Art

1330 Second St., 5-9p.m.  Sponsored by River Oaks Square Arts Center and G.A.E.D.A.  Exhibit featuring Scott Lyken, Tom Richard and Maria Manemann.  Exhibit runs April 9 – May 25.  Cost:  Admission free.  Call Rachael Dauzat:  473-2670.

March 23:  Arts & Healthcare 7^th Annual Follies and Art Exhibit, Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center, 6:30p.m.  Sponsored by Arts & Healthcare, Inc., National Arts Program and BancorpSouth.  Features local healthcare professionals performing onstage and exhibiting over 100 pieces of original art. Mistress of Ceremonies will be ventriloquist, Dee Ann Bass.  Proceeds to help continue healing arts programs in local healthcare facilities. Open to the public.

March 9:  Taking It 2 Street, DowntownAlexandria, 10a.m.  Sponsored by Capitol One Bank, Sayes Office Supply and the Estate PlanningLawCenter.  Free walking tour ofAlexandria’s cultural district guided by local media celebrities and features performances by local entertainers along the route.  Tour begins at the Alexandria Museum of Art.  Cost:  Admission free.  Call Rich Joyce:  445-1234 ext. 242.

March 22-23:  LSUA Arts on the Greene, LSUA Campus, Noon-6:30p.m.  Sponsored by Arts, English and Humanities Department.  Arts and entertainment appropriate for the whole family

March 22:  Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers:  Daisy Bates:  First Lady of Little Rock, Hearn Stage, 7p.m.  This movie tells the story of the journey by filmmaker Sharon LaCruise, to unravel the life of a forgotten civil rights activist named Daisy Bates.  Made possible through a grant from South Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.  Cost:  $5.  Call Matt Henry:  443-4718.

March 22:  Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers:  Daisy Bates:  First Lady of Little Rock, Hearn Stage, 7p.m.  This movie tells the story of the journey by filmmaker Sharon LaCruise, to unravel the life of a forgotten civil rights activist named Daisy Bates.  Made possible through a grant from South Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.  Cost:  $5.  Call Matt Henry:  443-4718.