AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

Original Air Date: 4/14/24 — Lauren Tompkins gives you the deets on the Baton Rouge Blues Festival, while THE BROSFRESH, appearing as part of Sunday in the Park, talks about their career and playing …

Original Air Date: 3/31/24 — Spring in South Louisiana means festival time! This Sunday, host Pam Bordelon sits down with Shawn Williams, who kicks off ACGBR's Sunday in the Park concert series on A…

Original Air Date: 03/24/2024 - Host Pam Bordelon sits down with Dr. Bill Grimes, founder of the LSU School of Music's jazz program, as he talks about his life and career. Now retired, he's planning …

Original Air Date: 3/17/24 — This April, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge kicks off the second session of its Talent Advancement Program (TAP) focusing on video production. Host Pam Bordelon talks…

Original Air Date: 03/10/2024 - Host Pam Bordelon sits down with former ACGBR President/CEO Renée Chatelain to talk about her eight-year stint as leader of the organization as well as her time at Man…

Original Air Date: 2/18/24 — Re-ran Writers Workshop before Feb. 24 book signing event in Plaquemine

Original Air Date: 2/25/24 — Mat Keel, 2024 recipient of Everette Powers Creativity Grant, talks about his winning project - Cannibal Singles Club, which has him recording and releasing a series of 4…

Original Air Date: 02/11/2024 - Things are jazzy in the Capital Region this February. Host Pam Bordelon sits down with Tracey Barhorst, curator & public programs manager for LASM, and Amanda Moak, cu…

Original Air Date: 2/4/24 — Baton Rouge artist Nanci Charpentier, whose recently commissioned painting graced the cover of InRegister magazine’s “Women with a Cause” cover, joins host Pam Bordelon to…

Original Air Date: 1/28/24 — Jena Vanjgel sits down with host Pam Bordelon to talk about Community of Note, a project that brings music to the unhoused throughout the Baton Rouge area. Then Luke Logn…

Original Air Date: 01/21/2024 - Brennan Robideaux joins host Pam Bordelon to talk about his film, Born to Fly, which recounts the intimate story of Mondo Duplantis and his rise to fame from child pro…

Original Air Date: 1/14/2024 - LSU Museum of Art’s Chief Curator Michelle Schulte and Executive Director Mark Tullos visit with host Pam Bordelon to share details of its exciting current exhibit, And…

Original Air Date: 12/17/2023 - Erin Douget shares the details on ACGBR’s 2024 MPAC Gala while Jonathan Grimes gives us the scoop on the upcoming River City Jazz Masters concert with jazz percussioni…

Original Air Date: 10/7/2021 - In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month and National Arts and Humanities Month, to explore how the roads meet, we are joined today by Gloria Palacios and Raudol Pa…

Original Air Date: 8/26/2021 - Today’s Guest, Mary Durusau and Ariana Robinson, to talk about “Dreamland at the Old State Capitol” and what the event means for the people of Baton Rouge. They discus…

Original Air Date: 8/19/2021 - AC23 is joined today by photography, poet, and artist Antione Lacey, whose latest exhibit “Black Joy In The Sun” is now up at the Bluebonnet Library. He discusses what …

Original Air Date: 8/12/2021 - The Negro Motorist Green Book was an annual guidebook for African American road trippers. The Green Book played a huge role in giving African Americans security when tr…

Original Air Date: 8/5/2021 - On today’s segment, we are joined by singer, and songwriter, Justin Garner, to talk about the history and culture behind R&B and what drove his passion for it. He discus…

Original Air Date: 7/22/2021 - Meet Baton Rouge 2021 Poet Laureate, Jonathan Mayer, as he talks about the history behind his unique interpretation of the arts. East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President…

Original Air Date: 7/8/2021 - On this episode, AC23 is joined today by Miles Boom, as he talks about the arts and his journey with the arts. He talks about what that looked like during his childhood …