A weekend of culture for Baton Rouge

Woody Allen’s seminal film about Hollywood blacklisting, The Front, headlines this year’s Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival, a cinematic exploration of the Jewish cultural experience that you can enjoy at the Manship Theatre through Sunday. Films range from a documentary about crusading Las Vegas newspaper publisher Hank Greenspun to the lighthearted coming-of-age comedy Max Minsky & Me, about a girl striving to meet her handsome prince—by learning to play basketball. Tickets are $8.50 per screening. The full schedule can be found at manshiptheatre.org. And starting Friday, the Baton Rouge Little Theatre presents a Pulitzer Prize–winning play Crimes of the Heart, a story of drama, betrayal and family loyalty on the main stage. Tickets are $22 and the show runs through Feb. 6. And leading surrealist artists from around the country converge on the Baton Rouge Gallery for the annual Surreal Salon Soirée, a salute to the artistic movement that gave us painters like Salvador Dali and René Magritte. Original works have been on display throughout the month, but the big costumed ball that tops off the event is this Saturday, when the works will be judged by internationally acclaimed pop-surrealist painter Chris Ryniak. Guests are encouraged to dress in their surrealist best, as cash prizes are awarded to the winners of the competition. Tickets are $15 and the event runs from 6-10 p.m. Visit batonrougegallery.org for more information. For more events that will be happening this weekend, read 225 Select here.