‘Die Fledermaus’ at LSU
Tickets are on sale for the LSU Opera’s Turner Fischer Center’s production of Johann Strauss II’s “Die Fledermaus” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, in the Shaver Theatre in the LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive.
Tickets are $12-$32. Visit lsucmda-internet.choicecrm.net/dist/#/events.
At Yes We Cannibal!
Yes We Cannibal!, 1600 Government St., will open Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste’s “Going To See A Man About A Horse” on Saturday, Dec. 14. The show will simultaneously run through Saturday, Feb. 1, at the gallery, along with another location yet to be determined.
The show explores Black sites, or “Sigh/tes,” as both a poetic(s) and an imperative. Toussaint-Baptiste will present a series of performances along with artworks that will be featured alongside “mules,” a series of sculptural configurations built by the artist over 10 years.
Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and by appointment. For more information, call (225) 366-8209 or email [email protected].
In LSU galleries
The LSU School of Art will host its annual Grad Walk on from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21.
This open-studio event features a scheduled walk between School of Art MFA graduate studios, 31 S. Campus Drive on the LSU campus. Meet the artists and get a peek inside their process as you visit their individual studio spaces to see in-process works, as well as the School of Art’s gallery spaces.
The walk will include visits to the photography, painting and drawing, ceramics, digital art, and sculpture studios and exhibits that include works by graphic design and printmaking grads. The walk will conclude in the School of Art’s sculpture garden where food and drinks will be available to enjoy amid the glow of 100 lanterns made by the first-year undergraduate students and strung among the trees.
There is plenty of parking and LSU’s campus is fully accessible to visitors after 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit design.lsu.edu/news-and-events/events/.
Rembrandt, Goya and Dürer
The LSU Museum of Art in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St., Baton Rouge, is showing “Rembrandt, Goya and Dürer: The Marvel of Old Masters” through Sunday, Feb. 2.
This exhibition presents over 60 engravings, etchings and woodcuts by three master printmakers: Rembrandt, Goya and Dürer, offering a rare chance to see these works up close.
The museum is also offering 45-minute pop-up guided tours of this show and “In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870–1940, Works from the Bank of America Collection” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10; noon and 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13; noon and 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19.
For more information, visit lsumoa.org.
‘Unplugged’ in Denham Springs
Tickets are on sale for Big Dreams Drama Program’s production of “Unplugged,” a one-hour play of whimsical excitement, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at Events at Serenity, 33135 La. 16, Denham Springs.
Jump into a world where your brain gets to take a virtual vacation while going through several game room challenges. Big Dreams Drama Program is a local Denham Springs Theater company focusing on youth. The company produces two shows a year in which the actors get to choose what the show will be about and what their characters will be.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Visit big-dreams-drama-program.ticketleap.com/unplugged/.
Byrde’s Dancers Luncheon
Tickets are on sale for Of Moving Colors’ annual Byrde’s Scholarship Luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Country Club of Baton Rouge.
The scholarships are an effort that brings life-changing arts opportunities to children in the community. This January, in partnership with Big Buddy, the company will present “Love Revolution,” a community outreach project that allows kids from the city to train and perform alongside professional company dancers.
The students rely on scholarships to cover the cost of costumes, theatre space, shoes, tuition, photos and videos of the performance, and all other costs that go into a large-scale production.
Individual tickets are $35. Visit secure.anedot.com/of-moving-colors-productions/c06817efb9a7ac198944a.
In Pointe Coupee
The Arts Council of Pointe Coupee’s fundraiser, “Light Up the Holidays,” is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Poydras Center, 500 W. Main St., New Roads. The ticketed event will include food, drink, door prizes, an art market featuring local artists and a holiday musical performance by James Linden Hogg.
For tickets, visit artscouncilofpointecoupee.org.
Louisiana Lights
Tickets are now on sale for “Louisiana Lights: Where Holidays Shine,” opening Friday, Nov. 29, in the Windrush Gardens at the Burden Museum & Gardens, 4560 Essen Lane.
Tickets are $20 for adults. Children are admitted free. Visit lsuagcenterbg.ticketspice.com/louisiana-lights.
Taylor’s music with candles
Plan now to get tickets for the next performances in the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra’s Concert with Candles series, “Taylor Swift,” featuring Rebecca Smith accompanied by a guitar quartet. The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 21-22, in the Cary Saurage Community Arts Center, 233 St. Ferdinand St., Baton Rouge.
Tickets are $30-$50. Visit brso.org.
At NUNU
NUNU Arts and Culture Collective, 1510 Courtableau Highway, Arnaudville, is showing “The Divine Feminine Art Show,” featuring work by Kay Jeansonne, through Dec. 29. The show features more than 30 oil paintings and eight charcoal drawings celebrating the strength and beauty of the feminine spirit in ordinary women from all walks of life.
Admission is free. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, by appointment and for special events.
Crochet Ceiling
The New Iberia Spanish Festival invites all crochet artists to enter its inaugural Church Alley Ceiling Crochet Centerpiece Competition.
This new project will help raise funds for the festival to defray costs associated with the installation of the 2025 crochet ceiling on Church Alley in downtown New Iberia. For those who want to contribute but not compete, any 2-foot-by-2-foot crochet piece can be used in the expansion of the crochet ceiling.
For more information, email [email protected].