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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.

Natchitoches native presenting lecture at his alma mater

Natchitoches native presenting lecture at his alma mater

Story written by Leah Jackson, NSU News Bureau

Dr. Nathaniel D. Wood, associate professor of history at the University of Kansas, will speak at Northwestern State University at noon on Friday, Feb.15.  Wood is a 1996 graduate of the Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State. 

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.

Toledo Bend to host college fishing tourney

Toledo Bend to host college fishing tourney

FLW College Fishing is headed to Toledo Bend Reservoir Feb. 16 for the second of four stops in the Southern Conference. Fifty college teams will be competing for a top award of $2,000 and a berth in the Southern Conference Invitational tournament.

Anglers will take off from Paradise Point Park located in Hemphill, Texas, at 7 a.m. Saturday. Weigh-in will be held at the park beginning at 1:30 p.m. Takeoff and weigh-in are free and open to the public.

North Webster H.S. launches first annual track meet

North Webster H.S. launches first annual track meet

The North Webster track team is looking for sponsors for its first track meet, which is set for Friday, March 8.

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.