📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | Nov. 9–15
Why it matters: Opera star Lisette Oropesa comes home to LSU, Baton Rouge Gallery auctions local art at KINETICS, and Friday packs Fastball, Tracy Lawrence and Shakespeare into one night.
🗓️ Monday, November 9
🎤 Paula Cole—7 p.m. 📍 Chelsea’s Live, 1010 Nicholson Dr.
- The “I Don’t Want to Wait” singer brings her This Fire: 30 Tour, with Rett Madison. 18 and older. Tickets.
🗓️ Tuesday, November 10
🎸 Drivin N’ Cryin—7 p.m. 📍 Chelsea’s Live
- The Atlanta rockers with The Alabama Heathens. Tickets.
🗓️ Tuesday–Wednesday, November 10–11
🎷 LSU Big Bands and Symphonic Band—7:30 p.m. 📍 LSU Union Theater
- The School of Music’s jazz big bands play Tuesday, and the Symphonic Band plays Wednesday. $18; $11 students. Tickets.
🗓️ Wednesday, November 11
🎺 River City Jazz Masters: Wendell Brunious and The New Orleans Legends—7:30 p.m. 📍 Manship Theatre, 100 Lafayette St.
- The trumpeter plays traditional New Orleans jazz for the series’ 20th anniversary. From $56. Tickets.
🗓️ Thursday, November 12
👗 Art After Hours: Curating San Carlin—6–8 p.m. 📍 Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road
- Curator Michael Mamp talks at 6:30 p.m. about the Baton Rouge couture house behind Louisiana Couture. $16; free for members, military, veterans and first responders. Tickets.
🎻 Baton Rouge Symphony: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5—7:30 p.m. 📍 River Center Theatre
- Violinist Matthew Hakkarainen plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. $25–$80. Tickets.
🎸 Beatles vs Stones: A Musical Showdown—7:30 p.m. 📍 Manship Theatre
- Tribute bands Abbey Road and Satisfaction trade sets, then share a closing encore. Tickets.
🗓️ Thursday–Sunday, November 12–15
🎭 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 📍 Reilly Theatre, LSU
- Swine Palace stages Shakespeare’s comedy through Nov. 22. This week’s shows are Thursday (preview), Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $9–$32. Tickets.
🗓️ Friday, November 13
🖼️ KINETICS—7–11 p.m. 📍 Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive
- A fast-paced live auction of 30-plus works by regional artists, with bids starting at $100. Cocktails, music and bites. $65 members; $85 nonmembers. Tickets.
🎸 Fastball—7:30 p.m. 📍 Manship Theatre
- “The Way” hitmakers play Texas weekend, with Baby in the 90s opening. Students from Baton Rouge Music Studios play a free ’90s happy-hour set at 6:15 p.m. From $35. Tickets.
🤠 Tracy Lawrence—6 p.m. 📍 Texas Club, 456 N. Donmoor Ave.
- The ’90s country star with Parish County Line and Caiden Wallace. Doors 4:30 p.m. Tickets.
😂 Butterr & Friends: An Improv Collider Show—7:30 p.m. 📍 Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre, 235 North Blvd.
- Butterr, Improv LSU, New Orleans’ Big Couch and special guest Loveday Funck take turns, then team up for a mashup finale. Under 16 must come with a parent. $14. Tickets.
🗓️ Friday–Sunday, November 13–15
🍷 St. Francisville Food & Wine Festival 📍 St. Francisville
- A visiting chef dinner, jazz brunch, Bubbles & BBQ and the Grand Tastings at The Myrtles. Tickets.
🗓️ Saturday, November 14
🥕 Red Stick Farmers Market—8 a.m.–noon 📍 5th & Main streets
- Local produce, meat, bread and prepared foods. Details.
🤘 Rock the Dome: Laser Metallica—6 p.m. 📍 Irene W. Pennington Planetarium, LASM
- Metallica’s catalog set to lasers under the dome. Details.
🗓️ Sunday, November 15
🎶 Lisette Oropesa—1 p.m. 📍 Turner-Fischer Recital Hall, LSU
- The Metropolitan Opera soprano and LSU alumna sings Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi with LSU opera students. $75. Tickets.
🎭 The Story of Me and My Dad—3 p.m. 📍 Manship Theatre
- John Mese’s one-man show about his relationship with his father. $27. Tickets.
🎟️ Plan Ahead
🌺 Poinsettias & Prosecco, Nov. 19—The 21-and-older Louisiana Lights preview party at Burden; $100. Get more information and tickets.
🐶 Studio Saturday: Paint Your Own Blue Dog, Nov. 21—Tour the Rodrigue exhibit at LASM, then paint your pet as a Blue Dog; $40, limited spots. Get more information and tickets.
📋 Civic Duty
🎤 Press Club: Mary-Patricia Wray on the midterms and what’s next—Monday, November 9, noon 📍 Drusilla Place Catering, Drusilla Shopping Center
- The founder of Top Drawer Strategies breaks down the election results. Doors open 11:30 a.m.; she speaks at 12:15 p.m. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Details. LPB posts video on its YouTube channel.
🇺🇸 Mayor’s Veterans Breakfast—Tuesday, November 10, 8:30 a.m. 📍 Main Library at Goodwood, 7711 Goodwood Blvd.
- The sixth annual breakfast honors veterans, military families and caregivers. Registration required. Register.
🏛️ Metro Council—Tuesday, November 10, 4 p.m. 📍 City Hall, 222 Saint Louis St.
- See the agenda.
🏛️ St. George Council—Tuesday, November 10, 5 p.m. 📍 St. George City Hall, 11207 Proverbs Ave.
- See the city calendar.
🗣️ Civic Sips: Civic Speed Dating—Thursday, November 12, 6–8:30 p.m. 📍 Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd.
- PAR and the LSU Reilly Center rotate state and local leaders table to table, including Mayor-President Sid Edwards. Free food and drinks. RSVP by Nov. 10.
🇺🇸 Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall—Friday, November 13–Sunday, November 15 📍 Zachary High School, 4100 Bronco Lane, Zachary
- Zachary’s Veterans Day flag raising (7:30 a.m.) and parade (9 a.m.) open the visit Friday. Wall hours are 4–9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.–9 p.m. on the weekend. Details.
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