Get Out
📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | April 27–May 3
Why it matters: Bob Dylan opens the week, a prog rock legend closes Tuesday and two nights under the planetarium dome round out one of the strongest cultural weeks of the spring.
🗓️ Monday, April 27
🕯️ Candlelight Vigil: Mall of Louisiana—6 p.m. 📍 Mall of Louisiana, near Main Event entrance
Two festivals, one weekend
Festival International and Jazz Fest are both within 90 minutes. Here's what to know.
Tart watermelon ice cream. Yes!
Step aside Blackout Chocolate Cake, at least for the summer. Watermelon taffy is here.
A tasty dosa in the city
The South Indian dish is a gift to the world, and a new version at Aroma is deeply satisfying.
📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | April 20–26
Why it matters: A Broadway one-nighter, a civic vote with real stakes, and a week full of free events give you plenty of reasons to get out.
🗓️ Tuesday, April 21
🌿 Hilltop Arboretum: Discover Nature—6:30 p.m. 📍 LSU Hilltop Arboretum, 11855 Highland Road
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A salad worth seeking out
At Albasha on Corporate Boulevard, the fattoush sits quietly on the menu, overshadowed by the chicken shawarma plate, the kabobs and the gyros wrapped in pita. It should not.
This is the dish worth your attention. Fattoush, a Levantine bread salad most closely associated with Lebanon, began as a practical