Gray, Buckingham will play the Manship Theatre

Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, June 26, for two summer headliners at the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St.:

• 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, An Evening with Macy Gray.
• 8 p.m. Friday. Aug. 17, An Evening with Lindsey Buckingham.

For ticket prices, to order tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.manshiptheatre.org

Movies & Music

Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive, continues its Movies & Music on the Lawn silent film series at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 30, with the short yet iconic films of George Melies backed by a never-before-heard score from Louisiana riff-rockers Stage Coach Bandits. Admission is $5 for all non-gallery members and free for members. Unlimited free popcorn will be available. For more information, call [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://batonrougegallery.org

Ballet workshop

Registration continues for Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre’s summer dance intensive workshop under the direction of celebrated guest instructor John Magnus, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 25-29, at the Dancers’ Workshop, 10745 Linkwood Court. Magnus taught at New York’s Joffrey School of Ballet for more than 20 years. Dancers’ Workshop faculty member and Runnels School dance teacher Mary Camille Maddox will instruct acro dance classes, Texas Ballet Theater company trainee and former ballet theater dancer Meredith Broussard will teach gyrokinesis and ballet theater principal dancer and LSU Golden Girl Natalie Knight will instruct jazz classes. Additional faculty members will be Rebecca Acosta, Joanna Cox, Elizabeth Mathews and Susan Perlis. The workshop is open to intermediate to advanced level dancers age 10 and older. Tuition is $350. Call [phone] or email [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Concert series continues

The Sunday in the Park concert series continues from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at North Boulevard’s Town Square, featuring Ed Perkins. Admission is free.

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.artsbr.org

Lecture series set

The Louisiana State Museum’s Capitol Park Museum, 660 N. Fourth St., has scheduled its lecture series in July:

• 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 5, “African-Americans in Louisiana from the Civil War to the Black Caucus,” by Charles Vincent.
• 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12, “The Holy Family Sisters and Holy Rosary Institute,” by Don Hernandez.
• 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 19, “Women Among Us: Fashioning Lives and Communities with Unapologetic Dignity,” by Valena C. Jones, Fannie C. Williams and Lucille Levy Hutton.
• 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26, “Louisiana and the 19th Century Pursuit of Equality” by Peter Breaux.

Admission is free. Museum galleries will remain open until the programs begin. Refreshments will be provided by Friends of the Louisiana State Museum. Call [phone] or email [e-mail].

Play submissions sought

The deadline is Saturday, June 30, for submissions to the St. Francisville Transitory Theatre New Play Festival. All playwrights, including first time writers, are welcome to submit entries. Plays should be short, limited to 30 pages or less. Plays will be presented as staged readings on Friday and Saturday, July 27-28, in Market Hall on Royal Street, St. Francisville. For more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

At Haven Gallery

A reception for an exhibit featuring Yvette Creel’s watercolor paintings is set for 6-10 p.m. Friday, June 29, at Haven Gallery, 651 Laurel St. Creel is a freelance graphic designer and has worked for more than 12 years with Fortune 500 Companies such as Walt Disney Internet Group in Sunnyvale, Calif., and The Shaw Group in Baton Rouge. She is a member of the Baton Rouge Art League, New Orleans Art Association, Transparent Watercolor Society and the Louisiana Watercolor Society.

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.havenbr.com/havenbr.com/Gallery_and_Listening_Room.html

First Monday series

Soprano Sue Roider and pianist Evan Roider will perform “The Promised Land: A Celebration of American Song” from 12:05 p.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, July 2, at First United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge, 930 North Blvd, as part of the church’s First Monday Series. The program will feature works by Aaron Copland and Gwyneth Walker. Call [phone].

Legally Blonde tickets

Tickets are on sale for Center Stage Performing Arts Academy’s 13th annual summer musical Legally Blonde. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 6-7, and Wednesdays through Fridays, July 11-13 and 18-20, at the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. Sunday matinees will be 2 p.m. July 8, 14 and 15. Tickets are $20. For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.manshiptheatre.org

Classes, art camp set

Work/Shop, 7353 Highland Road, has scheduled several classes and events in coming weeks:

• Registration is open for Work/Shop Kids Camp for children ages 7-12 with Todd Hines. Session one is set for 9 a.m.-noon, Monday through Friday, July 9-13. Session two will be 9 a.m.-noon Monday through Friday, July 16-20. The fee is $120 for each session.
• Registration is open for Thrown and Altered Pottery Class by Lauren Bebee, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Tuesday, July 10, through Thursday, July 26. The class is for intermediate to advanced students. The cost is $150.
• Registration is open for Introduction to Oil Painting for all skill levels, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Aug. 1-Sept. 5. The cost is $120.
• Registration is open for Introduction to Throwing by Bill Newman, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Aug. 1-Sept. 5. The cost is $150.
• Registration is open for Introduction to Drawing, Saturdays, Aug. 7-Sept. 11. Call for specific times. The cost is $90.
• The exhibition New Work by artist-in-residence Danielle Inabinet Runnels will open with a reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, July 27.

