Three lectures, and a dance concert highlight the events scheduled the third week in October during the 37th season of Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual fall arts festival.
First up is the next History and Political Science Fanfare lecture on Oct. 18. Scheduled at 11 a.m. in Pottle Auditorium, “Hoax: The Popish Plot That Never Was” will be presented by Louisiana State University historian Victor Stater.
Next will be a dance concert by Southeastern Dance Performance Project titled “I am: Songs in Reflection of Me” Oct. 18 and 19. Scheduled in Pottle Auditorium at 7 p.m. the concert features music and videos from the 1940s through the 1990s using movement to transport the audience back in time by way of a live rock concert experience. Tickets are $10 for students, seniors, children and military and $15 general admission.
Rounding out the week is the final English Department Common Read lecture Oct. 19 with the department’s featured author of the semester Eve L. Ewing. The virtual event is scheduled in the Kiva, room 1021 at 11 a.m. Southeastern students in English classes at all levels have read her poetry collection Electric Arches, and will have the chance to hear her read from her work and ask her questions during her virtual visit.
Fanfare events are free, unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact the Columbia/Fanfare office at 985-549-2999.
