Baton Rouge Gallery’s Movies & Music on the Lawn Series Flies Forward with ‘dayDREAMS & nightSCREAMS’ on July 31

 

Baton Rouge Gallery’s, a BREC facility, Movies & Music on the Lawn, continues its 2010 season on July 31. This year’s theme, dayDREAMS & nightScreams, focuses on our wildest dreams and our darkest nightmares. The gallery invites everyone to come out on the last Saturday of the month, May through October, to snack under the stars and enjoy an exciting silent-era film paired with live contemporary music supplied by some of our area’s most talented musicians.

On July 31, come enjoy the 1918 film, “The Blue Bird,” and follow two children as they search for the “blue bird of happiness.” Witness enchanting fairies, inventive costumes, lavishly conceived sets and masterfully crafted special effects. Based on Nobel Prize-winner Maurice Maeterlinck’s play of the same name, this allegorical voyage is beautifully preserved with its original color tints and is sure to show you that happiness comes more from the journey than the rewards. 

As always with Movies & Music on the Lawn, local musicians provide a fresh take on the film with live contemporary music, both rehearsed and improvised, sure to enhance the experience. Back for a second engagement with the gallery’s popular silent-film series, Righteous Buddha will provide the score for this and the dayDREAMS event on September 25, when Movies & Music on the Lawn presents “The Adventures of Prince Achmed.”

Admission to Movies & Music on the Lawn events includes free popcorn and is free for gallery members. Admission for non-members is $5. All Movies & Music on the Lawn events begin at 8 p.m. or sunset, whichever comes first.

Other dayDREAMS & nightScreamS events include: August 28 (“The Hands of Orlac”), September 25 (“The Adventures of Prince Achmed”), and October 30 (“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”).

For more information about this program go to call 225.383.1470.