Music

Acoustic Concert Series: Thursday, November 15, 6:30pm, Clementine Café
This month’s line-up features Reverend Charley's Patent Medicine Show! Various local and regional musicians hosted by John Wakefield every 3rd Thursday at AMoA!

Rapides Parish Coliseum Exhibition Hall, Sat. 10a.m.-5p.m., Sun. 11a.m.-4p.m.  Sponsored by The Red River Arts & Crafts Guild.  Partners with the Food Bank.  Gratefully accepting all donations of canned food items or cash.  Cost:  admission free.  Call Donna Fontenot:  443-1785

Kent Plantation House, 9a.m.-5p.m.  Come out and enjoy arts and crafts vendors, children’s activities, demonstrations of life in the 1800’s, live music and much more.  There will be complimentary tours of the house and food available for purchase.  Cost: $5 general, children 6 and younger free.  Call:  487-5998.

DowntownAlexandria, 10a.m.  Sponsored by Capital One Bank, Sayes Office Supply and The Walker Law Group.  Free walking tour ofAlexandria’s cultural district guided by local media celebrities and features local entertainers all along the route.  Tour begins at Alexandria Museum of Art.  Cost:  admission free.  Call Rich Joyce:  445-1234 ext. 242.

AlexandriaMuseumof Art, 9a.m.-1p.m.  Cost:  Admission free.  Call Jenny Gallent:  443-3458.

KentPlantationHouse, 8a.m.-1p.m.  Come browse our selection of fall herbs and flowers and receive expert help in picking out the right plants for your yard.  Also enjoy arts and crafts vendors as well as a huge yard sale. Cost:  admission free.  Call Kent Plantation House:  487-5998.

Cultural Arts District, DowntownAlexandria, 4-9p.m.  Sponsored by the Arts Council ofCentral Louisiana.  ArtWalk’s theme is Steampunk, so come dressed in your best Neo-Victorian garb.  If you are interested in being a vendor or performing, please call ASAP.  Cost:  admission free.  Call Kyle May:  484-4471.

Coughlin-Saunders PerformingArtsCenter, Thus.-Sat. 7p.m., Sun. 2:30p.m.  Sponsored by Lagniappe Theatre Company.  Wonderful musical about little orphan Annie.  Huge and talented cast of 70 kids and adults, and one dog.  All ages will enjoy this popular family musical.  Cost:  $10-$15.  Call Karen Burns:  48-STAGE.

Coughlin-Saunders PerformingArtsCenter, Thus.-Sat. 7p.m., Sun. 2:30p.m.  Sponsored by Lagniappe Theatre Company.  Wonderful musical about little orphan Annie.  Huge and talented cast of 70 kids and adults, and one dog.  All ages will enjoy this popular family musical.  Cost:  $10-$15.  Call Karen Burns:  48-STAGE.

Coughlin-SaundersPerformingArtsCenter, time:  TBA.  Sponsored by the Arts Council of Central Louisiana.  For more than two decades Grammy winning artist Terrance Simien, 8^th generation Louisiana Creole, has been shattering the myths about what his indigenous Creole Zydeco music is and is not.  Leading his Zydeco Experience Band, Simien has become one of the most respected artists in root music today.  Cost:  $25 general, $18 seniors 65 and older, $12 students.  Call Roy Rosenthal:  484-4477.