Culturally Speaking for Nov. 25

3 BR Arts Markets will precede holiday; Stone show at LSU

Three Baton Rouge Arts Markets are set for 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays, Dec. 1, 8 and 15, at 5th and Main streets. The markets feature work by more than 70 Louisiana artists, along with arts activities in the Arts Market Kids Booth from 9 a.m. to noon. The market will move to the Galvez parking garage, 500 Main St., in inclement weather. In addition to the Saturday Arts Markets, some Arts Market artists will be participate in the Friday, Nov. 30, Downtown Festival of Lights on the North Boulevard Town Square. For more information, call [phone].

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http://www.artsbr.org

Botanical exhibit set

The exhibit, Margaret Stone’s Flora of Louisiana, will open Monday, Dec. 3, at Hill Memorial Library on the LSU campus. The show runs through Feb. 16, 2013, and admission is free. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. When classes are in session, the library is open until 8 p.m. Tuesdays.

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special

Christmas Carol tickets

Tickets are on sale for Baton Rouge Little Theater’s production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which opens Friday, Dec. 7, and runs Thursdays through Sundays until Sunday, Dec. 16, at the theater, 7155 Florida Blvd. Tickets are $25, individuals; $13, students with ID; and $20 for groups of 10 or more. There also will be a pay-what-you-can performance on Thursday, Dec. 6, with a suggested donation of $5. For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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http://www.BRLT.org

In West Baton Rouge

The West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 N. Jefferson Ave., Port Allen, will host a Christmas Cajun style holiday open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. There will be open hearth cooking demonstrations, Santa’s Workshop, pony rides and photos with Santa. Also, the exhibit From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South opens Saturday, Dec. 8, and runs through Feb. 2, 2013, and the lunchtime lecture “Depression Glass Show and Tell” is set for 10:30 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Dec. 12. The open house and lecture are free. For more information, call [phone].

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http://www.westbatonrougemuseum.com

Harlem tickets

Tickets are on sale for UpStage Theatre’s production of Eric Leroy Wilson’s They Sing Christmas Up in Harlem: A Lenox Avenue Christmas Carol at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at the State Police Academy Auditorium, 7901 Independence Blvd. Tickets are $20. For tickets, call [phone] or visit the website.

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http://www.upstagetheatre.biz

Constantinides concert

The LSU School of Music will present a faculty recital of music by Boyd Professor Dinos Constantinides at the School of Music Recital Hall, Dalrymple Drive on campus, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. This will be a preview of Constantinides’ Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall-NY Concert under the auspices of Distinguished Concerts International-New York set for 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, and will feature Michael Gurt, LSU piano professor; Griffin Campbell, LSU professor of saxophone; Ronaldo Cadeu, professor of guitar at Minas Gerais State University-Brazil and LSU alumnus; and Lori Bade, professor of voice at LSU. Additional artists include Espen Lilleslåtten, former concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway and associate professor of violin at LSU, and Renata Arado, former principal second violin of Norway’s Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and present faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door.

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http://www.louisianasinfonietta.org

At the Kress Gallery

The Kress Gallery, 447 Third St., Suite 200, is featuring an exhibit of work by Carol Creel. The show runs through Monday, Dec. 31. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 5-8 p.m. Wednesdays. For more information, email [e-mail].

Hobson recital set

Richard Hobson, a Metropolitan Opera baritone and Southern University faculty member, will perform a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the DeBose Recital Hall on the Southern University campus. Admission is free.

In Natchez

Tickets are on sale for the Alcorn University Concert Choir’s annual Christmas concert at 7 p.m. in St. Mary Basilica, 107 S. Union St., Natchez, Miss. , as well as “A Christmas Cabaret” at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, in the Natchez City Auditorium, 100 Jefferson St. Natchez, Miss. Both events are part of the Natchez Festival of Music. For tickets, prices or more information, visit the website.

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http://www.natchezfestivalofmusic.com

Chamber recital set

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present its first Faculty Chamber Recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium on campus in Hammond. Admission is free. For more information, call [phone].

Choirs to perform

The Southeastern Louisiana University Chorus and Women’s Chorale will join with the Northshore Choral Society in a performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the First Baptist Church, 401 W. Morris St., Hammond. Admission is free. For more information on the concert, contact the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at [phone].

