Food. Fun. Live entertainment. If you're looking for some great eats tonight, check out the Perkins Historic Merchants District Association  "Eat for the Arts.

The event is tonight, June 6, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.. Customers can "hop” along Perkins Road by the Overpass, from South Acadian Thruway until Kalurah Street and taste food and drinks from more than 20 of Baton Rouge’s best restaurants and merchants!

Proceeds will benefit the  Community Fund for the Arts. 

Ove Dance, Music, and Art performances from Baton Rouge’s premier arts organizations will also line the road for a fun, festival atmosphere. Free Park and Ride is available at The Foyer and Juban’s Restaurant parking lot. Pre-sale tickets are available for $30 at www.perkinshistoricmerchants.org; Tickets are $35 at the door.

The Community Fund for the Arts is a united fundraising campaign that provides operational support to 14 arts organizations in Baton Rouge.

The Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein will serve lunch to Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Secretary Ruth Johnson on Friday, Dec. 3 at the Taco de Paco food truck on North St. at Fourth St., outside of the Bienville Building.

All proceeds will benefit the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. Lunch begins at 12:15 p.m.

In October, the secretaries challenged each other to the Louisiana Twitter Race. They agreed that the person with the fewest tweeter followers would have to serve the other person lunch.

Taco de Paco has created a special healthy taco for the occasion called "Salud," made with sautéed Mahi Mahi fish, oven roasted tomatoes, lemon zest, baby arugula, and parmigiana reggiano.

The Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has been fighting cancer for more than 35 years.  It has comprehensive cancer programs at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington.

Chili's is teaming up with CAAWS to support our organization. On Tuesday November 23rd, if you eat lunch or dinner (11am - close) at the Chili's at 1615 Millerville Road they will give CAAWS 10% of your check. You must bring a copy of the flyer to have CAAWS credited. Please visit our website at www.caaws.org for more details.