Culturally Speaking for Sept. 9

Tickets are on sale for Titanic the Musical, set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the LSU Union Theater, Raphael Semmes Drive on campus. The musical won five Tony Awards in 1997. The production is part of the theater’s Great Performances series. Also, tickets are on sale for MatheMagic!, featuring Bradley Fields, at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3, also in the Union Theater. The program is part of the theater’s Family Hour Series and incorporates magic, storytelling and comedy to engage children in math skills in problem-solving. For tickets or more information, call (225) 578-5128 or visit the website.

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Performances canceled

Due to the threats and delay of Hurricane Isaac, Swine Palace has chosen to cancel the two preview performances of its upcoming production, A Free Man of Color. These include the Wednesday, Sept. 19 pay-what-you-can performance and the Thursday, Sept. 20 sneak preview. A Free Man of Color will open at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in the Claude L. Shaver Theatre in the LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive on campus. Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne and LSU Provost Stuart Bell will present a special introduction to the performance. Evening performances of A Free Man of Color will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, and Tuesday through Friday, Sept. 25-28. Matinee performances will be at 2 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 23 and 30. Tickets are $15- $28. For tickets, call (225) 578-3527 or visit the website.

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Listening Room list

The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge’s 2012-13 season of Listening Room jazz concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, with alto saxophonist Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson in the Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. Other scheduled concerts in the series are:

• 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, jazz guitarist Mark Whitfield.
• 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, jazz bassist John Hebert.
• 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, Chilean jazz vocalist Claudia Acuna.
• 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2013, jazz pianist Amina Figarova.
• 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, 2013, jazz bassist Ben Williams.

Reservations are recommended, and reserved tickets are $10. Remaining seats at show time will be released on a pay-what-you-can basis with a suggested donation of $10. For reservations, tickets or more information, call (225) 344-8558.

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At Glassell Gallery

The exhibit, Social (dis)Order, will run through Sunday, Oct. 7, in the LSU School of Art’s Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Gallery in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. This new media invitational exhibition explores the power social network has over traditional social constructs. Admission is free. For more information, call (225) 389-7180.

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Sinfonietta tickets

Tickets are on sale for the Louisiana Sinfonietta’s opening concert for the 2012-13 season, set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, in the LSU School of Music Recital Hall, Dalrymple Drive, on campus. The concert also kicks off the Sinfonietta’s 30th anniversary season. Featured soloists will be pianist Maria Asteriadou, trombonist John Metcalf, violinist Espen Lilleslatten and trumpeters James West and Brian Shaw. The program also will mark the world premiere of Sinfonietta Director and Conductor Dinos Constantinides’ composition “Piano Concerto No. 2.” Also, Constance Navratil will host broadcasts of recorded Sinfonietta concerts at 9 p.m. Sundays on WRKF 89.3 in September. For concert tickets, email raulgomez1@gmail.com.

At LSU

The LSU School of Music has scheduled several events this week:

• 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, LSU Music Professor and flutist Katherine Kemler will perform in an LSU faculty recital with fellow professors, pianist Michael Gurt and oboist Johanna Cox, along with harpist Kimberly Houser, LSU School of Music Recital Hall, Dalrymple Drive. Tickets are $10, adults; $5, students and are available at the door. Proceeds benefit the LSU School of Music.
• 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, LSU Symphony Orchestra performs the first concert in its Beethoven Festival, a series of concerts featuring all nine Beethoven symphonies, LSU Union Theater. Carlos Riazuelo is the director. Tickets are $20, general admission; $17, seniors, LSU faculty and staff; and $12, students with ID. For tickets, call (225) 578-5128 or visit http://music.lsu.edu.
• 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, Christopher O’Riley recital, LSU School of Music Recital Hall. The host of National Public Radio’s From the Top will perform his own arrangements of selections by Radiohead, Pink Floyd and Joni Mitchell. Tickets are $28, general admission; $19, seniors, LSU faculty and staff; and $10, students. For tickets, visit http://music.lsu.edu.
• 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, LSU Wind Ensemble concert, LSU Union Theater. Tickets are $20, general admission; $17, seniors, LSU faculty and staff; $12, students with ID. For tickets, call (225) 578-5128 or visit http://music.lsu.edu.
• Tickets also are on sale for the LSU Opera’s production of Sigmund Romberg’s The New Moon, set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 25-27, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, in the Claude L. Shaver Theatre in the LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive on campus. Tickets are $30, general admission; $20, seniors, LSU faculty and staff; and $15, LSU students with ID. For tickets, visit http://music.lsu.edu.

At BR Gallery

Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive, is featuring the latest works in exhibits by four of its artist members in September: Leanne McClurg Cambric, Found Waiting; Kathryn Hunter, Water; Katherine Scherer, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; and Michaelene Walsh, Kin and Kind. The exhibits run through Thursday, Sept. 27, and admission is free. For more information, call (225) 383-1470.

