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theater
AMAZING PLACE, THIS NEW ORLEANS. True Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 945-6789. Roberts Batson's solo performance about the history and characters that helped shape New Orleans, based on his Scandal Tours. Tickets $20. Performances 4:45 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays. Open run.
AUNTIE MAME. North Star Theatre, 347 Gerard St., Mandeville, (985) 626-1500. An orphaned 10-year-old boy is sent to live with his aunt in 1930s New York City. Lori Bennett directs Anne Pourciau. Tickets $22.95 general, $19.95 seniors, $10.95 children 10-17. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through April 12.
THE BLACK & WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Original, Big Easy Award-nominated musical about waiters and the service industry returns, written by Harry Mayronne Jr. and Ricky Graham. Tickets $20. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Open run.
THE FOREIGNER. Rivertown Repertory Theater, 325 Minor St., Kenner, 468-7221. Comedy with group of devious characters forced to deal with a stranger who speaks no English. Gary Rucker directs Greg DiLeo, Mike Mallory, Julie Vorus and Amy Alvarez. Tickets $20 adults, $18 seniors and students, $10 children 6-12. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
FULLY COMMITTED. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Local return of off-Broadway comedy (and Big Easy Award nominee) about a struggling actor working at an upscale Manhattan restaurant. Carl Walker directs Sean Patterson in a one-man show. Tickets $26. Performances 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday, through April 6.
THE HOUSE OF YES. The A.R.K. Collective, 511 Marigny St., 864-0357. Evolving Door Productions presents Wendy MacLeod's dark comedy about a dysfunctional family grappling with one son's engagement announcement during a stormy Thanksgiving weekend. Sarah Clifford directs Genevieve Hardison, Leah Loftin, Nicholas Brown, Andy English and Claudia Baumgarten. Tickets $15 general admission, $12 students, pay-what-you can Sunday performances. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday.
I SUDDENLY KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER! Shim Sham Club, 615 Toulouse St., 606-9903. Running With Scissors' comedy set in 1972 New York of a stage director struggling to present a Tennessee Williams work. Written by Flynn De Marco and Richard Read; starring Elizabeth Pearce, Jim Jeske, Dorian Rush, Brian Peterson and others. Opening night presented by Mystic Krewe of Satyricon; opening night tickets $20, purchase by calling 525-4498. Regular tickets $15. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through April 12.
LATE NIGHT CATECHISM. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, Directors Studio, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. The "Sister" teaches
an adult catechism class and alternately rewards and chastises her students.
Amanda Hebert stars. Tickets $26. Call box office for showtimes. Open run.
LIABILITY. University of New Orleans, Performing Arts Center Lab Theatre, 280-SHOW (7469). UNO Department of Drama presents Anne Bertram's one-act play of two legal temp workers discovering their firm's secrets. Debbie Delaney directs Jordan Scott, Bashirah Perine and Chris Falk. Tickets $8 general, $5 seniors and students. Performances 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
A MORE CONGENIAL CLIMATE: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS IN NEW ORLEANS. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800. CAC artist in residence Dog & Pony
Theatre Company presents a composite of Tennessee William's life in New Orleans
as told through interviews, short stories and poems from the playwright. Scott
M. Jefferson and Billy Slaughter star. Tickets $10 CAC members and advance, $15
at door. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through March 28.
QUEEN OF BINGO. True Brew Theater, 200 Julia St., 362-4451. Comedy about two sisters who play bingo to make up for what is missing from their lives. Dane Rhodes directs Becky Allen, Sandy Bravender, Doris Methe and Michael Sullivan. Tickets $22.50. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Open run.
THE ROSE TATTOO. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081. Official production for the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival about a widowed Sicilian seamstress getting a second chance at love. John Grimsley directs Shelley Poncy, Michael Arata and others. Tickets $21. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through April 6.
SHIM SHAM REVUE. Shim Sham Club, 615 Toulouse St., 299-0666. Recreations
of famed "Southern Belle" act by 1940s Bourbon Street exotic dancer Kitty West, and "Dance of the Orient" by
1950s-60s dancer Wild Cherry. West's choreography directed by Bella Rose, Cherry's
dance recreated by Mademoiselle Nicola. Flynn De Marco appears as emcee Danny
Martini. Tickets $17 advance, $20 door, $15 students. Performances 8 p.m. and
10 p.m. Sunday, through June 1.
SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Set in 1973 in a rundown bar that houses an eclectic group of outcasts from society. Part of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. Stacey Arton directs Maggie Eldred, Dane Rhodes, Martin Covert, Veronica Russell. Tickets $21 evening shows, $19 matinees. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through April 5.
TENNESSEE SPEAKS IN TONGUES FOR YOU (OR THE 3 1/2-CHARACTER PLAY). True Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. Comedy with playwright Tennessee Williams waking up one morning to find his tongue replaced by a parasite. Written and directed by R.J. Tsarov; starring Bob Edes, Steve Zissis and Diana Shortes. Tickets $20, $12 students and service-industry workers. 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday, through April 13.
