ART AND STAGE NEWS

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CAST and DNA Creations is teaming up to offer a Film Workshop in Mandeville.

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Music superstar Kid Rock will serve as Grand Marshal and headline performer for the 2009 Endymion Parade on Feb. 21, according to krewe Captain Ed Muniz, who will hold a press conference today at 10:30 a.m. to announce the lineup.

The Detroit native, known for his improbable mix of Southern rock, blues- and country-tinged ballads, and hip-hop, has sold 25 million records worldwide. He also became an international celebrity after his on-again, off-again engagement and marriage to Pamela Anderson, and their eventual break-up.

Doug MacCash / The Times-Picayune "Desire" by artist Monica Bonvicini.

If "Desire" had been planted in a weedy lot beside a flood-ravaged home it might have harmonized beautifully with New Orleans' recovery mindset. But perched in a lofty position atop the New Orleans Museum of Art, the pristine sign lacks poignancy, and reads like a calling card for the Faberge exhibit inside.

It began not too long ago, maybe a year, but has domino affected and is a problem, teens who "know more."

The New Orleans Photo Alliance is pleased to announce it's second annual PhotoGALA, a benefit party in support of the New Orleans Photo Alliance. Events will take place at the New Orleans Museum of Art on Thursday December 4, 2008 from 7-10 p.m.

Chris GrangerSix-foot-long, 4-foot-high streetcar artwork greets passers-by on Decatur Street beside Cafe du Monde. The Vieux Carre Commission voted 6-0 to allow the streetcar sculptures to be installed through May.

To the Vieux Carre Commission, some public artworks are more equal, or at least more acceptable, than others -- and the more original they are, it seems, the more problematic they become.

Two months after the commission rejected the Arts Council of New Orleans' proposal to install two original public art projects on French Quarter sidewalks, it has agreed to allow another organization to install four individually decorated but basically identical sculptures on other walkways.

This weekend was full of fun entertainment for the family, especially geared towards children.