McNeese Events Calendar
Judah Art Exhibition
La Jeunesse Room, Old Ranch LAChristina Brown is a self-taught artist from Gibson, Louisiana. She started creating artwork for the Judah Exhibition in 2016. Driven by a deep passion for history and the arts, she combined the two and created a visual learning experience by presenting African American stories and historical accounts in an art form of large wood burnings.…
Fall 2022 GradFest
McNeese Alumni Center LAFall 2022 GradFest will be held for all McNeese State University graduating students from 2-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in the William Gray Stream Alumni Center. The McNeese Alumni Association sponsors this event. GradFest is a “one-stop shop” for students to make sure they’re…
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Tritico Theatre LAMcNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts opens the 2022-2023 McNeese Theatre season with the fall production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19-22 and 2 p.m. Oct. 23 in Tritico Theatre. The play is a collaboration with Lake Charles Little Theatre. “You’re a Good Man,…
Poet Writer Julia Koets Visits McNeese
4205 Ryan St, Lake Charles, LA, United StatesThe McNeese State University’s Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing will host the poet and creative nonfiction writer Julia Koets for a free reading and book signing at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21 in the Stokes Auditorium in the Hardtner Hall. Julia Koets is the author of “PINE,” “Hold Like Owls" and…
Rowdy’s Haunted Homecoming
4205 Ryan St, Lake Charles, LA, United StatesLake Charles beware! Halloween ghouls and goblins will “haunt” the McNeese State University campus during homecoming week Oct. 23-29. This year’s theme is “Rowdy’s Haunted Homecoming” so students, alumni, Cowboy fans and the community should get ready for some scary fun. Sunday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m. Movie Under the Stars featuring Disney’s 1998 “Halloweentown.” Lot…
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Tritico Theatre LAMcNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts opens the 2022-2023 McNeese Theatre season with the fall production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19-22 and 2 p.m. Oct. 23 in Tritico Theatre. The play is a collaboration with Lake Charles Little Theatre. “You’re a Good Man,…
Annual McNeese NIRA Rodeo
Burton Arena 7001 Gulf Hwy, Lake Charles, LA, United StatesAnnual McNeese State University NIRA Rodeo at the Burton Coliseum. Support your National Champions! Halloween Rodeo, Thursday, Oct 27, at 8:00 p.m. Slack, Friday Oct 28, noon Rodeo Performance, Friday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. Slack, Saturday, Oct 29, 9 a.m. Rodeo Performance, Saturday, Oct. 29, 5 p.m. Free Admission to all students and faculty. Just…
The Arena Reading Featuring Poetry and Fiction
Stokes Auditorium LAMcNeese chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, in collaboration with So You Like to Write are hosting The Arena Reading. The event will feature poetry and fiction by writers published in this year's edition of the campus literary magazine The Arena, along with members of the creative writing club So You Like to Write.
Women & Gender Studies Lecture Series
McNeese Room, Frazar Memorial Library LAA Night at the Opera: Minette Ferrand, Mixed-Race Actress and Singing Superstar of 1780s Haiti Presented by Dr. Philippe Girard The next Women and Gender Studies event is a lecture on Tuesday 8 October by Dr. Philippe Girard, who will present "A Night at the Opera: Minette Ferrand, Mixed-Race Actress and Singing Superstar of 1780s…
McNeese Jazz Band Concert
Squires Recital Hall LA
McNeese Faculty/Guest Concert The Dorian Quintet
Tritico Theatre LAThe Dorian Wind Quintet The Dorian Wind Quintet is based in New York and tours all over the world. They will perform Sunday in Tritico Theatre at McNeese. Monday morning members of the Quintet will host masterclasses for McNeese students, one class for flutes, one for reed woodwinds and one for French horns. The students…
McNeese Wind Symphony Concert
Tritico Theatre LAThe McNeese Wind Symphony Concert titled Pictures will include music by Leonard Bernstein, Moren Lauridsen, and Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Tritico Theatre, admission is free.
The Pride of McNeese Marching Band: The Soundtrack Concert
Tritico Theatre LARelive the music of football season at The Soundtracks Concert will feature The Pride of McNeese playing music from all three of its halftime productions this fall - Binge Watch, Top Gun Maverick and Panic at the Disco - as well as some popular stand tunes and traditional McNeese spirit tunes. The concert will be on…