UNCLE EARL. Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324. Writer/director George Sanchez presents a comedy-biography of Earl K. Long, the man and the politician. Jack Cerny plays Long. There will be a special matinee performance Sunday, March 16. Tickets $20 general, $5 for 18-and-under. Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Self-portraits show with works by 45 artists, through April 1.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233 -- Debutante Salon, paintings by Kat Fullilove, and jewelry by Ashley King, Steffany Appleton and Betsy Meyers, through March.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St., 522-1999 -- Joint showcase
of works by photographer Debbie Fleming Caffery, and painters Francis X. Pavy
and Elemore Morgan Jr., through March 29.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- On the Verge, political
show of paintings and sculpture by William Warren and Pati D'Amico, through
March 29.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233 Chartres St., 529-9811 -- Apariciones, photographs by Jack Spencer, through April.
BREWER LANDRY GALLERY 2022 Magazine St., 522-2022 -- Folk, Fine and Pop Art, group show of mixed-media works by Rachelle O'Brien, Princess Ramona and Jacques Murphree, blues and folk art by Susan Landry, through March.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Mixed-media works by Billie Bourgeois, fused glass by Anastasia, through March.
CARABAUX GALLERIES 3646 Magazine St., 894-1588 -- Paintings by John Huggett, through March.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130 -- Group exhibition featuring gallery artists, through March.
CARROLL GALLERY Tulane University, 865-8710 -- Works by Andrea Freel, Andrew Katz and Michael Richardson, through March 28.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789 -- Group show of Plein Air painters including Delach, Durand, Kelso, Stanford and Sandusky, through March.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp St., 523-1216 -- Baby-Boom Daydreams, The Art of Douglas Bourgeois; Made in California, selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection, through March.
CRESCENT GALLERY 531 Wilkinson Row, 525-5255 -- November in Louisiana and France, recent paintings by Rolland Golden celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase, through March 27.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 -- Ceramic sculpture by Mark Chatterley, through March.
DUQUE ART CENTER 3218 Magazine St., 899-4554 -- Landscapes and Flowers, works by Gustavo Duque; recent paintings by Matilde Alberny and Laxman K., through May.
ENTERTAINMENT GALLERIES 537 Royal St., 588-1777 -- Commemorative retrospective of works by Al Hirschfeld.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St., 897-2688 -- Works by gallery artists, through March.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241 Chartres St., 568-1313 -- Sex and Landscapes, photographs by Helmut Newton, through May 15. (Reviewed in this issue.)
*HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211 -- Works by painter Mackenzie Thorpe, through March.
J. PIERRE FINE ART GALLERY 1562 Magazine St., suite 5, 586-1997 -- Jazzin' on Magazine, paintings, sculptures and monoprints by Jamar Pierre, through March.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet St., 522-5471 -- In Between, paintings and other works by Sandy Chism, through March 29.
KURT E. SCHON 510 St. Louis St., 524-5462; 523 Royal St., 523-5902 -- Landscape paintings by Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg, through March.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St., 522-5988 -- Adams, Eves and Others, new
paintings by Alan Gerson, through March 22.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS 720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- Recent
paintings of singer Madonna by Donna Lief, through April.
MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3908 Magazine St., 895-8731 -- Group show featuring gallery artists, through March.
MARTIN LAWRENCE GALLERY 709 Royal St., 588-9020; 433 Royal St., 299-9055 -- Rare works by Picasso, Chagall, Miro and Renoir, through March.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- Dey Name Your Wrong, Queen,
drawings of "Eves" by Ibahim Washington, through March.
NEWCOMB ART GALLERY Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, 865-5361 -- Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution, through June 15.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT 2800 Chartres St., 940-2787 -- New montage work by Lynda Frese and bricolage by Shawne Major, through March 21.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS, PRINTMAKING AND METAL STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Rock sculptures by Curtiss Brock, metal wind chimes by Skippy Extraordinaire, glass frogs by Stephen Williams, through March.
POET'S GALLERY 3113 Magazine St., 899-4100 -- Dolls: Puppets, Poppets, Automatons, and Homunculi, exhibition of dolls and doll-related artwork by various artists, through March 22.
ROBERT GUTHRIE GALLERY 922 Royal St., 552-4511 -- 2003 Washington, D.C., Mardi Gras Ball poster and other works by Robert Guthrie, through March.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY 3420 Magazine St., 894-4444 -- New Orleans Expressions, group show featuring works by New Orleans artists, through March 23.
SHANNON C. FOLEY FINE ART 3935 Magazine St., 891-3235 -- Works by Fritz Bultman, through March.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 -- Bible Study, paintings by Spencer Livingston, through March.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center, 201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Tapestries of Life, Series I1, works by Alonzo Davis and Peter Wayne Lewis, through March 27.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624 Julia St., 566-1390 -- Works by Joe Kight and Michael Thrush, through March 29.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia St., 522-2000 -- Recent paintings by Tom Francis; Picture Moments, paintings by Ivan Pazlamatchev; and Blue, mixed media by Michel Varisco, through March 22.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ART GALLERY 2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, works by Jessica Goldfinch, through March 28.
