Events for Thursday, August 24, 2006

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Morning

Main Street Market

Main Street Market will features the freshest fruits, veggies, dairy products and meats.

7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Downtown Baton Rouge

Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Louisiana Photographic Society Exhibition

9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch Library (Free)

Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation

This exhibition shows the impact of Louisiana history on the nation and the world.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Louisiana State Museum

Louisiana Experience: Discovering the Soul of America, The

This exhibit features a tribute to the people and cultures of the Bayou State.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Louisiana State Museum

Planetarium: Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure

'Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure' is a live-action nature drama that explores the dramatic and savage lives of an Old World praying mantis and a beautiful butterfly, known by their Latin names, Hierodula and Papilio. This feature combines incredible foo

9 a.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Wine, Women and Song

9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Elizabethan Gallery (Free)

All About You: People, Pets and Portraits

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Louisiana Art & Artist Guild Gallery (Free)

Brunner Gallery Invitational

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Brunner Gallery (Free)

Knute Heldner: New Acquisitions from Special Collections, LSU Libraries

10 a.m. to 8 p.m., LSU Museum of Art

Rob Erdle - Luminous Landscapes: Watercolors

Watercolor is a difficult and capricious medium, but in capable hands it can yield paintings of great beauty, power, elegance and subtlety. Among today's gifted practitioners is Rob Erdle. Erdle's treatment of the traditional subject of the landscape

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Paths to the Press: Printmaking and American Women Artist

'Paths to the Press: Printmaking and American Women Artist,' (1910-1960) is the first major exhibition to survey women artists' contributions to printmaking in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.

10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Louisiana State University - Shaw Center for the Arts

Anna Belenki: The Uses of Enchantment

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., LSU School of Art, Campus Gallery

Senator Russell Long Exhibition

This exhibit features memorabilia from the life of Senator Russell Long.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Old State Capitol

Conrad Albrizio: New Orleans Union Passenger Sketches

This is an exhibit of recently acquired drawings by Conrad Albrizio. They are study sketches for the fresco murals that Albrizio painted at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (UPT).

10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Louisiana State University - Shaw Center for the Arts

Planetarium - Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious and bizarre phenomena in the known universe. They are the ultimate destructive force in nature. So where do black holes come from and where do they go? How do we find them and what would happen if the Earth

10 a.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Planetarium - Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk

'Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk' takes large-format audiences on a breathtaking journey from extraordinary heights, featuring spectacular footage of extreme skydiving and focusing as well on both the biology of risk-taking and the physics that

10 a.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Cam Pyle Band, The

The band plays a mixture of funk, alternative, blues and rock. A unique blend of instrumentation including saxophone, guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, drums, bass, and even occasionally congas and bongos, lends itself to a variety of musical di

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Caterie

Capital Area United Way Campaign Kickoff

Enjoy food, fun and music at this kickoff party.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Baton Rouge River Center

Afternoon

Scott Finch, Phyllis Lear and Katherine Scherer

Noon to 6 p.m., Baton Rouge Gallery (Free)

Planetarium - Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious and bizarre phenomena in the known universe. They are the ultimate destructive force in nature. So where do black holes come from and where do they go? How do we find them and what would happen if the Earth

Noon, Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Planetarium - Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk

'Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk' takes large-format audiences on a breathtaking journey from extraordinary heights, featuring spectacular footage of extreme skydiving and focusing as well on both the biology of risk-taking and the physics that

1 p.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Planetarium - Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious and bizarre phenomena in the known universe. They are the ultimate destructive force in nature. So where do black holes come from and where do they go? How do we find them and what would happen if the Earth

2 p.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Planetarium: Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure

'Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure' is a live-action nature drama that explores the dramatic and savage lives of an Old World praying mantis and a beautiful butterfly, known by their Latin names, Hierodula and Papilio. This feature combines incredible foo

3 p.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Planetarium - Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious and bizarre phenomena in the known universe. They are the ultimate destructive force in nature. So where do black holes come from and where do they go? How do we find them and what would happen if the Earth

4 p.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Evening

BistroByronz Live Music

6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Bistro Byronz

Susan Owens and Filigree

8:30 p.m., Slippery Pete's

Night

Star 80

9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Spanish Moon

Star80 With DJ Bird

Enjoy the music of the '80s every Thursday.

9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Spanish Moon

Live Music at The Vineyard

Enjoy a variety of different bands Tuesday through Saturday at The Vineyard.

9 p.m., The Vineyard

live music @ sullivan's ringside

9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Ringside at Sullivan's (Free)

Cam Pyle Band, The

The band plays a mixture of funk, alternative, blues and rock. A unique blend of instrumentation including saxophone, guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, drums, bass, and even occasionally congas and bongos, lends itself to a variety of musical di

9 p.m., Caterie

Open Mic Night

Thursday's open mic night is one of the best music experiences in Louisiana.

9:30 p.m., Phil Brady's

Live Music

Enjoy a different rock band every Wednesday through Saturday at Roux House.

9:30 p.m., The Roux House

Open Mic Blues Jam

Thursday's open mic blues night is one of the best music experiences in Louisiana.

9:30 p.m., Phil Brady's

The Chris LeBlanc Band

10 p.m., The Roux House ($5)

Planetarium Visual Music Show - Pink Floyd: The Wall

Pink Floyd's album 'The Wall' from 1979 is one of the most creative musical productions in the history of rock music. 'Another Brick in the Wall,' 'Comfortably Numb,' Hey You,' 'Run Like Hell' and others epitomize the story of an antihero between war

10 p.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Susan Owens and Filigree

10 p.m., Slippery Pete's

Cam Pyle Band, The

The band plays a mixture of funk, alternative, blues and rock. A unique blend of instrumentation including saxophone, guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, drums, bass, and even occasionally congas and bongos, lends itself to a variety of musical di

10 p.m., Caterie

StudioLive

StudioLive is the brain-child of Grammy-Award winning producer and president of Maple Jam/Icon Records, Greg Ladonyi. The concerts will take place the last Tuesday of each month throughout the year. Proceeds will benefit MusiCares. "We all have to do

10 p.m., Varsity Theatre

Justinbailey | Spring Break Shark Attack! | US

10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Northgate Tavern ($5)

Retro Active

DJ Grand Marquis will spin tunes at Baton Rouge's best dance party.

11 p.m., Varsity Theatre

Time not available

Q2: The Baton Rouge Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Time TBA, Shaw Center for the Arts (Free)

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