Culturally Speaking for Dec. 2

Join WBR Museum for Cajun Christmas, have breakfast with Santa at Enchanted Mansion

The West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 N. Jefferson Ave., Port Allen, will celebrate Christmas Cajun style from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at its annual Holiday Open House. There will be open hearth cooking demonstrations, a hands-on Santa’s Workshop, photos with Santa, pony rides and refreshments. Admission is free. Also, the exhibit, From Morning to Night, opens Sunday, Dec. 9, and runs through Feb. 2, 2013. For more information, call [phone].

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http://www.westbatonrougemuseum.com

Breakfast With Santa

Registration is open for Breakfast With Santa 2012 at The Enchanted Mansion, A Doll Museum, 190 Lee Drive. Sessions will be at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. each day on Saturdays, Dec. 8 and 15. The cost is $18 and $5 for children age 2 and younger. A deposit is required. Also, the museum is showing its annual holiday exhibit, Angels and Cherubs. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. All paid admission proceeds benefit the Thomas Dixon Sedberry Foundation for the Handicapped.

For more information or to register for the breakfast, call [phone].

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http://www enchantedmansion.org

NewV Awards

Tickets are on sale through Friday, Dec. 7, for New Venture Theatre’s 2012 NewV Awards show at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in the Lyceum Ballroom, 124 Third St. Red carpet festivities begin at 6 p.m. Advance tickets are $25 and $30 at the door. For tickets and detailed information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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http://www.newventuretheatre.com

Children’s Chorus concert

The Greater Baton Rouge Children’s Chorus will perform its Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at University United Methodist Church, 3350 Dalrymple Drive. Jennifer Ellis and Bethany Ring are the directors.

Highlighting the concert will be a Baton Rouge “premiere” performance of Randall Thompson’s “The Place of the Blest” written in 1968 for the Boys Choir of St. Thomas Church, New York. Admission is free.

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http://www.gbrcc.info

At the Manship

Tickets are on sale for the productions Guess How Much I Love You and I Love My Little Storybook at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 200 Lafayette St. Tickets are $16. The productions will be preceded by a Kids Club event with LSU Head Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri at 12:30 p.m. in the Hartley/Vey Workshop Theatre, featuring snacks and activities.

Kids Clubs memberships are $25 for the year or free with a Manship Theatre Family Level membership. For tickets, a membership or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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http://www.manshiptheatre.org

Markets continue

Two more Baton Rouge Arts Markets are scheduled in December from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, Dec. 8 and 15, at Fifth and Main streets. During inclement weather, the markets will move to the Galvez Parking Garage, 500 Main St. For more information, call [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.artsbr.org

Hebert to perform

Tickets are on sale for a performance by bassist John Hebert and his trio at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. The performance is part of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge’s Listening Room series of jazz concerts. Reserved tickets are $10.

For tickets or more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

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http://www.artsbr.org

Garden series continues

Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, 12501 La. 10, St. Francisville, will continue its series of “Garden Tour Fridays” with a guided garden tour at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7. For more information call [phone] or [phone].

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http://www.LaStateParks.com

At Golden Gallery

Rolland Golden Gallery, 419 Main St., Natchez, Miss., will open its “Christmas Holiday Season” with a one-man show of Rolland Golden’s work, titled Recent Works, with an artist’s reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. There will be refreshments.

For more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

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http://www.rollandgoldengallery.com

Shining Stars concert

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Community Music School will present the Shining Stars concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium on campus in Hammond. Admission is free. For more information, [phone].

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http://www.southeastern.edu/cms

Band concert set

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Community Music School will present the Northlake Community Band concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium on campus in Hammond. The concert is titled “Lola and the Walking Frog.” Admission is free. For more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

In Covington

The exhibit, Wax On, Encaustic Work by Louisiana Artists, will open with a reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at the St. Tammany Art Association, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington. The show will run through Jan. 12, 2013. Admission is free.

For more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

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http://www.sttammanyartassociation.org

Entremont at Loyola

Tickets are on sale for a performance by pianist and conductor Philippe Entremont at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in the Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall in the Communications Music Complex on the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Calhoun Street at Loyola University in New Orleans. Tickets are $25-$40.

For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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http://www.montage.loyno.edu

Living Christmas Tree

The St. James Community Theatre will collaborate with the St. John Theatre to host the 2012 Living Christmas Tree at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7-8, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at the St. John Theatre, 115 W. 4th St., Reserve. Tickets are $10, adults; $8, seniors age 60 and older; and $5, children age 12 and younger. For tickets or more information, email [e-mail].

Market set

The next Piety Street Market is set for 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Old Ironworks, 612 Piety St., New Orleans. An additional market is set for Saturday, Dec. 15. Admission is free.

For more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

At Southern Rep

Tickets are on sale for Southern Repertory Theatre’s production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, featuring John “Spud” McConnell as Scrooge, which continues through Sunday, Dec. 16, at the Freeport-McMoRan Theatre at the Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., New Orleans. Tickets are $25 and $12.50 for children younger than age 12. Also, the theater will conduct open call auditions fro the world premiere of the play, Freedom, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, in Southern Rep’s rehearsal room, fourth floor, One Canal Place, New Orleans.

For audition requirements, call [phone]. For tickets or more information, call (504) 522 - 6545 or visit the website.

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http://www.southernrep.com

At the WWII Museum

Tickets are on sale for Victory Belles’ “Magical, Musical Christmas” show in the Stage Door Canteen at the National World War II Museum, 945 Camp St., New Orleans.

For tickets or more information, call [phone] or visit the website.

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http://www.stagedoorcanteen.org

Holiday festival set

The Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, will host its 13th annual Holiday on the Boulevard Festival Friday through Sunday, Dec. 7-9. Admission is free.

For more information, call [phone].

At Loyola

“Christmas at Loyola,” a concert showcasing several Loyola University New Orleans ensembles, will start at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, 6367 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans. Admission is free.

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http://www.loyno.edu

At the Ogden Museum

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., New Orleans, will host Sharon Kopriva in an artist’s talk and book signing at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Atrium on the first floor. Also, at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, artist David Greber will conduct a walk-through and a question and answer session of his exhibit, Health, Wealth and Progeny.

For more information, call [phone].

ä ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.ogdenmuseum.org

At NOMA

Tickets are on sale for the New Orleans Museum of Art and the NOLA Project production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays through Sunday, Dec. 16, in the museum’s Great Hall, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, New Orleans. Tickets are $24, general admission and $12 museum members and obstructed views. For tickets or more information, call [phone].

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http://www.noma.org

Fresh Friday set

Spun Crossroads’ “Fresh Friday,” featuring fresh, local seasonal produce and local art, crafts and fashion is set for 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at the New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans. Proceeds will benefit Dag’s House. For more information, email [e-mail].

At The Front

The Front, 4100 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans will open four solo exhibitions with a reception from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. The shows run through Jan. 6, 2013. The exhibits feature the visual experiments of Carl Joe Williams, Front member Kyle Hossli, Rajko Radovanovic and Mike Drake. For more information, call [phone].

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http://www.nolafront.org

At Esom Gallery

The exhibit Silhouette by Tony Mose is showing at Esom Gallery, 3935 Magazine St., New Orleans. For more information, call [phone].

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http://www.esomart.com