The artwork of 46-year-old painter Alvin Batiste of Donaldsonville is celebrated throughout the state for its charm and inspired application.
The E.D. White Historic Site will present Batiste's renowned work in an exhibition forty pieces strong Aug. 15-16.
"The Folk Art of Alvin Batiste" will only be on display for two days, but live painting by Batiste on site enhances the brief celebration.
"The screaming voices of fans is something that I need to hear regularly," says Isaac M. Chatman, a Donaldsonville resident who feels it is a prerequisite to achieve excellence in his musical craft.
"I need to feel that rush and chill down my spine."
Chatman, also known as "Array" on stage, will be taking on the biggest performance of his life on Aug. 15 as he opens for platinum recording artists, Carl Thomas and Keke Wyatt.
Reference librarian Joey Mabile and Matthew LeBlanc of Donaldsonville jam to Metallica during Ascension Parish Library's Adult Guitar Hero program Thursday evening.
The Ascension Parish Library wrapped up its summer programs with “Silly Olympics” Thursday afternoon at the Donaldsonville branch. Children participated in a pentathlon featuring straw, cotton ball and paper plate throws. Above, participants race to pass books from one another.
The beach at Grand Isle State Park reopened to the public Friday.
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t had been closed since May 7, while the Army Corps of Engineers replaced sand washed away by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The new sand will help protect Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island against future hurricanes.
Disney Channel's smash hit musical comes to life on the Ascension Community Theatre stage! The show opens as the Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes find their cliques, recounts their vacations, and look forward to the new year with the opening number "Start of Something New."
Library staff Elizabeth Richardson and Mary Mabile demonstrate the art of making "Rainbow Fish" during a Make and Take Craft at the Ascension Parish Library's Donaldsonville Branch Wednesday. The library offers crafts and programs throughout the summer.
A group uses beads to make jewelry during a program at the Ascension Parish Library's Donaldsonville branch led by staff member Amanda Hebert July 1. The library offers crafts and programs throughout the summer.
The City of Donaldsonville, the Donaldsonville Downtown Development District and Speakabox Entertainment will present a star-spangled event featuring a spectacular fireworks display and world class musical talents July 3rd from 4 - 10 p.m. at Crescent Park.
Come enjoy BBQ, jambalaya, fried fish, hamburgers, beverages, souvenirs and much more in a hometown historic setting overlooking the mighty Mississippi River.
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Initially a dancer, then a drummer, then a singer, then an actress, and for the past three decades a true pop star, the ambitious Madonna tried film directing a few years back (does anyone even recall the forgettable “Filth and Wisdom?”). On Friday she goes at it again with “W.E.,” a complicated story that covers two very different time periods.
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“Drive” coasts by on a whole lot of style and not much substance, but that’s OK. When a movie is this stylish, I can’t see any reason to complain.
It’s rare that a film so perfectly captures the utter joy and exuberance of being young. But “Chronicle” caps off that achievement by setting its story inside an ultra low-budget, purposely gimmicky science fiction tale of three high school seniors who make a bizarre discovery.
Ti West is no Stanley Kubrick, but he does share the late, great filmmaker’s penchant for slow-burn thrills emanating from central characters whose self-destructive traits just might rear up and bite them in the end.
