The Lehrer Dance company will perform at the River Center this Sunday, October 30. Photo by Jim Bush.

Arts around town: Lehrer Dance performs at the River Center, LSU Philharmonia plays free concert

A look at upcoming art-related events in the area:


The Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre will present “Lehrer Dance” Sunday, October 30, at 7 p.m at the Baton Rouge River Center. Jon Lehrer’s dance company tours internationally, and his organic choreography is the perfect balance of art and entertainment. Purchase orchestra tickets for $33 or VIP tickets for $43 at Ticketmaster.com or the River Center Box Office. Call the BRBT office to ask about the $22 group rate for parties of 10 or more.


The LSU Philharmonia will perform November 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the LSU School of Music Recital Hall in the School of Music Building. The chamber orchestra’s performance will include excerpts from “Concerta Elegia” and “Moz-Art à la Haydn” and will feature several soloists. Admission is free.


The LSU Student Union Art Gallery will display “The New American Garden: The Landscape Architecture of Oehme, van Sweden” now through December 9. This traveling exhibit is free to the public and showcases the careers and influence of Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden. Enjoy this photographic landscape architecture exhibition Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.


Wear your Halloween costume to this week’s Live After Five to kick off the Fifolet Halloween Festival hosted by 10/31 Consortium. New Orleans band KARMA will also be performing.


Stick around after the October 29 performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show for an after party hosted by Theatre Baton Rouge. Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres with attendees and the cast. Tickets are $15 before October 29 and $20 at the door.


Jonathan “Boogie” Long will perform at this week’s Sunday in the Park at the Riverfront Plaza Levee Stage from 2 to 5 p.m. Admission is free, and children are welcome.


Walter Anderson’s “Fairy Tales” will be featured at the West Baton Rouge Museum from October 29, 2016, through January 29, 2017. The exhibition highlights “Cinderella on Her Way to the Ball”, a linoleum block print carved by the eccentric Mississippi Gulf Coast artist and colored by his children in the 1940s, as well as other original drawings and ceramic works. Visit the West Baton Rouge Museum website for more details.


Enjoy a brown bag lunch with Lafayette-based artist Francis X. Pavy at the LSU Museum of Art November 2 from 12 to 1 p.m. Pavy’s “Vengolden” will be on display, and he will discuss his work, inspirations and techniques. Museum admission is $5 for nonmembers and free for members. Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch.