Tickets are on sale for Henry Rollins’ 50-state, 51 capital cities tour, Henry Rollins Takes on Capitalism, set for 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. Rollins will dish anecdotes gleaned and perspective gained from the road less traveled, sharing experiences from recent visits to other countries. Tickets are $30. For tickets or more information, call (225) 344-0334 or visit the website.
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Master guitarist Tommy Emmanuel will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Istrouma Baptist Church, 10500 Sam Rushing St. Tickets are $25-$45. For tickets, call (225) 819-4881 or visit the website.
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http://public.serviceu.com/Ticketing/event/
The first production in the LSU Opera’s 2012-13 season, Romberg and Hammerstein’s The New Moon, one of the last great Broadway operettas, set on the colorful New Orleans and Louisiana coast of the late 1700s, is set for Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 25-28, in the Claude L. Shaver Theatre in the LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive on campus. The season will continue with La Tragédie de Carmen on Nov. 16 and 18; The Turn of the Screw, March 21-24, 2013; and Impressions de Pelléas, April 19 and 21, 2013. Tickets for The New Moon are $30, general seating; $20, LSU faculty, staff and seniors; and $15, students. Season tickets are $94, general seating; and $64, seniors age 65 and older. For tickets or more information, call (225) 578-5128 or visit the website.
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http://www.music.lsu.edu
Registration is open for several classes at the Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild’s Studio in the Park, 2490 Silverest Ave.
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http:// www.laag-site.org
The Corn Maze at Burden will open the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22-23. Hours will be 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The corn maze will continue 4-7 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13 and 20, at the Burden Center, 4560 Essen Lane. The maze will feature the Zombie Balloon Launch, Straw Mountain, hayrides and photo opportunities with the Scarecrow in the Pumpkin Patch. Admission is $5. Refreshments available for purchase. Call (225) 763-3990.
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http://www.burdenhorticulturesociety.com
Tickets are on sale for The Importance of Being Earnest, which opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Baton Rouge Little Theater, 7155 Florida Blvd. The production will continue Thursdays through Sundays until Oct. 14. Tickets are $24, individuals; and $20 for groups of 10 or more. Student tickets are available for $12 with proof of student identification. Pay-what-you-can night is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. All donations are accepted, but a $5 minimum donation is suggested. Also, a sign language interpretation performance will be Sunday, Oct. 7. For tickets, call (225) 924-6496 or visit the website.
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Registration is open for 2012 fall classes at Baton Rouge Little Theater, 7155 Florida Blvd.:
To register or for more information, call (225) 924-6496 or email jlampert@brlt.org.
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The Denham Springs Fine Art Association is accepting new memberships for the member-only annual fall show Free To Be Me, set for Oct. 1-29 at the Denham Springs/Walker Branch Library, 8101 E. Florida Blvd., Denham Springs. Take in times are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, and 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at the library. The opening reception will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1. Winners will be announced at the reception. For more information, call (225) 665-5433 or (225) 665-2727.
Tickets are on sale for a performance by the contemporary Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, hosted by the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the Baton Rouge River Center Theatre for the Performing Arts, 275 St. Louis St. Tickets are $25-$30. For tickets, call (225) 766-8379 or visit the website.
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http:// www.ticketmaster.com
Tickets are on sale for the Cangelosi Dance Project’s October Fest/Contemporary Performance Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in the Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. Tickets are $16.50. For tickets, call (225) 344-0334 or visit the website.
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http:// www.manshiptheatre.org
The LSU Wind Ensemble will begin its fall 2012 season with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in the LSU Union Theater, Raphael Semmes Drive on campus. General admission tickets are $20, LSU faculty; staff and seniors $17; and $12 for students with I.D. Call (225) 578-5128 or visit the website.
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http://www.music.lsu.edu
Tickets are on sale for the third annual Swingin’ on the Levee event benefiting the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Nottoway Plantation, 31025 La. 1, White Castle. The evening will feature the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, Ned Fasullo’s Fabulous Big Band Orchestra and food by Chef Daniel Thompson. Tickets are $125. For tickets, call (225) 383-0500, ext. 100.
The Rolland Golden Gallery, 419 Main St., Natchez, Miss., will host the program, “International Crochet — Europe and Hairpin Lace” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. The evening will include wine, hors d’oeuvres and pastries, along with the program. Pre-registration is requested. Admission is $25. Those attending this event will receive a $10 credit toward the Hairpin Lace Class set for Thursdays, Oct. 4, 11 and 25 at the gallery. To register or for more information, call (985) 273-9090 or email lambert_carrie@yahoo.com.
The exhibit Celebrating the Romantic: Past and Present, featuring acquisitions of romantic jewelry from the early 20th century to the present, is showing at M. Schon Gallery, 415 Main St., Natchez, Miss.
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The St. Tammany Art Association, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, has scheduled several events in coming weeks:
The exhibit, Aquarellistes: Louisiana Watercolorists, will open Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, 714 E. St. Mary Blvd., Lafayette. The exhibit will feature work by Jo Ann Adams, Patti Adams, Monica Bishara, Susan Copping, Yvette Creel, Pio Lyons, George S. Loli, Vicki B. Monette, Diane C. St. Germain, Kathy Miller Stone, Sharon Weilbaecher, Janis R. Wilken and Sue Zimmermann. Also, the exhibit Louisiana Voices: Six Artists Speak to Us, will run through Dec. 8. The exhibit features work by Marjorie Pierson, Melissa Bonin, Linda Dautreuil, Lisa Osborn, Amy Guidry and Troy Dugas. Museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 9 a.m.-noon Fridays; and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call (337) 482-2278.
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http://museum.louisiana.edu
The Acadiana Center for the Art, 101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette, is featuring several exhibits:
For more information, call (337) 233-7060.
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http://www.acadianacenterforthearts.org
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal St., New Orleans, will host Concerts in the Courtyard, featuring Paul Soniat on Friday, Sept. 21; the Palmetta Bug Stompers on Friday, Oct. 10; and Jayna Morgan and the Sazerac Sunrise Jazz Band on Friday, Nov. 16. All concerts begin at 6 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door. For more information, call (504) 523-4662.
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http://www.hnoc.org
The exhibit, Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture, runs through Oct. 14 at Newcomb Gallery on the Tulane campus in New Orleans. Call (504) 865-5328.
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http://www.newcombartgallery.tulane.edu
The exhibit The Palm, The Pine and The Cypress: Newcomb Pottery of New Orleans will open with gala benefit hosted by the Friends of the Cabildo from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Madame John’s Legacy, 632 Dumaine St., New Orleans. The exhibit displays more than 50 glazed ceramics paired with archival photographs of Newcomb potters at work from the late 1890s through the 1940s. This is the first Louisiana State Museum exhibition held at Madame John’s Legacy since Hurricane Katrina, marking its return as a showcase for Louisiana decorative arts. Programs scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 22, include appraisals by noted arts and crafts expert and auctioneer David Rago and New Orleans art dealer Jean Bragg, tours of the exhibit, pottery-making and painting demonstrations and a luncheon in the Rex Room at Antoine’s restaurant. For more information, call (504) 429-3939.
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http://www.friendsofthecabildo.org
Several events are scheduled in September at the National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., New Orleans:
For more information, call (504) 528-1944.
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http://www.nationalww2museum.org
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