February 2009 |
| 27 [Friday] | Opening Reception: Sculpture by Matthew DeFord
The Matthew DeFord Sculpture show will be on display through mid-April. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. until noon. Contact Roy deVille for more info at 473-6449. |
| Lloyd Hawthorn, Nicholas Bustamante, Luz-Maria Lopez opening reception
The exhibit will run through April 7. Contact Richard Gwartney for details at 318.473.3458. |
| Tournees French Film Festival showing of Persepolis
Based on the graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, whose political critique and dark humor, as well as the striking black-and-white animation, won this the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. This movie is free and subtitled in English. Contact Dr. Shonu Nangia at 318.473.3978 for details. The Tournees French Film Festival is sponsored by the French American Cultural Exchange. |
| 28 [Saturday] | Tournees French Film Festival showing of Moliere
Comic biography of the 17th-century dramatist shows that "clothing and plumbing have evolved over the past 400 years, but foibles and longing" have not. (Variety)
This movie is offered free and will include English subtitles. Contact Dr. Shonu Nangia at 318.473.3978 for details. The Tournees French Film Festival is sponsored by the French American Cultural Exhange. |
March 2009 |
| 2 [Monday] | Sculpture by Matthew DeFord
through Apr 17
Sculpture by Matt DeFord will be on display in the University Gallery weekday mornings through mid-April. Contact Roy deVille for more information at 318.473.6449. |
| 6 [Friday] | Tournees French Film Festival showing of La Marche de L''Empereur
Le marche d l''Empereur (March of the Penquins) is a blockbuster documentary that records family values at work in Antarctic conditions.
This movie is offered free and will include English subtitles. Contact Dr. Shonu Nangia at 318.473.3978 for details. The Tournees French Film Festival is sponsored by the French American Cultural Exhange. |
| 7 [Saturday] | Tournees French Film Festival showing of Comme une Image
Comme une Image (Look at Me) is a comedy featuring 20-year-old Lolita who can''t fit into the world of skinny Parisian blondes and boorish literary types but finds meaning in a country church recital.
This movie is offered free and will include English subtitles. Contact Dr. Shonu Nangia at 318.473.3978 for details. The Tournees French Film Festival is sponsored by the French American Cultural Exhange. |
| 9 [Monday] | Commedia dell''Arte Performance
This performance by Introduction to Theatre students is free and open to the public. Contact Dr. Rhonda Shook for more information at 318.473.6573. |
| 12 [Thursday] | To Know A Veil
through Mar 14
To Know A Veil was written by Dr. Rhonda Shook and will be directed by Lisa Mayeux. LSUA students: $5, Other students, LSUA faculty and staff, and Senior Citizens: $9, General Admission: $12. For more information contact Dr. Rhonda Shook at 318.473.6573. |
| 14 [Saturday] | Tournees French Film Festival showing of Ne le dis a Personne
Ne le dis a Personne (Tell No One) is a thriller about a doctor accused of his wife''s murder who gets an email that shows that his wife is alive.
This movie is offered free and will include English subtitles. Contact Dr. Shonu Nangia at 318.473.3978 for details. The Tournees French Film Festival is sponsored by the French American Cultural Exhange. |
| 15 [Sunday] | To Know A Veil
To Know A Veil was written by Dr. Rhonda Shook and will be directed by Lisa Mayeux. LSUA students: $5, Other students, LSUA faculty and staff, and Senior Citizens: $9, General Admission: $12. For more information contact Dr. Rhonda Shook at 318.473.6573. |
| 16 [Monday] | "Rolling across Central Louisiana" Photograph Display
through May 1
LSUA’s Archives & Special Collections presents an exhibit of turn-of-the-last-century photos featuring persons from Central Louisiana posed with planes, trains, and automobiles of the era. View the exhibit March 16-May 1 in the lobby of the James C. Bolton Library during library hours. |
| 19 [Thursday] | To Know A Veil
through Mar 21
To Know A Veil was written by Dr. Rhonda Shook and will be directed by Lisa Mayeux. LSUA students: $5, Other students, LSUA faculty and staff, and Senior Citizens: $9, General Admission: $12. For more information contact Dr. Rhonda Shook at 318.473.6573. |
| 22 [Sunday] | To Know A Veil
To Know A Veil was written by Dr. Rhonda Shook and will be directed by Lisa Mayeux. LSUA students: $5, Other students, LSUA faculty and staff, and Senior Citizens: $9, General Admission: $12. For more information contact Dr. Rhonda Shook at 318.473.6573. |
April 2009 |
| 17 [Friday] | Gin Taylor, Clyde Downs, permanent collection opening
Part or Art Walk in downtown Alexandria. For more information contact Richard Gwartney at 318.443-3458. |
| 22 [Wednesday] | A Midsummer Night's Dream
through Apr 25
Shakespeare''s A Midsummer Night''s Dream will be offered as the center piece for the 2009 Shakespeare-on-the-Greene festival at LSU Alexandria. Directed by Richard Gwartney, performances begin at sundown. Admission is free. Bring your blanket or lawn chair for seating. Contact Dr. Rhonda Shook at 318.473.6573 for details. |
June 2009 |
| 19 [Friday] | Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
| 20 [Saturday] | Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
| 21 [Sunday] | Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
| Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
| 24 [Wednesday] | Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
| 25 [Thursday] | Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
| 26 [Friday] | Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
| 27 [Saturday] | Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
| Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
| 28 [Sunday] | Once Upon a Mattress presented by the Empty Space Players
Directed by Richard Gwartney. Call Dr. Rhonda Shook, producer, 318-473-6573 for tickets. Ticket prices: $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens and students; $5 LSUA students. Sorry, no credit cards...cash or check only.
