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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Meet the two new co-artistic directors of Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre as host Pam Bordelon visits with Rebecca Acosta and Jonna Cox, both of whom started dancing at a very young age and have big plans to carry out the legacy they've inherited.
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Original Air Date: 07/21/2024 - Arts for EveryBody project director Mike Weary and participating artists, dancer/choreographer Shamira Gatz and mandala artist Aruna Modgill visit with host Pam Bordelon about their respective Arts for Everybody projects. Arts for EveryBody is a day-long, national art-making campaign demonstrating how the Arts can lead to healthier people and communities.
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Original Air Date: 7/14/24 — This week, host Pam Bordelon sits down with Harlem 9's Garlia Cornelia Jones to talk about their 48 Hours in Baton Rouge project that anchors Arts for EveryBody July 27 in the Manship Theatre's Hartley/Vey Studio.
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Original Air Date: 7/7/24 — This Sunday, AC23 host Pam Bordelon gets the skinny on sculptor Thras Kalaitzidis’ interactive 3-D soft sculptures that double as board game pieces -- one of the first Arts for EveryBody projects taking place July 27. How do you play? How many can play at once? And find out how this Greek native ended up in Baton Rouge.
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Original Air Date: 6/30/24 — Host Pam Bordelon is joined by Keidrick Alford, cofounder of ellemnop, and photographer Rick LeCompte, participants in Arts Council's Arts for EveryBody day-long celebration of the Arts and the role they play in our overall health. Theirs is one of 12 projects taking part across all of our Metro-Council Districts on July 27. Find out what they have on tap at the Healthcare Gallery and how they became members of the Arts world.
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Original Air Date: 06/23/2024 - This Sunday, host Pam Bordelon is joined by Jason Furrate, creator/writer/director of Spillway, a one-hour pilot for a crime series set in south Louisiana and featuring a cast and crew entirely from the state, and actor/casting director Jenny Griffin Hogan. Tune in and find out how to attend the June 30 premiere at Manship Theatre.
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Original Air Date: 06/16/24 —Fresh from his trip to the French Riviera for the Cannes International Film Festival, local actor, singer and producer Joe Carleton stops by for a visit with host Pam Bordelon. He talks about this amazing experience, the exciting response Beware the Box Folk received and his journey to making his first full-length movie with three of his best friends.
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Original Air Date: 06/09/2024 - Paige Gagliano has been a member of the Theatre Baton Rouge family since she was 18; this summer, she’s returning to the fold to direct its summer musical, Cinderella (Enchanted Version). Paige and TBR board President Beth Bordelon visit with host Pam Bordelon about the production, their TBR experiences over the years and what’s in store for the theatre’s upcoming 79th season.
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Original Air Date: 06/02/2024 - Internationally renowned watercolor artist Judi Betts was the 2024 recipient of the Arts Council's Michael Crespo Fellowship. This past fall AC23 host Pam Bordelon visited with Judi, who was in the spotlight with an exhibit celebrating her 60 years as a working artist. Catch this replay and get to know this remarkably talented and witty 88-year-old as she recounts her amazing career.
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Original Air Date: 05/19/2004 - Host Pam Bordelon talks with Betsy Braud, aka the Jazz Nurse, about how she incorporates her music into her work as a nurse.
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Original Air Date: 05/12/2024 - This Sunday, host Pam Bordelon sits down with Manship Theatre's new executive director, Jason Langlois, who's been on the job for five months now, and marketing coordinator Sarah Nichols to get the scoop on what all's planned in the next few months. They duo also share some of their favorite memories of concerts past.
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Original Air Date: 05/05/2024 - Former Baton Rouge Zoo director Phil Frost returns from another African safari. He’s joined by two of his fellow travelers, Rannah Gray and Gracella Simmons, to discuss this amazing experience.
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