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AUDUBON ZOO WELCOMES NEW BUNDLES OF JOY: SCREAMING HAIRY ARMADILLO PUPS Audubon Zoo is celebrating the birth of a special set of armadillo twins. These screaming hairy armadillo pups entered the world in February and can be found in the Zoo’s Nocturnal House, along with both of their parents. Dillo, their mother, will be taking care of her babies until they are weaned and fully independent. Currently, the screaming hairy armadillo babies have a diet full of bugs, fruits, and vegetables. These armadillos are native to South America–Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay–and get their name because hair covers part of their bodies, and they scream when threatened. ■ audubonnatureinstitute.org/zoo
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ALBERTSONS FUNDS NEW EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLE FOR SALVATION ARMY OF GBR Due to a generous donation from the Albertsons Companies Foundation, The Salvation Army of Baton Rouge is now able to help assist local communities during the upcoming hurricane season and beyond. The food and drug retailer funded a new emergency response vehicle to help the organization deal efficiently and effectively with the natural disasters that often occur in the Gulf region. Mayor- President Sharon Weston Broome states, “Our potential is elevated when we have strong community partnerships like those Baton Rouge has with The Salvation Army and Albertsons.” This new Recovery Unit will provide healing and hope to communities impacted by natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes. ■ southernusa.salvationarmy.org
To help support lifelong learning and workforce preparedness, the State Library of Louisiana and Gale, part of Cengage Group, have partnered to provide public libraries across the state with access to online learning platform Gale Presents: Udemy. This platform is available at no charge and can be found in 334 public library locations across the state. The platform provides public library cardholders unlimited access to more than 25,000 continuously updated, on-demand video courses for personalized learning and upskilling across a variety of categories such as business, IT certifications, creative arts, personal finance, technology, wellness, generative AI, data science, project management, human resources, sales, accounting and finance, productivity, and more. ■ gale.com
The LSU Museum of Art will present Cherished: The Art of Clementine Hunter , from July 11 to October 13, in Baton Rouge. The show includes paintings and objects from the collections of the LSU Museum of Art, the LSU Rural Life Museum, the Alexandria Museum of Art, private collectors, and Hunter’s descendants. In her works, Cherished explores some of Hunter’s most repeated patterns, subjects, and motifs, including brightly-colored zinnias, church scenes, and women picking cotton, bringing together the many examples to highlight the subtle variations found in individual objects. This show also explores generational memories of many who have loved this artist throughout the end of her lifetime. ■ lsumoa.org CHERISHED: THE ART OF CLEMENTINE HUNTER
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