Culturally Speaking for Dec. 23

River Road Show offers 81 paintings

Photo provided by Hedges Pictures

The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Courtney Murphy, left, and Christmas Present, Kurt Hauschild, try to work out their relationship problems in SPIRITS, a new short film by Hedges Pictures

The Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild’s 43rd annual River Road Show runs through Jan. 30, 2013, at the Louisiana State Archives, 3851 Essen Lane. Judge and juror for this national juried exhibition is Baton Rouge artist Sam Corso. The reception and awards presentation will take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. Both the reception and the exhibit are free. The guild received 388 entries by 129 artists. Corso selected 81 paintings produced by 58 artists from 15 states. The annual exhibition is one of the longest running art shows in the South. For more information, call [phone].

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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 [phone]. For a registration form and audition requirements, visit the website.

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Hedges Christmas film

Hedges Pictures, founded and headed by Travis Hedges Williams, has released a four-minute Christmas short, Spirits, on YouTube. In this film, viewers will see the story of Charles Dickens’ ghosts from A Christmas Carol in their lives outside of work, along with their rocky relationships. The film was shot entirely at The Londener Pub and Grill in Baton Rouge, and the soundtrack includes two selections from A Baton Rouge Acoustic Christmas, an album that was put together by entirely local musicians. Williams directed the film, which features Courtney Murphy as the Ghost of Christmas Past and Kurt Hauschild as the Ghost of Christmas Present. To watch the film, visit the website.

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LASM extends hours

The Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 River Road S., will extend its hours through Monday, Jan. 6. Extended hours will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays. The museum will be closed Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 24-25, for the Christmas holidays. For more information, call [phone].

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In West Baton Rouge

The exhibit, Our Lives, Our Stories: America’s Greatest Generation, will end on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at the West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 N. Jefferson Ave., Port Allen. The exhibit explores the life arc of the World War II generation, which was decisively shaped by the Depression and World War II. They went on to spur the “baby boom” and early Civil Rights activities. For more information, call [phone].

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At The Enchanted Mansion

Registration is open for the Snowflake Tea Party from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at The Enchanted Mansion, A Doll Museum, 190 Lee Drive. The cost is $15 per person. A reservation and deposit are required. Seating is limited. To register or for more information, call [phone].

Carter in BR

Tickets are on sale for two performances by the James Carter Organ Trio at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. The shows are presented by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and the River City Jazz Coalition. Tickets are $25 and $45. For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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Jazz vocalist concert

Reservations are being taken for a performance by Chilean jazz vocalist Claudia Acuña at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in the Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. The show is the next installment of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge’s Listening Room Series of jazz concerts. Seats can be reserved for $10. For reservations or more information, call [phone].

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Encaustic workshop set

Registration is open for an “Encaustic Workshop” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at the St. Tammany Art Association’s Art House, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington. The fee is $80 for association members and $85 for nonmembers, along with $15 for materials. Also, the exhibit, Wax On! Encaustic Work by Louisiana Artists, runs through Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Admission is free. To register or for more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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Winter camps set

Registration is open for the St. Tammany Art Association’s one-day Winter Holiday Camps for ages 6-12, set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, Thursday, Dec. 27, Friday, Dec. 28, Monday, Dec. 31, and Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at the Art House, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington. The fee per workshop is $40 for association members and $45 for nonmembers. To register or for more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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New Year’s Eve

Tickets are on sale for the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana’s New Year’s Eve Celebration, set for 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at 721 E. Kaloom Road, Lafayette. Tickets are $100 per person. For tickets, call [phone].

Photo exhibit in Lafayette

An exhibit of work by photographer Bob Adams will run through Friday, Jan. 3, 2013, at Galerie Lafayette in the Jefferson Street Branch Library, 538 Jefferson St., Lafayette. Adams, 75, has devoted much of his time to nature and wildlife photography. He spent a month photographing wildlife in Kenya and a summer shooting scenics and nature in the national parks of the western United States. For more information, call [phone].

AcA closed

The Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette, will be closed from Monday, Dec. 24, through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The center will reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. For more information, call [phone].

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Tritt in Lafayette

Tickets are on sale for the next performance in the Acadiana Center for the Arts’ All Star Series, “Travis Tritt: Solo & Unplugged” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, in the James Devin Moncus Theater, 101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette. Tickets are $85-$115. For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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Deadline extended

The deadline has been extended to Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, for the Rau For Art Foundation Scholarship Competition, which targets students in the 10th through 12th grades or its equivalent in Orleans and Jefferson parishes with an interest in visual arts. For requirements or to apply, call [phone], email rfa@rauantiques or visit the website.

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Flashdance tickets

Tickets are on sale for Flashdance: The Musical, Tuesdays through Sundays, from Feb. 26, 2013, through March 3, 2013, in the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., New Orleans. Tuesday through Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. The production is part of the Broadway in New Orleans Series. Tickets start at $32. For tickets, call [phone] or visit the websites.

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At Southern Rep

Tickets are on sale for Southern Repertory Theatre’s Mainstage Series production of David Ives’ Venus in Fur, opening Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, and running through Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in the Freeport-McMorRan Theater at The Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., New Orleans. Preview tickets are $20. Tickets are $29 on Thursdays and Sundays and $35 on Fridays and Saturdays. There is a $5 discount for seniors, students, teachers, military personnel and theater professionals with proper ID. For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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At Jonathan Ferrara Gallery

Ted Riederer’s exhibit, Your Love never survived the heat of my heart, runs through Monday, Dec. 31, at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, 400 a Julia St., New Orleans. Opening Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, will be Better Dead Than Red: New Sculpture by David Buckingham. She show runs through Feb. 20, 2013. There will be an opening reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays or by appointment. For more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

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Call for artists

The deadline is Feb. 1, 2013, for artists and crafters for the arts market at the upcoming Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival, set for March 23-24, 2013, in Armstrong Park in New Orleans. Vendors selling their own hand-made arts and crafts are preferred. There is no fee to apply. For those invited to participate, the booth fee will be $150. To apply or for more information, visit the website.

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