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theater
AS YOU LIKE IT. UNO Performing Arts Center, Thrust Theatre, 280-SHOW. UNO Department of Drama and Communications presents Shakespeare's comedy about four intertwined loves. Rusty Tennant directs Mikko, Michael Sullivan and Martin Covert. Tickets $8 general, $5 students/seniors. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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.
CHESS. Jesuit High School Auditorium, 4133 Banks St., 483-3877. Musical involving master chess and government agents, with rock score (written by members of ABBA) and plot drawing parallel between the game of chess and the Cold War. Tickets $12.50 reserved seating, $10 general. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
CRESCENT CITY. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Live recording of the radio program hosted by Ronnie Virgets, with house band Astral Project and comedy troupe Live Nude Radio Players. Musical guest Theresa Andersson, along with guests Angelo Brocato and Bruce Raeburn (who provides a history of Louis Prima). Tickets $13. 8 p.m. Tuesday.
DAS RHEINGOLD. Mahalia Jackson Theatre, Armstrong Park, 529-3000. The New Orleans Opera Association performs Richard Wagner's mythical tale based on Norse and Icelandic sagas and legends. Tickets $30-$100. 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday.
FIFTH OF JULY. Tulane University, Lupin Theatre, 865-5360. Lanford Wilson's drama about a loving, eccentric family gathering for a funeral. Carl Walker directs. Tickets $10 general, $6 students/seniors. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
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. 6 p.m. Sundays, through March.
A LESSON BEFORE DYING. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800. Dramatic reading of play adapted by Romulus Linney from Earnest Gaines' acclaimed novel about racial tensions in 1940s rural Louisiana. Tickets $10 general, $8 CAC members. 8 p.m. Friday.
THE LAST PRIVATE. Times Square Center Theater, 1320 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985) 542-9243. Command Performers present Jim Creel's dramatic tale about the final day of the Vietnam War and the last soldier to die that day. Tickets $10 adults and all tickets bought at door, $8 students/seniors in advance. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
LIFE WITH FATHER. North Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500. Comedy featuring a family working to get their father/husband baptized. Lori Bennett directs Rex Badeaux and Linda Wendle. Tickets $22 adults, $20 seniors/students. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.
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. 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 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. Gary Rucker directs 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.
OLIVER!. Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox St., Metairie, 885-2000. Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) presents Lionel Bart's musical based on the classic 1838 Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist. Michelle Pietri directs, Dennis G. Assaf conducts JPAS Broadway Pit Orchestra. Tickets $26 orchestra, $24 balcony, $12 students/seniors. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. (See Theater feature in this issue.)
THE PRODUCERS. Saenger Theatre, 143 N. Rampart St., 524-2490. Broadway in New Orleans presents Mel Brooks' comedy/musical about a downtrodden producer and mousy accountant scheming to stage a terrible musical. Susan Stroman directs Alan Ruck, Lewis J. Stadlen. Tickets $20-$62. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, through March 26.
WHEN YA SMILIN. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. The return of Ricky Graham's Big Easy Entertainment Award-winning comedy, a nostalgic look at 1950s New Orleans through the eyes of 10-year-old Paul Dufour. Graham stars and directs Sean Patterson, Becky Allen and Heidi P. Junius. Tickets $21 adults, $16 students/seniors. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through April 4.
art
galleries
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- New works by Joyce Hagen and Nell C. Tilton, through March 30.
AGORA 2240 Magazine St., 525-2240 -- Works on display by Charlotte Lewis, Pamela Steuart and Lynette Collins Walker.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Hommage to Ste. Anne, installation by Ersy, and recent assemblages by Al Souza, through March 27.
ASHE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070 -- They Drew What?!!, socio-political cartoons, drawings and paintings by 'Wale Adenle and John Slade, through April 2.
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.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Fibers of Life, exhibit featuring mixed-media sculpture by Rick Brunner, through April 10. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
CARROLL GALLERY Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb College/Tulane University, 865-5361 -- Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition #1: Angela Burks: From Man to Meat, and Althea Holden: Motile, through Friday. Closing reception 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
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.
