Fanfare 2010 - Columbia 2010-11 Calendar
Contact: Tonya Lowentritt
8/2/10
Many Fanfare events are free. Individual tickets for Fanfare and Columbia Theatre Mainstage events will go on sale Sept. 8 at the Columbia/Fanfare box office, 220 E. Thomas Street, 985-543-4371. Columbia Mainstage season tickets will be available to new subscribers Aug. 10-27. The box office is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and one hour prior to Columbia performances. For a complete schedule, contact the Columbia/Fanfare office at 985-543-4366.
FANFARE 2010
Friday, October 1
▪ 6 – 8 p.m. – Opening Reception, Oak Street Gallery, 111 N. Oak Street, Hammond
Exhibits: “Inspiration Surrounds Us,” featuring three artists – Janet Gildermaster, Gloria Ross, and Lark Smith. Exhibit open through Oct. 31
Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2
▪ 7:30 p.m. – Original play by Jim Winter: “Only in Louisiana: The Not-Quite-True Story of the West Florida Revolt,” Vonnie Borden Theatre, D Vickers Hall, Southeastern campus
October 4-29
▪ 11 a.m. -4 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday -- 10th Annual International House of Blues Foundation Art Exhibit, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, Grand Lobby, 220 E. Thomas St., Hammond
Monday, October 4
▪ 7 p.m. -- Then and Now Lecture: Randy Sanders, “Delivering Demon Rum: Prohibition Era Rum-Running in the Gulf of Mexico”, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum, 133 Mabel Dr., Madisonville. (Reception to follow)
Tuesday, October 5
▪ 12:30-1:45 p.m. – The Louisiana Connection: Readings in Poetry and Prose: Tim Gautreaux, Contemporary Art Gallery
▪ 5-7 p.m. – Opening reception: Two exhibits (Anita Jung: National Juried Printmaking Exhibition and Carlos Ferguson: Tiny Circus, Workshop, Animation Video and Installation), Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern campus (exhibits open through Nov. 13)
▪ 5 p.m. -- Foreign Film, Broken Embraces (Spanish with English subtitles), Student Union Theatre, Southeastern campus
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Faculty Percussion Recital, Pottle Auditorium, Southeastern campus
Wednesday, October 6
▪ 1 p.m. -- Then and Now Lecture: Barbara Forrest, “The First Amendment: The Good, The Bad, and the (Really) Ugly”, Pottle Auditorium, Southeastern campus
▪ 7 p.m. – Featured Writer for Common Readings in the English Department: Sheryl St. Germain, Student Union Theatre, Southeastern campus
Thursday, October 7
▪ 5-7 p.m. – The Art Station 3rd Annual Art Exhibit, 146 W. Oak Street, Ponchatoula
Tuesday, October 12
▪ 12:30-1:45 p.m. – The Louisiana Connection: Readings in Poetry and Prose: Jack Bedell and Bev Marshall, Contemporary Art Gallery
▪ 5 p.m. -- Foreign Film, The Legend of Rocket (French with English subtitles), Student Union Theatre, Southeastern campus
▪ 6:30 p.m. –Irving Roth: “Eyewitness Testimony to the Holocaust and its Implications for Today,” The First United Methodist Church, 800 N. Duncan Ave., Amite
Wednesday, October 13
▪ 10 a.m. -- Education outreach concert: Southeastern Wind Symphony, Columbia Theatre
▪ 1 p.m. -- Then and Now Lecture: Margaret Gonzalez-Perez, “Nuclear Politics: It’s the Bomb!”, Pottle Auditorium, Southeastern campus
▪ 7 p.m. -- Featured Writer for Common Readings in the English Department: Sheryl St. Germain, Student Union Theatre, Southeastern campus
Thursday, October 14
▪ 7:30 p.m. – Southeastern Wind Symphony Concert, Columbia Theatre
Sunday, October 17
▪ 3 p.m. -- Sunday with the Arts: Community Music School Anniversary Concert, First United Methodist Church, 2200 Rue Denise, Hammond
October 18-22
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Southeastern Opera/Theatre Workshop: Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Pottle Auditorium, Southeastern campus
Tuesday, October 19
▪ 5 p.m. -- Foreign Film, I’m Not Scared (Italian with English subtitles), Student Union Theatre, Southeastern campus
Wednesday, October 20
▪ 1 p.m. -- Then and Now Lecture: Joe Burns, “What Was the First Rock and Roll Record,” Pottle Auditorium, Southeastern campus
▪ 7 p.m. -- Featured speaker Lt. General Russel Honore’, Columbia Theatre
Friday, October 22
▪ 10 a.m. -- Education Outreach: Barry Scott’s “Ain’t Got Long to Stay Here,” Columbia Theatre
October 23 – November 13
▪ Southeastern Alumni Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern campus
Sunday, October 24
▪ 3 p.m. -- Sunday with the Arts: Jazzical, First Baptist Church, 401 W. Morris Ave., Hammond
Monday, October 25
▪ 7:30 p.m. – Bridges and Smith Concert, Pottle Auditorium, Southeastern campus
Tuesday, October 26
▪ 12:30-1:45 p.m. – The Louisiana Connection: Readings in Poetry and Prose, Alison Pelegrin and Norman German, Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern campus
▪ 5 p.m. -- Foreign Film, The Lives of Others (German with English subtitles), Student Union Theatre, Southeastern campus
Wednesday, October 27
▪ 1 p.m. -- Then and Now Lecture: Craig Saucier, “Mything in Action: The Fantasy of the ‘Special Relationship’,” Pottle Auditorium, Southeastern campus
Thursday, October 28
▪ 7 p.m. – Featured Writer for Common Readings in the English Department: James Wilcox, Student Union Theatre, Southeastern campus
▪ 7:30 p.m. – Jazz I, Pottle Auditorium, Southeastern campus
Friday, October 29
▪ 11 a.m. -- Then and Now Lecture: William Robison, “Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot, and the Great Pumpkin: Mid-Autumn Mayhem, Murder, and Mystery,” Pottle Auditorium, Southeastern campus
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Southeastern Chamber Orchestra, Columbia Theatre
2010-2011 COLUMBIA THEATRE MAINSTAGE EVENTS
(All events at Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts)
Sunday, September 26
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Boyz II Men
Saturday, November 27
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Holiday Concert
Friday and Saturday, December 10 & 11
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Hammond Ballet Company’s The Nutcracker
Saturday, February 26
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Music Man
Thursday, March 17
▪ 7 p.m. -- Pajamas and Play: Seussical
Friday, March 25
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Livin’ Janis
Friday, April 8
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Illusionist Mike Super
Thursday, April 14
▪ 7 p.m. -- Pajamas and Play: Jungle Book
Sunday, May 1
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Eagles Tribute Band: Hotel California
Saturday, June 4
▪ 7:30 p.m. -- Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters
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