkenbach
and Frankie Ford. Tickets $26 adults, $21 students and children. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 1. (Reviewed in this issue.)
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Producers Circle looks at the lives
of Hollywood stars residing in heaven. Writer-director Ricky Graham stars with
Roy Haylock. Tickets $21. 6 p.m. Sunday. 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 QUEEN OF BINGO. Tony Mandina's
Restaurant, 1915 Pratt St., Gretna, 835-6002. Sandi Roads Productions presents
comedy about two sisters and their love of bingo. Stars Becky Allen, Sandy Bravender,
Michael Sullivan and Doris Methe. Tickets $39 for dinner and show, tax and tip
included. Buffet 7 p.m., show 8:30 p.m., through Saturday.
THE SEVEN. The Core, upstairs at
State Palace Theatre, 1108 Canal St., 522-4435. Theatre Louisiane presents
multimedia look into the children of Oedipus and the battle for the city of
Thebes. Writer Amy Woodruff directs Don Guillory, Joy Begnaud and John Tiliakos.
Tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, through Feb. 7.
THEATER SONGS. Le Chat Noir, 715
St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Acclaimed cabaret artist Karen Akers performs
with pianist Don Rebic. Tickets $39. (Thursday night opener is benefit for Mystic
Krewe of Satyricon.) 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, through Feb. 7.
VAUDEVILLE NIGHTS. 735 Club, 735
Bourbon St., 524-4702. Fifteen traditional vaudeville acts from the 1920s,
accompanied by the Victorian Echoes jazz band. Skye Jordan directs. Tickets
$11. Performance 8 p.m. Saturdays, through Feb. 14.
YELLOWMAN. Southern Rep Theatre,
The Shops at Canal Place, 365 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545. Tale adapted
from Pulitzer Prize-finalist novel about love and racism within the African-American
community. Valerie Curtis-Newton directs Lance Nichols and Karen Kaia-Livers.
Tickets $19 previews, $30 opening night, $23 all other shows, with student,
senior, theater professional and group discounts. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
3 p.m. Sunday.
art
galleries
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638
Clio St., 569-2700 -- Inventory, works by David Rex Joyner, through February.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Dorothy J. Coleman
retrospective exhibit, through Feb. 20.
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.
ARTEGG STUDIOS 1001 S. Broad St.,
822-4002 -- Passing Images, photographs by Fritzie Paine,
by appointment, through Feb. 23.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St.,
522-1999 -- Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude; As I See It, photographs
by Greg Gorman, through Feb. 28.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709
Royal St., 299-1666 -- Recent works by Michel Delacroix, Jean-Daniel Bouvard
and Jacques Godin, plus new paintings by Albert Hadjiganev, through February.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Other Voices, Other Rooms, new paintings
by Myrtle Von Damitz III, through Wednesday; Das Wunderkammer, works
by Patrick Lichty, through Feb. 29.
BOCKMAN DESIGN 4513 Magazine St.,
891-8785 -- Carnival 2004, mixed-media works by Heather MacFarlane,
and paintings by Andrea Tomasovsky and Frehn Koerner, through March 5.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- A Study in Figures, large-scale
drawings on paper by Ed Whiteman, through Feb. 7.
BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St.,
525-5584 -- Paintings and animatronic boxes by John Preble, through
February.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130
-- New paintings in oil by Masahiro Arai, through January.
CARROLL GALLERY Woldenberg Art Center,
Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- N.O.P.D.: New Orleans
Pattern and Decoration, recent works by Nicole Charbonnet, Teresa A. Cole,
Brandon Graving and K. Maxx Sizeler, through Feb. 20.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY Delgado
Hall, 615 City Park Ave., 483-4048 -- Ephemera: River With Flowers,
monoprint by Brandon Graving, through Tuesday.
COLLINS C. DIBOLL ART GALLERY Loyola
University, 6363 St. Charles Ave., Monroe Library, fourth floor, 861-5456 --
Christopher Cook: Against the Grain, graphites exhibit, through Feb. 19.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp
St., 528-3805 -- Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, group
show of works in all mediums, through March 21.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936
-- New sculpture by Allen Wynn, through March 4.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- Ophelia's Garden, new panoramic series
by Josephine Sacabo, through January.
GALLERY CLAIBORNE 2109 N. Claiborne
Ave., 949-5300 -- First Offerings, photographs by Gus Bennett, and
Eclectic Images, photographs by Eric Waters, through Feb. 28.
HAMMOND REGIONAL ARTS CENTER 217
E. Thomas St., Hammond, (985) 542-7113 -- Works by Karen Wallsten and Denise
Tullier-Holly, through January.
IAN GALLERY 2917 Magazine St., Ste.
102, 894-8385 -- Coastal Living, new photographs by Michael Kahn,
through Friday.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- Disappearing Acts, works by Kathleen Ariatti Benton, through
Feb. 20.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St.,
524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- European 18th- and 19th-century oil
paintings from French Salon and The Royal Academy artists, plus French Impressionists
since 1978, through February.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- Artists in Detail, paintings by Charles Barbier, opens
Wednesday, through Feb. 28.
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.
