🌱Ascension Parish Women Honored + BRSO Kicks Off 'Holiday Brass'

Welcome back, Baton Rouge! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in Baton Rouge.

First, today's weather:

Clouds and sun. High: 75 Low: 58.

Here are the top stories in Baton Rouge today:

1. Capital Area United Way honored Ascension Parish women. The Celebrate the Power of Women celebration on Dec. 2 featured LSU ambassador and former LSU gymnastics head coach D-D Breaux as the keynote speaker. There were awards presented to honor individuals from 2020 and 2021. (Weekly Citizen)
2. The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra kicked off the holiday season this weekend with a concert series titled "Holiday Brass." The full band and percussion are playing at St. Joseph Cathedral under the direction of David Torns. Tickets can be purchased online or through the BRSO box office. (BRProud.com)
3. A juvenile was shot in the Glen Oaks area on Thursday night, and the EBRSO is still investigating. (WAFB)
4. Superior Grill, a Baton Rouge-based business, has purchased the former Randol's property in Lafayette. (KATC Lafayette News)
5. A team at LSU is using artificial intelligence to discover COVID-19 treatments. (WWNO)

Today in Baton Rouge:

• Shrinky Dink Grab and Geaux - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (9:00 AM)
• Get FREE Legal Counsel with the Ask-A-Lawyer Program (9:30 AM)
• Wink Danenberg - Juggler Extraordinaire! (10:00 AM)
• Kay Bailey and Betty Gravois - Scrap Paper Houses - Holiday Collage (10:00 AM)
• Intro to Chess Class - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (10:00 AM)
• Like it or Not Book Club - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (10:30 AM)
• Drive-Thru Community Baby Shower - The Safety Place (11:00 AM)
• Wright Brothers Grab-&-Geaux - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (11:00 AM)
• Intro to Computers - Delmont Gardens Branch Library (11:00 AM)
• Cangelosi Dance Project-The Nutcracker (11:00 AM)
• Christmas Luncheon - Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club (12:00 PM)
• Saturday Science: Seeing with our Physics Eye (1:00 PM)
• Audio Badging Class - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (2:00 PM)
• Hanukkah Story Craft - East Baton Rouge Parish Library (2:30 PM)
• I Wrote A Children's Book, Now What? - with Mike Artell (3:00 PM)
• Civic Orchestra of Baton Rouge Concert (3:00 PM)
• At The Red Shoes ONLY - Sacred Cacao Ceremony (5:00 PM)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Saturday. See you all tomorrow morning for another update! If you're liking these newsletters, consider bringing some of your friends and neighbors on board. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— Kayla Harrison

About me: Kayla Harrison is a Writing Arts professor, as well as a freelance writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. She holds a Master's Degree in Writing Arts and is grateful to incorporate writing into everything she does. In her free time, you can find her listening to podcasts, writing poetry, and visiting local coffee shops.