Louisiana Crossroads Presents BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet

October 24th at 7pm in the Central School Theater, Louisiana Crossroads presents BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet.  This Grammy Award winning super-group blends Zydeco, Tex Mex, Western Swing, Blues, New Orleans Traditional Jazz, and Caribbean Calypso.  You do not want to miss this evening of incredible music!  Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door, and can be purchased at the Arts and Humanities Council office on the second floor of Central School, or online at www.louisianacrossroads.org 

Arts Council to Host Seminar on Artistic Branding

On Tuesday, October 9th at 11:30 a.m., the Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana will host a free seminar in Room 108 of Central School Arts & Humanities Center as part of the quarterly Regional Arts Network luncheon series. The seminar will focus on the importance and process of branding for artistic success and recognition.  The collective efforts of creating a brand with a cohesive and communicative logo, the ability to hone in on one’s target market, and the increase in brand equity over time are essential to the success of and individual artist in his or her market.       

Marketing experts Peter O'Carroll representing the O’Carroll Group, Kristy Armand representing Healthy Image Marketing, and Oran Parker representing Parker Brand Creative will sit on the panel and offer strategies and methods for building a brand specifically for individual artists representing all artistic disciplines from visual art to music. Area artists with first-hand experience in the success of increased visibility through branding and marketing will also sit on the panel, including Sue Zimmermann, a local artist who has been exhibiting professionally for over 13 years and was former president of Associated Louisiana Artists, and Justin Robinson, founder of The Chuck Live and member of the local band Go, Granny, Go! which has successfully created a recognizable brand for their own band’s style.

An RSVP is required, and lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. for $5 per person with the seminar to follow at noon. Regional Arts Network luncheons are design to bring together those working or interested in the arts for networking opportunities and round-table discussions of regional arts initiatives. The Regional Arts Network series is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Louisiana State Arts Council, and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, and Recreation & Tourism.

For more information or to RSVP, call the Arts Council office at (337) 439-2787. 

Calcasieu Cinema International Presents "A Peck on the Cheek"

There will be a free screening of the 2002 Indian film "A Peck on the Cheek" this Friday, 28 September, at 7 p.m.  Central School auditorium in Lake Charles, Louisiana, will be the venue for the start of the second year of Calcasieu Parish's international film series. 

 

  A Peck on the Cheek goes beyond the romance and music of Indian film to confront difficult relationships and familial bonds.  With the aid of her adoptive parents, 9-year-old Amudha searches for her birth mother in war-torn Sri Lanka.  Facing rejection and possible conscription as a child soldier, Amudha goes on a journey that changes several lives.  Director Mani Ratnam's film is stunning in its honest portrayal of love and life's tough choices. 

   Dr. Kashi Yadalam, a native of  India, practices psychiatry and conducts research at Lake Charles Clinical Trials.  He and his family have enjoyed the cultural richness of the Lake Area for over twenty years and actively support the Banners Series. 

He is pleased to be a co-sponsor and to lead the discussion for the movie. Inviting the audience to join him, he will examine some of the rich, complex relationships in the film.  Free popcorn and drinks are provided. 

Calcasieu Cinema International, a branch of the Council for International Concerns, will present the award-winning film in partnership with McNeese State University's Office of Diversity, Banners Cultural Series, Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana, Lake Area Psychiatry, The Hearing Center, Common Ground/CultureFestLouisiana, and Lake Charles Coca-Cola.

   For more information, email cbadeaux@mcneese.edu or jkprjs@gmail.com

Itinerant Theatre World Premiere: Cleoma ~ A First

Itinerant Theatre announces its second Bicentennial Year production, the world premiere of Cleoma ~ A First.  This one-woman play, written by Lake Charles native Carolyn Woosley, is from her 13 play cycle Louisiana Women.  Cleoma will be performed as a staged reading by two-time Grammy-nominated musician, Ann Savoy.  Cleoma will be performed at Imperial Calcasieu Museum at 204 W. Sallier St. Lake Charles, La.  Performances will be held at 7pm, Thursday - Saturday, Ocotber 4-6.  Tickets are $10 at the door.  