To register or for more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.workshopbr.com

At LSU MOA

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

• 1-5 p.m. Sunday, July 1, Free First Sunday. Admission is free.
• 2 p.m. Sunday, July 1, Gallery Talk by Pam Vinci-Rabalais, curator, LSU Textile & Costume Museum.
• Tickets are on sale for Red, White & Blue Wednesday, July 4. Tickets are $65, adults, and $35, children age 12 and younger. For tickets, call [phone].

For more information, call [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.lsumoa.com

In West Baton Rouge

The exhibit Art Glass by Jean-Louis Deal will open Saturday, July 7, at the West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 N. Jefferson Ave., Port Allen. The show runs through Sept. 16. Deal, a native New Orleanian, operates the Normandy Glasshouse on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain. For more information, call [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.westbatonrougemuseum.com

Art show winners

Winners for the Treasures of Pointe Coupee’s Petite Gallerie art show are:

• Adult division: first place, Scott Smith for “Poydras”; second place, Eduardo Martinez-Ceballos, “Still Life” and Becky Jewell Fudge, “Summer Blackberries”; third place, Carol Hurst, “Immaculate Conception Church” and Toxie W. Craft Jr., “The Fishing Hole.”
• Photography division: First place, Helen Reynolds, “Cardinal”; second place, Helen Reynolds, “Azalea Row;” third place, Emily Froeba, “River Meets the Ocean.”
• Youth division: First place, Claire Bullock, “Through the Raven’s Eyes”; second place, Claire Bullock, “Common Yellowthroat”; third place, Trinity Harris, untitled.
• Participation prizes in the Youth division: Isabella Rome, Brooklyn Kauffman, Olivia Beauvais, Lily Martinez, Jhayla Batiste and Madeline Martinez.
• Also awarded in each category was a key to the City of New Roads for the Mayor’s Choice: Adult division, Pam Moore, “Old Seed House”; Photography division, Emily Froeba, “LSU”; and Youth division, Megan Martinez, untitled.

Call [phone].

Film series continues

The Pointe Coupee Historical Society’s series of Louisiana movies continues at 7 p.m. Friday, June 29, with The Long Hot Summer, at the Julien Poydras Arts Center and Museum, 500 W. Main St., New Roads. A discussion will follow. Admission is free.

Other scheduled movies are:

• 7 p.m. Friday, July 27, Sounder.
• 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, Everybody’s All-American.
• 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond.
• 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, Halloween Louisiana Scary Movie Marathon, featuring Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte.
• 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, A Christmas Memory.
• 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

For more information, call [phone] or [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.pointecoupeehistoricalsociety.org

At Corks N Canvas

Registration is open for classes at Corks N Canvas, 711 Jefferson Highway, Suite 3A. To register or for more information, call [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.corksncanvas.com

At the Hilliard museum

The exhibit Finding Egypt in Louisiana: The Ambassador Jefferson Caffery Collection will run through Wednesday, Aug. 29, at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, 715 St. Mary Blvd., Lafayette. Caffery was the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt from 1949 to 1955. He collected a variety of ancient artifacts. 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, call [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://museum.louisiana.edu

Mendacity continues

The Glass Mendacity continues its run at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at Cite des Arts, 109 Vine St., Lafayette. For tickets or more information, call [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://citedesarts.org

Sinbad tickets

Tickets are on sale for the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana’s presentation of a performance by the comedian Sinbad at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at the Heymann Performing Arts, Center, 1373 S. College Road, Lafayette. Tickets begin at $35. For tickets, call [phone] or [phone], or visit the website.

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.pasa-online.org

Auditions in Jefferson

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society will conduct auditions for its 2012-13, 35th Anniversary Season Friday and Saturday, June 29-30, at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox St., Metairie. Singers and actors ages 17 and up of all ethnicities are needed. Auditions are by appointment only, and an audition form, current head shot and resume are required prior to the audition. Roles will be filled for Driving Miss Daisy, The Full Monty, Frost/Nixon, Avenue Q, The Color Purple and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. All roles are compensated. For audition requirements, to schedule an audition or for more information, email [e-mail] or visit the website.

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.jpas.org

At Esom Gallery

Esom Gallery, 3935 Magazine St., New Orleans, will host an opening reception for the exhibit Bird’s Nest by Tony Mose, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 7. For more information, call [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.esomart.com

At the WWII museum

Open auditions for the third annual 40s-themed talent competition will be 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 30, in the National World War II Museum’s Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., New Orleans. Contestants are asked to prepare a song that was written, recorded or is in the style of the 1940s, will need to sing a cappella and must be age 17 or older to participate. Finalists will receive an invitation to compete in one of four preliminary rounds at 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, July 10, 17, 4 and 31, all from 6-7:30 p.m. The winner will be announced at the finale on Tuesday, Aug. 14, and will have the opportunity to perform with the Museum’s Victory Six Swing Band. All competition dates are open to the public. For more information, call [phone], ext. 287.

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.nationalww2museum.org