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The Children’s Theatre Company attended the 2012 Louisiana Thespian Festival on Jan. 27-28 on the campus of Northwestern State
University in Natchitoches.
The festival is presented by the Louisiana
Thespian Society, a component of the international Educational Theatre
Association
(EdTA). ...
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“The Hell of ’63,” a 2009 Dutch film, will be presented free by Calcasieu Cinema International at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Central
School Arts & Humanities Center Theater, 809 Kirby St.
Produced by Klaas and Steven de Jong, the film centers on the Netherlands’ famed skatin ...
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The McNeese State University Cowboy Marching
Band is one of five university marching bands selected for video
performance
at the 2012 College Band Directors National Association Southern
Division Conference Feb. 23-25 at Kennesaw State University
in Georgia.
The CBDNA Southern Division, which ...
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“Grace and Glorie,” a play that opens at the Lake Charles Little Theater at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, is a great vehicle for the
two actresses, director James Johnson, director, said.
In addition to the Friday opening, performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on the Fridays and Saturdays with 2 p.m. ...
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JENNINGS — The city of Jennings is putting the squeeze on Fat Tuesday this weekend with its 20th annual Mardi Gras Parade
and Festival.
The pre-Mardi Gras festivities on Saturday will feature a day of great family style food, music and fun in historic downtown
Jennings, according to City Pr ...
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New Orleans-based metal band Crowbar has gone through plenty of changes over the last 20-plus years, but several years with
a solid lineup has helped build a stronger musical direction.
The band will play its first Lake Charles show at Luna Live on Saturday. The show kicks off at 9 p.m. and will f ...
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“A Lesson Before Dying” will be the second production of Lake Charles’s newest theater company, Gabriel Brown’s Urban Soul
Theatre.
The performances at the Central School Arts
& Humanities Center Theater, 809 Kirby St., will take place at 3 and
8 p.m. Saturday
in cel ...
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The American Press compiles a list of entertainment events scheduled for Southwest Louisiana. The full list is published online each Thursday night while a condensed guide is printed each Friday in our Marquee section. The deadline for submission is the Monday before the publication date. To have yo ...
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Associated Louisiana Artists has issued a call to artists for its Spring Juried Art Show set for March 8-24 at the Gallery
by the Lake, 106 Pryce St.
The show is open to all artists, including K-12 students, adult students, non-professional, semi-professional and professional
divisions.
Categori ...
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The Arts & Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana recently awarded funding to 15 organizations in Calcasieu Parish.
They include the Lake Charles Civic Ballet,
Art on Wheels, the Children’s Theatre Company, the Brimstone Museum, the
SWLA
Science Educational Foundation, the Calcasieu ...
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The fifth annual Louisiana Theatre Festival will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Central School of the Arts & Humanities Center, 809 Kirby St.
The LTF is a one-day festival created to provide young people with acting and technical theater training, performance opportunities and colleg ...