Downtown Alexandria
Time: 10a.m.
Sponsored by Alexandria Mardi Gras Association. Entry applications can be found on the AMGA website. www.alexmardigras.com
Cost: $100 per parade entry.
Call Jenna Bonner: 443-1200 or 542-9084.
Red River Midway Marina, St. Maurice,
Time:5a.m.-4p.m. Sponsored by LSUA and Association of Bass Clubs. Weigh-in at 3p.m. Street address is 3185 HWY 477, Natchitoches, LA 71457.
Cost: $150 per two person team.
Call Sarah Black: 427-4407.
Alexandria Museum of Art,
Time: 5:30p.m.
Yoga is offered free of charge every Tuesday, thanks to a grant from the Rapides Foundation. Yoga Instructor, b. Hedrick is an ascetic Taoist yogi with 14 years of yoga practice. Yoga Tao is for all experience levels, incorporating spirit-mind-body techniques.
Cost: Admission free.
Call Jenny Gallent: 443-3458.
Downtown Alexandria,
Time: 4:30p.m.
Sponsored by the Alexandria Mardi Gras Association.
Call Daniel McGuffee: 561-5893 or 419-7216. www.alexmardigras.com
Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church Family Life Center
Time: 6-9p.m.
Sponsored by Rapides Senior Citizens’ Center, INC. Think Mardi Gras is just for young folks? Well think again and look again at the Krewe of Antiqua. Come pass a good time and dance along with us!
Cost: $3 for 59 and younger, $1 for 60 and older.
Call Donna Sayer: 487-1561.
LSUA Campus,
Time: Noon.
An opportunity to come celebrate and catch some beads on the LSUA Campus. This annual event is hosted by faculty, staff and students.
Cost: Admission free.
Call Sarah Black: 427-4407.
Alexandria Mall,
Time: 10a.m.-2p.m.
Sponsored by LSU AgCenter, Rapides Parish Library and Kiwanis of Central LA. All school age children that attend and participate in all activities receive a free t-shirt.
Cost: Admission free.
Call Quincy L. Cheek: 767-3968.
Alexandria Museum of Art,
Time: 6p.m.
The film tells the true stories of two men, 21st Century Cambodian Vannak Prum and 19th Century American Solomon Northup, who were sold into slavery more than 150 years apart. A panel discussion will explore the concept of freedom through the context of Solomon Northup. Journey to Freedom is produced by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, the U.S. State Department and Google.
Cost: Admission free.
Call Alyssa Fridgen: 443-3458.
Master Rousseau’s Taekwondo,
Time: 10-11:30a.m.
Come learn about stranger danger, fire safety with a fire truck and DARE will be giving a presentation.
Cost: Admission free.
Call Master Rousseau: 443-8066.
Alexandria Museum of Art, 9a.m.-1p.m.
Admission is free to AMoA every Second Saturday with arts activities for kids, live music, exhibitions, creating art projects together, and discovering one another’s creativity. Home gardeners and local farmers are invited to sell their extra produce and plants at the Community Table. One-of-a-kind works of art sold in the downtown Cultural Arts District are tax free.
Cost: Admission free.
Call Jenny Gallent: 443-3458.