Culturally Speaking for Dec. 30

Auditions for Ascension Community Theatre’s production of the musical Amadeus will be 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, and 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at the Pasqua Theatre, 823 Felicity St., Gonzales.

The production is set to run March 7-10 and 14-17, 2013, and will be directed by Lorna Culmone Bourgeois. There are speaking roles for seven men and one woman. Servants and townspeople can be either gender and will have limited lines. Only mature actors are encouraged to attend; no children or persons under 16 should audition for this show. No monologues or other prepared speeches are needed. Come dressed in comfortable clothing as the “venticelli,” chorus will be required to learn and perform stylized movement. For more information, email lornaculmone@gmail.com.

Surreal Salon 5

Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, BREC’s Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive, will present Surreal Salon 5, the national juried exhibition of pop-surrealist and lowbrow art, engaging audiences with the work of 43 emerging artists from 18 different states.

The exhibition is free and open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Also, tickets are on sale for the gallery’s fifth annual Surreal Salon Soiree, set for 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, Surreal Salon 5’s special guest juror N.C. Winters will be the guest speaker at the gallery’s ARTiculate Artist Talk Series. Admission is free to the exhibit and the ARTiculate talk. For tickets to the soiree, call (225) 383-1470 or visit the website.

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At LASM

The Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 River Road S., has scheduled several events in January:

• 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, First Sunday. Admission is free.
• 11 a.m. Saturdays, Miss Trudy’s Traveling Trunk Show, Adalie Brent Auditorium.
• 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturdays, Doctor Spark, the Roving Explainer.
• Second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays, BASF Kids’ Lab for ages 6-12 and featuring a new activity each month. The lab schedule is 10:15 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 12 and 26, 2013, and 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 13 and 27, 2013. Participants can sign up on a first come, first serve basis.
• Through Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, the exhibit, LASM: 50 Years of Collecting.
• Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, opening of the exhibit, The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography.
• Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, opening of the exhibit, Gloriously Colorful Kodaks: Vintage Cameras from the Greg Milneck Collection.
• Through Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, the exhibit, Train Memorabilia from the LASM Collection.
• Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, opening of the exhibit, Animal Fair: Photographs from the LASM Collection.
• Showing in the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium: We Are Aliens! through June 30, 2013; Life of Trees through June 30, 2013; Digital Universe, through June 30, 2013; The Little Prince, through June 30, 2013; Rock the Dome, opening Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013; Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, ongoing.

For more information, call (225) 344-5272.

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At LSU MOA

The LSU Museum of Art in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St., has scheduled several events in January:

• Through Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, the exhibit, Trains, Planes, and Automobiles.
• Through Sunday, March 31, 2013, the exhibit, Louisiana’s Artist: Clementine Hunter.
• Through Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, the exhibit, Once Upon a Time.
• Through Sunday, April 7, 2013, the installation, Cascade of Color: Gabriel Dawe.
• 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, Free First Sunday. Admission is free.
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, Gallery Talk: Clarke J. Gernon. Admission is free.
• 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, Museum After Dark: Hail to the “King” Cake Cooking Demonstration.
• 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, opening reception for the exhibit, Practically Absurd: Art and Design by Peter Shire. Admission is free. The LSU Museum of Art, the Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery and the LSU Union Art Gallery, in conjunction with the LSU School of Art + Design and the LSU Department of Interior Design, will present a retrospective survey tracing Shire’s artistic career.

Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays; and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $5, adults and youths age 13 and older. Admission is free for LSU students with a valid ID and children age 12 and younger.

For more information, call (225) 389-7200.

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Ross tickets sold out

Tickets have sold out for the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra’s Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation Great Performers in Concert series, featuring Diana Ross on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at the Baton Rouge River Center Theatre for the Performing Arts, 275 St. Louis St. For more information, call (225) 383-0500, ext. 100.

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At Rosedown

Rosedown State Historic Site, 12501 La. 10, St. Francisville, will continue is series of “Garden Tour Fridays” with a guided tour at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. Admission is $10, adults ages 18-61; $8, seniors ages 62 and older; and $4, students, ages 6-17. Children age 5 and younger are admitted free. Garden only is $5 for age 18 and older. For more information call (888) 376-1867 or (225) 635-3110.

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Allen auditions set

Auditions for a new original production by choreographer Debbie Allen will be Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 5-6, 2013, in Baton Rouge Community College’s Magnolia Performing Arts Pavilion, 201 Community College Drive at Florida Boulevard at South Foster Drive. Skills in modern, jazz, ballet, tap and gymnastics are a plus. Audition times are:

Saturday, Jan. 5

• 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m., girls ages 8-11.
• 11 a.m.-noon, boys ages 8-12.
• 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m., girls ages 12-16.
• 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m., girls ages 17-26.
• 4 p.m.-5 p.m., boys ages 13-17.
• 5 p.m.-6 p.m., young men ages 17-26.
• Sunday, Jan. 6, call backs to be determined.

Arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled audition time for registration. The production is set for March 10-17, 2013, in the Magnolia Performing Arts Pavilion. For more information, call (225) 344-8558. For a registration form and audition requirements, visit the website.

