Butts On Seats

Arts and music are essential elements of any real community. They
unite us, bring out the human spirit and remind us of the
incredible gifts and talents and good things we can do when we
let our creativity fly.


Baton Rouge isn’t particularly known as a high brow kinda place
as far as the arts are concerned but there are plenty of hidden
gems, and you don’t have to scratch the surface hard to find
outlets and venues that are showcasing the best of the musical,
visual and performing arts.


Jason Langlois is Executive Director of the Manship Theater,
which opened in 2005 on the ground floor of the Shaw Center for
the Arts. The building was transformative for downtown Baton
Rouge and the theater was its anchor tenant, bringing new
cultural offerings to the heart of the city that include musical
performances, dance, poetry, plays and movie nights. 


Jason grew up in Austin and New Orleans and has lived in Baton
Rouge since 2001 when he was a student in the EJ Ourso college of
business. He has been at the Manship since 2009, started their
Films at Manship program and more recently the standup comic
series.


Over the years Jason has helped grow the theater and put it on
more stable financial footing, bringing in new audiences with
ever more offerings. 


Raudol Palacios is Artistic Director and cello and ensemble
teacher at Palacios House of Arts, a local family run nonprofit
that offers lessons in the musical, visual and performing arts to
people of all ages – and regardless of their ability to pay.


Raudol and his parents, Gloria Ruiz and Manuel Palacios, started
the Palacios House of Arts in 2018, as a way to bring their love
of music and arts to the community. The family is originally from
Cuba and in 2015 the family moved to Baton Rouge, when Raudol was
studying music at LSU. Today, he is a professional musician and
also helps run the school with his parents, teaching classes,
organizing events and programs and other cultural activities that
engage community participation.


Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs On the
Boulevard. YOu can find photos from this show at
itsbatonrouge.la.


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