Shutterbugs of Baton Rouge, unite!

It's getting towards the end of the year, and that means it's time for 225's second annual photo contest! Enter your favorite personal photos taken this year in one of our nine categories: Animals, Captured moments, Entertainment, Landscapes, Portraits, Sports/action, Still life, Vacation and Mobile phone snapshots. Great prizes, gift certificates and other shutterbug goodies will go to the best photos of the year, plus you might see your work published in 225. For full contest rules and our online entry form, click here. Entry deadline is October 16, so don't be shy—send in your shots for a chance to win big.

More than dinomation

More than dinomation Image After a 65-million-year hiatus, dinosaurs live and breathe again in the incredible Walking With Dinosaurs show at the River Center. Based on the award-winning BBC documentary of the same name, this arena event features life-sized animatronic dinos who roar, stomp and perform nimbly for their costumed handlers; the largest of the 10 species of ancient monsters represented is over 45 feet tall and 75 feet long. You and your kids won't want to miss this Jurrassic-sized spectacle. Tickets range from $19.50 to $59.50. brrivercenter.com (Photo by Joan Marcus)
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Fanfare sounds

Whether you harbor a secret love of reading subtitles in a dark theatre or wonder what really went on inside the mind of Ulysses S. Grant, Southeastern Louisiana University's October Fanfare series, beginning this Saturday, has something for you. Events range from plays to foreign film screenings and from lectures to dance exhibitions, so you're sure to find something in the mix that piques your interest. Tickets to events and the full schedule are available online at columbiatheatre.org.

Make 'strides' against cancer and obesity

The Capital Community Health Fair and "Walk from Obesity" take place this Saturday at the Louisiana State Museum downtown. The fair will feature health education, speakers, and live music from U4ria, the Hip-hop Doc and local rapper Dee-1. The museum will be open during the event, and no admission will be charged. The Walk from Obesity's registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and the walk starts at 9 a.m. To register early for the walk, visit walkfromobesity.com and click on "Join a Walk." And in the town of Sulphur, the American Cancer Society's "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk will take place on Saturday at Heritage Square on Ruth Street. This noncompetitive five-mile walk is family-friendly and guaranteed to be lots of fun. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the walk starts at 8 a.m.