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Leisure classes set

Registration is open for the Spring 2013 LSU Student Union Leisure Classes. Creative classes include “Watercolor Paintings: Flowers & Glass;” “Beaded Mosaics,” “Leather Crafting,” “Visual Poetry,” “One Stroke Painting: Fleur de Lis,” “Deco Mesh Wreaths: Mardi Gras,” “Beaded Mosaics and Mardi Gras Mask Workshop,” “Ballet,” “Latin Ballroom,” “Cha Cha” and “Foxtrot.” For a full catalog of classes, to register or for more information, call (225) 578-5119 or visit the website.

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Grease tickets

Tickets are on sale for the Runnels High School production of the Broadway musical, Grease, Fridays through Sundays, Feb. 22-24, and March 1-3, 2013, in the Runnels Theater. Friday and Saturday performances will be at 7 p.m., and Sunday matinees will begin at 2 p.m. Ann Dalrymple is the director with musical direction by sixth through 12th grade band director Jill Swetnam and vocal direction by chorus director Johnice Thoms. Runnels senior Madalyn Arboneaux is the stage manager. Advance tickets are $15, adults, and $12, students. All tickets are $20 at the door. For tickets or more information, call (225) 751-2192.

Films at Manship

The Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St., has scheduled several films in January:

• 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, Happy Feet. Ticket includes popcorn, juice or water and a small snack.
• 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
• 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, new indie film, Struck By Lightning, followed by an interactive question and answer session with actor Chris Colfer of Glee.
• 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, Ballet in Cinema, the Bolshoi Ballet’s production of Don Quixote.
• 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, new indie film, the documentary, Tchoupitoulas.
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, Opera in Cinema, Teatro Antico’s Nabucco.
• 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, and 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, January’s marquee indie release for Baton Rouge, A Late Quartet.
• Wednesday through Saturday, Jan. 16-19, 2013, Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival.

For tickets or more information, call (225) 344-0334 or visit the website.

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Photography exhibit

The Louisiana Photographic Society Exhibit will open Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at the Arts Council of Livingston Parish, 133 Hummell St., Denham Springs. The show will run through Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, and there will be a reception at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. The reception will be followed by seminars on the same day from noon to 2 p.m. Admission is free to all events. For more information, call (225) 664-1168 or email artscouncilofliv@bellsouth.net.

Comedy tickets

Tickets are on sale for Good Laughs for Goodwill at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013, featuring comedians Marvin Lee, Louis Russo, Blake Hebert and John Paul Morgan, at the Heymann Performing Arts Center, 1373 S. College Road, Lafayette. The comedy shows will be preceded by music performed by Courtney Blaire, Sid Melancon and C.J. Gauthreaux at noon and 5 p.m. For tickets, call (800) 746-3000 or (337) 291-5555 or visit the website.

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At Rivertown Theaters

Tickets are on sale for Rivertown Theater for the Performing Arts’ season announcement celebration, set for 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, in the lobby and the main stage, 325 Minor St., Kenner.

The celebration will include musical performances of next season’s shows, along with a sneak peek number from the musical, Class of 70 Something. There also will be food and an open bar. Tickets are $40. For tickets or more information, call (504) 461-9475 or (504) 468-7221 or visit the website.

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At Ohr-O’Kheefe

The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, 386 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, Miss., is showing several exhibits through May 2013: Dusti Bongé: Revisiting the Legacy, Lydia Thompson: Roots, Connections and Pathways and Terry Tjader: Ingrained in Wood. Also, the exhibit George E. Ohr: Selections from Gulf Coast Collections is ongoing. For more information, call (228) 374-5547.

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Shut Up tickets

Tickets are on sale for Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte!, which runs Fridays and Saturdays through Jan. 19, 2013, at Mid City Theatre, 3520 Toulouse St., New Orleans. The production is directed by Jeffery Roberson and stars Varla Jean Merman, Ricky Graham, Brian Peterson, Jack Long, Yvette Hargis and Michael Sullivan in a story that spoofs the film, Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte. There also will be a special performance at 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. For tickets, call (504) 488-1460 or visit the website.

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At the Joy Theater

Tickets are on sale for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, which opens Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, and runs through Sunday, March 3, 2013, at the Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., New Orleans. This will mark the first run of a theatrical production at the Joy Theatre. Tickets are $22.50-$35. For tickets, call (504) 528-9569 or visit the website.

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At NOMA

The exhibit, Lifelike, has been extended through Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, New Orleans. Also, the museum will start off the new year with new hours. Hours will be 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays; and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays. The museum also will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. For more information, call (504) 658-4100.

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At Callan Contemporary

Callan Contemporary, 418 Julia St., New Orleans, is featuring the exhibit, Michael Kessler: The Sense(s) of Abstraction from Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, through Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. For more information, call (504) 525-0518.

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Candide at Loyola

Tickets are on sale for the Loyola Opera Theatre’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in the Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall in the Communications Music Complex on the Loyola University campus in New Orleans. Tickets are $40, preferred seating; $25, reserved seating; and $15, Loyola students, faculty and staff. For tickets or more information, call (504) 865-2074 or visit the website.

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