Arts
ArtWalk starts at 4 p.m. April 15, 2011
Visitors to the annual spring ArtWalk, hosted by the Arts Council of Central LA and the City of Alexandria, will likely hear the ring, ring of Alexandria's only trolley, the Spirit of Alexandria. The Arts Council extended the footprint of ArtWalk to include the Arna Bontempts African American Museum, The T.R.E.E. House Children's Museum and Emmanuel Baptist Church. Full article.
Rapides Parish Library - Boyce Branch Book Club
Submitted by dshone on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 10:53amMeets on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 5:30pm-7:00pm. About every eight to ten months, books are selected.
June 22 - Dead Sleep by Greg Iles
July 27 - Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
August 24 - Lightkeeper's Daughter by Colleen Coble
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4th Annual USO Big Band Celebration
Submitted by dshone on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 11:15am
Adults: $10
Seniors & Students: $5
Military personnel in uniform get in FREE.
Call 318.443.4718 for tickets
Tickets will be available at the door one hour before the performance
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LA Partnership for Arts Advocacy
The arts are an essential and unique part of life in LA. The LA Decentralized Arts Fund Program makes the arts available in every parish in the state by providing grant funding for artists, nonprofit organizations, community groups, and local government agencies. Full Information.
New Art, New Director, New and Improved Gallery – What Could Be Better?
The Alexandria Museum of Art opens two new exhibits on January 15, 2009, and will be the first to display José Torres-Tama's "New Orleans Free People of Color and Their Legacy". Joseph Appalucci's "Stops Along a Circle" retrospective collection will be the first to hang in the third floor galleries since flooding in June. Full Article.
Rapides Symphony Orchestra: Heralding the Holidays
Submitted by Arts Council on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 2:35pmOne of Central Louisiana’s favorite holiday traditions is coming soon. The Rapides Symphony Orchestra – featuring its outstanding brass players – will present “Heralding the Holidays” on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center in downtown Alexandria.
As in years past, this concert will include a special guest appearance by a visitor from the North Pole, a sing-along and lots of other surprises that the whole family will enjoy.
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LSUA Hosts Award-Winning Play Written By LA Native
LSUA’s Empty Space Players will perform "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches." LA Native Tony Kushner wrote the play, which HBO adapted for TV in 2003. Full Article
Rapides Symphony Orchestra presents Pops on the River Concert titled “Red, White and Boom”
The Rapides Symphony Orchestra will present Pops on the River Concert titled “Red, White and Boom” at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, September 26, 2009 at the Levee Park Amphitheater. Additional information.
New Theater Company Opens in Alexandria
There’s a new theater company in Alexandria. Actors’ Repertory Theatre will present "The Big Bang," a two-man musical this weekend on the Hearn Stage of the Kress Theater in the Rapides Foundation building. Full Article
Helping Small Businesses & the Arts
Small business building is at the heart of the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation, which gave $557,000 to about 250 people, nonprofits and businesses last year. This year it gave $284,000, and is working on a second round of awards for early this month.