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Tickets are on sale for the Sullivan Theater’s production of the musical, “The Addams Family,” opening July 17, on the theater’s stage at 8849 Sullivan Road, Central.<\/p>\n
Tickets are $28-$39. Visit sullivantheater.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The LSU Textile & Costume Museum, Human Ecology Building, 330 Tower Drive, will be open from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. July 5 for free first Sunday. The museum is showing its current exhibit, “Stitches in Time: Quilts and Fashion,” which commemorates America’s 250th anniversary with quilted fashion, which highlights quilting, a handicraft rooted in national heritage and tradition.<\/p>\n Admission is free. Call (225) 578-1087 or email textile@lsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n At Capitol Park<\/p>\n The Philemon Thomas Sons of the American Revolution and the John James Audubon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will conduct a public reading of the United States’ Declaration of Independence on July 8 at the Capitol Park Museum, 660 N. Fourth St.<\/p>\n The museum also will host Discovery Day: Independence Day from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 11, featuring discounted admission and a free educational craft.<\/p>\n Visit louisianastatemuseum.org\/museum\/capitol-park-museum<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive on campus, is hosting its fifth artist-in-residence, Emily Ward Bivens, an acclaimed visual artist and educator whose work is inspired by the intersection of art and science.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Bivens, distinguished professor of humanities and director of Graduate Studies in the School of Art at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, will be in residence July 13-Aug. 7.<\/p>\n Bivens will meet with key members of the LSU Vet Med community and create sketches, drawings and paintings that she will develop into larger pieces. She will donate one piece of art from her residency to LSU Vet Med\u2019s growing permanent collection generated by its artists in residence.<\/p>\n Her residency will culminate with a public art exhibition and presentation that will include works arising from her residency. More information about the exhibition to take place in the LSU Vet Med Library will be announced soon.<\/p>\n Visit emilywardbivens.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive, is showing Mitchell Gaudet’s “Gilt Trip,” Mary Jane Parker’s “Entangled,” and Brandon Surtain’s “Confetti” in July. All three are artist members of the gallery.<\/p>\n Gallery hours are noon-6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is free. Visit batonrougegallery.org<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The LSU Museum of Art in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St., is now showing its Folk Art Gallery, spotlighting the work of self-taught American artists drawn from several distinguished collections. The gallery’s centerpiece is a one-year loan of six artworks from the American Folk Art Museum in New York \u2014 featuring works by Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, David Butler, Sam Doyle, Purvis Young, and Mary T. Smith \u2014 made possible through Art Bridges’ Partner Loan Network.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Also, the museum will offer free admission on July 5, its Free First Sunday. No special programming is scheduled for this day.<\/p>\n Visit lsumoa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n LSU Hilltop Arboretum, 11855 Highland Road, will host two professional development workshops in July led by the Monarch Teacher Network, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping educators use monarch butterflies, migration, nature, language, and the arts as powerful tools for teaching and learning.<\/p>\n The workshops, “Teaching & Learning with Monarchs” and “Voices from the Land,” will be take place July 9\u201312. Both offerings are open to traditional classroom teachers, as well as non-traditional educators, including homeschool educators, informal educators, Master Gardeners, nature center staff, librarians, youth program leaders and others who work with learners of any age.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n The fee is $99 for “Teaching & Learning with Monarchs,” which runs July 9-10. The fee is $99 for “Voices from the Land,” running July 11-12.<\/p>\n To register, visit lsu.edu\/hilltop\/programs\/adult\/monarch_teacher_network.php or contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Shadows-on-the-Teche, 320 E. Main St., New Iberia, will host a family hands-on art event, where visitors will design and create their own paper lanterns. The program, “Light Your Own Path,” will take place from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. July 18 and is suitable for all ages.<\/p>\n Participants will discover the significance of light in African American spiritual practices before bringing their lanterns to life, lighting them together as a group. Each lantern is “a symbol of the optimism we all carry within.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Admission is $10 per family, and advance registration is encouraged, as space is limited. All program supplies will be provided. To register, visit visitingshadowsontheteche.org\/upcoming-events\/light-your-own-path<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Opelousas Museum, 315 N. Main St., Opelousas, will host the Opelousas Library’s Story Hour at 10 a.m. July 7, 9, 14 and 16.<\/p>\nStitches in Time<\/h3>\n
At LSU Vet Med<\/h3>\n
At Baton Rouge Gallery<\/h3>\n
Folk Art Gallery<\/h3>\n
At Hilltop<\/h3>\n
At the Shadows<\/h3>\n
In Opelousas<\/h3>\n