Louisiana is a hotbed music. There are opportunities for music lovers to see jazz, blues, country, rock and more.
As a last goodbye to summer, Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers invites single Soldiers from Fort Polk to enjoy a weekend getaway at Canyon Lake Sept. 17-19. Fishing, swimming, tubing down the Guadalupe River in central Texas or relaxing by the lake are all options on this exciting trip.
Take a kayak trip followed by a tasty outdoor lunch the second Saturday of each month at Toledo Bend Recreation Site. The next trip is Sept. 11. From 11 a.m.-3 p.m., participants can enjoy the beauty of Toro Bay for a $5 fee that includes food, drinks, boating equipment and safety items.
Help discover the next “Rising Star” and win money for your Family Readiness Group or unit. Stop by the Showboat Theatre Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.
The Showboat Theatre is showing Carole Caplan-Lonner’s musical comedy production “The Kids Left. The Dog Died. Now What?” in September. The play takes a light-hearted look at some heavy coming of “old age” subjects.
Family Morale, Welfare and Recreation users can now discover the unadulterated excitement of bingo on post. Fort Polk’s Strike Zone Bowling Center has a new way to have fun with iPlay, iWin 24 slot video bingo. This wireless video Bingo is all the rage. It’s easy to play while you bowl a game or eat lunch.
For a chance to get up close and personal with one of Louisiana’s most famous residents, plan a trip to Jennings and visit Chateau des Cocodries.
Atop a coastal salt dome on Lake Peigneur, Rip Van Winkle Gardens is 25 acres surrounding the Joseph Jefferson Home, built in 1870 by acclaimed American actor Joseph Jefferson and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Jefferson built a winter home to enjoy the hunting and fishing and relatively mild climate of south Louisiana.
The Southern Forest Heritage Museum, located in Long Leaf, La., is the oldest complete sawmill facility in the South. This complex is unique in that it is a complete sawmill complex dating from the early 20th century, and has the most extensive collection of steam-powered logging and milling equipment known to exist.
Lake Charles is regarded as the capital of the Western Louisiana pine lands, which fueled a lumber boom in the 1800s that impacted much of the city’s architecture.
Lafayette’s oldest authentic vision of life in 19th century Southwest Louisiana is Acadian Village, a showcase of authentic homes along a winding bayou which depicts the unique Acadian architecture of the time. The homes were restored on site and are filled with period antiques.
A list of video game releases for the coming week.
These are a few upcoming music releases and re-releases as of Tuesday. All musical genres are included.
Upcoming movie releases for 9-3-2010.
Pianist Diane Birch is one of the hottest young singer-songwriters. Her debut album, 2009’s “Bible Belt,” has made her a rising star, and her live shows have only enhanced that climb.
Jesse Valenzuela, guitarist for the ubiquitous ’90s band The Gin Blossoms, called the group’s new album “traditional Gin Blossoms music.” The album, “No Chocolate Cake,” drops Sept. 28.
"Going the Distance” opens with an average-looking Garrett (Justin Long) getting dumped by a hot girl (Minka Kelly). Hours later, he meets Erin (Drew Barrymore) at a bar. They bond over a pitcher of beer and go home together. Six weeks later, she moves back to San Francisco and they decide to do the long-distance thing.
“The Tillman Story”: He was brilliant that night, popping up all over the field, playing with heart and controlled recklessness. He even recovered an Ahman Green fumble late in the fourth quarter to ensure a shutout over a team that one year earlier ran up 77 points on the three-touchdown underdogs. He would go on to have a remarkable season that ended in a last-minute loss to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. It was the team’s only defeat and cost the Sun Devils a national championship.
If you savor gangster pictures in the style of Scorsese and De Palma, make a quick getaway to “Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1,” the conclusion to Jean-Francois Richet’s two-part biopic about the notorious French felon Jacques Mesrine, widely considered to be the Gallic equivalent of John Dillinger.
If you’re a fan of crime dramas, but you’ve grown tired of the familiar rhythms of “Law & Order” and “CSI,” allow me to recommend — highly recommend — “Red Riding.”
