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Tickets are on sale for the LSU Theatre’s production of Maggie Smith’s “The Courtship of Winifred Edwards,” opening Oct. 2, in the Shaver Theatre in the LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive.<\/p>\n
Tickets are $9-$22. Visit lsu.edu\/theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge announces the Baton Rouge Region Music Census, a new regional initiative aimed at understanding and strengthening the area’s music ecosystem. Set to begin in September, the project will gather comprehensive data from individuals and organizations involved in all parts of the music ecosystem \u2014 creators, venues, educators, producers and businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Those interested in getting involved can sign up at brmusiccensus.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tickets are on sale for “Over the Top!,” the first production in Opera Louisiane’s 2025-26 season, featuring three high-flying sopranos \u2014 Rainelle Krause, Kelly Curtin and Sarah McHan \u2014 singing to prove which is the greatest diva. The performance will be at 3 p.m. Sept. 28, at the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St., Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n Tickets are $51.50. Visit operalouisiane.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre has scheduled children’s auditions for “The Nutcracker: A Tale from the Bayou” for Sept. 14, in the Dancers’ Workshop, 10745 Linkwood Court, Baton Rouge. Times vary by age.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Audition fees are $15 pre-pay and $20 on-site.<\/p>\n For more information, call (225) 766-8379 or visit batonrougeballet.org\/nutcracker-auditions<\/a>, where audition registration paperwork and schedules can be found.<\/p>\n Tickets are on sale for the Louisiana Art & Science Museum’s Art After Hours program, \u201cFascinate Me: A 1920s Chapeaux Affair\u201d from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11, at the museum, 100 S. River Road, Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n Get ready to embrace the glitz and glamour of the Roaring 20s at this event in celebration of the museum’s train station home’s 100th anniversary. Tickets are $60 for museum members, $70 for nonmembers and can be purchased by visiting tinyurl.com\/LASMFascinateMe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n The Poydras Center, 500 W. Main St., New Roads, is showing “Plein Wild,” a collaboration exhibit between L. Charleville and Ellen Ogden, through Sept. 30.<\/p>\n Hours are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. For more information, call (225) 638-6575 or visit pointecoupeehistoricalsociety.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Southeastern Louisiana University\u2019s Contemporary Art Gallery, E. Strawberry Stadium, 411 Ned McGehee Drive, Hammond, is hosting the 2025 Visual Art + Design Faculty Exhibition through Sept. 24.<\/p>\n The exhibition will feature the work of the Southeastern faculty in the Visual Art + Design Department. It represents a wide array of media ranging from painting to sculpture, performance, photography, printmaking, video, ceramics, theatre design and graphic design.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Artists include Jeffery Mickey, Benjamin Diller, Shayla M. Kelly, Chad Serhal, Lily Brooks, Rachel Harmeyer, John Valentino, Eric Huckabee, Ernest Milsted, Mona Jahani, Garima Thakur, Tabitha Nikolai, Kathryn Baczeski, Stephen Schepker, Dale Newkirk, Tom Walton, Dominic Marasco and Rose McBurney.<\/p>\n In addition to the exhibition, a lecture by Assistant Professor of Costume Design Mona Jahani titled \u201cCostume Designing Clue: Exploring American Identity in the McCarthy Era\u201d is scheduled at 5 p.m. Oct. 2 in the gallery.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m.-noon Friday. Admission is free. For more information:\u00a0southeastern.edu\/slucontemporary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Lafayette Ballet Theatre invites area female dancers to audition on Sept. 6-7 for the 25th anniversary of the holiday classic \u201cThe Nutcracker.\u201d Auditions will take place at the theater, 201 Petroleum Drive, Lafayette.<\/p>\n Advanced auditions for dancers ages 15 to professional will be Sept. 6. Beginner and intermediate auditions for ages 8-14 will be Sept. 7.<\/p>\n The audition fee is $35 cash or check for participants ages 8 to 18. There is no audition fee for dancers age 19 and older. The online fee is $36.<\/p>\n Auditions for boys, ages 9-12, are Sept. 28 and Oct. 5.<\/p>\n For audition details or to pre-register for the audition, visit lafayetteballet.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n NuNu Arts & Culture Collective, 1510 Courtableau Highway, Arnaudville, will open two art exhibits, Charles Chaisson\u2019s \u201cWritten in the Veil\u201d and Ralph Schexnaydre\u2019s \u201cBlue Blue Blues,\u201d with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 12. The show runs through Nov. 2.<\/p>\nMusic census<\/h3>\n
‘Over the Top!’<\/h3>\n
‘Nutcracker’ auditions<\/h3>\n
1920s celebration<\/h3>\n
At the Poydras Center<\/h3>\n
At Southeastern<\/h3>\n
Auditions in Lafayette<\/h3>\n
At Nunu<\/h3>\n