COLLINS C. DIBOLL ART GALLERY Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave., Monroe Library Fourth Floor, 861-5456 -- Adversary, graphic design exhibit, through April 1.
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.
CHRIS GUARISCO DESIGN 3615 Magazine St., 896-7670 -- Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Flora & Fauna, St. Joseph's Day collaboration by Chris Guarisco and Cheryl Hayes, through March.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia St., 525-7300 -- In the Company of Strangers, works by Carlos de Villasante, through March. (Reviewed in this issue.)
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- Havana: Inside-Out, contemporary works by featured Cuban artists, through March 30.
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 -- Everyday Theater, works by David Lambert, through March 27; March of Dimes Poster Exhibition and Reception announcing the winning and honorable-mention entries in poster competition, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
LIONEL MILTON GALLERY 1818 Magazine St., 522-6966 -- Paintings and other works by Lionel Milton.
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 -- Metal sculpture by Bruce Larsen, through April.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Edward Rice: Paintings and Monotypes, through March 27.
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.
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.
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.
STAN RICE GALLERY 861 Carondelet St., 586-9495 -- Stan Rice: Recent Paintings, through April. (Reviewed in this issue.) SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Artificial Kingdoms, mixed-media paintings by Pam Longobardi, through March 30.
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
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE GALLERY 1519 Jackson Ave., 568-0770 -- Haïti Chérie: A Photographic Exhibit Celebrating 200 Years of Independence in Haiti and the Francophonie Week, by Christopher Porché West. Opens Wednesday through March 22.
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.
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 HISTORIC TRAIN GARDEN AT CITY PARK New Orleans Botanical Garden, City Park, 482-4888 -- Miniature replicas of New Orleans architectural styles crafted from botanical bits, plus small-scale trains and streetcars, all in garden setting. Permanent exhibit is included with regular admission to New Orleans Botanical Garden. Opens 10 a.m. Saturday.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- A Century of Splendor, French 18th-century furniture from the Kierr family, through March 14; Treasures for NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in the Decorative Arts, through March 14; Inner Cities, photographs by James VanDerZee, Alwyn Scott Turner, Robert Doisneau, and Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 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 Three, featuring works by Frank Gehry, Walter Anderson, Clementine Hunter, Charles Hutson, Mark Surloff, and Jorge Otero, plus recent acquisitions in Southern photography, through May 15.
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 9
DEBORAH MICHEL AND SUSAN WILLARD. Borders Books, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Medical experts discuss and sign When Dieting Becomes Dangerous, about the dangers of anorexia and bulimia. 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 10
SISTER DOROTHY DAWES AND DR. CHARLES NOLAN. The Catholic Book Store, 8039 Fig St., 861-7504. Authors sign and discuss Religious Pioneers: Building the Faith in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. 7 p.m.
Friday 12
KERRI MCAFFETY. Feelings Cafe, 2600 Chartres St., 947-3700. Faubourg Marigny Art and Books presents McCaffety signing her books: St. Joseph Altars, Obituary Cocktail, The Majesty of the French Quarter, The Majesty of St. Charles Avenue and Masking and Madness: Mardi Gras in New Orleans. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday 13
KERRI MCCAFFETY. Barnes & Noble, 1601 Westbank Expwy., Harvey, 263-1146. Author signs collection of books: St. Joseph Altars, Obituary Cocktail, The Majesty of the French Quarter, The Majesty of St. Charles Avenue and Masking and Madness: Mardi Gras in New Orleans. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday 14
JUDY CONNER. Residence, 906 Royal St., 523-4322. Faulkner House Books hosts party/salon celebrating Conner's book, Southern Fried Divorce. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
BARBARA NOWAK AND BEVERLY WICHMAN. Borders Books, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Authors sign book and offer wine tasting to accompany The Saucy Sisters' Guide to Wine. 4 p.m.
Monday 15
JASPER FFORDE. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Novelist signs and reads The Well of Lost Plots. 6:30 p.m.
Other Stories This Week in Arts & Entertainment:
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Art Review
Hearts and Minds
Theater Review
Reviewing His Situation
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