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10th Annual
Jubilee: A Festival of the Arts and Humanities

March 12-April 25, 2008


Calendar of Events

Through March 31 “Recycled”
Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, Houma
March 12 “Gabrielle”
6:30 p.m., Le Bijou Theater
March 13 Poetry Readings
6 p.m., Ellender Memorial Library Ellender Room
March 13—16 “The Glass Menagerie”
7:30 p.m. (3 p.m. on March 16), Talbot Theater
March 14 The Louisiana Center for Women and Government’s annual Hall of Fame banquet and awards ceremony
10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Warren J. Harang Jr. Municipal Auditorium, Thibodaux
March 28 Cajun/Zydeco dinner and dance
6 - 11 p.m., Cotillion Ballroom
April 1 CANCELED “Bent to the Flame” CANCELED

Historic Lafourche presentation
6 p.m., Ellender Memorial Library Multipurpose Room

April 2 Leon Bates lecture
8:35 a.m., Talbot Theater

Leon Bates master class
10:45 a.m., Talbot Theater

“The Art of Carving Birds”
4:30 p.m., L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College Library, Houma

April 3 Bonnie J. Bourg Lecture Series
10:30 a.m., Talbot Theater

Bonnie J. Bourg Lecture Series luncheon
Noon, Plantation Suite

Leon Bates concert
7:30 p.m., Talbot Theater

April 3 Nocturne
6:30 p.m., Talbot Theater
April 5 Jubilee Jambalaya Writers’ Conference
8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Terrebonne Parish Main Branch Library, Houma
April 6 Piano and violin recital
3 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church, Thibodaux
April 7-18 Faculty Invitational Art Exhibition
200 Talbot Hall
April 7 “A Lawyer Writes”
1 p.m., Plantation Room

“Sickness in the News: The Relationship Between Disease and Disease Reporting”
4:10 - 5:30 p.m., 101 Gouaux Hall

April 8 “Bayou Lafourche: The Longest Street in the World”
Noon, Cotillion Ballroom

Nicholls Blue Bayou Big Band concert
7:30 p.m., Talbot Theater

April 9 Cajun/Zydeco Music and Dance Exhibit
5:30 - 11 p.m.

Opening reception
5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Ellender Memorial Library first floor lobby

Live interview with the musicians
7 - 7:30 p.m., Cotillion Ballroom

Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys’ performance for the “Louisiana Women Musicians of Cajun and Zydeco Music” concert
7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Cotillion Ballroom

Bonsoir, Catin performance for the “Louisiana Women Musicians of Cajun and Zydeco Music” concert
9:30 - 11 p.m., Cotillion Ballroom

April 10 Arts Alive
5 - 7 p.m., Lorio Foundation, Thibodaux
April 11 and 14 Short Circuit Film Festival
6:30 p.m., Le Bijou Theater
April 12 “Business Boot Camp for the Arts and Humanities”
8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Powell Auditorium

“Steps You Need to Take to Make it as a Working Actor”
2 - 4 p.m., Powell Auditorium

Spring Fiesta Art After Dark
6:30 - 9:30 p.m., Main Street, Houma

April 13 Organ recital
4 p.m., St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Houma
April 14 College of Arts and Sciences research
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Ellender Memorial Library Ellender Room

Brigham Young University-Idaho Concert Band performance
7:30 p.m., Talbot Theater

April 15 The John Folse Culinary Institute and Ellender Memorial Library research
Noon - 1 p.m., Ellender Memorial Library Ellender Room
April 16 Poetry reading
9:40 a.m., 227 Beauregard Hall

African drumming and dance presentation
9:40 - 10:35 a.m., Talbot Hall portico

College of Business Administration research
Noon - 2 p.m., 208 Powell Hall

International poetry reading
6 p.m., Ellender Memorial Library Ellender Room

April 17 College of Nursing and Allied Health research
8:30 - 11:30 a.m., Ayo Hall Auditorium

Student research poster display
9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Ellender Memorial Library first floor lobby

College of Education research
Noon - 1:30 p.m., 125 Polk Hall

Latin American Festival Alma de Tango Quartet performance
3 - 4:30 p.m., Talbot Hall portico

Student research poster presentations
3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Ellender Memorial Library first floor lobby

Research Week reception
5 - 7 p.m., Ellender Memorial Library Ellender Room

Latin American Festival cello and piano concert
7:30 p.m., Talbot Theater

April 18—19, 24—27 “Rumors”
7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. on April 27), The Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, Thibodaux
April 18 University College research
8:30 - 9:30 a.m., 211 Elkins Hall

Ceramics lecture and workshop
8:35 - 10:35 a.m., 210 Talbot Hall

Photography lecture and book signing
9:45 - 10:35 a.m., 204 Talbot Hall

“Principles of Making Cream Soups”
10 - 11 a.m., 408 Gouaux Hall

“Controversy in the Art World: the Cleaning of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel”
10:45 - 11:40 a.m., 210 Talbot Hall

Latin American Festival performance by Nicholls Percussion Ensemble and Blue Bayou Jazz Band
10:45 - 11:40 a.m., Talbot Theater

Art lecture
11:50 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., 208 Talbot Hall

Engraving and printmaking lecture
11:50 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., 209 Talbot Hall

“Seafood Paella Party”
Noon - 1 p.m., 408 Gouaux Hall

Printmaking and painting lecture
12:55 - 1:50 p.m., 210 Talbot Hall

“Flambé Cooking”
2 - 3 p.m., 408 Gouaux Hall

Visual arts lecture
2 - 3 p.m., 201 Talbot Hall

Latin American Festival open rehearsal
3 p.m., Talbot Theater

“Sweet Tarts”
3 - 4 p.m., 408 Gouaux Hall

Faculty Invitational Art Exhibition reception
3 - 5 p.m., 200 Talbot Hall

Latin American Festival tango concert
7:30 - 8:30 p.m., Talbot Theater

April 19 University Honors Program thesis research symposium
9 a.m. - 5 p.m., 101 Gouaux Hall

Art Under the Oaks
9 a.m. - 5 p.m., E.D. White Historic Site, Labadieville

April 20 Blessing of the fleet
11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Nicholls Sculpture Garden and Folk Art Studio, Chauvin

Bayou Community Band concert
5 p.m., Talbot Theater

April 22 Nicholls Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble concert
7:30 p.m., Talbot Theater
April 23—25 2008 Louisiana Preservation Conference
Envie Restaurant, Thibodaux