Public Calendar

“Are you an artist or creative in Central Louisiana? Are you looking for a place to come and talk to other creatives? Join us for the Creative Round Table! Being an artist can be isolating, but we can lift each other up! Do you want to learn about grants and artist calls? Talk about process? […]

Enjoy a few hours of creative outlet with your friends painting this springtime floral anchor while sipping a mimosa and sampling a variety of desserts. $45 includes Art Experience (one 11×14 canvas, all supplies needed for painting and coaching) and a Mimosa with dessert sampler plate. Additional food and/or alcoholic beverage will be available for

FREE ADMISSION!  An amazing selection of quality herbs and bedding plants will be for sale with gardening experts on hand to help select the perfect plants for your yard or home.  After selecting your plants, browse the wide assortment of local arts, crafts and food vendors as well as our gigantic Indoor Yard Sale for

Everyone’s favorite FREE Spring Concert Series is BACK!  Join us on the steps of City Hall as we SPRING into Alex River Fête 2024! Rouge Krewe – April 4th – 5pm-8pm – Food and beverages will be available for purchase

“Launch Pad classes are for ANY and ALL skill levels seeking a fun, relaxed and creative environment in which to learn something new or work on your own. These classes offer an opportunity to experience different mediums as an introduction, that could provide a gateway to independent making.” You must be 21 to attend these

The Lauren Vaughn Memorial 5K Run/Walk (LV5K) will be held on March 30, 2024, at the Alexandria Senior High School softball field to remember and honor the life of Lauren Vaughn and her commitment to the field of medicine. Money raised will go towards the Lauren Vaughn Memorial Scholarship at NSU for the Accelerated BS

Hi! Jody Mathews here. After a long deployment, I’ll be back on the mic with LOTS to talk about. I’ll be joined by many of Fighting Hand’s favorite Comics. Marky D’z Food Bus will be on site so bring your appetite. $10 cover at the door! 21 & older to enter! No outside alcohol!

Enjoy an evening with your peeps painting this lovely bunny while enjoying a soup and appetizer sampler plate. Includes 11 x 14 pre-drawn canvas, coaching, and all supplies. $50 registration includes Art Experience (one 11×14 canvas, all supplies needed for painting and coaching) and meal (a soup and appetizer sampler plate). Additional food and/or alcoholic

This is a free plant swap. Bring all of your seeds, multiplying plants, old pots you don’t use, anything plant related that you want to share with others. We’ll be at Buhlow recreation area, under the pavilion near the playground.

Join us for this fantastic journey through the world of print making. With Picasso’s etchings, lithographs and linocuts as inspiration, participants will have a unique window into Picasso’s development and creative process, often not as accessible in his paintings. Each participant will create their own lino blocks and complete a set of prints. All materials

Everyone’s favorite FREE Spring Concert Series is BACK!  Join us on the steps of City Hall as we SPRING into Alex River Fête 2024! Johnny Earthquake and the Moondogs – March 21st – 5pm-8pm – Food and beverages will be available for purchase

Join us in celebrating the new Louisiana Small Business Development Center at LSU of Alexandria and the LSUA Continuing Education Center on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, in collaboration with the Central Louisiana Regional Chamber of Commerce, will take place at 2:30 pm at the LSUA Campus,146 Chambers