BATON ROUGE BLUES FESTIVAL
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009
Time: 8:00 PM
Location:
Baton Rouge River Center Arena
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
Cost: $38.50-$46.50
Exhibition – Spotlight – James Surls
Dates: January 17 ? March 15, 2009
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Friday – 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday – 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday – 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday Closed
Venue: Louisiana Art And Science Museum
address: 100 South River Road Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Description:
James Surls (b.1943) has been carving and hacking, burning, peeling, and shaping pieces of wood into monumental and enigmatic sculptures for over 35 years, combining abstract forms with recognizable images. In the words of art critic Mark Thistlewaite, “[Surls's] work has been described as ritualistic, totemic, animistic, surrealistic, primitivistic, romantic, and mystic.”
This selection of Surls’s work will be on view in honor of the artist’s upcoming visit to LSU as part of the College of Art and Design’s annual Manship Lecture Series. His work is included in many important museum collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Dallas Museum of Art; and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Louisiana Log Home and Country Living Expo
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
May 16 – May 17, 2009
Description:
A showcase for the Log Home and Country Living Experience
Location: River Center
Directions:
Exit I-10 to downtown Baton Rouge, continue to River front
Times: Sat, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm; Sun, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Admission & Parking: $8.00
Website: http://glmpromotions.com
Telephone: 888-451-0270
Wearin’ of the Green Parade
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
March 14, 2009
Description:
This Louisiana-style St. Patrick’s Day parade is complete with more than 90 floats with an Irish theme, marching bands, and bagpipers. Parades in Southern Louisiana are Mardi-Gras style with beads and cups and different kinds of ‘throws’ being tossed to the crowds. The two and three quarter-mile parade route is painted with green shamrocks. Rolling though the beautiful “Hundred Oaks” area of the city, thousands of parade goers make it a family day with huge parties in the area. Local food establishments are open and catering to the revelers.
Times: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Website: http://www.paradegroup.com/Irish/
Telephone: 225-925-8295
Email: irishclub@futurebound.com
Exhibition-39th Annual National River Road Show
Exhibit Dates: December 2-31, 2008
Title: 39th Annual National River Road Show – call for entries
Sponsor: Louisiana Art and Artists Guild
Venue: Louisiana State Archives
Awards: $2,800 – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Four Honorable Mentions
Juror: Judi Betts
Eligibility: Open to all artists 18 and over. All original two-dimensional media accepted except for photography and digitally created or enhanced works.
Fees: $35 for 3 entries, $5 for each additional up to 10
Location: Betty Efferson, 11242 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70815
Phone: 225-293-9793
Website: http://laag-site.org/
Festival of The Bonfires
Address: Louisiana Ave
Baton Rouge, LA 70071
Phone: (225)869-1717
One of the largest Bonfire events in the state held yearly this is one that’s worth listing even though it’s pretty far out of town. About a week before the event people start asking if I’m going. It’s a great time for the whole family and really gets you in to the Christmas season. How many bonfires have their own website?
Festival of The Bonfires Website: http://www.festivalofthebonfires.org/
Baton Rouge Festival of Lights
100 North Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
The festival of lights is how the city of Baton Rouge welcomes in the Christmas season. North Boulevard is all dressed up in Christmas lights and there are various activities taking place. Singing of Christmas songs, art displays, a fireworks show, a parade and presentations from various city officials such as Mayor Kip Holden.
Its a great event for the whole family and worth going check out. My girlfriend and I started our evening there before having dinner at Capitol City Grill and finally heading over to 3rd street for a few drinks where we saw the Mayor himself hanging out with the locals at Roux House.
I found the art displays to be very interesting. There was a man who’d set a world record for largest toothpick sculpture and various painters one of whom was painting while he was out there. I love that kind of stuff.
Look for this in the month of December
Look for this during the Winter
Louisiana Book Festival
Date: October 04, 2008
Category: Louisiana Book Festival
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Discription: Free celebration,Includes storytellers, face painting, arts & crafts, writing tent, costumed characters
Attendence: Estimated attendees-15000
Phone: 225-219-9503
Baton Rouge Job Fair
Date: August 6, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Facility:
o Embassy Suites Hotel
o 4914 Constitution Avenue
o Baton Rouge, LA 70808
o E-mail Contact: jlightell@employmentguide.com
o Contact Phone # (888) 274-5727
Description:
Kick off a New Career at the Job Fair!
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
10am-2pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel
4914 Constitution Avenue in Baton Rouge
Employment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The top employers in the Baton Rouge area include:
* BASF Wyandotte Corporation
* Baton Rouge General Medical Center
* Dow Chemical Company
* Entergy/Gulf States Utilities
* Exxon Chemical Americas
* Exxon Chemical Company
* Georgia Gulf Corporation
* Harmony Corporation
* International Maintenance Corporation
* J. E. Merit Construction, Inc.
* Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center
* Bank One
* South Central Bell Telephone
* Turner Industries
* Baton Rouge City Parish Government
* Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital
* East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
* Louisiana State Government
* Louisiana State Penitentiary
* Louisiana State University
* Southern University
* United States Post Office
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