THE UPHILL GALLERY 1500 Gov. Nicholls St., 539-9600 -- Wood carvings by Ya/Ya artists and students from Fannie Lou Hamer Charter School; Ogden Museum Education Collection; St. Mark's Community Center art program works, through March.
VINCENT MANN GALLERY 713 Bienville St., 523-2342 -- Barbizon School, paintings by Alexander Defaux and Lucien Griveau, through March
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline St., 949-1805 -- Supply and Demand, computer-generated paintings by David Sullivan, through April 5.
WILLIAMS & JOSEPH GALLERY 713 Royal St., 566-7009 -- Glass work by Leon Applebaum, paintings by Jaline Polw and Jay Miller, metal sculpture by Debusk, through June 1.
WYNDY MOREHEAD FINE ARTS 3926 Magazine St., 269-8333 -- Works on paper exhibit by David Smith-Harrison; works by gallery artists, through March.
spare spaces
FIRST GUARANTY BANK 400 E. Thomas St., Hammond, (504) 375-0343 -- Photographs by Errol Daigle, through March.
PAMPERED SOUL & BODY DAY SPA 4826 Magazine St., 895-5333 -- Hidden Imagery, recent paintings by Tama Distler, through March.
museums
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990 -- Exhibit celebrating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase, through 2003.
LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS 7 Bamboo Road, 488-5488 -- Sabbatical Saunterings of Edith and Edgar Stern, 1936-1937, through July 6.
NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM OF ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 527-0989 -- A Knock at Midnight, group show of artwork based on the Martin Luther King Jr. sermon, through May 4; Louisiana/Congo, costumes, beadwork, sculpture and more from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- The Masterful Art of the Transfer Print, 250 Years of American, British and Continental Ceramics, through July 13; Subject and Creator: Women in Edo-Period Japanese Painting, through June; Visions From the Soul, The Woodcuts of Hans Friedrich Grohs, through May 4.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola Ave., 596-2567 -- A Great and Growing City: New Orleans in the Era of the Louisiana Purchase, through 2003.
PITOT HOUSE 1440 Moss St., 482-0312 -- A Louisiana Legacy, celebrating James Pitot's election as mayor after the Louisiana Purchase, through May.
LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM'S PRESBYTERE 751 Chartres St., 568-6968 -- The Golden Age of Costume Design, through August 2003.
books
Wednesday 19
GEN AND KELLY TANABE. Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie,
455-4929. Authors sign and discuss Get Free Cash for College, a guide for parents and students to finding scholarships, financial aid and more. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Thursday 20
SUSAN WILLARD AND DEBORAH MICHEL. Tulane University, Richardson Hall, Anna E. Many Lounge, 865-5238. Professors/authors discuss topics from their new book When Dieting Becomes Dangerous: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Anorexia and Bulimia. Free admission. 4 p.m.
FRENCH QUARTER FICTION: THE NEWEST STORIES OF AMERICA'S OLDEST BOHEMIA. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266. Readings and signings by various authors included in short-story compilation, French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia.
Free admission. (See A&E Feature in this issue.)
PATRICIA CORNWELL. Books-A-Million, Oakwood Mall, Gretna, 364-1070. Author signs copies of Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper. Free admission. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
PAULA MORRIS. Maple Street's Old Metairie Book Shop, 200 Metairie Road, Metairie, 832-8937. Author signs and discusses her novel Queen of Beauty, partially set in New Orleans. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Friday 21
ANN CHARTERS. Beaucoup Books, 5414 Magazine St., 895-2663. Editor Ann Charters reads and signs The Portable Sixties Reader, a work examining the literature of the counterculture. Event includes 1960s-themed party. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
FRED WESLEY JR. Dillard University, Stern Auditorium, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., 283-8822. Famed trombonist (James Brown, JB's) appears as part of New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation's Tom Dent/Congo Square Lecture Series to give talk and sign autobiography Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman. Free admission. 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 22
T. COOPER. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie,
455-5135. Author Cooper, a former Metairie school teacher, signs debut novel Some of the Parts. Free admission. 2 p.m.
CHRISTOPHER SEMBERA. Barnes & Noble, 1601B Westbank Expwy., Harvey,
263-1482. Local author discusses and signs book H3: Health, Healing and Happiness: The Complete Guide to Holistic Healing. Free admission. 3 p.m.
PHOEBE GLOECKNER. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial
Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135. Author/graphic artist signs novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Free admission. 5 p.m.
MIKE TIDWELL. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-READ (7323). Travel/environmental writer signs and discusses his book Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast. Free admission. 7 p.m.
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Sister Act
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