Events surrounding, movie screenings, presentations and music are scheduled during the upcoming week of the 39th season of Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual fall festival of the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Kicking off the week on Monday, Oct. 14, is the first of several presentations from the Department of English and World Languages. All will take place in Sims Memorial Library on the third floor. Faculty members Sherri Craig and Heather Botsford will present “When Spiders Talk, You Should Probably Listen” and “Stars and Storytelling in What We Fed to the Manticore,” at 12:30 p.m. On Oct. 15, at 2 p.m., faculty members Bruce Craft and Sarah Schillage will present “Analysis of Kolluri’s Work through the Lens of Critical Animal Studies,” and “Mythological Figures and Magical Realism in Kolluri’s Work.” Next up are Samuel Fuller and Ashley Waller on Oct. 16, at 12:30 p.m., with “Monsters of Our Own Making: Human Identity and Ecological Consequences” and “Animal Sentience.” Rounding out the week are Jason Kirker and April Lenoir on Oct. 17, at 12:30 p.m., with “It Narratives and Fictionalizing the ‘Truth.’”
On Oct. 16, at 2 p.m., the History and Political Science Department will present the next Then and Now lecture in the series. Scheduled in the Teacher Education Center Lecture Hall, the lecture, titled “Billion is the New Platinum,” will be given by Communications and Media Studies Interim Department Head Joe Burns.
“After WWII, record companies measured success by granting artists Gold, Platinum, or Diamond records,” Burns said. “No one buys physical music much anymore, so the goal is no longer a precious metal. It is a Billion. A billion streams. A billion views. It is only a thousand millions. A thousand platinum records.”
Burns will explain by sharing a little easy math. Audience members need only the ability to count to a billion.
Also on Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m., is a movie screening of Pulp Fiction. Scheduled in the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Hammond, the event is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available at the Columbia Theatre box office.
A solo art exhibition by Latvian artist Liga Spunde opens Oct. 17, at 4 p.m. with a panel discussion and opening reception. Titled “Episodes About not Knowing” and on display at Southeastern’s Contemporary Art Gallery, the exhibition will remain open through Nov. 13.
Also scheduled Oct. 17 are two musical concerts at 7:30 p.m. Southeastern’s Gospel Choir will present a Homecoming Concert at First Baptist Church in Hammond, while the Faculty Jazz Trio will present the Max Roach Centennial, with special guests Patrick Bordelon on guitar and Michael Martinez on trumpet, in Pottle Annex Recital Hall.
Columbia Theatre will present a second movie screening on Oct. 18, at 9 p.m. Back by popular demand is “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Tickets are $25 for VIP, $20 adults and students, and are available at the Columbia Theatre box office.
Rounding out the week is an organ recital by organist Sam Garnett on Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. Scheduled at First Presbyterian Church in Hammond, the recital is sponsored by First Presbyterian Church, Fanfare, and Southeastern’s Department of Music and Performing Arts.
Fanfare events are free, unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact the Columbia/Fanfare office at 985-549-2999.
OH, THE HORROR – Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual fall festival of the arts, humanities and social sciences, will present a movie screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Back by popular demand, the event is scheduled at Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Hammond, Oct. 18, at 9 p.m. Tickets are available at the Columbia Theatre box office.