Events
Beginning July 1st
ancestors linger as important members of the community even after they are gone, venerated as a source of divine intercession in matters of wealth, fertility, and agricultural prosperity. Throughout history, this belief has been expressed in the form of visual arts, usually created with ephemeral and perishable materials like wood, mud, or plant and animal matter. This is based upon the belief that ancestral intervention is brief and impermanent—following the intercessory rituals, the objects lose their power and are left behind. However, on occasions when these figures are rendered in stone, this idea is turned on its head. In this exhibit, figures and objects rendered in stone from regions all across West Africa are presented along with the Akwanshi stone, speaking to the significance as the material within these objects. noma.org. k
UNTIL JUL
31st
BUY FOR A CAUSE BROADMOOR METHODIST’S MISSION MARKET Baton Rouge, Louisiana
With its annual community Garage Sale postponed this year due to COVID-19, Broadmoor United Methodist Church
(Broadmoor UMC) is getting creative to make previously donated items available to its congregation and community by launching the Baton Rouge Mission Market, an online marketplace which will raise money for the church’s mission and ministries, such as Southeast Ministries, Habitat for Humanity, and Red Stick Together. New items are being added daily and soon there will be an opportunity for others to list items on the Baton Rouge Mission Market to benefit the church. Categories on the Mission Market include antiques, collectibles, children’s items/toys, jewelry, household items, and décor. The market also includes a donation option that allows customers to round up their purchase or securely donate if they don’t see anything they need but want to support the mission and ministries of Broadmoor UMC. brmissionmarket.com. k
UNTIL JUL
31st
KID STUFF BREC VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON SUMMER CAMPS Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Don’t give up on a fun-filled summer just yet. In the next couple of months,
Face masks won’t stop us from staring intently at the perfect produce available at upcoming farmers markets like the one in the Red Stick capital. Photo courtesy of BREADA. See page 24.
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