theater
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.
I LOVE MY KIDS, BUT ... . Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The return of Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose's musings on life as a parent. RedBean co-stars. Tickets $19. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, through March 20.
THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940. Rivertown Repertory Theatre, 325 Minor St., 468-7221. John Bishop's comical mystery is directed by Gary Rucker and stars Leslie Limberg, Julie Vorus and others. Tickets $20 adults, $18 seniors/students, $10 kids; optional pre-performance buffet $16. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, through March 21.
YELLOWMAN. Southern Rep Theatre, The Shops at Canal Place, 365 Canal St., third floor, 522-6545. Return engagement of 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 $23, with student, senior, theater professional and group discounts. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday.
auditions
Saturday 28
ODD MAN OUT THEATER COMPANY. Sheraton Hotel, 500 Canal St., 813-3547. Theater
company holds auditions for all types and experience levels. Cold reads. 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
THE MUSIC MAN. Christ Episcopal Church, 1534 Seventh St., (985) 726-0487. Auditions for the musical require preparation of Broadway musical song, except those from The Music Man. Pianist provided. More info: rsaussaye@hotmail.com. 3 p.m.
art
galleries
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638 Clio St., 569-2700 -- Inventory, works by David Rex Joyner, through Sunday.
ACME GALLERY 5700 Magazine St., 891-0357 -- CarousElle, paintings by Marrus, through Monday, 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.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude, and As I See It, photographs by Greg Gorman, through Saturday.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709 Royal St., 299-1666 -- New paintings by Albert Hadjiganev and Patrick Pietropoli, plus recent works by contemporary French artists, through March.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Das Wunderkammer, works by Patrick Lichty, through Sunday; 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 work by other gallery artists, through March 6.
BRYANT GALLERIES 316 Royal St., 525-5584 --
Paintings and animatronic boxes by John Preble, through Sunday.
CITY ARTS STUDIOS 555 S. Galvez St., 821-5243-- Sculptures by Luis Colmenares,
plus works in various media by Robin Durand, Chad Moore, Scot Evert and other
artists.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St., 528-3805 -- Birdspace:
A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, group show of works in all mediums, through
March 21. (See A&E Feature in this issue.)
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 Saturday.
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 Sunday.
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, Mardi Gras collection of Arthur Hardy, and woodcarvings by Herbert Singleton, through Sunday.
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 Sunday.
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 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.
MAGAZINE STREET GALLERY 5207 Magazine St., 897-5330 -- Photographs from Nathaniel Lee Bareford's Opposing Positive and Metempsychosis portfolios, through Sunday.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Obsessive Masters, works on paper by Stephanie Borns, Orren Kickliter and Tom Huck, through Sunday.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- Spiritual Connections: A Black History Tribute, music and spoken-word performances with free food and giveaways. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday.
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 Sunday.
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 Saturday.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Strangers in Paradox, mixed-media paintings by Louis St. Lewis with lightboxes by Sean Yseult, through Sunday. (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, through Friday.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville St., 523-2342 --
Cajun Mardi Gras Riders, bronze sculpture by Stephen M. Gibson, through Saturday.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 -- Photography, paintings and mixed-media works by Lauren Russell and Jason Ellis, through Sunday.
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.
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 Sunday.
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 Sunday.
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 Wednesday; 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.
SYDNEY AND WALDA BESTHOFF SCULPTURE GARDEN New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- Five-acre outdoor collection of modern and contemporary sculpture is free and open to the public during museum hours.
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 and older residing in St. Tammany Parish. Call 985-882-3352 or email springart@I-55.com for eligibility information.
artists' resources
THE DARKROOM -- NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS 1927 Sophie Wright Place, 522-3211 -- Public-access laboratory, digital darkroom, traditional darkroom and community space for photographers.
books
Friday 27
EDDRA MERCHAND. The Afro-American Book Stop, 5700 Read Blvd., 243-2436. Author signs Balancing Acts. 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
J. ROBERT LENNON. NOCCA/Riverfront, Ellis Marsalis Jazz Studio, 2800 Chartres St., 940-2822. Novelist reads from new and recently published works, including latest book, Mailman. Lennon will also work with students at NOCCA in Artists-in-Residence Program. 7:30 p.m.
LESBIAN POETS. Fairgrinds Coffeehouse, 3133 Ponce de Leon Drive, 948-3222. Socializing,
reading and listening in monthly series featuring poetry of lesbian writers.
Saturday 28
FATHER ERNEST FERLITA. Catholic Book Store, 8039 Fig St., 861-7504. Loyola University professor signs In
the Light of the Lord: Daily Reflections for Lent & Easter. 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
VINCE MEGNA. Barnes & Noble, 3721
Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-4039. Author and consumer-rights
attorney discusses and sings his new book, Bring on Goliath: Lemon Law Justice
in America. 2 p.m.