A Q&A with author and actress follows the Thursday night premiere.  Opening Friday night is Things From Our Past by Angela Wubben, a one-half hour dramatization of life in rural Acadiana.  After the Friday performance of Cleoma, Ann Savoy will introduce her new CD of Cleoma Falcon music.  Ms. Savoy will sign CDs and host a Q&A on its making.


Following the Saturday performance, the Grammy-nominated female troupe, The Magnolia Sisters, will play two sets of a blend of musical genres authentic to SWLA. This musical event begins at 8:00pm, outside at The Annex.  An additional $10 ticket is charged.  

Cleoma (Cleoma Breaux Falcon) and her husband Joe Falcon were the first Southwest Louisiana musicians to be recorded (Columbia Records 1928).  Cleoma was an iconic rule-breaker.  Women did not perform music in public, either before or after her, perhaps until Marc and Ann Savoy of Eunice, La.  Set in Crowley in the 1930s, Cleoma gives the audience a taste of life in the rough-and-tumble dancehalls of SWLA during a time of change as Acadiana’s music meets up with “hillbilly” and other musical forms.  Songs, woven throughout the play, will first be interpreted into English by a “reader” who will be on stage with Ms. Savoy.

Producers of Cleoma ~ A First are Joy Pace and Carolyn Woosley.  Ms. Woosley is Director. Ann Savoy is costume designer. Leslie Berman is sound designer. Technical consultant  is Norman McKnight. A grant by the Convention & Visitors’ Bureau of SWLA helped make this production possible.  Tickets for Cleoma are $10. A separate $10 is charged for the Saturday night Magnolia Sisters concert, with $5 discounts for those who attend any Cleoma performance.  To purchase all tickets, visit the website www.itineranttheatre.com , call 337-436-6275 or at the door.  Tickets for Cleoma are limited to 60. Tickets for The Magnolia Sisters are unlimited.
            Itinerant Theatre is dedicated to providing an affordable, professional forum for the performing arts and artists and productions for artistically underserved audiences.  For information call 337.436.6275, visit Facebook or the website: www.itineranttheatre.com                    

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First Friday Reading Series Presents Phd. Candidate J Bruce Fuller

On Friday October 5th, at 7pm the First Friday Reading Series returns with a free reading by J. Bruce Fuller of the Ph.D. program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.  The reading series, co-sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana, is held at the Porch Coffee House & Cafe in Lake Charles.

J. Bruce Fuller is from Louisiana, and currently teaches at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette where he is a Ph.D assistant in poetry.  His chapbook 28 Blackbirds at the End of the World was published by Bandersnatch Books in 2010, and he has had three limited edition broadsides published by Yellow Flag Press.  His poems have appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Yankee Pot Roast, Louisiana Review, The Lilliput Review, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, as well as Improbable Worlds: an Anthology of Texas and Louisiana Poets (Mutabilis Press), edited by Martha Serpas.  His translations of Javier Lentini's poetry have recently appeared at Aldus, Brown University's journal of translation. 

The First Friday Reading Series occurs on the first Friday of each month and presents a wide range of published poets from across Louisiana The Porch Coffee House & Cafe is located at 4710 Common Street in Lake Charles.  For details, contact the Arts Council at 337-439-2787.

Gallery Promenade list of Locations and Artist

The Arts & Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana is pleased to announce the list of participating artists and art spaces participating in this years Gallery Promenade.  Gallery Promenade is designed to give residents and visitors of Southwest Louisiana an evening in the fall when galleries, art venues, and museums across the Lake Area work in a coordinated effort to open their doors and take part in an extensive promenade of current exhibits and local art. 

Gallery Promenade 2012 will include;

Gallery By the Lake, 106 West Pryce St.

Nancy Peace, Kay Andrews, Ellen Anthony,  Peggy Borel, Peggy Bower, Milton Carleton, Nany Czejkowski, Anne Dentler, Lois Derise, Jody Domingue, Barbara Dugas, Marcia Dutton, Katherine Flaherty, Beth Fontenot, Alyce Gilmore, Barbara Haviland, Barbara Holt, Yelena Koehn, Debbie Lavergne, Jock McGregor, Cindy Ottenweller, Patsi Prince, Lynne Rawley, Linda Ritchie, Nell Scott, Jennifer Widener, Carolynn White, Sue Zimmermann. 

