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The following is a calendar of community events in the Baton Rouge area from Friday through Thursday, Feb. 6.

FRIDAY

FRIDAY NIGHT LECTURE: 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., BREC’s Highland Road Park Observatory, 13800 Highland Road. Skygazing tips, physics phenomena, space programs and famous events are covered. For ages 14 and older. Free. https://hrpo.lsu.edu/. Also, evening sky viewing 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m. Saturday.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

“THE GUY WHO DIDN’T LIKE MUSICALS”: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Reilly Theatre, Tower Drive, LSU. Presented by the Musical Theatre Club at LSU. $20. lsumtc.ludus.com/index.php.

SATURDAY

BATON ROUGE ARTS MARKET: 8 a.m. to noon, Fifth and Main streets, downtown. Vendors sell a variety of unique, original works of art including pottery, woodwork, textiles, glass, paintings, sculptures, photographs, handmade soaps, handmade toys, jewelry and more. artsbr.org.

RED STICK FARMERS MARKET: 8 a.m. to noon, Fifth and Main streets, downtown. Farm-fresh produce, goods, cooking demonstrations. breada.org.

MONTHLY CONTRA DANCE: 4 p.m.-6 p.m., St. Alban’s Chapel, corner of Highland Road and Dalrymple Drive. Newcomer instruction at 3:45 p.m. Singles and couples welcome. $7 per person; free for first-timers. Louisianacontrasandsquares.com or (225) 803-9194.

SUNDAY

FREE FIRST SUNDAY: Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road; Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd.; Magnolia Mound Plantation, 2161 Nicholson Drive; LSU Museum of Art, 100 Lafayette St.; and LSU Center for River Studies, 100 Terrace Ave. Free admission to all exhibits and installations, plus reduced price entry to LASM’s Irene Pennington Planetarium shows.

“ROOTS OF OUR OWN: A LEGACY PROJECT”: 3 p.m.-6 p.m., Main Library at Goodwood, 7711 Goodwood Blvd. A celebration of the cultural legacy of Louisiana and Ghana to mark Black History Month. Free. ebrpl.com.

TUESDAY

PRESS ROBINSON AUTHOR TALK AND BOOK SIGNING: 5:30 p.m., Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd. In his memoir, “Pressing Forward,” longtime educator and community leader Robinson recounts his hardscrabble childhood in South Carolina, education at Morehouse College and Howard University, his career at the Southern University system and his fight to level the playing field for Black Americans. Free. louisianaoldstatecapitol.org.

FLEX AND FLOW YOGA: 6:30 p.m., Jolie Pearl Oyster Bar, 315 North Blvd. Rotating instructors and a variety of techniques. Free.

TRIVIA NIGHT: 6:30 p.m., Burgersmith, 18303 Perkins Road. Collect your team and jockey for first place. loom.ly/y-CKtQ4.

WEDNESDAY

TRIVIA NIGHT: 6:30 p.m., Burgersmith, 27350 Crossing Circle, Suite 150, Denham Springs. Collect your team and jockey for first place. loom.ly/y-CKtQ4.

THURSDAY

RED STICK FARMERS MARKET: 8 a.m. to noon, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road. Farm-fresh produce, goods and more. facebook.com/redstickfarmersmarket.

TRIVIA NIGHT: 7 p.m., Jolie Pearl Oyster Bar, 315 North Blvd. Test your trivia skills with your friends and family. Free.

“RED VELVET”: 7:30 p.m., Shaver Theatre, LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive, LSU. A Swine Palace production. Pay-what-you-can performance. lsu.edu/cmda/theatre/events/index.php. 

ONGOING

ART GUILD OF LOUISIANA: Independence Park Theatre, 7800 Independence Blvd. “Diego Larguia — New Orleans Architecture in Watercolor” workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Email cherie.gravois@gmail.com or call (225) 413-6941. artguildlouisiana.org.

BATON ROUGE GALLERY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: 1515 Dalrymple Drive. Works of Malaika Favorite, Tom Richard and Michael G. Williams, Tuesday-Feb. 27, with first Wednesday opening reception from  6 p.m.-9 p.m. and Articulate artist talk 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9. Free. batonrougegallery.org. 

CAPITOL PARK MUSEUM: 660 N. Fourth St. “Billy Cannon: They Called Him Legend,” through Jan. 10, 2026. (225) 342-5428 or louisianastatemuseum.org.

ELIZABETHAN GALLERY: 680 Jefferson Highway. Group show. Call (225) 924-6437 or follow the gallery’s Facebook page.

LOUISIANA ART & SCIENCE MUSEUM: 100 S. River Road. “Pinpointing the Stars,” through Friday. “Discoveries on the Nile: Exploring King Tut’s Tomb and the Amin Egyptian Collection,” through Oct. 31. (225) 344-5272 or lasm.org.

LSU MUSEUM OF ART: Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. “Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer: The Marvel of Old Masters,” through Sunday. “In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870-1940,” works from the Bank of America Collection, through March 23. (225) 389-7200 or lsumoa.org.

LSU’S GLASSELL GALLERY: Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. Britt Ransom’s “Sticky,” 3D printed ants and sugar serve as metaphors for sugar’s journey from production to consumption, through Feb. 28. Hours are from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. glassellgallery.org.

MAGNOLIA MOUND MUSEUM + HISTORIC SITE: 2161 Nicholson Drive. Guided and self-guided tours. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. brec.org/facility/MagnoliaMound.

OLD GOVERNOR’S MANSION: 502 North Blvd. Open for tours. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Free admission. oldgovernorsmansion.com.

OLD STATE CAPITOL: 100 North Blvd. Documentary screenings from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday of “One Simple Sentence,” chronicling the work of Mavis Arnaud Fruge to revive the French language, which Louisiana lawmakers had banned in classrooms in 1921. To celebrate French heritage, visitors will be invited to create French-themed crafts. “The Biggest Celebrity of His Time,” exhibition surrounding Lafayette, the first foreign-born general to command forces in the American Revolution, through March 13. Also, “America’s Sacred Freedoms in the First Amendment,” year-long exhibit. Free admission. louisianaoldstatecapitol.org.

THE POYDRAS CENTER: 500 W. Main St., New Roads. Exhibit by artists Kellie Martin Smith and Olivia McNeely Pass, through March. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Free and open to the public. https://650poydras.com/.

USS KIDD VETERANS MUSEUM: 305 S. River Road. D-Day exhibit marking the 80th anniversary of the invasion. “Pirates! The Story Behind the Pirate of the Pacific,” permanent exhibit. Note: Vessel is currently in Houma for drydock repairs. usskidd.com.

WEST BATON ROUGE MUSEUM: 845 N. Jefferson Ave., Port Allen. “West Baton Rouge’s Educator Edward Searcy,” opening Sunday, covers Searcy’s decades-long career as an educator at Cohn High School and then Port Allen High School. (225) 336-2422 or westbatonrougemuseum.org.

YES WE CANNIBAL: 1600 Government St. “Going To See A Man About A Horse,” exhibition by Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, through Saturday.