Northwestern State University Theatre and Dance students participated in the annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Region 6 held at the Strand Theatre in Shreveport. This is the first time Northwestern has taken part in the Festival, according to Director of Musical Theatre Andrew Lewis.

Students performed scenes from fall productions of “Smokey Joe’s Café” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as part of an evening of invited scenes.

For Milovan Paz, few experiences match the opportunity to perform music. Paz, a junior music performance major at Northwestern State University, will be one of three student winners of the NSU Concerto Competition who will perform Monday with the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra.

The orchestra will present “The Thrill of the Orchestra” in two concerts Monday in Magale Recital Hall. A Young Person’s Concert for area schoolchildren will be presented at 9:30 a.m. and a concert as part of the regular symphony schedule at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Douglas Bakenhus will conduct the orchestra.

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.