Culturally Speaking for July 22

Movie series continues with space travel flick

Baton Rouge Gallery’s 2012 Movies & Music on the Lawn series, “Black and White to the Future,” will continue at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 28, on the lawn behind the gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive. This screening is the third of six in the series, and will feature the 1924 film Aelita: Queen of Mars, by Russian director Yakov Protazanov. This is one of the earliest full-length films about space travel, and it will be paired with an original, live score by jazz/funk fusion band Captain Green.

Admission is $5 for non-gallery members and free for members. Unlimited free popcorn will be provided. The “Black and White to the Future” themed series will continue through October with The Man from Beyond, starring Harry Houdini, with music from The (New) Zeelanders on Saturday, Aug. 25; A Trip to Mars with music by England in 1819 on Saturday, Sept. 29; and The Lost World with music from DJ OttO on Saturday, Oct. 27.

For more information, call [phone].

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Union Theater season tickets

Season tickets are on sale for the LSU Union Theater’s 2012-13 Union Theatre Presents season, the theater’s Michael Derr and assistant director Terry Serio said. This year, the season features a Great Performances Series, a Comedy Tonight Series and a Family Hour Series, totalling 15 performances for the season. For season ticket packages or more information, call the box office at [phone] or visit the website.

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Wine gala tickets

Tickets are on sale for The Fresh Market’s Wine Gala to benefit Swine Palace, set for 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Reilly Theatre, Tower Drive on the LSU campus. Tickets are $50. For tickets or more information, visit the website.

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At the Enchanted Mansion

The Enchanted Mansion, A Doll Museum, 190 Lee Drive, is showing an exhibit celebrating Louisiana’s bicentennial. Also showing is the exhibit, The Peaceable Kingdom, and reservations are being taken for the museum’s Aloha Extravaganza, set for 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11. Admission is $12 per person. To register or for more information, call [phone].

Workshops set

Registration is open for two workshops by Libby Johnson in August at the Studio dei Leoni, 2031 Perkins Road. The first workshop, “Energizing Paintings with Dynamic Color Relationships,” is set for 9 a.m.-noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Aug. 6, 8 and 10 and 13, 15 and 17. The second workshop, “Drawing the Figure in Interior Spaces,” is set for 9 a.m.-noon Monday through Friday, Aug. 20-24. To register and for registration requirements, class descriptions, fees and more information, visit the website.

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At LASM

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

• Through Sept. 23, the exhibit Digital Paintings by John F. Simon Jr.
• Through Aug. 31, the exhibit Hubble’s Magnificent Universe: Images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
• Through Aug. 19, the exhibit European Prints from the LASM Collection.
• Sunday through Friday, July 22-27, the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium will be closed for the International Planetarium Society conference.
• 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24, a free screening of the documentary Saving Hubble at the Baton Rouge River Center Theatre for the Performing Arts, 275 St. Louis St.
• 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, July 28, live, three dimensional, electronic full dome art performance with J-Walt and John Serrie in the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium. Tickets are $10.

For tickets or more information, call [phone].

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Mural at Jones Creek

Kenneth Champagne’s mural, “Baton Rouge: The Long Adventure,” will be on exhibit through Tuesday, July 31, at Jones Creek Library, 6222 Jones Creek Road. The mural depicts the city’s history, beginning with Native American cultures and ends with Hurricane Gustav. For more information, call [phone].

Dancers needed

The Cangelosi Dance Project Company is seeking male and female advanced/professional dancers age 18 and older. Rehearsals for the new season begin Aug. 19 and continue through Dec. 22 in preparation for the company’s fall performance season, including October Festival and Holiday Mix productions to be performed in the Manship Theatre. Dancers interested should send their resumes, photos, and video clips to [e-mail].

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Drama camp set

Registration is open for Summer Drama Camp for ages 9-17 directed by Weston Twardowski and Taylor McLellan, set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday through Friday, July 30-Aug. 3, at two locations, 4999 Sharp Road, Mandeville, and 113 N. Cypress, Hammond. To register or for more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

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Hunter book published

Clementine Hunter painted every day from the 1930s until several days before her death at age 101. As a cook and domestic servant at Louisiana’s Melrose Plantation near Natchitoches, she painted on hundreds of objects available around her – glass snuff bottles, discarded roofing shingles, ironing boards – as well as on canvas. She produced between 5,000 and 10,000 paintings. Drawing on archival research, interviews, personal files and a close relationship with the artist, Art Shiver and Tom Whitehead offer the first comprehensive biography of this regional self-taught painter, who attracted the attention of the world, in Clementine Hunter: Her Life and Art, available in September from LSU Press. For more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

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In Donaldsonville

An exhibit of artist Darryl Babin’s works will run through Sunday, Aug. 19, at the Grapevine Cafe and Gallery, 211 Railroad Ave., Donaldsonville. Babin is an art teacher at St. Amant High School. For more information, call [phone].

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In Natchez

The exhibit Cutting Edge Contemporary, featuring work by contemporary jewelry artists, is showing at M. Schon Gallery, 415 Main St., Natchez, Miss. The show features work by Cher Fox, Joel Misita, Betty Cooke, Rieko Ishiyama, Carolyn Morris Bach, Daniel Macchiarini, Vinnie Miller, Karen Gilbert, Brooke Battles, Sandra Enterline, Heidi Abrahamson, Tina Rath, Gina Pankowski, Yumi Ueno, Fred Zweig, Biba Schutz, Katy Hackney, Anna Heindl, Petra Klass, Sydney Lynch, Thomas Mann, Sam Patania, Lil Mckinnon-Hicks, Zee Galliano and Aaron Rubinstein.

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At the WWII museum

The exhibit Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, exploring Hitler’s twisted medical theories, will open Wednesday, July 25, at the National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., New Orleans. The exhibit is locally sponsored by the Tulane University School of Medicine and produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. For a full list of events, visit the website.

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