Saturday, November 7, 2009
6pm - 2am
FREE admission

The Three Ring Circus
1638 Clio Street, NOLA
504.569.2700
www.3rcp.com

The 4th Annual 504 What Style Rock Art Circus shines a spotlight on the New Orleans’
underground Rock-Art Scene on Saturday,
August 7, 2009, at The Three Ring Circus,
1638 Clio Street.

504 What Style Rock Art Circus anticipates more fans than ever before. This is a special year because it falls after Samhain and Dia de los Muertos, when the city is resting after Voodoo Fest and Halloween. This will also mark the first year that young, budding artists will be showing their work. Williams has opened this year’s entries to artists from age 5 and up.

Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Noon to 6 PM
20+ Visual Artists will be exhibiting
ASHE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
MUSIC By:
30 X 90, Dixie Rose, Hazel & The Delta Ramblers, Kelcy Mae, Margie Perez, Olga, Troi Bechet, LadyFest backup band Cori Waters on Drums, Cassandra Falconer on Bass, Estelle Campagne on Flute & Mimi Geste on Piano

Every LadyFest is a feast of delight to audiences. The artisans who will decorate the Ashe Community Center with their works of art will tempt you to take it all home and it is available. There is a donation at the door. And there will be a silent auction with works donated by Dr. Bob, Joe Dunn Arts of Royal Street, Carl Mack Presents and Stafford Tile and Stone. The festival is sponsored by the New Orleans Music Clinic Foundation.

Friday & Saturday, November 20 & 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 23, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
Advance Tickets-$15, At Door-$20

This Original Dance/Musical production showcases the best of Pop, Broadway and Hip-Hop in song and dance. Choreographed and directed by Griffin Collins and musically directed by Daniel Deshazo, the troupe is ready to move audiences with pure talent and Art."  The production includes a cast of high-spirited local artists from New Orleans and surrounding area universities who are coming together to express their love, drive, and passion for the arts.

WHEN: Saturday, November 14th, 2009 9:00p.m. - 1:00a.m.

WHERE: Tipitina’s Uptown 501 Napoleon Ave New Orleans, LA. 70115

Admission: $10 advance, $12 at the door.

Tickets available online through www.tipitinas.com
www.hiphopforhope.org

http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/contest
Grand Prize: $1,500
VIP Festival Pass ($500 value), March 25-29, 2010 Publication in the New Orleans Review Domestic Airfare and Accommodations to attend the Festival in New Orleans Public Reading Second Prize: $200, a Public Reading, and Festival Pass
Third Prize: $100, a Public Reading, and Festival Pass

Eligibility: Short stories, written in English, up to 7,000 words
Deadline: November 15, 2009 (postmark)
Entry Fee: $20

Unlimited entries per person
Only open to writers who have not yet published a book of fiction.

Presented by Adams & Reese LLP, Atmos Energy and Capital One Bank

Disney’s Broadway Smash Hit BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is back by popular demand just in time for the holiday season! Disney’s animated masterpiece attains new life and depth in this Tony Award-winning stage version. Step into the enchanted world of this modern Broadway classic that includes all the wonderful songs from the movie, as well as new ones created especially for the live show. The JPAS Production of DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is on stage Saturdays at 7:30PM and Sundays at 2PM, November 28 through December 13, 2009 at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox Street in Metairie. Tickets are $15 for children (12 and under), $20 for students (with valid ID), $25-30 for seniors (65+)/military and $30-35 for adults. Group Discounts for 10+ available! For tickets call 504.885.2000 or visit www.jpas.org to reserve your tickets today!

Several performers return to reprise their enchanted roles in this year's production including Janet Shea (Mrs. Potts), Scott Sauber (Lumiere), Jeffrey Martorell (Cogsworth), Keith Warren (Gaston), Matias Grau III (Lefou), Edward R. Cox (Maurice) and Jennifer Delatte (Madame de La Grande Bouche). Making their JPAS debuts, Kirsten Carmody stars as Belle and John North stars as the Beast. Robert Mulholland returns to directs this production once again with choreography by Lynne M. Lawrence and musical direction by Alan Payne with the JPAS Broadway Pit Orchestra conducted by Dennis G. Assaf.  For this season's production, JPAS is honored to have very special guest WWL TV anchor Sally Ann Roberts as the voice of the Narrator!

Glassell Gallery – Shaw Center, Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10-5   Saturday/Sunday 12-5
Photographer, Jill Moore, Printmaker, Melissa Graves and Graphic Designer, Philip Bastian will have a three artist exhibition in the Glassell Gallery December 15-18, 2009.  This show presents their thesis work which was developed and created during their last semesters at the LSU School of Art.  They will be graduating in December with Master’s Degrees in Fine Art.  Please join us to support and appreciate their accomplishments.  A reception will be held in the gallery on Thursday, December 17th from 6-8pm.  All events are free of charge and open to the public.  The exhibition titles follow:
BECOMING: Transformation and the Body, MFA thesis Exhibition by Melissa Graves

MARKETS RISING – a Philip Bastian picture
Philip Bastian: BIO - Born in 1985 in New Orleans, LA, Philip Bastian received his BA from Loyola University New Orleans in 2007.  He will receive his MFA from Louisiana State University in December 2009.  STATEMENT
Markets Rising is a thesis that incorporates video and the Internet to communicate with viewers, engage them, and inform them of the socially relevant topic of the 2007+ economic crisis.  I intend to visually interpret into the crisis in an artistic and accurate manner.

Join YA/YA for Oil Painting with Lara Mossler!

Fridays, Now thru November 20 

4pm-7pm 

338 Baronne Street, third floor 

Join YA/YA for an oil-painting workshop series beginning this Friday, October 23 and continuing every Friday from 4pm to 7pm through November 20. Create your own landscape, skyline, still life, or more with guest artist Lara Mossler. Workshops are held in the YA/YA Studio at 338 Baronne Street, third floor. All supplies and materials are included. 

Workshops are open to interested members of the public with or without prior artistic experience. Sessions cost $15, or $50 for the full series; free for current YA/YA artists and Friends of YA/YA.

ARTDOCS announces its Benefit Art Auction on November 19, 2009, 630pm-til, at the Hefler Warehouse (former Prospect.1 Biennial Welcome Center), 851 Magazine Street

ARTDOCS (Artists Receiving Treatment Doctors Offering Crucial Services) is a 501c3 charitable organization founded in New Orleans in 1999 by artist / gallery owner Jonathan Ferrara and Dr. Vincent Morelli to address the critical issue of artist healthcare.

For over ten years, ARTDOCS has provided medical care to artists in New Orleans and has treated over 2500 artist patients.

In order to have a healthy culture, we must have healthy artists. And in order to have healthy artists, we need a place for artists to turn to for their medical needs.

Caring For The Creative Soul

ARTDOCS offers much-needed medical care to visual artists, writers, musicians and other performing artists in need of routine and urgent health services. One of the first programs of its kind in the country, ARTDOCS gives members of the New Orleans creative community a place to turn to address their often-overlooked medical concerns.

I AM MY OWN WIFE
By Doug Wright
Directed by Carl Walker
Starring Bob Edes, Jr.
A Co-Production with All Kinds of Theatre
Based on a true story, I AM MY OWN WIFE is the hauntingly complex tale of the quietly dignified Charlotte van Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who not only outwitted the Nazis and Communists, but could spot a priceless antique at 100 yards. All Kinds of Theatre's Carl Walker directs Bob Edes, Jr. performing 34 characters in this must-be-seen-to-be-believed tour de force.