Events
Southwest Louisiana residents will have the unique opportunity to attend a “Building Wealth Through Government Contracting” training. Sponsored by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) at McNeese State University, the workshops will be led by Louisiana district Small Business Administration (SBA) representatives. The LSBDC will host the training in the Henning SEED Center at…
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McNeese State University’s online literary magazine, Boudin, goes to Hollywood with its chapbook contest launch party Thursday, March 27 from 5-7 p.m. PDT in West Hollywood. Readers attended the event in person or by livestream at https://www.youtube.com/@McNeeseMFA. The event will feature readings by Lynn Mundell, Lori Sambol Brody, Rae Cline, J. Bruce Fuller, Aimee Delong,…
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McNeese State University’s Department of Visual Arts is hosting the 38th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition now through May 2 in the Shearman Fine Arts Annex Grand Gallery. The opening reception will be on Thursday, March 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. with the juror’s talk and awards at 7 p.m. Erika Olinger,…
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Live storytelling by McNeese State University students will make the past “come alive” as they portray real people in 18th century Haiti as documented through a 2024 book written by Dr. Philippe Girard, McNeese associate professor of history, for a free McNeese Banners event Tuesday, March 25. A Day in Colonial Haiti in the Age…
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The McNeese State University Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in creative writing is hosting a fiction reading by Kent Quaney on Friday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Stream Alumni Center. This event is free and open to the public. Quaney is the creative writing coordinator at Auburn University Montgomery. His novel One…
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The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Performing Arts Department will present a free piano concert featuring Dr. Lina Morita, McNeese professor of music, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, in Tritico Theatre. The concert will open with “Miniaturas” and “Mazurka Española” by the Mexican composer Manuel Ponce. Morita was recently invited by…
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McNeese State University is kicking off National Engineers Week with an open house on Monday, Feb.17, from 5:30 to 7:45 p.m. in Drew Hall, 500 Joe Dumars Drive in Lake Charles. The Department of Engineering and Computer Science, part of the College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics, will offer students of all ages and their…
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McNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts is hosting an encore production of Tender Atlas as a fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. in Tritico Theatre. Tickets are $20 each. The Kennedy Center for American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) chose McNeese theatre’s production of Tender Atlas to perform at…
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The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Performing Arts Department will present a free concert featuring guest cellist, Christopher Adkins, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. in Tritico Theatre. He will be accompanied on piano throughout the program by Dr. Lina Morita, McNeese professor of music. Adkins, who has been with the Dallas Symphony…
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The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free lecture-recital featuring Spanish composer José Galeote at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, in Tritico Theatre. Galeote will present a lecture introducing two newly composed pieces for guitar and piano—both pieces dedicated to Dr. Lina Morita, professor of piano at…
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