‘Pagliacci’ tickets
Tickets are on sale for Opera Louisiane’s production of “Pagliacci” on May 16 and May 18 in the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St., Baton Rouge.
Tickets are $25-$100. Visit operalouisiane.com.
May the 4th
The Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road, Baton Rouge, will celebrate Star Wars Day and Astronomy Day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. May 4 with Star Wars Day at LASM: May the Fourth Be With You.
Admission to this family-friendly event is free as part of the Free First Sunday program. The day will be filled with fun activities for all ages, including hands-on “Star Wars”-themed crafts and activities, astronomy shows at the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium for a reduced price of $5 and demonstrations from the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society.
Guests are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite “Star Wars” characters. A major highlight of the event is the 2 p.m. showing of “Star Wars: The Worlds Within” in the planetarium. Visit lasm.org.
Shakespeare Festival
The Louisiana Shakespeare Company’s inaugural Louisiana Shakespeare Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 10, at the Capitol Park Museum, 660 N. Fourth St., Baton Rouge.
The festival will include interactive performances, live showcases of stage combat techniques, enactments of iconic scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed in an open-air setting, a hands-on activity where participants can create and use gall ink and displays featuring period costumes that bring the fashion of Shakespeare’s time to life.
Admission is free. for more information, visit, lashakes.org.
At Elizabethan Gallery
Elizabethan Gallery, 680 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, will host its Spring Art Opening and Reception from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 9.
This reception and opening will be held in conjunction with the Mid City Merchants’ annual Spring art festival, “Hot Art, Cool Nights,” which happens annually and is always the Friday of Mother’s Day weekend. The art hop starts at the intersection of Jefferson Highway and Goodwood Boulevard and continues down Government Street to the intersection of Government and 14th streets. It includes art, live music, food vendors and shopping.
The Elizabethan Gallery’s show will include work by Carol Hallock, Keith Douglas, Krista Roche, Kay Lusk, Carol Creel, Dana Mosby, Janice Evans, Andrea Phillips, Kathy Daigle, Diego Larguia, Cheri Fry, Ellene Jo Whiley and Cathy Smart.
Admission is free. Call (225) 924-6437 or visit elizabethangallery.com.
‘CATS’ tickets
Tickets are on sale for Christian Youth Theatre’s production of the musical “CATS,” opening May 22 in the Shaver Theatre in the LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building, Dalrymple Drive.
Tickets are $16-$22. Visit cytbatonrouge.org/shows/CATS-young-actors-edition/29.
At Cité des Arts
Registration is open for the Cité des Arts’ two-week filmmaking workshop, “Movie Magic 101,” for students in the sixth through 12th grades. The workshop runs from 1 to 3 p.m. June 30-July 11 at the theater. Cost is $330 for the course. Payment plans are available. Visit citedesarts.org.
‘Thrift Style’
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, is showing the traveling exhibit, “Thrift Style: An Exhibition on Feed Sack Upcycling,” through May 10.
Admission is free. For more information, visit louisianaoldstatecapitol.org.
Old Governor’s Mansion
The Old Governor’s Mansion, 502 North Blvd., Baton Rouge, will host a free chamber music concert titled “Music at the Mansion” at 4 p.m. May 4 as part of Baton Rouge’s First Free Sunday initiative. The Old Mansion will join other museums across the city and open its doors to the public, free of charge, on the first Sunday of every month from noon to 4 p.m.
The program will feature local musicians from the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, along with faculty members from LSU and the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
For more information, call (225) 342-9778 or visit laogm.org.
