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.

The Livingston Parish Library hosted its yearly gathering celebrating books, literacy, and the arts during the annual Livingston Parish Book Festival on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Main Branch in Livingston.

The Southeastern Louisiana University Bella Voce, Concert Choir, University Chorus, and Northshore Choral Society will present “And Suddenly… A Jazz Holiday,” an evening of holiday carols in preparation of the holiday season, on Thursday, Nov. 29.

It’s going to be Christmas time at the Old South Jamboree when the historic music venue in Walker holds “A Country Christmas Show” on Saturday, Dec. 1.

For parents who need extra time to shop for the holidays without bringing along the kids, there’s a camp just for you.

St. Joseph Catholic Church will host its 10th annual “Food Festival - A Taste of French Settlement” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2.

Dancing dolls, a forest of snow, clouds of angels, and fields of poinsettias.

The Southeastern Symphony Orchestra will present its final fall concert in Pottle Music Auditorium on Wednesday, Nov. 28.

SPRINGFIELD -- The name is Joshua Frunheiser.

The Arts Council of Livingston Parish is offering three classes over the next month that will give patrons a chance to illustrate a snowman, decorate cookies and paint a Christmas design.

Ten Southeastern Louisiana University vocal performance students and one alumnus were finalists at the Louisiana Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competition held recently at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.

Approximately 81 students were selected for the 2018-2019 Livingston Parish High School Honor Band.

Sara Collins is heading back to the Grand Country Junction.

Roger Johns, the author of the Wallace Hartman Mysteries from St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books, discussed his new book series during an appearance at Cavalier House Books on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

The man behind some of the most iconic characters in comic book history has passed, and the Livingston Parish Library is doing its part to honor his memory.

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Music and Performing Arts’ dance company, Dance Performance Project 2, will present “A Few of Her Favorite Things: A Dedication to Mary Lou Champagne” on Nov. 19.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Where else could you find a hippy camp counselor, a dancing drill sergeant, a neurotic British teen, a kid loaded with camp supplies in his trench coat, a smelly camper, and a constant snoozer?

The third lecture in the “Let’s Talk: Art” series, sponsored jointly by Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Visual Art + Design and the Friends of Sims Library, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 14.

The Arts Council of Livingston Parish will hold an artists reception for its “100 Under 100” exhibit on Saturday, Nov. 10.

The Southeastern Louisiana University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band will present its final concert of the fall 2018 semester Monday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m., in Pottle Music Building Recital Hall.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- David Peoples calls it a battle between “misfits and jerks.”

Roger Johns rewrote his book at least seven times before finally nailing it down.

If you’re in search for an inexpensive piece of art, the Arts Council has a few items just for you — approximately 100 of them.

Kerwin LeBlanc is coming back.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- The creators of “Chicory & Roux,” a children’s book about a pair of Louisiana mice from different backgrounds, recently stopped by Cavalier House Books for a storytelling session and book signing. 

WALKER -- Audiences can normally expect to hear country music whenever they enter the Old South Jamboree.

“The Heart is an Organ,” a new documentary by filmmaker and Livingston Parish native David S. White, will be among the films screened during the 29th Annual New Orleans Film Festival.

BATON ROUGE -- Chorale singers have performed in Old North Church in Boston, Carnegie Hall in New York City, Disneyworld in Orlando, and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., among several other in-country venues.

The Spotlight Theater Players are taking people back in time.

The creators of “Chicory & Roux” are coming to Cavalier House Books.

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will present “Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook” in a one-time-only performance scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Smoke machines, LED lights, sound effects, drop scares, zombie makeup, an electric chair, and, as one student put it, “lots of fake blood.”

The Louisiana Music Educators Association has announced its 2018-19 All-State Honor Band, which has more than a dozen students from Livingston Parish schools.

Local artists will have extra time to complete work for an upcoming book celebrating life in the parish.

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will present “Lonesome Traveler: The Concert with Peter Yarrow” in a one-time only performance.

The 81st Annual Livingston Parish Fair is up and running.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- James Linden Hogg still uses a flip phone.

The scares, screams and shrieks are coming back for more.

Artists are returning to nature.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Restore, inspire, imagine.

DENHAM SPRINGS -- Performing on stage in front of a crowd has never bothered Kaylie Wood.

There will be plenty of shopping options for people during Fall Fest, which is slated to hit the Denham Springs Antique Village on Saturday, Oct. 6.

An Old South legend will return to the stage this weekend.

The Southeastern Symphony Orchestra will present its first fall concert in the Pottle Music Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

If you’re a fan of stringed instruments and “front porch” music, there’s a new group in Livingston Parish just for you.