From The Baton Rouge Advocate.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Library and Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) are hosting an open discussion about New Orleans.
The event will be at the Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd., at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, and will coincide with the re-airing of American Experience: New Orleans at 5 p.m. today, July 26, on LPB.
The public is invited to watch the special and then attend the program at the library. Mark L. Thompson will lead a discussion on the program which will include viewer evaluations of how well the televised program presented New Orleans past and present.
For more information, call (225) 231-3745.
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Families fill 'Seussical' cast
From The Baton Rouge Advocate.
By Robin Miller
A person’s a person, no matter how small.
Or green or blue.
Or even a sour kangaroo.
And there is one, you know. A sour kangaroo, that is.
That was kind of a bad rhyme at the beginning, wasn’t it? Especially when compared to those penned by Theodor Seuss Geisel.
Best to use his pen name to avoid any confusion.
Dr. Seuss.
Yes, it’s his Sour Kangaroo that’s in question, the very same kangaroo who taunts Horton the Elephant about the Who population on the dust speck.
“The Sour Kangaroo is the leader of the pack,” Emma Graves said. “I wanted to be the Sour Kangaroo when I tried out for the play. She’s a nosey neighbor, and she’s always right until the end when she’s shown up.”
And the moral of the story?
“I know people like that,” Graves said, laughing. “We know people like all of the characters in this play.”
Graves is a 16-year-old Zachary High School student, one of 47 cast members in Central Community Theatre’s production of Seussical the Musical. The play opens Thursday, July 30, in Central High School’s auditorium.
“We thought it would be a great play for us,” Karen Clinkingbeard said. “It’s very family oriented.”
WHAT: A Central Community Theatre production.
WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, July 30-Aug. 1. There also will be 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2.
WHERE: Central High School Auditorium, 10200 East Brookside Drive, Central.
ADMISSION: $14.
TICKETS/INFORMATION: Call (225) 615-7615 or visit http://CentralCommunityTheatre.org.
For more information, click here.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Sci-Fi movie to be shot in Baton Rouge
According to the Baton Rouge Advocate, the sci-fi movie "Battle: Los Angeles" will begin filming in Baton Rouge this fall. The movie, by Columbia Pictures, is about a platoon of Marines fighting alien invaders on the streets of Los Angeles. Aaron Eckhart (Thank You For Smoking, The Dark Knight) will star as a Marine platoon commander. Johnathan Liebesman ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning") is set to direct. The production will be based at Raleigh Studios at the Celtic Media Centre in Baton Rouge.
Executive Producer Jeffrey Chernov said “Battle: Los Angeles” will involve an attempt by aliens to tap Earth’s water supply. The film style will be reminiscent of “Saving Private Ryan,” he said, with a U.S. Marine platoon going behind alien lines to foil the attempt. The project should average 150 to 200 jobs during filming, with up to 1,500 extras and 25 acting parts available for locals, Chernov said. Several weeks of the filming will take place in Shreveport to take advantage of a closed freeway ramp, he said, but most activity will be centered in Baton Rouge.
The film is based upon a sighting of one or more unidentified flying objects which took place from late February 24 to early February 25, 1942 in which eyewitness reports of an unknown object or objects over Los Angeles, California, triggered a massive anti-aircraft artillery barrage. The Los Angeles incident occurred less than three months after America's entry into World War II as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The incident was part of the inspiration for Steven Spielberg's 1941. Information on this incident is available here.
Interested crew members can fax resumes to the Baton Rouge office at (225) 330-6961. (No actor resumes.)
See the news report on the film here.
Executive Producer Jeffrey Chernov said “Battle: Los Angeles” will involve an attempt by aliens to tap Earth’s water supply. The film style will be reminiscent of “Saving Private Ryan,” he said, with a U.S. Marine platoon going behind alien lines to foil the attempt. The project should average 150 to 200 jobs during filming, with up to 1,500 extras and 25 acting parts available for locals, Chernov said. Several weeks of the filming will take place in Shreveport to take advantage of a closed freeway ramp, he said, but most activity will be centered in Baton Rouge.
The film is based upon a sighting of one or more unidentified flying objects which took place from late February 24 to early February 25, 1942 in which eyewitness reports of an unknown object or objects over Los Angeles, California, triggered a massive anti-aircraft artillery barrage. The Los Angeles incident occurred less than three months after America's entry into World War II as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The incident was part of the inspiration for Steven Spielberg's 1941. Information on this incident is available here.
Interested crew members can fax resumes to the Baton Rouge office at (225) 330-6961. (No actor resumes.)
See the news report on the film here.
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