American Masters Exhibition

June 27 through November 30

American Masters from the Blanton Museum of Art's Mari and James A. Michener Collection. Organized by the LSU Museum of Art, June 27 through November 30

The LSU MOA continues its series of American art exhibitions this summer with American Masters from the Blanton Museum of Art's Mari and James A. Michener Collection. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist James A. Michener is known for his sweeping, historical dramas such as South Pacific and Centennial. He and his wife also amassed a remarkable collection of American art, which they donated to the University of Texas at Austin to serve as a teaching tool for students, teachers and scholars. The Micheners traveled extensively, often meeting artists and spending time in their studios to learn about their processes, inspirations and influences. The collection represents the development of art throughout the United States during the twentieth century from landscape painting in New York to figurative painting in California and everything in between. Michener collected not only abstract expressionist painting but also photorealistic works, pop art as well as color field painting. Visitors will see artists such as Robert Henri, Jim Dine, Robert Indiana and Kenneth Noland in celebration of the diversity and inclusiveness of twentieth-century art in the United States.

YWCA You Win! Community Affair

Thursday 08/21/08
5:30 PM CST Manship Theatre

Join the YWCA for their second annual You Win! Community Affair fundraising event. Doors open at 5:30pm where there will be live entertainment, a catered reception, silent auction and a wine market. Then, at 7pm the YW will produce its own spin-off of the popular NBC game show, Deal or No Deal ©, where there will be local businessmen from the Baton Rouge community posing as models and a local news anchor playing the role of Howie Mandel. One lucky audience member will go home with the grand prize. Tickets are $40 and are on sale now! For more information, visit the YWCA’s website at www.ywca-br.org.

Brahms' Hungarian Dance & Violin Concerto

September 25, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the River Center Theatre for the Performing Arts.

Violinist and master soloist David Kim will perform with the Orchestra. The program will be celebrating the gypsy flavor and influence in music of Hungary, Germany and Spain.

Violinist David Kim was named Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1999. Born in Carbondale, Illinois, he started playing the violin at the age of three, began studies with the famed pedagogue Dorothy DeLay at the age of eight, and later received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from The Juilliard School. In 1986 he was the only American violinist to win a prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and in 1990 was a prize winner at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. For more information visit: www.davidkimviolin.com

Intermediate Microsoft Word 2003
Saturday, August 23, 2008 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The East Baton Rouge Public Library will be hosting an intermediate class in which patrons will learn how to create and modify a table, sort items in a table and insert headers and footers.

Classes are offered on a first come, first served basis. Patrons do not need to bring any materials with them unless they want copies of files they have created. If they want to save their files, they should bring one 3 1/2 floppy disk.

Sorrento Boucherie Festival

October 10 - 12, 2008

This annual festival celebrates the Cajun Boucherie with activities including the Crackling Cooking World Championship competition, dancing to live music, a pageant, Cajun food and carnival rides. For more information contact: visit http://www.eatel.net/%7Efred/boucherie/

Louisiana Renaissance Festival

Open weekends from November 1 to December 7 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The "Louisiana Renaissance Festival " brings to life what an English village and festive marketplace could have been like, mixed with a little bit of Louisiana spice. Come experience the exciting romantic Renaissance, and complete your holiday shopping from the most unique gift selections in Louisiana. For more information visit: http://www.la-renfest.com/default.asp