This Week in Arts for Feb. 19, 2012

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A compilation of arts events for the week ahead.

SUNDAY, FEB. 19

• BATON ROUGE CAMELLIA SHOW: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Rural Life Museum, 4560 Essen Lane. The Baton Rouge Camellia Society features its 41 annual show. Free.
• ‘PRIDE AND PREJUDICE’: 2 p.m., Shaver Theatre, LSU Music & Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive, LSU campus. As Swine Palace productions. Tickets: $15-28. Tickets can be purchased at the LSU Union Theatre box office and the Reilly Theatre. On performance nights tickets will be on sale at the LSU Music & Dramatic Arts Box Office, Dalyrmple Drive.
• YUNG-CHIAO WEI DOUBLE BASS RECITAL: 3 p.m., LSU School of Music Recital Hall, Dalrymple Drive. Silent auction by the Baton Rouge Chinese Association, benefitting the Baton Rouge Chinese School. http://www.music.lsu.edu.

TUESDAY, FEB. 21

• LAGNIAPPE TOURS MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS: 6:45 a.m., coach leaves Mall of Louisiana. Mardi Gras excursion and lunch at the Pavillion Hotel, New Orleans. Foundation for Historical Louisiana event. FHL members $150, guests $175 per person. The coach returns to Baton Rouge at 7 p.m. Reservation [phone].

THURSDAY, Feb. 23

• EBR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ART SHOWCASE: 9 a.m., McKinley Middle Magnet, 1550 Eddie Robinson Sr. Drive. DeBose Fine Arts elementary schools performing arts exhibition. East Baton Rouge Parish Schools function.
• RIVER CITY JAZZ SERIES FEATURES HIP-HOP, JAZZ PIANIST: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Listening Room, Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre, 100 Lafayette St. Jazz/Hip-Hop pianist Robert Glasper in concert. River City Jazz series event. Reserved tickets $10. http://www.artsbr.org.
• GREGORY SIOLES FACULTY PIANO RECITAL: 7:30 p.m., LSU School of Music Recital Hall. Free.

FRIDAY, FEB. 24

• CREATIVE LOUISIANA: 9 a.m., Baton Rouge Little Theater, 7155 Florida Blvd. Guest speaker will be Marcus Lyle Brown, founder of Believe Entertainment.
• LSU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT: 7:30 p.m., LSU Student Union Theater. Featuring pianist Christopher O’Riley. $28, general admission; $19, faculty, staff and seniors; and $15, students with ID. [phone] or http://www.music.lsu.edu.
• SPEED-THE-PLOW: 7:30 p.m., Baton Rouge Little Theater Second Stage, 7155 Florida Blvd. Opening night. $15, general public; $10, students. [phone] or http://www.brlt.org.
• THE BIKINIS: 7:30 p.m., Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego. Musical by the Jefferson Performing Arts Society. Opening night. $30, adults. [phone] or http://www.jpas.org.
• THE QUEEN OF BINGO: 8 p.m., Manship Theatre, 100 Lafayette St. Comical play about two sisters who examine their lives during the course of a bingo game. $25. [phone] or http://www.manshiptheatre.org.

SATURDAY, FEB. 25

• LOOKING OVER THE PRESIDENT’S SHOULDER: 2 p.m., Magnolia Mound Plantation, Nicholson Drive. One-man dramatic presentation to mark Black History Month. Free. [phone] or http://www.friendsofmagnoliamound.org.
• TAMBOURINES TO GLORY: 7 p.m., State Police Academy Auditorium, 7901 Independence Blvd. The first production in UpStage Theatre’s 2012 season of “Telling Our Stories.” $20. [phone] or http://www.upstagetheatre.biz.
• SPEED-THE-PLOW: 7:30 p.m., Baton Rouge Little Theater Second Stage, 7155 Florida Blvd. $15, general public; $10, students. [phone] or http://www.brlt.org.
• OF MICE AND MEN: 7:30 p.m., SLU’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 220 E. Thomas St., Hammond. A National Players production. $30-$36. [phone] or http://www.columbiatheatre.org.
• THE BIKINIS: 7:30 p.m., Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego. Musical by the Jefferson Performing Arts Society. $30, adults. [phone] or http://www.jpas.org.
• THE QUEEN OF BINGO: 8 p.m., Manship Theatre, 100 Lafayette St. Comical play about two sisters who examine their lives during the course of a bingo game. $25. [phone] .

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