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Celebrating 200 Years Through Feb. 17, the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts Scholarship Art Contest exhibition will be on display at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. All works are by high school juniors and seniors who participated in the Foundation’s visual arts contest, themed “Louisiana’s Bicentennial,” which celebrates 200 years of statehood. Katie Atkins won the contest. Information, OgdenMuseum.org The Boswell Sisters
In a new exhibit at the Presbytere called “They Call Me Baby Doll: A Mardi Gras Tradition,” the Louisiana State Museum explores the 100-year historical and cultural significance of black women in New Orleans who mask as “Baby Dolls.” Dating back to the early 1900s, the tradition both embraces and mocks stereotypes of women as “babies” or “dolls” in popular culture. Early groups like the Million Dollar Baby Dolls paraded in scandalously short dresses, stockings with garters and frilly baby bonnets. The tradition has passed to a new generation of African-American women and is still a highlight of the city’s Carnival culture. The exhibit features photographs, costumes and artifacts, including many items on loan by baby doll members. Guest curators are Kim Marie Vaz, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University, and Millisia White, founder and artistic director of the Baby Doll Ladies. The show will run through 2013 with the permanent exhibition “Mardi Gras: It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana!” Information, crt.state.la.us/museum
OH BABY!
Through Feb. 20. “Better Dead than Red”; Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. Information, JonathanFerraraGallery.com Through Feb. 24.
“Jim Richard: Make Yourself at Home”; New Orleans Museum of Art.
Girl Power
Celebrating women in jazz music and dance, a three-day festival called NOLA Girl Jam takes place March 1-3, with highlights including community activities that explore the history of the female voice in American jazz culture. Several local dance troupes will perform, and concerts, costume contests, cocktail parties, classes and seminars will be held. Information, NolaGirlJam.com
Information, noma.org Feb. 2. Annual Radical
Faerie Ball; AllWays Lounge. Information, TheAllWaysLounge.net Feb. 2, 16. The New
Megaphone Show; New Movement
Jim Richard: Make Yourself at Home,” through Feb. 24
Theater. Information NewMovementTheater. com
Feb. 6, 13, 19, 22, 24, 26. New Orleans
Hornets home games; New Orleans Arena. Information, NewOrleansArena.com
Feb. 3. Super Bowl
XLVII; Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Information, nfl.com
Feb. 8. Krewe de Lune
New Orleans Hornets, Feb. 6, 13, 19, 22, 24, 26
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