Around Baton Rouge: A Night of Poetry, “The Price is Right” and even more so – Advocate

Following is a calendar of community events in the area of ​​Baton Rugz from Friday to Thursday, February 20.

Friday

Friday night lecture: 19: 30-8: 30, Observatory of Brec’s Highland Road Park, 13800 Highland Road. Skygazing tips, physical phenomena, space programs and famous events are covered. For the age of 14 and more. Free. Evening sky looking at 19:30 to 10 pm Saturday.

Friday-Sunday

“Red velvet”: 7:30 pm Friday-Saturdays and 2pm Sunday (Show with ASL translator), Shavre Theater, LSU Music and Dramatic Art Building, Dalrymple Drive, LSU. Production of a pig palace. lsu.edu/cmda/theatre/events/index.php.

Saturday

Red sticks market for farmers: 8 am by noon, fifth and main streets, in the city center. Farm-loop products, goods, cooking demonstrations. breada.org.

Family Hour Stargazing: 10 am, Irene W. Planetarium Pennington at the Museum of Arts and Science in Louisiana, 100 S. River Road. Learn about the stars and constellations in the local night sky, followed by a show for all ages. Lasm.org.

“The confusing world of folk tales” auditions: 13:00, 225 Theater team, 7338 Highland Road. Cold readings from the script. 225theatrecollective.com.

Dinner Detective: 18:00, Holiday Inn, 4848 Constitution Avenue. An interactive show for mysteries for murder. The script is “dirty money”. Includes nutrition. $ 61,99 and up. ThedinnerDetetive.com.

“This is my word: a night of poetry and monologues”: 7:00, 225 Theater team, 7338 Highland Road. Host from J. Bru and with the participation of Kristen Sherry. $ 10. 225TheatRecollective.com.

Mardi Gras Cajun Dance: 19:30, Ric Seeling Dance Studio, 10776 N. Harrels Ferry Road. Music by Chris Miller and Bayou Roots. Free dance lessons at 18:45 after paid admission. $ 10, members of the French Kajun Music Association; $ 15, non -member; $ 10, ID students; and free, children of 12 and younger. Bring snacks and drinks. Batonrougecajundance.com.

Sunday

Friends of the Annual Meeting and Program of the Old State Capitol: 15:00, Old State Capitol, 100 North Randy Hani Blvd., lobbyist and philanthropist, will talk to Louisiana Banking and Trade from 1800 to 1900. He will also show samples of rare currency. Publicly invited.

Tuesday

Flex and Flow Yoga: 18:30, Jolie Pearl Oyster Bar, 315 North Blvd. Rotating instructors and various techniques. Free.

Trivia Night: 18:30, Burgersmith, 18303 Perkins Road. Collect your team and jockey for the first place. Loom.ly/y-cktq4.

Wednesday

Trivia Night: 18:30, Burgersmith, 27350 Crossing Circle, Suite 150, Denham Springs. Collect your team and jockey for the first place. Loom.ly/y-cktq4.

“The price is right live – stage show”: 7:30 pm, lifting the Cane’s River Center theater, 240 St. Louis St. Co -selected competitors will play the game for a prize array. $ 35- $ 205. RAISINGCANESRIVERCENTER.com.

Thursday

Red sticks market for farmers: 8 am until noon, Center for Biomedical Research in Pennington, 6400 Perkins Road. Farm-of-line products, goods and more. Facebook.com/redstickfarmersMarket.

Winter art defrosts an open house and reception: 5:00 pm to 7 pm, Elizabeth Gallery, highway 680 Jefferson. Art, shopping and an event for meetings with artists. Free of charge; Served refreshments.

Art after hours: 18:00 to 9:00 pm, Louisiana Museum of Arts and Science, 100 S. River Road. Celebration of the annual exhibit “Nile Discoveries: Study of King Tut’s Tomb and the Amen Egypt Collection”. Includes panel discussion and intake. Free. Lasm.org.

Trivia Night: 19:00, Jolie Pearl Oyster Bar, 315 North Blvd. Test your little things with your friends and family. Free.

Butterr & Friends Improv Collider Show: 19:30, MANSHIP Theater, 100 Lafayette St. Baton Rouge and New Orleans Improvians offer a night of laughter and creativity. $ 14. MANSHIPTHEATRE.ORG.

Continues

Gallery of Gallery Baton Rouge Center for Contemporary Art: 1515 Dalrymple Drive. Favorite Malayika, Tom Richard and Michael G. Williams, until February 27. Free. Batonrougegallery.org.

Capitol Park Museum: 660 N. Fourth St. “Billy Cannon: They called him a legend,” until January 10, 2026 (225) 342-5428 or Louisianastatemuseum.org.

Cary Saurage Community Arts Center Shell Gallery: 233 Saint Ferdinand St. “Eternal Feast of the Black Experience HERE, now, Forever,” until March 12. The hours are from 9 am to 4 pm weekdays and from 10am to 2pm Saturday. Artsbr.org.

Elizabethn Gallery: 680 Jefferson Highway. Group show. Call (225) 924-6437 or follow the gallery’s Facebook page.

Louisiana Museum of Art and Science: 100 S. River Road. “Nile discoveries: Study of King Tut’s tomb and the Amin Egypt collection” until October 31 (225) 344-5272 or Lasm.org.

LSU Museum of Arts: Show Center for Arts, 100 Lafayette St. “In a new light: American Impressionism 1870-1940” He works from the Bank of America collection, until March 23 (225) 389-7200 or Lsumoa.org.

LSU Glasell Gallery: The Center for the Shaw Arts, 100 Stick of Lafayette St. Britt Ransom, 3D printed ants and sugar serve as metaphors for Sugar’s journey from production to consumption, until February 28. The hours are from 14:00 to 17:00 Tuesday to Sunday. Glasellgallery.org.

Museum of the Magnolia Mound + Historic Site: 2161 Nicholson Drive. Guide service and self -management. The hours are from 10:00 to 16:00 Monday-Saturdays and from 1:00 pm to 16:00 Sunday. Brec.org/Facility/magnoliamound.

The Old Governor’s estate: 502 North Blvd. Open for tours. The hours are from 9:00 to 16:00 Monday-Friday. Free entry. Oldgovernorsmansion.com.

Old State Capitol: 100 North Blvd. “The Greatest Celebrity of His Time”, an exhibition around Lafayette, the first general, born abroad to command the American Revolution, until March 13. Also, “the sacred freedoms of America in the first amendment”, an exhibition of the annual year. Free entry. Louisianaoldstatecapitol.org.

The Poydras Center: 500 W. Main St., New Roads. An exhibition of artists Kelly Martin Smith and Olivia McNili passed in March. The hours are from 10:00 to 15:00 Monday-Friday. Free and open to the public. https://650poydras.com/.

Uss Kidd Museum of Veterans: 305 S. River Road. D-Day exhibit marking the 80th anniversary of the invasion. “Pirates! The story behind the Pacific Pirate, a constant exhibit. Note: The court is currently in Houma to repair Drydock. usskidd.com.

West Batton Rouge Museum: 845 N. Jefferson Avenue, Port Alan. “Blues Festival Posters over the years” until April 6. (225) 336-2422 or Westbatonrougemuseum.org.