Events
Scotland’s own Red Hot Chilli Pipers, the most famous bagpipe band on the planet, take the stage at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, in McNeese State University’s historic F.G. Bulber Auditorium as part of the 2019 Banners Cultural Season. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, formed in 2002, bring a dynamic, fun-filled show everywhere they…
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McNeese State University will host a free lecture by Dr. Seth Lerer titled “The History of the English Language and a Look at the Past, Present and Future of the Humanities” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the McNeese Alumni Center. Lerer’s lecture is sponsored by the Joe and Lydia Cash Lecture Series in…
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The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free recital featuring McNeese faculty member Judy Hand on flute at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, in Tritico Theatre. The program consists of works by Benjamin Godard, Albert Roussel, Katherine Hoover, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Walter Gieseking. She will be…
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As part of the Spring 2019 SAGE Series, author and professor Dr. Samuel C. Hyde Jr. will present a lecture titled, “Louisiana’s Florida Parishes: The Gulf South’s Most Curious Region” at 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 27, in the McNeese State University SEED Center. In the 19-century South, the Florida parishes of southeastern Louisiana were characterized…
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Celebrate our servicemen and women in blue with a free performance by Freedom Brass at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, in McNeese State University’s F.G. Bulber Auditorium as part of the 2019 Banners at McNeese season. Freedom Brass is the brass ensemble band of the U.S. Air Force West at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland,…
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The 32nd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition will open with a reception honoring the exhibiting artists from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the Grand Gallery of the Shearman Fine Arts Annex at McNeese State University. The exhibit, which runs through May 9, is sponsored in part by the McNeese Student Art Assessment.…
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The annual Frank Granger Poetry Reading will feature poet Rodney Jones at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in the McNeese State University Business Conference Center. This free reading is sponsored by the McNeese Master of Fine Arts program. Jones is the award-winning author of “Village Prodigies” (2017), “Imaginary Logic” (2011), “Salvation Blues” (2006), “Kingdom of…
Read MoreThe Louisiana Chapter of the American Harp Society is presenting a free spring recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, in the McNeese State University Band Hall. The program is sponsored by the W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts at McNeese. The program will include works by composers Henriette Renié, Emmett Adams, Cesar…
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The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present the spring theatrical production, “The Autism/Asperger’s Project,” March 20-24 at Tritico Theatre. Times are 7:30 p.m. March 20-23 and 2 p.m. March 24. The season’s finale continues McNeese Theatre’s effort to bring a special understanding to something that is misunderstood.…
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A free documentary screening, “A Celtic Pilgrimage With John O’Donohue,” will be presented featuring the inspirational Irish poet, philosopher and theologian, John O’Donohue, at 3 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, in Stokes Auditorium of Hardtner Hall as part of the 2019 Banners at McNeese State University Cultural Season. The late John O’ Donohue…
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