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New artist members

Baton Rouge Gallery announces its annual call for new artist members. As a cooperative gallery, the existing artist membership makes artistic decisions. Currently, the gallery’s artist membership is made up of more than 50 professional artists ranging in media including fiber, print, drawing, glass, sculpture, painting and photography. Artists of all media may apply free of charge. The application deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 10. For an application or more information, call (225) 383-1470 or visit the website.

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At the Union Gallery

The exhibit Ancient Marks: The Sacred Origins of Tattoos and Body Marking will open Saturday, Sept. 15, at the LSU Student Union Gallery, Raphael Semmes Drive on campus. The show will run through Sunday, Nov. 4, and features photographs from ethnographic photographer Chris Rainier’s book Ancient Marks , historical tattoo tools from the collection of anthropologist Lars Krutak, as well as contemporary Louisiana tattoo artists’ collections. Krutak will present a lecture in conjunction with the program at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in the union’s Atchafalaya Room, and there also will be a showcase of southern Louisiana tattoo artists at a later date. The exhibit and programs are free. Also, the gallery’s College Poster Sale is set for 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, Sept. 24-28, in Free Speech Alley. For more information, call (225) 578-8256.

At Kress Gallery

A reception for an exhibit featuring artwork by muralists working with the BR Walls Project has been rescheduled for 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at Kress Gallery, Third and Main streets. Featured artists are John Wax, Katie Knoeringer and Michael Secor. The reception initially was scheduled for Aug. 30 but was postponed because of Hurricane Isaac.

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At the Archives

A collective show of artists will show through September at the Louisiana State Archives, 3851 Essen Lane, featuring work by Sara Bonar, Ty Hanes, Chase Innes, Linda Marr, Hydee Foreman, Yvette Creel and Danny Izzo. Hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free. For more information, call (225) 922-1000.

Musical tour set

The annual Natchez Festival of Music’s Musical Tour of Homes in Natchez, Miss., is set for 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. Homes will be announced later. Tickets are $25. Also, tickets are on sale for the University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s concert, “Romantic Giants,” featuring music by Wagner, Mendelssohn and Brahms in the Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center, 64 Homochitto St., Natchez, Miss. Tickets are $25. For tickets or more information, call (601) 445-2210 or visit the website.

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River Road deadline

The deadline is Monday, Sept. 17, for entries to the 43rd annual River Road Show, sponsored by the Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild. The show will run from Dec. 3 to Jan. 30, 2013, in the Louisiana State Archives, 3851 Essen Lane. The show is a national juried competition. The entry fee is $40 for three entries and $5 for each additional entry up to 10. For an application, entry requirements or more information, call (225) 753-0351, email rrs@laag-site.org or visit the website.

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New gallery open

Louis Deangelo Gallery, 16645 Highland Road, is a new art venue featuring work by local abstract artist Lou Deangelo and showcasing work by more than a dozen regional artists in various media, including Tony Mose, Billie Bourgeois, Carol Arabie and Carol Creel. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call (225) 250-7750.

Call for artists

Nov. 30 is the deadline for entries to the 2013 Brush With Burden Juried Art Show. Last year’s show drew more than 400 visitors. All media are accepted. The theme should be inspired by the landscape, structures, flora and fauna of The Burden Center, 4560 Essen Lane. New for 2013 is a Special Award for outdoor sculpture. Sculpture entries will be exhibited on the lawn of the Orangerie during the show. For more information, call (225) 343-2225 or email ginniebolin1@cox.net.

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Turner in Atlanta

Baton Rouge visual artist Christopher Turner will make his second appearance on digital billboards in the Billboard Art Project in Atlanta, Ga., from Saturday, Sept. 29, through Friday, Oct. 26. Earlier this year, Turner’s Tranquility and Pure Emotions collections were featured in Albany, N.Y. Turner’s painting “Live At the Square,” featuring one of the downtown trolley cars in support of Baton Rouge public transportation system, CATS, will be displayed on billboards in Atlanta. The Billboard Art Project presents uninterrupted, noncommercial viewings of work by local, national and international artists. ä ON THE INTERNET:

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Golden Pond tickets

Tickets are on sale for the Eunice Players Theatre’s production of Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond, which opens with a dinner theater performance at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Ruby’s Restaurant, next door to the theater, 221 S. Second St., Eunice. Performances will follow at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, and Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 26-29. There also will be a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Sept. 30. Tickets are $10 and an additional $15 for the dinner theater. For tickets, call (337) 546-0163 or (337) 457-2156 to charge by phone.

At the Hilliard

The exhibit, Kenn Kotara: Viaticus, will open Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, 715 St. Mary Blvd., Lafayette. Viaticus, meaning, “pertaining to a journey,” consists of 18 ceramic boxes that mimic the pattern of footprints in an undulating line. Native Louisiana plants grow through foot-shaped cutouts on the upper side of each of the ceramic containers. Also, artist Marjorie Brown Pierson will speak at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at the museum about her photographs documenting the wetlands.