Culturally Speaking for June 3, 2012

‘A Night at the Museum’ tickets go on sale for June 16 event

George Schmidt’s William Woodward Painting in the French Quarter is featured in the exhibit "Satire, Scandal, and Spectacle: the Art of George Schmidt," which has been extended to Saturday, June 9, at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, 715 E. St. Mary, Blvd., Lafayette.

Tickets are on sale for the Capital Park Museum's second "A Night at the Louisiana State Museum," set for 7-10 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at the museum, 600 N. 4th St. This year's theme is "The Kingfish Returns!". The event is a fundraiser hosted by the Friends of Louisiana State Museum, blending art, culture and history. Tickets are $40 in advance, $35 for members of Friends of the Louisiana State Museum and $50 at the door. For tickets, call [phone] or visit the website.

On the Internet: http://lsmf-autohome.eventbrite.com

Treasures continues

The Treasures of Pointe Coupee community art exhibit continues from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at the Julien Poydras Center, 500 W. Main St., New Roads. The exhibit, featuring work by local artists, along with the Petit Gallerie will be open. The event is presented by the Arts Council of Pointe Coupee. Admission is free. For more information, call (225) 638- 6049.

Longstocking tickets

Tickets are on sale for Playmakers of Baton Rouge's summer musical production of Pippi Longstocking, set for June 15-24 in the Reilly Theatre, Tower Drive, LSU campus. Also, registration is continuing for Playmakers' summer camps. For tickets or to register, visit the website.

On the Internet: http://www.playmakers.net

What's Up, Doc?

The exhibit What's Up, Doc?: The Animated Art of Chuck Jones will open Sunday, June 10, in the LSU Student Union Art Gallery, Raphael Semmes Drive on campus. The show will run through July 29 and is on loan from the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. Jones worked with Warner Bros. Studio, creating award-winning Looney Tunes cartoons. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, call [phone].

On the Internet: http://www.lsu.edu/union

Astronomy camp set

Registration is open for Out of This World Astronomy Camp for ages 7-9, set for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 18-22, at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 River Road S. The fee is $110 for museum members and $125 for nonmembers. To register, call [phone], ext. 142.

On the Internet: http://www.lsam.org

BRLT tickets

Tickets are on sale for Baton Rouge Little Theater's Follies celebrating 50 years of musicals at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at the theater, 7155 Florida Blvd. First Class tickets are $30; VIP tickets are $50. Tickets also are on sale for the theater's summer musical South Pacific, which opens Friday July 6, and runs Thursdays through Sundays until July 29. Tickets are $29, individual; $24, subscribers; and $14, students. Group rate tickets are $25. For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

On the Internet: http://www.brlt.org

Music Man tickets

Tickets are on sale for Ascension Community Theatre's production of Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man, set for Thursdays through Sundays, July 12-15 and 19-22, at the Pasqua Theatre, 823 Felicity St., Gonzales. Tickets are $15-$30. For tickets, call [phone] or visit the website.

On the Internet: http://www.ascensioncommunitytheatre.org

Color Purple tickets

Tickets are on sale for New Venture Theatre's production of the hit Broadway musical The Color Purple, set for July 19-22 and 26-29, at Independence Park Theatre, 7800 Independence Blvd. Tickets are $20. For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

On the Internet: http://www.newventuretheatre.com

At the Masters Gallery

The Masters Gallery, 8775 Jefferson Highway, is featuring artwork by South American artist Sandra Olivera in June. Olivera's works have been exhibited in Bogota, Columbia, and Montreal, Canada. The Masters Gallery is showing an exhibit of her latest work. The gallery also features work by numerous noted South American artists. For more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

On the Internet: http://www.themastersgallery.com

At LSU MOA

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

• Through July 22, the exhibit, Tale of Two Cities: Eugene Atget's Paris and Berenice Abbott's New York.
• Through Aug. 26, the exhibit, Faces of Pride: Elizabeth Catlett.
• Through Oct. 7, the exhibit, Outside the Frame: Gregory Scott.
• Through Feb. 10, 2013, the exhibit, Once Upon a Time.
• Through April 7, 2013, the installation, Cascade of Color: Gabriel Dawe.
• 1-5 p.m. Sunday, June 3, Free First Sunday. Admission is free.
• 2 p.m. Sunday, June 3, Gallery Talk: Tom Neff. Admission is free.
• 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 9, Second Saturday, "Imagine-If."
• 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9, Artist Demonstration: Marian Pyle. Admission is free.
• 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21, Museum After Dark: Louisiana Culinary Institute Cooking Demonstration.

For more information, call [phone].

On the Internet: http://www.lsumoa.com

At LASM

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

• 1-4 p.m. Sunday, June 3, First Sunday. Admission is free.
• 7:15-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, astronomical event, Transit of Venus.
• Through June 30, a sneak peek at the exhibit Digital Paintings by John F. Simon.
• 11 a.m. Saturdays, Miss Trudy's Traveling Trunk Show.
• 12:30-2:30 p.m. Saturdays, Doctor Spark, the Roving Explainer.
• June 30-Sept. 23, the exhibit Digital Paintings by John F. Simon.
• Through Sunday, June 24, the exhibit, The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.
• Through Sunday, June 24, the exhibit, Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky from the LASM Collection.
• Through Aug. 31, the exhibit Hubble's Magnificent Universe: Images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
• Showing in the Irene W. Planetarium: "Wildest Weather in the Solar System" through Nov. 21; "Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef" through Nov. 21; "We Choose Space" through Nov. 21; "Wild Ocean" through Oct. 31; "Led Zeppelin" and "Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon," both ongoing.

For more information, call [phone].

