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# Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge to Fundraise for Outdoor Screening Space in New Arts Market
- URL: https://www.moviegoingwithbill.com/artszeitgeist/
- Published: 2022-05-27T03:32:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-27T23:25:58.000Z
- Description: A wonderful development, this should be.
- Author: Bill Arceneaux
- Tags: #Migrated-1759014615461, #Import 2025-09-27 18:21

## Dear Moviegoers,

Local film programmer Rene Broussard will be adding to his film exhibition routine sometime soon - should fundraising plans work out.

According to a new post on his [web site's homepage](https://www.zeitgeistnola.org/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com#:~:text=For%20the%20past,new%20venmo%20%40zeitgeistnola), his movie house Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge will manage scheduling and programming for a community event space that’ll sit next to the theatre.

This St. Claude Art Market, as listed by its developers The Meraux Foundation, will be [made up of](https://merauxfoundation.org/studio-arabi/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com#:~:text=develop%20a%20two%20block%20stretch%20of%20vacant%20and%20underused%20properties%20along%20St.%20Claude%20Avenue) a “two-block stretch of vacant and underused properties along St. Claude Avenue,” and [will feature](https://merauxfoundation.org/studio-arabi/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com#:~:text=studios%2C%20galleries%2C%20artist%20residences%2C%20and%20a%20theatre.) “studios, galleries, artist residencies, and a theatre.”

“The Meraux Foundation [has assembled](https://merauxfoundation.org/studio-arabi/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com#:~:text=The%20Meraux%20Foundation%20has%20assembled%20the%20properties%20as%20a%20public%20interest%20project%20to%20accelerate%20the%20growth%20of%20the%20Old%20Arabi%20Cultural%20District.%20These%20properties%20are%20being%20leased%20to%20St.%20Claude%20Arts%2C%20which%20will%20operate%20the%20properties%20sublease%20spaces%20to%20artists%20of%20all%20types%20to%20populate%20the%20campus.) the properties as a public interest project to accelerate the growth of the [Old Arabi Cultural District](https://www.visitstbernard.com/play/old-arabi-certified-cultural-district?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com). These properties are being leased to [St. Claude Arts](https://merauxfoundation.org/studioarabi/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com), which will operate the properties and sublease spaces to artists of all types to populate the campus.”

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The foundation references Arnaudville, LA’s [arts and culture collectives](https://nunuaccollective.homesteadcloud.com/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com), in the face of the Great Recession, as an example of how to revitalize struggling areas and neighborhoods with [creative placemaking](https://springboardexchange.org/the-arnaudville-experiment-creative-placemaking-and-economic-development-in-rural-louisiana/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com).

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For Rene Broussard, this represents not just another avenue to grow Zeitgeist - our eccentric art-house alternative cinema - but to stretch his programming muscles some more. And while the construction works to completion, Zeitgeist [has begun](https://www.zeitgeistnola.org/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com#:~:text=Zeitgeist%20will%20be%20fundraising%20to%20buy%20a%20large%20outdoor%20projection%20screen%2C%20stage%20lighting%20and%20a%20new%20sound%20system.) “fundraising to buy a large outdoor projection screen, stage lighting, and a new sound system,” making this a second/side venue for Rene, and an upgraded return to outdoor presentations, which he undertook just when theaters were [allowed to slowly reopen](https://www.nola.com/gambit/film/article%5Ffe4b2a62-2526-11eb-9d25-af66415e7879.html?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com#:~:text=adds%20drive%2Din%20screenings%20on%20the%20side%20wall%20of%20its%20space%20in%20Arabi.) during the COVID pandemic.

![](https://www.moviegoingwithbill.com/content/images/2025/09/203a0f02-1133-471b-aacd-75fa5f2bf856_4823x3362-jpeg.jpg)

It’s not clear how much money will be needed for the space, but Zeitgeist [membership programs](https://www.zeitgeistnola.org/store/c2/Membership.html?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) and [donation efforts](https://www.zeitgeistnola.org/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com#:~:text=Memberships%20and%20donations%20may%20be%20made%20at%20the%20Zeitgeist%20Box%20Office%2C%20through%20the%20%22Support%20Us%22%20Page%20at%20the%20top%20of%20our%20website%3B%20through%20PayPal%20to%20rene%40zeitgeistnola.org%E2%80%8B%3B%20Zelle%20to%20%28504%29%20352%2D1150%20or%20our%20new%20venmo%20%40zeitgeistnola) are open and ready for collecting support.

Zeitgeist just celebrated its 35th year in operation this past November.

## Sincerely Yours in Moviegoing,

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