Arts Calendar for Sept. 23

A compilation of arts events for the week ahead.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 23

• LOUISIANA SINFONIETTA CONCERT: 2 p.m., LSU School of Music Recital Hall, corner of Darlymple and Infirmary drives. Season-opening concert featuring pianist Maria Asteriadou. $15. http://www.louisianasinfonietta.org or [phone].
• A FREE MAN OF COLOR: 2 p.m., Claude L. Shaver Theatre, Music and Dramatic Arts Building, LSU. A Swine Palace production. $15-$28. [phone] or http://www.swinepalace.org.
• THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG SATAN AND THE PLAYWRIGHT: 2:30 p.m., HopKins Black Box Theatre, 137 Coates Hall, Tower Drive, LSU. Performance of the play directed by Ph.D. student Savannah Ganster. [phone] or http://www.lsu.edu/hbb.

TUESDAY, SEPT 25

• A FREE MAN OF COLOR: 7:30 p.m., Claude L. Shaver Theatre, Music and Dramatic Arts Building, LSU. A Swine Palace production. $15-$28. [phone] or http://www.swinepalace.org.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26

• LUNCHTIME LECTURE AND BOOKSIGNING: noon, West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 N. Jefferson Ave., Port Allen. For the Pointe Coupee Historical Society’s new book, New Roads and Old Rivers. [phone] or http://www.westbatonrougemuseum.com.
• ANNIVERSARY ART SHOW OPENING: 5-7:30 p.m., Elizabethan Gallery, 680 Jefferson Highway. The exhibit honoring the gallery’s 25th year of business will hang until Nov. 3. [phone].
• VIOLIN AND PIANO RECITAL: 7:30 p.m., LSU School of Music Recital Hall, Dalrymple Drive on campus. With Gregory Stole and Yova Milanova. [phone].
• A FREE MAN OF COLOR: 7:30 p.m., Claude L. Shaver Theatre, Music and Dramatic Arts Building, LSU. A Swine Palace production. $15-$28. [phone] or http://www.swinepalace.org.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27

• A FEAST WITH FALSTAFF: 6 p.m., feast; 7:30 p.m., show, Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd. Opera Louisiane’s first event of the season including the 2nd annual Passion for Fashion contest. Guests are encouraged to dress using blue accessories with the theme of “Knights and Ladies.” Ascots, vests, socks, gloves and tiaras are suggestions for British Blue accessories. Winner will be announced prior to Falstaff. Feast, $35. Falstaff, $25-$85. http://www.operalouisiane.com.
• BOOK SIGNING: 6 p.m., LSU Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. For the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities’ A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Louisiana Art. Free. [phone] or http://www.lsumoa.com.
• WAR IN THE GULF: 6:30 p.m., Capitol Park Museum, 660 North St. Robert Gray Freeland will talk about Spanish Louisiana and the American Revolution. Free.
• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: 7:30 p.m., Baton Rouge Little Theater, 7155 Florida Blvd. Pay-what-you-can night. All donations accepted, but $5 minimum donation suggested. [phone] or http://www.BRLT.org.
• A FREE MAN OF COLOR: 7:30 p.m., Claude L. Shaver Theatre, Music and Dramatic Arts Building, LSU. A Swine Palace production. $15-$28. [phone] or http://www.swinepalace.org.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28

• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: 7:30 p.m., Baton Rouge Little Theater, 7155 Florida Blvd. Opening night. $24, general public; $12 students. [phone] or http://www.BRLT.org.
• A FREE MAN OF COLOR: 7:30 p.m., Claude L. Shaver Theatre, Music and Dramatic Arts Building, LSU. A Swine Palace production. $15-$28. [phone] or http://www.swinepalace.org.
• LOVE IN THE GARDEN: 8-11 p.m., New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, New Orleans. Annual fundraising gala. Patron party, 7-8 p.m. [phone].

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29

• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: 7:30 p.m., Baton Rouge Little Theater, 7155 Florida Blvd. $24, general public; $12 students. [phone] or http://www.BRLT.org.
• HARPSICHORDIST PETER SYKES CONCERT: 7:30 p.m., Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette. $15-$30, adults; $10, students. [phone].
• MOVIES AND MUSIC ON THE LAWN: 8 p.m., Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive. Screening of the 1918 silent film Himmelskibert: A Trip to Mars, along with music by England in 1819. $5, nongallery members; free, gallery members. [phone]. http://www.batonrougegallery.org.

News Features staff