Animals in Art at LSU Vet Med, jazz at the Music Club and Elizabethan Gallery opens Spring Show

Animals in Art

LSU Vet Med is showing its International Exhibition on Animals in Art through June 2 in the LSU Vet Med Library. The show is free and open to the public every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sixty entries representing 55 artists have been selected for the exhibition. A Best of Show award will be given, and one entry will be chosen to appear on the cover of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. A 20% commission on each piece sold will benefit LSU Vet Med programs.

For more information or to submit an entry, visit lsu.edu/vetmed/events/animals_in_art.php

At the Music Club

The Music Club of Baton Rouge will host the program “Jazz, America’s Classical Music,” featuring Bill Grimes on piano, Molly Redfield on bass and Doug Stone on saxophone at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, in the First United Methodist Church Conference Center, 930 North Blvd.

The program will be preceded by coffee at 10 a.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit brmusicclub.com. 

At Elizabethan Gallery

The Elizabethan Gallery’s Spring Show, “Connecting Colors,” is showing at the gallery, 680 Jefferson Hwy. Artists were asked to do a variety of subject matter but connect the palette throughout their series.

Featured artists are Carol Hallock, Keith Douglas, Betty Efferson, Carol Creel, Dana Mosby, Krista Roche, Kathy Daigle, Kay Lusk, Nancy Smitherman, Lynn McDowell and Muriel Prejean.

Admission is free. Gallery hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call (225) 924-6437.

‘Little Mermaid’

Tickets are on sale for Playmakers of Baton Rouge’s production of “Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.,” opening May 31, in the Reilly Theatre, Tower Drive, LSU campus. Tickets are $20-$30 by visiting playmakersbr.org. 

‘Mary Poppins’

Tickets are on sale for Christian Youth Theatre Baton Rouge’s production of “Mary Poppins,” opening Thursday, May 23, at the Shaver Theatre in the LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building on Dalrymple Drive. The show runs through Sunday, May 26. Advance tickets are $19 for adults, and $16 for groups of 15 and children age 12 and younger. All tickets are $22 at the door. For tickets, visit cytbatonrouge.org.  

At BellyFire Studios

Registration is open for BellyFire Studios’ kids’ summer pottery camps at the studios, 257 Lee Drive. The program will encompass 10 weeks of ceramic project-based, themed camps, covering such techniques as hand-building, sculpture and wheel throwing. Discounts are available for siblings and multiple sessions.

To register or for more information, call (225) 377-4398 or visit bellyfirestudios.com.

‘The Humans’

Tickets are on sale for Theatre Baton Rouge’s production of “The Humans,” opening Friday, May 17, in the Studio Theatre, 7155 Florida Blvd. Tickets are $25-$35 by visiting theatrebr.org.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’

Tickets are on sale for Sullivan Theater’s production of its first summer musical, “Little Shop of Horrors,” opening Friday, May 31, at the theater, 8849 Sullivan Road in Central. Tickets are $30 by visiting sullivantheater.com/tickets.

Choir camp

Registration is open for the Greater Baton Rouge Children’s Choir’s Forte Fun Choir Camp Taking from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 12, at First Baptist Church of Baton Rouge, 529 Convention St. During the camp, participants will engage in a variety of activities including vocal pedagogy, technique, rhythm skills, basic musicianship, musical theater pieces, bell ringing and instrument playing.

To register, email gbrccmusic@gmail.com.

At NUNU

Tickets are on sale for a concert by Cajun Americana singer/songwriter Dustin Dale Gaspard at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective, 1510 Bayou Courtableau Hwy., Arnaudville. Tickets are $20 by visiting nunucollective.org.

Also, NUNU will host a free guided tour with artist Camille Farrah Lenain through her exhibit, “Sisters of the Hunt/Soeurs de la Chasse,” from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 17. The tour will be followed by a screening of the documentary “The Waiting,” with a panel discussion from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Finally, the collective will host another gallery tour from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, May 19.

In Opelousas

The Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center, 315 N. Main St., Opelousas, will host a Civil War presentation by Kallie Johnston, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18.

Johnston has served as an intern at the museum for several months documenting Civil War soldiers and museum artifacts from that period.

Admission is free. For more information, call (337) 948-2589 or email museum@cityofopelousas.com

Iberia Performing Arts League

Auditions for the Iberia Performing Arts League’s production of its fall musical, “The Addams Family,” will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at the theater, 126 Iberia St., New Iberia. For more information, email mjprudhomme@usa.com or visit ipaltheater.com.

Also, tickets are on sale for “The Play That Goes Wrong,” opening Friday, May 24, as well as its first “Masked Singer” fundraiser on Saturday, June 29, in the City Park Recreation Center. Visit ipaltheater.com.