Current Events and Happenings at Nicholls State University
Film: God’s Architects
In a prelude to Nicholls Art Day, April 16, Louisiana filmmaker Zach Godshall presents his film about several divinely inspired builders, including the enigmatic Kenny Hill, who created the amazing Nicholls Sculpture Garden in Chauvin.
210 Talbot Hall
3 p.m.
Classical Piano: Katya Grineva
Classical pianist Katya Grineva tours worldwide, including annual performances at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and is known for her exceptional romantic-poetic expression. Presented with assistance by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Talbot Hall Theater
7:30 p.m.
Buffalo Soldiers
Actor-historian-artist Bob Snead delivers a lecture about the first all-black cavalry regiment of the U.S. Army and shows his original art.
Talbot Hall Theater
10:30 a.m.
Buffalo Soldiers
Sponsored by the Military Museum of Houma, actor-historian-artist Bob Snead discusses the first all-black cavalry regiment of the U.S. Army.
Terrebonne Parish Library, Main Branch
151 Library Dr., Houma • 6 p.m.
Jubilee: A Festival of the Arts and Humanities is held every spring to raise the level of awareness in the arts and humanities for the Nicholls community and the southeast region of Louisiana.
This year’s festival runs from March 5-April 18. For more info click here
Historical Drama: Held in Trust: The Story of Lt. Henry O. Flipper
Actor-historian-artist Bob Snead presents an original one-man play that tells the story of the “Buffalo Soldiers,” the first all-black cavalry regiment of the U.S. Army, from the perspective of Lt. Henry Flipper, the first black Army officer. Snead’s original art will be on display.
Talbot Hall Theater
7:30 p.m.
Art demos include: Ceramics Demonstration and Lecture, “An Impressionist in America: Edgar Degas in New Orleans, photography lecture, graphic design and more. Call 448-4143 for more info
The Nicholls State University Alumni Federation Annual Meeting / Crawfish Boil is slated for Saturday, April 17, in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union.
The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a business meeting, followed by the crawfish boil at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7. Local band Jazmine will perform at the casual-dress event.
Tickets are $30 per person at the door for dues-paying alumni, faculty and staff – or $20 if purchased prior to Friday, April 9. Tickets for non-dues paying alumni and friends of the university are $40 at the door – $30 if purchased before April 9.
To reserve tickets, call (985) 448-4111.
In their first “road” performance since the Katrina disaster, actors Rebecca Frank and Michael Santos of the Tulane Shakespeare Program present excerpts from the bard’s immortal works. Presented with assistance by the the National Endowment for the Arts.
Bollinger Memorial Student Union, LeBijou Theater. 9:05 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, and 1:30 p.m.
Seventh Annual Jubilee Jambalaya Writer’s Conference and Book Fair
Nicholls State University and the Terrebonne Parish Public Library present this annual event. The theme for 2010 is “A Gumbo for Writers.” Join fellow writers and readers in a wide-ranging discussion of the literary arts and the business of publishing, led by working authors, editors, agents and publishers. The keynote speaker is actress and writer Harley Jane Kozak, who starred in the films Parenthood and Arachnophobia and was featured in When Harry Met Sally. Her debut novel won multiple awards, and she is now a well-known mystery writer. Speakers will include writers Traci Hall, Sheila Goss, Catherine Savage Brosman, David Middleton, Mary Jane Ryals, Michael Trammel, Heather Graham, F. Paul Wilson and Cherry Adair. Also on the bill are Louisiana novelists Ronlyn Domingue and Diana Rowland, New Orleans “yat” wit Earl Higgins and authors published by Pelican Press of Gretna. Writers hoping to publish will learn from St. Martin’s Press editor Rose Hilliard; publisher and publicist Joan Schulhafer; and agent Paige Wheeler. Visit www.jubileewritersconference.org for information about the conference schedule as well as manuscript critiques and fiction and poetry contests. Deadine for advance registration and contests is March 26.
Terrebonne Parish Library, Main Branch
151 Library Dr., Houma
8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
$35 at the door, $30 in advance
Don’t miss the event of the semester!
The Student Programming Association invites students, faculty and staff to Crawfish Day from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 22, on the west side of Guidry Stadium. All faculty, staff and students enrolled in seven or more hours of coursework will be admitted free with a Colonel ID card. Students with less than seven hours may participate for $3.
