Events

This program will highlight the global influence of the Declaration of Independence, the role of songs, rumors, and dissent in colonial Louisiana, and the Haitian Revolution as portrayed in films and popular video games like Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Through talks, multimedia demonstrations, and historical objects, these stories will be vividly brought to life, connecting past events with contemporary cultural interpretations. Learn more and register.

This program is supported by an LEH Rebirth Grant.

Join the LSU Museum of Art for an evening celebrating three fall exhibitions: Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection, The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson, and the Folk Art Gallery. Enjoy light bites, music, a specialty cocktail inspired by the exhibitions, and a creative art activity while exploring the galleries and connecting with fellow art enthusiasts at the LSU Museum of Art. Tickets available online.

This event is supported by and LEH Parish America 250 Program Mini Grant.

Writing a poem is a lot like making a collage: image by image, words come together to express something that’s hard to say directly. Instead of keeping them separate, what happens when the textures and colors of visual imagery and language are brought together? In this workshop, participants will be guided through engaging poetry and collage as a united creative practice. No experience is necessary, just curiosity. Everyone leaves with an original collage poem that they’ve brought to life.

The Louisiana Book Festival is a free, annual literary event held in downtown Baton Rouge that celebrates readers, writers, and books. Whether you are looking for gripping Southern fiction, deep dives into Gulf Coast history and true crime, moving poetry, or culinary secrets from regional cookbooks, this gathering offers varied genres with a little bit of everything for folks of all reading tastes and levels. Learn more.

This event is supported by an LEH Strategic Partnership Grant.

Explore the exhibit Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection, and then create your own moody landscapes with oil pastels. Join the Tigers in the Galleries, LSU student educators, for short tours about the exhibition. Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

This event is supported by an LEH Parish America 250 Program Mini Grant.

Local and regional fiddle players will perform folk tunes that were popular during the time of the Revolutionary War.

This event is supported by an LEH Parish America 250 Program Mini Grant.