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Tickets are on sale for Taste of Mid City 2026: A Celebration of Food, Community, and Music Education, benefiting vital funds for local nonprofit Kids\u2019 Orchestra.<\/p>\n
Presented by Franklin Associates and The Executive Center, this annual event brings together local chefs, eateries and the community for a day of food, music and impact.<\/p>\n
Taste of Mid City is also hosting a silent auction to benefit Kids’ Orchestra, featuring items and experiences generously donated by local businesses. The auction runs through March 22.<\/p>\n
Tickets on sale until March 22. For tickets or to bid in the silent auction, visit TasteOfMidCityBR.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tickets are on sale for Opera Louisiane’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s grand opera, “Madama Butterfly” at 7 p.m. April 11 in the Raising Canes River Center Performing Arts Theater, 240 St. Louis St.<\/p>\n Tickets are $20-$150. Visit operalouisiane.com\/madamabutterfly<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tickets are on sale for the original cabaret production, “Roots, Briars, and Branches: A Reflection on America,” at 7:30 p.m. March 21 and 2 p.m. March 22 at the LSU Rural Life Museum, 4560 Essen Lane.\u00a0<\/p>\n This collaborative production between the Red Magnolia Theatre Company and LSU Rural Life Museum was conceived and curated by Jennifer Ellis and Jessica Wilson and is inspired by the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The show features a cast of 13 and a live band.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Tickets are general admission, $30 for adults; $25 seniors and students. Visit redmagnoliatc.org\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ellemnop is showing “Overlook the Obvious,” a group exhibition featuring work by six contemporary visual artists through March 27 at the Healthcare Gallery, 3488 Brentwood Drive, Suite 103.<\/p>\n The exhibit is a thought-provoking group exhibition featuring six contemporary visual artists whose work challenges viewers to slow down, question assumptions and rediscover the power of attention. The closing reception will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 27.<\/p>\n Featured artists are Alanna Ali, Sharon Furrate Bailey, Aria Mickenberg, Claire Gowdy, Chasity Scherer and Chad Schoonmaker.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Admission is free. Visit ellemnop.art\/theobvious<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road, in collaboration with Ellemnop.Art, will host its 2026 Student Art Exhibition, “Blueprints of Culture: Architecture and Design That Shapes Louisiana,” in the museum’s STEAM Gallery.<\/p>\n The museum invites Louisiana students in sixth through 12th grades to participate through an open call for art submissions. The exhibition will explore the foundations of architectural design in Louisiana, encouraging students to create original artworks inspired by the past, present and future of the state\u2019s built environment. The show will run from April 2026 through April 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Deadline for submissions is March 31. For specific requirements and a submission form, visit ellemnop.art\/steamgallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Glasgow Middle School Talented Art Students’ annual art exhibit runs through March 31 in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. This year’s exhibit is titled, “Power of Symbols and Cultural Pride: African Textile Design.”<\/p>\n Admission is free.<\/p>\n Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd., is showing “Present Day Traces of Segregation, Civil Rights, and Collective Memory in Louisiana” by the Louisiana Photographic Society through March 14.<\/p>\n Also, the exhibit, “Japanese War Brides: Across A Wide Divide,” opens on March 24 and runs through June 13, exploring the story of more than 45,000 Japanese women who immigrated to the United States after World War II and how their bold passage reshaped communities across the country. And the museum will host its annual Easter Egg Roll from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on March 28.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Admission is free to all events. Visit louisianaoldstatecapitol.org.<\/a><\/p>\n The Friends of the Louisiana State Archives and the Friends of the Old State Capitol will host “The Africans,” the next installment in its lecture series, “Becoming Louisiana,” at 5:30 p.m. March 24, at the Louisiana State Archives, 3851 Essen Lane. The lecture will be given by John K. Pierre, chancellor of Southern University.<\/p>\n Admission is free.<\/p>\n Tickets are on sale for Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana at 2 p.m. March 22 at the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. Tickets start at $30.<\/p>\n Tickets are also on sale for Houston Ballet II at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. March 28. Tickets start at $46.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Visit manshiptheatre.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tickets are on sale for the Louisiana Travel Association’s reception, “An Evening at Longview,” from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 10 at 1465 Ted Dunham Drive, Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n The evening will feature live music by the Coteau Grove Band with special guest Wayne Toups. Tickets are $250.<\/p>\n Visit e.givesmart.com\/events\/Nt0\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Hammond Regional Arts Center, 217 E. Thomas St., Hammond, will open its annual “Young Artists Exhibition” with a reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 6,<\/span> in the Main Gallery. The exhibit is a showcase of artwork created by Tangipahoa Parish students under the guidance of their art teachers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n A simultaneous exhibition, “The Studio Collection,” also opens that evening in the Center\u2019s Mezzanine Gallery on the second floor is \u201cThe Studio Collection.\u201d This show features expressive paintings by Pat Macaluso, along with stained glass works by Sharon Sledge.<\/p>\n Both shows run through April 2. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. Admission is free. Visit hammondarts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery will open the 2026 Juried Student Exhibition with a reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on March 12. The show runs through April 17, and features artwork by Southeastern students.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n The exhibition is juried by graphic designer and New Orleans artist Kay Curley and Orlando Hernandez Ying, curator of the Arts of the Americas at the New Orleans Museum of Art.<\/p>\n The gallery is located in East Strawberry Stadium on campus at 411 Ned McGehee Dr., Hammond. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to noon Friday. Admission is free. Visit southeastern.edu\/slucontemporary<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nunu Arts and Culture Collective, 1510 Bayou Courtableau Highway, Arnaudville, will host an “Acadian Brown Cotton: Seed Distribution & Regenerative Ag” seminar on March 14.<\/p>\n‘Madama Butterfly’<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
At Red Magnolia<\/h3>\n
Ellemnop group show<\/h3>\n
Call for student artists<\/h3>\n
Glasgow exhibit<\/h3>\n
At the Old Capitol<\/h3>\n
At the Archives<\/h3>\n
At the Manship<\/h3>\n
At Longview<\/h3>\n
In Hammond<\/h3>\n
SLU student show<\/h3>\n
At NuNu<\/h3>\n