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.

It’s the rare Hollywood star that doesn’t want to talk much about his new movie. But that’s what you get with Ben Stiller, who first made a splash directing and acting in the 1994 film “Reality Bites,” and has since gone on to secure spots acting in offbeat comedies including “Flirting With Disaster,” “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Zoolander,” and “Tropic Thunder.” He also directed and co-wrote the last two.

Joe Mathieu has illustrated more than 100 children’s books and has created thousands of illustrations for Sesame Street books and other products.

After the wacky winter we’ve had, temperatures in the mid-60s, patches of green grass and the first fragile flowers of spring seem like Wonderland to me. And with two kids even more tired of being cooped up than I am, it’s been especially hard meeting my weekly movie quota. So I talked my son (who turned 6 on Thursday) into joining me for the latest big-screen 3-D adventure.

Chris Knight loved listening to John Prine growing up, and it was Steve Earle who inspired him to begin writing songs. So it’s no surprise that his music contains Earle’s raw emotion and Prine’s literate detail.

‘Come on, is this really necessary?” That line spoken by Jennifer Aniston in the painfully lifeless “The Bounty Hunter” perfectly sums up my opinion of her latest bomb.

Yes, the accents in this Swedish import often sound like the chef from Sesame Street, but don’t let the subtitles fool you; it’s as Hollywood as Hollywood gets – if Hollywood weren’t so modest about issues like rape, sodomy and satanic rituals.

There’s a delicate line to be walked when adapting a best-selling book into a movie, especially when your intended audience is young and impressionable.

According to wisegeek.com, a trunk show is “an event within the fashion world in which an artist or designer puts on a special display of his or her work for review by a select group.” According to a recent interview with director Jonathan Demme, his “Neil Young Trunk Show” is “the best damn music movie that’s ever been made.” Let’s tackle these statements one at a time.

The Israeli import “A Matter of Size” features a lot of pounds but little weight in telling the improbable tale of four unhappy fat guys finding joy – and love – as sumo wrestlers.

As seen in the new IMAX film “Hubble 3-D,” the seven astronauts on the STS-125 Mission had some serious business to take care of. Traveling at 17,500 mph, they first had to grab and secure the telescope, then make various adjustments to specialized cameras and spectrographs, as well as replace batteries and insulation, and install new gyroscopes. 

The more I hear of She & Him, the more delightful it seems that M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel managed to find each other. Yes, I said delightful, which is not a word often used to describe pop music these days … at least not by me.

Over their extensive, eclectic career, Joel and Ethan Coen have made virtually every kind of film, from screwball comedy (“The Hudsucker Proxy”) to film noir (“The Man Who Wasn’t There”) to modern crime drama (“Fargo”).