Music and lectures highlight Fanfare's upcoming week
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
by: Tonya Lowentritt 
HAMMOND - Two lectures, a music concert, and a fundraiser highlight the events
scheduled the final week in October during the 37th season of Fanfare, Southeastern
Louisiana University’s annual fall arts festival.
First up on Oct. 25 is “Opera Composers in Song,” an evening of art songs written
by famous opera composers. Scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in Pottle Music Building Auditorium,
the concert will feature Betsy Uschkrat, soprano, Tyler Smith, tenor, and Charles
Effler on piano.
The next History and Political Science Fanfare lecture is Oct. 26. Scheduled
at 2 p.m. in Pottle Auditorium, Communication Professor Joe Burns will present “Who
Killed Nancy.”
“Back in October of 1978, Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid
Vicious, was found dead in their Hotel Chelsea apartment. Immediately Vicious was
implicated in the killing, but did he do it,” asked History and Political Science
Department Head Bill Robison. “Many believe he couldn’t have. There were multiple
visitors that night. Joe Burns will explain the King and Queen of the Punk Rock scene,
the killing, who is probably the murderer, and the powerful impact Nancy’s death made
on punk music.”
A second, and the final HIPS lecture of Fanfare follows on Oct. 31 in Pottle
Auditorium. Titled “Harry Potter, Hairy Hobbits, and Historical Films: A Halloween
Lecture of No Great Significance,” the lecture will be delivered by Head HIPSter Robison
and is scheduled at 1 p.m.
“The More-or-Less Annual Halloween Lecture returns with the usual mix of scholarship,
silliness, surprises, and sweets – just for fun,” said Robison. “I will examine why
so many actors in historical films look familiar to fans of the Harry Potter and the
Lord of the Rings film series and what that means. Remember that costumes, including
masks, are not only welcome, but encouraged. And this year will mark the resumption
of candy throwing.”
Rounding out the Fanfare fun is a wine tasting. The group Friends of Sims Library
is hosting its 14th annual “Wine with Friends,” a fundraiser for Southeastern’s Linus
A. Sims Memorial Library, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4. Held at the library, the event
will feature six wines paired with food samplings, live music, a silent auction and
door prizes.
Tickets are $70 each. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the tasting beginning at 7
p.m. Space is limited, so early reservations are requested. The deadline for reservations
is Friday, Oct. 28. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
Order tickets online at southeastern.edu/librarywine or via check payable to
Southeastern Foundation, SLU 10896, Hammond, La., 70402. All funds raised go directly
to the library, thanks to donations from area businesses.
Fanfare events are free, unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact
the Columbia/Fanfare office at 985-549-2999.
