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theater
THE ALTOS. Rocky and Carlo's, Sicilian Room, 613 W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, 277-SHOW (7469). Comedy murder-mystery spoof of The Sopranos. Rosa Di Giovanni directs. Tickets for show and dinner $25. Dinner 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays. Open run. (Reviewed in this issue.)
BEST KEPT SECRETS. Playmakers Theatre, 19106 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 893-1671. Mystery about four women who gather in a house for a weekend and a game reveals murder. Written and directed by Covington resident Peggy Aultmann. Tickets $10 general, $5 students. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through March 20.
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.
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF. Delgado
Community College, City Park campus, Drama Hall, third floor, 483-4817. Ntozake
Shange's "choreo-poem" about the inner feelings of African-American women.
Ann Mahoney directs Dana Webb, Idella Johnson, Nicole Francis and others. Tickets
$8. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
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. Sundays. Open run.
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 and Peter Orr co-star. 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.
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES. UNO Downtown Theatre (Scottish Rite Temple),
619 Carondelet St., 891-2626. The V-Day NOLA Worldwide Campaign prsents
this benefit production of Eve Ensler's play. Proceeds go to The Leanne Knot
Violence Against Women Prevention Project and The YWCA Rape Crisis Program. Tickets
sliding scale ($12-$20), available at Granada Books (4729 Magazine St.). 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 7.
art
galleries
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- New works by Joyce Hagen, through March 30. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
AGORA 2240 Magazine St., 525-2240 -- Works on display by Charlotte Lewis, Pamela Stevart and Lynette Walker. Opening art party 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturday.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Recent assemblages by Al Souza and Hommage to Ste. Anne, an installation by Ersy, through March 27. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
ASHE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070 -- They Drew What?!!, sociopolitical cartoons, drawings and paintings by 'Wale Adenle and John Slade, through April 2. Opening reception with book/print signing and artists' talk, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. 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 -- Immersed in Myth, new sculpture and drawings by Kristin Meyers, through March 27. (Reviewed in this issue.)
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.
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.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789 -- Wet Painting Exhibit,
works by participating artists, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. Event is in conjunction
with week of "paint-outs" featuring landscape artists painting at various sites
around the city. Call 861-4758 for details.
COLLINS C. DIBOLL ART GALLERY Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave., Monroe Library Fourth Floor, 861-5456 -- Adversary, graphic design exhibit, through April 1. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 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 NATALY AND ME 6071 Magazine St., 891-6173 -- Paintings, jewelry and other works by Russian artist Natasha Mylius.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- Havana: Inside-Out, contemporary works by featured Cuban artists, through March 30. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.
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. (Reviewed in this issue.)
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- Everyday Theater, works by David Lambert, through March 27. 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.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- Maestros de Plata: William Spratling and the Mexican Silver Renaissance, through May 23. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, with lecture by Dr. Penny C. Morrill at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Freeman Auditorium and 4 p.m. Friday at the Howard-Tilton Library's fourth floor.
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-- Glass and Print Garden Party, sculpture by Gerald Haessig, native flora prints by Pamela Conway Caruso and Janelle Trosclair, and Southern glass flower beads by Andrew Pollack, through March. Opening reception with artists' demonstrations 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
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.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ARTS GALLERY 2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition of mixed-media works by Debra Federico, through March 19.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 -- Photography and mixed-media work by Jason Ellis and Lauren Russell, through March 20. By appointment only.
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 Thursday.
LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY CENTER OF NEW ORLEANS 2114 Decatur St., 945-1103 -- Light Follows Darkness,
works by Shane Garner, through March.
WORLD TRADE CENTER 2 Canal St. , 581-4888 -- Celebrating the Art of Women,
juried exhibition of works by women artists, through March 20. Portion of
proceeds will benefit V-Day Organization. Opening reception featuring performance
by Amanda Shaw, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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.
museums
BACK STREET CULTURAL MUSEUM 1116 St. Claude Ave., 522-4806 --
Exhibit featuring select Mardi Gras Indian suits, through May 31.
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.
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 -- Treasures for NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in the Decorative Arts,
through March 14; 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.
books
Tuesday 2
JASON BERRY. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Author
discusses and signs latest book, Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power and Sexual Crisis in the Papacy of John Paul II.
Free. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday 6
JUDY CONNER. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-READ. Local author
reads and signs Southern Fried Divorce. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday 7
ROBERT NEWMAN. Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1724 Oretha Castle
Haley Blvd., 525-2767. Newman reads from his latest novel, Fountain at
the Center of the World, and
performs political comedy from his show "From Caliban to Taliban: 500 Years of
Humanitarian Intervention." Admission
$5. 4:30 p.m.
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