Arts & Culture

Author Melinda Palacio to give reading at NSU Tuesday

Author Melinda Palacio to give reading at NSU Tuesday

Author Melinda Palacio will present a reading at Northwestern State University at 5 p.m. on Tuesday in the Thomas-D’Amato Reading Room in Watson Library. Admission is free. The public is invited to attend.

Palacio is a poet and novelist who lives in Santa Barbara and New Orleans. Her poetry chapbook, “Folsom Lockdown,” won Kulupi Press’ Sense of Place 2009 award. She is the author of the novel “Ocotillo Dreams” (ASU Bilingual Press 2011), for which she received the Mariposa Award for Best First Book at the 2012 International Latino Book Awards and a 2012 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature.

NSU displays 12 Yankowski wooden sculptures

NSU displays 12 Yankowski wooden sculptures

An exhibition of 12 wooden sculptures by Michael Yankowski is on display in Northwestern State University’s Gallery 2. 

The public is invited to a reception to meet the artist and discuss his work from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4. The gallery is on the second floor, Room 200G, of the Creative and Performing Arts building adjacent to the Orville Hanchey Gallery. The exhibition runs Jan. 28-Feb. 14.

NSU theatre/dance group to present 'Eleemosynary'

NSU theatre/dance group to present 'Eleemosynary'

The Northwestern State University Theatre and Dance will present "Eleemosynary" from Feb. 21-24 and Feb. 27 to March 2 in Theatre West. Performance time is 7:30 p.m. except for a 2 p.m. matinee performance on Sunday, Feb. 24.

Seating is limited and reservations are required. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for children and senior citizens. Northwestern State, BPCC@NSU and Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts students are admitted free with a current student I.D. Tickets can be purchased online at theatre.nsula.edu. For more information, call (318) 357-4483.

Natchitoches to host award-winning folk artist

Natchitoches to host award-winning folk artist

American folk artist Andrew McKnight will perform in concert at the Sweet Cane Inn in Natchitoches starting a 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6.

The concert is free and open to the public.

NSU faculty recital for Feb. 6

NSU faculty recital for Feb. 6

A recital featuring pianist Un Hee Kim, violinist Unkyoung Kim and cellist Paul Christopher will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

NSU Faculty Woodwind Quintet to perform Feb. 4

NSU Faculty Woodwind Quintet to perform Feb. 4

The Northwestern State University Faculty Woodwind Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4m in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

The program will include works by Jacques Ibert, August Klughardt, Alvin Etler and Leos Janacek.

Benefactor donates trust to NSU Archives

Benefactor donates trust to NSU Archives

Northwestern State University’s Cammie G. Henry Research Center received a trust of $200,000 from a benefactor whose collection of family documents has been managed by the NSU Archives for more than 40 years.  The bequest from the estate of the late Edward Myers Egan is the largest single monetary donation to benefit Northwestern State’s Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library.