Synopsis: A love-sick nobleman seeking to marry his sweetheart does his best to find his ruling prince a suitable bride so that he himself may wed in this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. No one in Prince Dauntless''''s kingdom is permitted to marry until the prince himself exchanges vows -- a problem hindered by the fact that the prince''''s overprotective mother, Queen Aggravain, has thus far thwarted all efforts to marry her son. This does not sit well with the honorable Sir Harry, a man whose heart longs to wed the fair Lady Larkin, and after a long and arduous journey specifically designed to find the prince a bride, Sir Harry returns to his kingdom to present Princess Winnifred of the swamps. Immediately stricken by the princess, Prince Dauntless sets into motion plans for a lavish wedding as his scheming mother cooks up a test that''''s sure to send his marital plans awry. |
October 2009 |
| 8 [Thursday] | Documentary on Contemporary Art: Compassion
This Documentary Features the stop-motion animation, drawing, and performance artworks of William Kentridge, the political photography of Carrie Mae Weems, and Doris Salcedo''s installations and sculptures that deal with life in third world countries.
This screening will be held in the Lecture Hall on the first floor of the Coughlin Hall Building on the LSUA campus. Each screening will be followed by a discussion and question and answer session led by Jeremy Simmons, Assistant Professor of Art at LSUA. |
| 9 [Friday] | Documentary on Contemporary Art: Transformation
This documentary features the transformative self-portrait photography of Cindy Sherman, the narrative artwork of Yinka Shonibare MBE, and the video and installation art of Paul McCarthy.
This screening will be held in the Lecture Hall on the first floor of the Coughlin Hall Building on the LSUA campus. Each screening will be followed by a discussion and question and answer session led by Jeremy Simmons, Assistant Professor of Art at LSUA. |
| 16 [Friday] | Artwork from the Contemporary Arts Guild (CAG)
Friday the 16th is Artwalk in downtown Alexandria from 5-8. The AMoA will be exhibiting the artwork of the Contemporary Arts Guild, an association of local artists. Also on display is the 22nd September Competition, an international competition juried by Nicholas Bustamante. |
| 23 [Friday] | Opening Reception for Vntage Photography Exhibit presented by the University Gallery
In October, the University Gallery will present a vintage photography exhibit of the historic public buildings of Rapides Parish. The opening reception will be held on Friday October 23, from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. An informal concert of piano music will be presented from 6:00 – 6:30, with a Gallery Talk from 6:30 – 7:00. This event is free and open to the public.
For those who are Alexandria natives, the exhibit will provide you with many memories. For others, this should provide particular insight into the development of Alexandria. Regardless, this exhibit promises to have something for everyone. We invite you to join us on October 23rd. |
| 27 [Tuesday] | Cavanaugh Public Lecture: NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE NOW
LSUA’s Department of Arts, English, and Humanities
is pleased to present a Cavanaugh Public Lecture
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE NOW by Dr. Marija Knezevič |
| 28 [Wednesday] | Empty Space Players production of Angels in America
through Oct 31
Tony Kushner's Angels in America: Part 1, Millennium Approaches, directed by Richard Gwartney, will be offered by the Empty Space Players beginning at 7:30 p.m. General admission is $12; seniors $10; and students $5. For reservations call 318-473-4469. NOTE: Adult subject matter, difficult language. No one under 16 admitted; no exceptions. |
November 2009 |
| 1 [Sunday] | Empty Space Players production of Angels in America
Tony Kushner''''s Angels in America: Part 1, Millennium Approaches,directed by Richard Gwartney, will be offered by the Empty Space Players beginning at 2:30 p.m. General admission is $12; seniors $10; and students $5. For reservations call 318-473-4469. NOTE: Adult subject matter, difficult language. No one under 16 admitted; no exceptions. |
| 4 [Wednesday] | Empty Space Players production of Angels in America
through Nov 7
Tony Kushner''s Angels in America: Part 1, Millennium Approaches, directed by Richard Gwartney, will be offered by the Empty Space Players beginning at 7:30 p.m. General admission is $12; seniors $10; and students $5. For reservations call 318-427-4469. NOTE: Adult subject matter, difficult language. No one under 16 admitted; no exceptions. |
| 8 [Sunday] | Empty Space Players production of Angels in America
Tony Kushner''s Angels in America: Part 1, Millennium Approaches,directed by Richard Gwartney, will be offered by the Empty Space Players beginning at 2:30 p.m. General admission is $12; seniors $10; and students $5. For reservations call 318-427-4469. NOTE: Adult subject matter, difficult language. No one under 16 admitted; no exceptions. |