On the Internet: http://www.lasm.org

Poster contest

The Best of the Bayou festival is seeking artists to design a poster for the inaugural event set for Sept. 29-30 in downtown Houma. The poster contest is open to professional and amateur artists, age 16 and older, born or living in Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish and surrounding bayou parishes. The entry deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, June 15. The winning artist will receive $500. For entry requirements or more information, call [phone], email [e-mail] or visit the website.

On the Internet: http:// www.bestofthebayou.org

Exhibit extended

The exhibit, Satire, Scandal, and Spectacle: the Art of George Schmidt, will remain open until Saturday, June 9, at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, 715 E. St. Mary Blvd., Lafayette. 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, all [phone].

On the Internet: http:// www.museum.louisiana.edu

At Ohr-O'Keefe

The Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, 386 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, Miss., will open three new exhibitions Tuesday, June 12, in three different locations. A free artists' reception at the museum is set for 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, July 12, which also is the 155th anniversary of George Ohr's birthday. The exhibits Trailer McQuilkin: An Uncommon Beauty will open in the Mississippi Sound Welcome Center; Geoff Mitchell: Chaos at the Confessional will open in the IP Casino Resort Spa Gallery and The Art of Eugene Martin: A Great Concept will open in Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Gallery/Gallery of African American Art. For more information, call [phone].

On the Internet: http://www.georgeohr.org

At the WWII museum

The National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., New Orleans, has scheduled several events in June:

• Showing hourly between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, and 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Beyond All Boundaries, Solomon Victory Theater.
• 6 p.m. dinner seating, 8 p.m. show only, Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2; 11 a.m. brunch seating, Sunday, June 3, Sentimental Journey - Dine and Dance with the Victory Big Band, The Stage Door Canteen. For tickets, call [phone].
• Through July 8, special exhibit, Snapshots of D-Day: Photographs of the Normandy Invasion.
• 5 p.m. reception, 6 p.m. presentation, 7 p.m. book signing, Tuesday, June 5, The General Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II with Jonathan Parshall presenting "The 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway: The Turning Point in the Pacific." Reservations are requested.
• Through July 8, Turning Point: The Doolittle Raid, Battle of the Coral Sea and Battle of Midway.
• Wednesday, June 6, the anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy and 12th birthday of The National World War II Museum: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. White Glove Wednesdays; 11 a.m. ceremony, 68th anniversary of D-Day and 12th museum birthday.
• Noon Wednesday, June 6, buffet seating, the Victory Belles Lullaby of Broadway, The Stage Door Canteen. For tickets, call [phone].
• Noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, Lunchbox Lecture - "Stories of Combat from June 1944" by Tommy Lofton.
• 6 p.m. dinner seating, 8 p.m. show only, Friday, June 8, The Rat Pack Now Tribute Show, The Stage Door Canteen. For tickets, call [phone].
• 5:30 p.m.-12 a.m. Saturday, June 9, 2012 IBERIABANK Victory Ball. For more information, call [phone], ext. 306. Proceeds benefit the museum's local and national educational outreach initiatives.
• 6 p.m. Sunday, June 10, the 2012 Tony Awards Watch Party, The Stage Door Canteen. For reservations, call [phone], ext. 287.
• 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday, June 13, White Glove Wednesdays.
• Noon Wednesday, June 13, buffet seating, The Victory Belles Lullaby of Broadway, The Stage Door Canteen. For tickets, call [phone].
• 6 p.m. dinner seating, 8 p.m. show only, Friday, June 15; 11 a.m. Sunday, June 17, brunch seating, George Colotti Sings Sinatra, featuring the Victory Six, The Stage Door Canteen.

For tickets, call [phone].

• 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 16, Family Workshop - Young Historians Tour.
• 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June 16, Living History Corps.
• Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, June 16, Knit-in at the Museum.
• 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 16, Stage Door Idol - open auditions, The Stage Door Canteen.

For more information, call [phone], ext. 267.

• 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday, June 20, White Glove Wednesdays.
• Noon Wednesday, June 20, buffet seating, The Victory Belles Lullaby of Broadway, The Stage Door Canteen.

For tickets, call [phone].

• Noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, Lunchbox Lecture - POWs in Louisiana by Nathan Huegen.
• 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 21, film screening, Task Force, The Stage Door Canteen. Reservation are required.
• 6 p.m. dinner seating, 8 p.m. show only, Saturday, June 23; 11 a.m. Sunday, June 24, brunch seating, Spud & Mo as The Bickersons, The Stage Door Canteen. For tickets, call [phone].
• 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, Stage Door Idol - open auditions. For more information, call [phone], ext. 267.
• 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday, June 27, White Glove Wednesdays.
• Noon Wednesday, June 27, buffet seating, The Victory Belles Lullaby of Broadway, The Stage Door Canteen. For tickets, call [phone].
• 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, Pub Quiz. For reservations, call [phone].
• 6 p.m. dinner seating, 8 p.m. show only Friday and Saturday, June 29-30; 11 a.m. Sunday, July 1, brunch seating, George M. Cohan Tonight!, The Stage Door Canteen. For tickets, call [phone].
• 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 30, Stage Door Idol - open auditions, The Stage Door Canteen. For tickets, call [phone], ext. 267.

For tickets to events at The Stage Door Canteen, visit the website.

On the Internet: http:// www.stagedoorcanteen.org

http://www.nationalww2museum.org

At NOCCA

The New Orleans Center for Creative Art, 2800 Chartres St., New Orleans, will host Plessy Day 2012 at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 7.

The event honors the struggle for civil rights in Louisiana. Joining the center in presenting the event are the Crescent City Peace Alliance and the Plessy & Ferguson Foundation. For more information, call [phone].

On the Internet: http:// www.NOCCAInstitute.com