AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

Join jazz aficionados, Arts Council CEO Jonathan Grimes and Mike Esneault, our director of arts education as well as an award-winning composer and jazz pianist, for an insider's glimpse and listen in…

For the September Alvin Batiste Jazz Society Listening Room, two Baton Rouge jazz greats are celebrating 40 years of making music together. Join host Pam Bordelon as she visits with pianist Willis De…

In honor of Lafayette native and former LSU great Mondo Duplantis’ gold medal-winning pole vault in the just completed Olympics in Paris, we’re replaying host Pam Bordelon’s conversation with filmmak…

Host Pam Bordelon sits down with Callie Smith and Sarah Nansubuga on the project they're conducting in conjunction with the LSU Museum of Art's Clementine Hunter exhibition. They have been conducting…

In a very special iteration of the Alvin Batiste Jazz Society, local bass great George Bell, trumpet; Mike Esneault, piano; Bill Grimes, bass; and Jonathan Grimes, drums, serve as the house band for …

The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture is the heart-warming, immersive story of college sweethearts Edie and Jeremy White’s transformational journey to meet her biological family after a submis…

Meet the two new co-artistic directors of Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre as host Pam Bordelon visits with Rebecca Acosta and Jonna Cox, both of whom started dancing at a very young age and have big plans…

Original Air Date: 07/21/2024 - Arts for EveryBody project director Mike Weary and participating artists, dancer/choreographer Shamira Gatz and mandala artist Aruna Modgill visit with host Pam Bordel…

Original Air Date: 7/14/24 — This week, host Pam Bordelon sits down with Harlem 9's Garlia Cornelia Jones to talk about their 48 Hours in Baton Rouge project that anchors Arts for EveryBody July 27 i…

Original Air Date: 7/7/24 — This Sunday, AC23 host Pam Bordelon gets the skinny on sculptor Thras Kalaitzidis’ interactive 3-D soft sculptures that double as board game pieces -- one of the first Ar…

Original Air Date: 6/30/24 — Host Pam Bordelon is joined by Keidrick Alford, cofounder of ellemnop, and photographer Rick LeCompte, participants in Arts Council's Arts for EveryBody day-long celebrat…

Original Air Date: 06/23/2024 - This Sunday, host Pam Bordelon is joined by Jason Furrate, creator/writer/director of Spillway, a one-hour pilot for a crime series set in south Louisiana and featurin…

Original Air Date: 06/16/24 —Fresh from his trip to the French Riviera for the Cannes International Film Festival, local actor, singer and producer Joe Carleton stops by for a visit with host Pam Bor…

Original Air Date: 06/09/2024 - Paige Gagliano has been a member of the Theatre Baton Rouge family since she was 18; this summer, she’s returning to the fold to direct its summer musical, Cinderella …

Original Air Date: 06/02/2024 - Internationally renowned watercolor artist Judi Betts was the 2024 recipient of the Arts Council's Michael Crespo Fellowship. This past fall AC23 host Pam Bordelon vis…

Original Air Date: 05/19/2004 - Host Pam Bordelon talks with Betsy Braud, aka the Jazz Nurse, about how she incorporates her music into her work as a nurse.

Original Air Date: 05/12/2024 - This Sunday, host Pam Bordelon sits down with Manship Theatre's new executive director, Jason Langlois, who's been on the job for five months now, and marketing coordi…

Original Air Date: 05/05/2024 - Former Baton Rouge Zoo director Phil Frost returns from another African safari. He’s joined by two of his fellow travelers, Rannah Gray and Gracella Simmons, to discus…

Original Air Date: 4/28/24 — Host Pam Bordelon sits down with poet Ed Ruzicka to discuss the newly established Poetry Society of Louisiana and his latest book of poems, Squalls. Make plans to catch h…

Original Air Date: 4/21/24 — Louisiana has a new specialty license plate dedicated to the Arts. Join host Pam Bordelon as she visits with Acadiana artist Denise Gallagher, who created the winning des…