Art Rocks: Ashley Mace Havird

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On Art Rocks! Friday, September 28 at 8:30 pm and Saturday, September 29 at 5:30 pm, Shreveport writer and Poet Laureate of Caddo Parish Ashley Mace Havird speaks with us about her book, Lightningstruck, which won the 2015 Ferrol Sams Award for Fiction. Diane Paulus, director of Amaluna by Cirque du Soleil, shares why fans are flocking to the enchanting production. Plus, this week’s Louisiana Treasure is the Hilliard University Art Museum in Lafayette. We visit with museum director LouAnne Greenwald, who tells us about the wide range of offerings visitors can experience there year-round.

Hosted by James Fox-Smith of Country Roads Magazine, Art Rocks! is LPB’s weekly series that spotlights artists, performance, culture, literature, history and the impact of art in our world. It features Louisiana stories, as well as segments from across the country. Current and past episodes are here: www.lpb.org/artrocks. Art Rocks! is made possible thanks to generous support provided by Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson Operations, Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel, Watermark Baton Rouge, Prescience Point Capital Management and Ann Connelly Fine Art.