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theater
AGNES OF GOD. Tulane University, Lab Theatre, McWilliams Hall, 865-5106.
Drama about a court-appointed psychologist determining whether a nun accused
of strangling her newborn is fit for trial. Janet Spencer directs P'Nina Mossman,
Jean Ann Douglass and Katie Holland. Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Tuesday-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 in the finale of this open-run
show. Fans are invited to bring memorabilia. Tickets $10, $8 students/seniors.
8 p.m. Monday.
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The
Producers Circle looks 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. 8 p.m. Wednesday.
THE HYSTERICAL HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS. Fine Arts Center, 3916 Baronne
St., 269-3922. A satire of New Orleans history and culture starring David
"The Nac" Naccari, Marion Wikholm and Mike Streckar, with pianist Bruce Hebert.
Admission $10. 9 p.m. Thursday.
A LESSON BEFORE DYING. Loyola University, Marquette Theater, 865-3824.
Based on Ernest Gaines' novel, which tells the story of a black teenager
in 1940s rural Louisiana accused of murder. Lane Savadove directs. Tickets $10
general, $7 students/seniors. 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, through March 15.
LET THE BROTHA TALK! Monkey Hill Bar, 6100 Magazine St., 899-4800.
Comedian RedBean delivers a one-man show as "the inappropriate relationship
and sex therapist." Admission $5. 8 p.m. Wednesday.
art
galleries
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638 Clio St., 569-2700 -- Inventory,
works by David Rex Joyner, through February. (See this week's "Hot Seven.")
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine
St., 899-8111 -- Dorothy J. Coleman retrospective exhibit, through Friday.
ACME GALLERY 5700 Magazine St., 891-0357 -- CarousElle,
paintings by Marrus, through March 1.
AGORA
2240 Magazine St., 525-2240 -- Works on display by Shmuela Berg, Susan
Brechtel, Elaine Gleason, John Kenny, Charlotte Lewis, Nell Mabry, Tony Mose,
Jerry Noto and Lynette Walker.
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, and As I See It, photographs by Greg Gorman, through
Feb. 28.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709 Royal St., 299-1666 -- New
paintings by Albert Hadjiganev and recent works by Michel Delacroix, Jean-Daniel
Bouvard and Jacques Godin, through February.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Das
Wunderkammer, works by Patrick Lichty, through Feb. 29; Immersed in Myth,
new sculpture and drawings by Kristin Meyers, through March 27.
BOCKMAN DESIGN 4513 Magazine St., 891-8785 -- Carnival 2004,
mixed-media works by Heather MacFarlane, paintings by Frahn Koerner, and photographs
by Shannon Brinkman, through March 5.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-0444
-- Abstracts by Ed Whiteman and works by other gallery artists, through March
6.
BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St., 525-5584 -- Paintings and
animatronic boxes by John Preble, through February.
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 Friday. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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 Thursday.
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.
GALLERY CLAIBORNE 2109 N. Claiborne Ave., 949-5300 -- First
Offerings, photographs by Gus Bennett, and Eclectic Images, photographs
by Eric Waters, through Feb. 28.
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 -- Group show by
gallery artists including Edward Povey and Michelle Gagliano, through February.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters St., 566-1944 -- Tony
Green Does Mardi Gras, works by Tony Green, plus photographs by Stephen
Forster and Skip Bolen, the Mardi Gras collection of Arthur Hardy, and woodcarvings
by Herbert Singleton, through February.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- Disappearing
Acts, works by Kathleen Ariatti Benton, through Friday.
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.
L'ART NOIR NEW ORLEANS GALLERY 906 Mazant St., 944-2662 -- Bad
Love and Valentines, comic art exhibit featuring works by Caro Caron, Richard
Suicide and Josh Simmons, through March 15.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- Artists in Detail,
paintings by Charles Barbier, 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 -- Photographs
from Nathaniel Lee Bareford's Opposing Positive and Metempsychosis
portfolios, through February.
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.
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, through
March 19.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS AND PRINTMAKING STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277
-- Celestial Wonders, glass sculpture by Stephen Williams, orbital sky
prints by Frank van den Ham, and musical mobiles by Skippy Strain, through February.
POET'S GALLERY 3113 Magazine St., 899-4100 -- Valentine Mourning,
dolls and photography by Christy Kane and painted manipulations by Flynn De
Marco, through March.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 -- Happy to
Be Chives, group show by local artists including Al White, Donald Miller
and Cree McCree, through Feb. 28.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Strangers in
Paradox, mixed-media paintings by Louis St. Lewis with lightboxes by Sean
Yseult, through February.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ARTS GALLERY 2000 Lakeshore Drive,
280-6493 -- Scenic Themes, photographs by Christine Catsifas and Kyle Riedel,
through Feb. 27.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville St., 523-2342 -- Mardi
Gras Riders, bronze sculpture by Stephen M. Gibson, through Feb. 28.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 -- Photography,
paintings and mixed-media works by Lauren Russell and Jason Ellis, through February.
WINDSOR FINE ART 313 Royal St., 586-0202 -- Original works, limited-edition
serigraphs and more by Royo, through Wednesday.
spare spaces
JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY EAST BANK REGIONAL 4747 W. Napoleon Ave.,
Metairie, 838-1100 -- Collage: Three Hundred Years of French
Peoples in Louisiana, traveling exhibit from the Louisiana State Museum,
through March 5.
LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY CENTER OF NEW ORLEANS 2114 Decatur St., 945-1103
-- Light Follows Darkness, works by Shane Garner, through March 31.
call for artists
BAYOU LACOMBE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPRING ART EXHIBIT -- Inviting
submissions for annual art show in April; entry is open to artists 18-up residing
in St. Tammany Parish. Call (985) 882-3352 or email springart@I-55.com
for eligibility information.
museums
BACK STREET CULTURAL MUSEUM 1116 St. Claude Ave., 522-4806 -- Exhibit
featuring select Mardi Gras Indian suits, through May 31.
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.
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.
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
DENISE MCCONDUIT. Louisiana Children's Museum, 420 Julia St., 523-1357.
Author reads from and signs copies of her new book, D.J. and the Debutante
Ball. 11 a.m. to noon.
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