AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

Arts Council of Baton Rouge

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AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

23 Minutes about the Greater Baton Rouge Area's Arts & Culture

SEP 22

Meet Karen Soniat, LASM's new executive director

Join host Pam Bordelon as she visits with Karen Soniat, the new executive director of the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, who is now back in Baton Rouge after several years in New Orleans working with the National World War II Museum. She's excited about her first LASM Gala -- Party in the Valley of the Kings, which takes place Oct. 4.

21 min
SEP 15

Actor Louis Herthum

Join host Pam Bordelon as she talks with Baton Rouge native Louis Herthum about his upcoming role in the Netflix hit, The Night Agent, which is supposed to hit the screen in early 2025. They also talk about growing up in Red Stick and his 50-plus year career as an actor.

26 min
SEP 8

River City Jazz Masters

Join jazz aficionados, Arts Council CEO Jonathan Grimes and Mike Esneault, our director of arts education as well as an award-winning composer and jazz pianist, for an insider's glimpse and listen into the upcoming River City Jazz Masters Series! You don't want to miss this one!

23 min
SEP 1

Willis Delony & Bill Grimes: 40 years of making music

For the September Alvin Batiste Jazz Society Listening Room, two Baton Rouge jazz greats are celebrating 40 years of making music together. Join host Pam Bordelon as she visits with pianist Willis Delony and bass player Bill Grimes as they take a stroll down memory lane and talk about this special anniversary collaboration.

22 min
AUG 22

Film recounts life of Olympic winner Mondo Duplantis

In honor of Lafayette native and former LSU great Mondo Duplantis’ gold medal-winning pole vault in the just completed Olympics in Paris, we’re replaying host Pam Bordelon’s conversation with filmmaker Brennan Robideaux about his film, Born to Fly, the intimate story of Mondo and his rise to fame from child prodigy to the greatest pole vaulter of all time. His jump of 6.25m (that’s more than 20 feet!) was the ninth time he's broken the world record.

20 min
AUG 22

LSU Museum of Art's Clementine Hunter oral history project

Host Pam Bordelon sits down with Callie Smith and Sarah Nansubuga on the project they're conducting in conjunction with the LSU Museum of Art's Clementine Hunter exhibition. They have been conducting oral history interview with members of Hunter's family, the results of which will eventually become part of LSU's T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History’s digital library.

23 min
AUG 7

George Bell & Mike Esneault

In a very special iteration of the Alvin Batiste Jazz Society, local bass great George Bell, trumpet; Mike Esneault, piano; Bill Grimes, bass; and Jonathan Grimes, drums, serve as the house band for any musicians who want to join them for what promises to be an amazing gig.

24 min
AUG 5

The Little Girl in the Bottom of the Picture

The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture is the heart-warming, immersive story of college sweethearts Edie and Jeremy White’s transformational journey to meet her biological family after a submission to Ancestry.com drops a bomb in her lap. The two sit down with host Pam Bordelon and share more of this epic in this episode of AC23

25 min

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11 Ratings

So Much Talent!

01/08/2020

Rebekah Rainey

It’s awesome to hear about the talent in Louisiana! Highly recommend for anyone who is interested in the Arts or Louisiana Culture.

23 Minutes about the Greater Baton Rouge Area's Arts & Culture

Creator

Arts Council of Baton Rouge
Years Active

2020 - 2024
Episodes

120
Rating

Clean
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AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge