General

Downtown Alexandria, 4:30p.m. Sponsored by Hixson Autoplex.  Cost: See AMGA website for cost, www.alexmardigras.com. Call Daniel McGuffee: 561-5900 or 419-7216. 

Alexandria Riverfront Center, 707 Second Street, 7:30PM. Sponsored by Cenla Chapter of Louisiana Restaurant Association.

Tickets can be purchased at the following locations in Alexandria: Atwood’s Bakery, Critics Choice, (both locations) and the Alexandria Pineville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. Cost: $20 Adults, $10 Children ages 10 and younger, VIP tables $400 for table of 8. Call APACVB: 442-9546 or Nick Carrozza: 729-6045. 

LSUA Campus, 12p.m. Cost: Free. Call Sarah Black: 427-4407. 

Maison Rue & Castor Plunge Road, 12p.m. Cost: Free. Call: 442-8980. 

Recreation District 1 Multipurpose Complex, 1221 Sampson Street, Westlake, LA. 8a.m.-5p.m. Sponsored by Southwest Area Modelers of Plastic. Snack bar on site, gumbo for sale, and 50 vendors on site. Cost: Viewing models free, for contest fees see website, www.ipmsswamp.com. Call Robert Leishman: 337-244-9938.  

Alexandria Museum of Art, 7-9p.m. AMoA Culinary Art Series events are hosted by board members in their homes. In January, join Melinda Descant and Fay Flanagen for a Mardi Gras themed dinner party in Avoyelles Parish. Cost: $50 per person, limited number of tickets. Call AMoA: 443-3458. 

Alexandria Museum of Art, 7-9p.m. Musical and spoken word performances, including open-mic and featured performers, and promoting the art of Spoken Word and self-expression by creating opportunities for poets. Hosted by Alexandria native and champion slam poet Sha’Condria Sibley, winner of the 2015 Texas Grand Slam and 2015 Rogue Roulette poetry competitions. Cost: Free for AMoA members, $5 for non-members. Call AMoA: 443-3458.

Main St., Pineville, 6p.m. Cost: Admission Free. Call Madonna LeBlanc: 445-5650. 

Inglewood Harvest Barn, 6623 Old Baton Rouge Highway, 9a.m.-1p.m. Sponsored by Inglewood Farm. Kickoff the New Year and launch the Inglewood Harvest Barn Market for 2016. Enjoy live music, wagon ride farm tours, horse rides, cook out and full farmers’ market with over 20 local vendors. Cost: Free. Call Stephen Reed: 442-6398.  

Alexandria Museum of Art, 6:30-8:30p.m. Join us for the First Third Thursday Community Art Project! Come enjoy this social art event and learn how to illuminate the arts, and work on luminaries for our popular Luminary Processions through the year. Cost: Free. Call AMoA: 443-3458.