Nancy Peace, WWII Navy Medic, Oil, Gallery by the Lake

The Children’s Museum, 327 Broad St.

Jon Meaux,  Michalangelo Villiamil, Sarah Dupre,

Sarah Painter, Meagan Green

The Harrington Gallery, 210 Tamarack Street, Sulphur

Susan Hebert

1911 Historic City Hall, 1001 Ryan St.

1st Floor- Artisan’s Gallery, 1911 City Hall First Floor, 1001 Ryan St.

Anita Ahrens, Melinda Antoon  Blane Bourgeois, Sally Cappel, Marilyn Cox  Ron Gibson, Kathy Gardiner Hebert, Emma Hughes, Charlene Kaough, Carrie Kudla, Charlotte LaBarbera, Pat Love, Donna Artigue Price, Geoff Russell, Anne Shirley, Gloria Wegener, Bobbi Yancey, Gloria Yang, Sue Zimmermann

2nd Floor - Dr. Bennett Sewell 

3rd Floor - Francis Pavy

Atomic Heart Tattoo, 4309 Common St.

Casey Page, Zach Brown, Christy Scothorn, Maura Cole

The Frame House & Gallery, 1640 Ryan St.

John Olzey, Alvin Baptiste

 Stellar Beans, 319 Broad St.

Art du Lac: Johnny Segura, Jacqueline K Segura,  Valerie Noland Smith, Stacey Bearden

Historic Calcasieu Marine Bank, 844 Ryan St.

Art du Lac: Cheri Cowen, Monica Hebert, Kevin Leveque, Julie Dallas, Rex Alexander, Lyd Faquher, Julie Groth, Jacqueline K Segura,

Katherine Petty

Cheri Cowen, Oil on Canvas, ArtDu Lac

Yayi Gallery, 610 Alamo St.

Yajaira (Yayi) Raba, Paula Lavergne, Suzy Trahan

505 Bazaar, 314 Broad St.

Vickie Singletary

Henning Cultural Center, 923 Ruth St, Sulphur

Sean Hicks, Jim Ferguson, Shawn Ardabili, Ben Lawrence, Eric Manuel, John Davis, Chris Walkin, Charity Nolen, James Jessen, Johnny Segura, Bill Holton, Kathryn Reeser, John Martel, Justin Henry, Jennifer Manuel, Thom Trahan, Dreek Owen, Christy Scothorn, Alex Landry, Jim Slagle, Erin Casteel, Michael Casteel, Hannah Chaney, Craig Cooley, Re Ratliff, Asia Ardoin, Bill Elliott, Jacob Hughes, Jess Romero, Georgina Graves, Kelly Fruge, Emily Bov

The Art Shop, 706 Ryan St.

David Dewees, Charlie Hinchee, and others

Central School, 809 Kirby St. 
Second Floor

Kenneth Lavabit, Trina Lavabit, Carol Loman 
Black Heritage Gallery - Reflections Exhibit 
Art Associates Gallery - Kevin Leveque 

Kevin Leveque, Muse, Pastel, Art Associates Gallery

Third Floor - Studio 347 Susan Cole, Benita Corley, Theresa Dewey, Imogene Dewey, Tom Jacobson, Ruth Shelton, Diane Brocato

Imperial Calcasieu Museum, 204 W. Sallier St.

George Rodrigue, 200 Years: The Faces & Places of Louisiana

Alexander Art Studio, 900 Ryan St. Candice Alexander

For more information regarding Gallery Promenade Please contact the Arts & Humanities Council at 337-439-ARTS or visit www.artsandhumanitiesswla.org

Casting Call for ACTS Theatre's production of "A Christmas Story"

ACTS Theatre is looking for 3 men, 2 women, 5 boys, and 2 girls to act in their production of A Christmas Story.  Auditions will be held on September 23 & 24 onstage at ACTS Theatre.  Registration is at 6pm, auditions will begin at 6:30.