Culturally Speaking for Aug. 19

Series will continue with Houdini film

'Bereaved' by Baton Rouge artist and LSU professor Kelli Scott Kelley will be featured in the exhibit, Kelli Scott Kelley: Tale of the Swamp Monster, at the Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery in New Orleans.

Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive, continues its silent film series, Movies & Music on the Lawn, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, on the lawn behind the gallery.

This is the fourth of six in the 2012 season, “Black and White to the Future” and pairs Harry Houdini in The Man From Beyond with a never-before-heard score from the local experimental musicians of The (New) Zeelanders. Admission $5 for non-gallery members and free for members with unlimited free popcorn for everyone. For more information, call [phone].

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http://www.batonrougegallery.org

Walls Project events

The Baton Rouge Walls Project is sponsoring Baton Rouge Gallery’s presentation of The Man from Beyond in the gallery’s Movies & Music on the Lawn series on Saturday, Aug. 25. Also, Casey Phillips, co-curator of the project, will be a speaker at the 2012 Louisiana Smart Growth Summit Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 27-29, in the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. And there will be an opening reception 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at the Kress Gallery, featuring an exhibit of work by three of the BR Walls Projects’ featured muralists, John Wax, Katie Knoeringer and Michael Secor. To register for the summit or for more information, visit the websites.

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http://summit.cpex.org

http://www.brwallsproject.com

Open house set

The LSU Performing Arts Academy will open its doors for the program’s second annual Open House, noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in the Music & Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive on campus. The event is free and open to the public, rain or shine, and will feature performances by academy teachers, informational “meet-and-greet” sessions, open workshops and demonstration classes, guided tours and an “instrument petting zoo.” The academy provides high quality arts education to individuals from all walks of life and connects the local community with the resources and personnel of the LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts. For more information, call 225-578-3531.

LAAG events

The Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild, 2490 Silverest Ave., has scheduled several events in coming weeks:

• The deadline is Monday, Sept. 17, for entries to the 43rd annual River Road Show, which is set for Dec. 3-Jan. 30, 2013, in the Louisiana State Archives Gallery, 3851 Essen Lane. Sam Corso will be the juror.
• The reception for the annual Summer Judged Show will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, in the Independence Park Theatre Gallery, 7800 Independence Blvd.

The exhibit will run through Oct. 18.

• Artwork by guild members is exhibited monthly at the Red Stick Spice Company, 7970 Jefferson Highway.
• Registration runs through Monday, Sept. 3, for the class, “Introduction to Collage,” by Roberta Loflin, set for 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in the Studio in the Park. The fee is $30, members; $40, nonmembers. To register, call [phone].
• Registration is open for the class, “Autumn in Watercolor,” for age 14 and older by Roberta Loflin, set for 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays, Sept. 22-Oct. 27, in the Studio in the Park. The fee is $100, members; $125, nonmembers. To register, call [phone].
• Registration is open for the class, “Basic Drawing Skills,” by Steve Shamburger, set for 1-3 p.m. the last three Mondays of every month in the Studio in the Park. The monthly fee is $50, members; $75, nonmembers. To register, call [phone].
• Life Drawing Sessions continue 6-9 p.m. every Wednesday in the Studio in the Park. The nightly fee is $10; the monthly fee is $30. For more information, email [e-mail].

For more information on entering the River Road Show or other events, call [phone].

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In West Baton Rouge

The West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 N. Jefferson Ave., Port Allen, is showing several exhibits:

• Through Sunday, Oct. 28, the exhibit, Two Hundred Years of Steamboats on the Mighty Mississippi.
• Through Sunday, Sept. 16, the exhibit Art Glass by Jean-Louis Deal.
• Through Friday, Oct. 5, the exhibit, Girl Scouts: A Centennial Anniversary Display.

For more information, call [phone].

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http://www.westbatonrougemuseum.org

Chorus auditions set

The Greater Baton Rouge Children’s Chorus will conduct auditions for its 2012-13 season on Saturday, Aug. 25, at First Baptist Church, 529 Convention St.

Auditions are by appointment only and open to students in the fourth through 12 grades. To schedule an audition or for more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

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http://www.gbrcc.info

Class scheduled

The Louisiana Center for Theatrical Arts will conduct a class beginning Monday, Sept. 10, for students ages 9-16 for its production of Snoopy, The Musical, at St. Michael Episcopal Church, 449 Sharp Road, Mandeville. Classes will continues 6-8 p.m. Mondays. This will be a 12-week class that will culminate in the full scale production on Dec. 2. Specific roles will be decided during the first week of rehearsal. Rehearsals include theater training. To enroll or for more information, call [phone].

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http://www.lctal.biz

Kuehler in Colorado

A painting by Baton Rouge artist Elayne Kuehler will be included in The Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction on Sunday, Sept. 2, benefitting the Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department in Bellvue, Colo. Proceeds from all work sold in the auction will go to the fire department.

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http://www.RichardSchmidAuction.com

http://RCVFD.org

Kelley in New Orleans

Works by Baton Rouge artist and LSU Professor of Painting Kelli Scott Kelley will be featured in the exhibit Kelli Scott Kelley: Tale of the Swamp Monster.

The show opens with a reception 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, in the Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery, third floor, Building 1, Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., New Orleans. The show runs through Thursday, Sept. 27. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call [phone].

In Pointe Coupee

Registration is open for a private tour of artist Hunt Slonem’s home Albania Plantation in Jeanerette hosted by the Arts Council of Pointe Coupee, set for 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19. The fee is $50 per person. To register or for more information, call [phone] or [phone].

In Jefferson Parish

Auditions will be by appointment only on Sunday, Aug. 25, for the Jefferson Performing Arts Society’s JPAS Theatre Kids! Competition Team at the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177 Sala Ave., Westwego. Also, the organization, along with the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, is conducting auditions for Ballet Hysell’s The Nutcracker on Sunday, Sept. 9, at the New Orleans School of Ballet, 717 Adams St., New Orleans. Auditions will be 1 p.m. for boys and girls ages 5-11; and 3 p.m. for everyone age 12 and older. Performances will be Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 22-23, at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox St., Metairie. To schedule auditions or for more information, call [phone] or [phone] or email [e-mail].

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http://www.jpas.org

Domingo tickets

Tickets are on sale for the New Orleans Opera Association’s Pacido Domingo Gala at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., New Orleans. The gala celebrates the 50th anniversary of Domingo’s first performance with the New Orleans Opera. Tickets are $45-$300. For more information, call [phone].

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http://www.neworleansopera.org

Culture Collision set

Culture Collision 4, a gathering featuring more than 50 artists, is set for 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, in Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, New Orleans. Admission is free.

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http://www.culturenola.org

At the WWII museum

Registration is open for the 2012 International Conference on World War II set for Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 6-8, at the National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., New Orleans. To register, visit the website.

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http://www.ww2conference.com

At Southern Rep

Southern Repertory Theatre will present three new plays in 3X3: The One Acts, from Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 27-29, at Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., New Orleans.

Tickets are $10 and available at the door.

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http://www.southernrep.com