MAGAZINE STREET GALLERY 5207 Magazine St., 897-5330
-- Group show featuring works by gallery artists Fred Marchman, Kaye Wall
Hoffman, Phyllis Springen, Susan Acree, Mannie Pair and Bruce Larsen.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS
720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Obsessive Masters, works on paper by Stephanie
Borns, Orren Kickliter and Tom Huck, through Feb. 28.
MARTIN LAWRENCE GALLERIES 709 Royal
St., 588-9020; 433 Royal St., 299-9055 -- A Show of the Masters,
works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró and others, through January.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.,
524-8800 -- Works by gallery artisans Richard Lee, Ronald Jones, Judy Dixon,
Latefah Ali, Revalasha, John Slade, Brenda McClure, Joseph Gordon and Joseph
Parker.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT 2800 Chartres
St., 940-2787 -- Selected alumni works on loan from the Ogden Museum of
Southern Art and the Ogden Collection, on display in the Trusty-Corey Atrium
through March 12; Transgenic Miracles, sculpture by Chicory Miles, Feb.
2 through March 19.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS AND PRINTMAKING
STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Stained-glass cathedral windows
by Michael Deary; outdoor glass and metal aquatic sculpture by Stephen Williams;
silver artistry by Gerald Haessig; copper etchings and hand-bound marbleized
books by Miriam Martin, through January.
SLIDELL ART LEAGUE GALLERY 1827
Front St., Ste. 201, Slidell, (985) 847-9458 -- The Reflections Show,
group show by local artists, through Feb. 15.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- XY: Images of Men, group show by local artists,
through January.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center, 201 St. Charles
Ave., 568-9050 -- Black and White, works on paper by Reginald Gammon
and Malaika Favorite, through Feb. 12.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400-A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Ellen Frances Tuchman, Four Seasons; Eve Aranka
Kiss, mixed-media works, through Saturday. (Reviewed in this issue.)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ARTS GALLERY
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 --Scenic Themes, photographs by Christine
Catsifas and Kyle Riedel, opens Feb. 2 through Feb. 27; Masters of Fine Arts
thesis exhibition of mixed-media works by Nancy Lockyear, through Friday. Closing
reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline
St., 949-1805 -- Photography, paintings and mixed-media works by Lauren
Russell and Jason Ellis, through February. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday.
WINDSOR FINE ART 313 Royal St.,
586-0202 -- Original works, limited-edition serigraphs and more by Royo,
through Feb. 18.
spare spaces
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Visitors' Center, 916 N. Peters St., 589-4841 -- New Orleans jazz photographs
by L.J. Goldstein, through January.
TURNCOATS 1926 Magazine St., 299-9004
-- Rio-1, photographs by Blake Haney, through Friday.
museums
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990
-- One Nation Under God: The Church, The State, and The Louisiana Purchase,
through February.
HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
533 Royal St., 523-4662; Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St., 598-7171
-- Napoleon's Eyewitness: Pierre Clément Laussat in Louisiana, 1802-1804,
through March. Reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, symposium: Charting Louisiana:
Exploration and Settlement, featuring speakers Douglas Brinkley, John Logan
Allen, Jay Gitlin, and John H. Lawrence, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
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.
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.
MADAME JOHN'S LEGACY 632 Dumaine
St., 568-6968 -- Goin' Cross My Mind: Contemporary Self-Taught Artists
in Louisiana, works by Clementine Hunter, Sister Gertrude Morgan and others,
through February.
THE NATIONAL D-DAY MUSEUM 945 Magazine
St., 527-6012 -- Upon Other Fields: College Football in World War II,
photos and memorabilia of college players who were called to action, through
January.
NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM OF
ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 527-0989 -- Martin
Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Art Exhibit featuring works by Adewale Adenle,
Claire Foster, Charles Collins, and Cecelia Pedescleaux, through May 22.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins
Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- The Quest for Immortality: Treasures
of Ancient Egypt, rare ancient art from the Egyptian national collection,
through Feb. 25; Inner Cities, photographs by James VanDerZee (Harlem),
Alwyn Scott Turner (New Orleans), Robert Doisneau (Paris), and Manuel Alvarez
Bravo (Mexico City), through April 11; Consonance and Resonance: Late 19th-
and Early 20th-Century Japanese Painting in Edo-Period Styles, through June
15.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 925
Camp St., 539-9600 -- The Story of the South: Art and Culture 1890-2003,
Chapter One, museum collection of Roger Ogden, on permanent exhibit;
Chapter Two, featuring works by William Eggleston, Robert Rauschenberg,
Jasper Johns, Robert Stackhouse, glass works from the Penland School and more,
through May.
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 photographs by Sam Abell, through
May; Nations Within: The Four Sovereign Tribes of Louisiana, photographic
exhibit showcasing the Chitimacha, Coushatta, Tunica Biloxi and Jena Band of
Choctaw tribes, through March 14.
books
Tuesday 27
MO WILLIAMS. East Bank Regional
Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1100. Children's author, Emmy-winning
writer with Sesame Street, artist and illustrator reads from his work.
Free admission. 11 a.m.
Sunday 1
FREDDI EVANS. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp
St., 539-9600. Local children's book author and storyteller presents program
as part of "Sundays at the O" series. Admission $10 adults, $5 students/seniors;
free for Ogden members, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