Philharmonic concert set

Tickets are on sale for a concert by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, in the Mary M. Danos Theater on the Nicholls University campus in Thibodaux. Tickets are $20. For tickets, visit the website.

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http://www.lpomusic.com/?q=nicholls-brahms

In Eunice

Tickets are on sale for the Eunice Players Theater’s production of Alan Ball’s comedy Five Women Wearing The Same Dress. The play will open with a dinner theater at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Ruby’s Restaurant, 123 S. 2nd St., Eunice, and will continue at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2; and 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Dec. 5-8, at the theater, 121 S. 2nd St., Eunice. For tickets or more information, call [phone] or [phone].

Winter to perform

United Methodist evangelist Mark Winter of One Man Show Ministries will perform Simeon’s Dream, a costumed biblical drama with holiday music, at 8:30 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at Asbury United Methodist Church, corner of Johnston Street and Live Oak Boulevard, Lafayette. Admission is free. For more information, call [phone].

At AcA

Tickets are on sale for performances by Playing By Air at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 27-28, in the Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette. The performances are part of the Fugro Chance Family Series. Tickets are $10, adults; $7, children. For tickets or more information, call [phone].

Holiday sale set

The Newcomb College Art Department will host its Holiday Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, in Carroll Gallery in the Woldenberg Art Center on the Tulane University campus in New Orleans. Admission is free. For more information, call [phone].

At the Ogden Museum

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s annual holiday shopping extravaganza, “The Art of Giving,” is set for 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at the museum, 925 Camp St., New Orleans. For more information, call [phone].

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http://www.ogdenmuseum.org

Dukes of Dixieland

The Dukes of Dixieland will perform from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at the New Orleans Mint Performing Arts Center, third floor, 400 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans. The group will be playing live in the recording studio before the special Celebrating Satchmo airs in 2013. The group is featured in the special. Admission to the performance is free, though reservations are recommended. For reservations or more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

Ballet Hispanico tickets

Tickets are on sale for a performance by Ballet Hispanico at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., New Orleans. The performance is presented by the New Orleans Ballet Association. Tickets are $20-$80. For tickets, call [phone] or visit the websites.

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.nobadance.com

http://www.ticketmaster.com

Auctions set

The New Orleans Auction Galleries, 510 Julia St., New Orleans, will host a preview reception at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, followed by auctions at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, and 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2.

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http://www.neworleansauction.com

Gingerbread competition

Build Now, the St. Bernard Project, the Make It Right Foundation, Project Homecoming, Project Home Again, and Habitat for Humanity are hosting a Gingerbread House Building Competition from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, at the New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans. Tickets are $10 in advance and $20 at the door. For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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http://buildnownola.eventbrite.com

Piety Street Market set

The next Piety Street Holiday Markets will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, Dec. 8 and 15, at 612 Piety St., New Orleans. For more information, email [e-mail].

Choirs to perform

School choirs will be performing during December in the Astor Crowne Plaza lobby, 739 Canal St., New Orleans. All performances are free.

Choirs performing will be the Belle Chasse Primary School Choir, noon Thursday, Dec. 6; St. Clement of Rome School Choir, noon Friday, Dec. 7; St. Dominic’s School Chorale, noon Thursday, Dec. 13; Ursuline Kindergarten Class, 11:15 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14; Ursuline Elementary Choir, noon Friday, Dec. 14; Ursuline Recorder Consort, 12:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14; and the Good Shepherd School Choir, noon Thursday, Dec. 20.

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http://www.astorneworleans.com

At NOCCA

The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, 2800 Chartres St., New Orleans, is selling NOCCA Gift Boxes for $20, each featuring three handmade delicacies by the school’s Culinary Arts students. For more information, call [phone].

Cathedral concerts

French Quarter Festivals, Inc. will present the Christmas New Orleans Style Concert Series at two of New Orleans’ most historic churches, St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square and St. Augustine Church in the historic neighborhood of Treme on Henriette Delille Street, formerly St. Claude Avenue. All concerts begin at 6 p.m., and admission is free. For a full schedule or more information, call [phone].