SATSUMA -- This week, a collection of fairy tale characters will gather in Satsuma.

WALKER -- Miranda Reynolds Powell is no stranger to the stage.

WATSON -- In their most recent production, gifted and talented theatre students from Live Oak High showed audiences just how crazy things can get backstage during rehearsals — and during the actual show.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- When it comes to food, presentation is as important as taste to Kristine Stone.

After their performance in January, the Powell Family Children are coming back for an encore.

Laine Hardy walked to the door, turned to face “American Idol” judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, and asked the one question burning on the minds of everyone watching back at home.

Ashton Brooke Gill, a graduate of French Settlement High School and current student at Southeastern Louisiana University, will be under the bright lights of national television when she appears on “American Idol” on Sunday, March 10.

Students in the Livingston Parish Talented Arts Program brought one of the most iconic fairy tales to the stage when they entertained ticket buyers with showings of “Alice in Wonderland” last weekend.

The Christian Youth Theater (CYT) of Baton Rouge is bringing another of Disney’s most popular stories to the stage.

This Saturday at the Old South Jamboree, it’ll be all about The Hag.

BATON ROUGE -- It was another sellout for James Linden Hogg.

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Music and Performing Arts’ Contemporary Dance Program will present “MAINSTAGE: Spring Dance/Movement Studies Concert” during a two-night run later this month.

The Southeastern Louisiana University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band will present its first concert of the spring 2019 semester at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

LIVINGSTON -- This weekend, a collection of students will take audiences down the rabbit hole.

This Saturday, a 12-foot-high bonfire will light up the Livingston Parish Fairgrounds.

The next exhibit at the Arts Council of Livingston Parish is bound to make visitors hungry.

Live Oak area Gifted and Talented Theatre students demonstrated their performance and production skills during the 2019 Louisiana Thespian Festival held at Northwestern State University.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Local photographer Jenny Bauer was recently named the recipient of the Arts Council of Livingston Parish’s annual Kathy Reeves Scholarship, given in honor of the late Kathy Reeves.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- The satisfactory feeling Louise Hansen gets whenever she’s doodling in her journal is unlike any other. 

It’ll be all about the “Country Classics” when the Grand Country Junction welcomes music lovers to its monthly show on Saturday, Feb. 16.

Two of Disney’s most beloved stories are returning to the big screen.

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will present a one-time showing of “Frankenstein” on Saturday, Feb. 23, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

An album release concert will be held for local performer James Linden Hogg at the Manship Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 14, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Dusty Ransome feels right at home whenever she’s dressed as someone else.

LIVINGSTON -- The famous, high-flying car is ready for takeoff.

The first meeting of a new book club can be characterized by one word — sweet.

The wizarding world is coming to Livingston Parish.

The Old South Jamboree is getting young.

It was so much fun the first time, Billy Traylor and his orchestra are coming back for more.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Dr. Kelvin Jones has led many band camps in the past, but he noticed something different about the kids from Livingston Parish minutes into the first rehearsal.

Christmas is coming later than expected for the Serenity Academy of Performing Arts.

The Denham Springs High School Theatre Department is giving audiences quite the variety in its next production.

To celebrate 12 years, the Grand Country Junction is charging $12.

Students selected to the 2018-2019 Livingston Parish High School Honor Band were honored last weekend.

Students selected to the 2018-2019 Livingston Parish Middle School Honor Band were honored last weekend.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Children painted one of the most popular — and most imaginary — animals in the world last weekend at the Arts Council of Livingston Parish.

Heading into 2019, the News is reaching out to our community to hear what you value about our products, and what you'd like to see in the new year.

Two Southeastern Louisiana University Community Music School violin students recently won the Sinfonia Division of the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra (GNOYO) concerto competition.

WALKER -- There were times when Randy Blackwell couldn’t help but stare at the photographs, those faded moments-in-time that provide a glimpse into the glorious past of this five-decade-old building.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- The Arts Council of Livingston Parish will open its doors to a new member organization over the next two months.

The Old South Jamboree, where the sounds of country music have delighted the ears of ticket buyers for around five decades, will ring in the New Year with its first show of 2019 on Saturday, Jan. 5.

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Community Music School recently announced its five Fall 2018 CMS Outstanding Musicians, including two from Livingston Parish.

Approximately 120 band students from 11 Livingston Parish schools were selected to the District IV middle school and high school honor bands.

WATSON -- The Livingston Parish Children’s Choirs, made up of more than 100 singers in grades K-12, put audiences in the holiday spirit with a wide variety of tasteful selections during its 28th Annual Christmas Concert on Friday, Dec. 7.

SATSUMA -- “The Nutcracker” came to life inside the Suma Crossing Theatre.

Annabelle Mack has returned as Clara in the Hammond Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker,” a role she also held during the 2016 show.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

The Community Music School at Southeastern Louisiana University will present the Northlake Community Band in a concert titled “Fall Potpourri” on Tuesday, Dec. 4.