Folklife

NSU to host 15th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference Sept. 23

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University will host the 15th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference on Saturday, Sept. 23 in the Creative and Performing Arts Complex. Presentation sessions will begin on Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. and run until 4:45 p.m. Scholars from throughout Louisiana as well as Alabama and Texas will make presentations on aspects […]

The 42nd Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival

The 42nd Annual

Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival

July 23, 2022

“Stronger Together: The Power of Traditional Culture”

JOIN US FOR A DAY OF FUN, FOOD, AND DANCING!

NSU campus in Natchitoches

HALL of TRADITIONAL CRAFTS

FOLK FOODS

KIDFEST

FREE CAJUN and ZYDECO DANCE LESSONS

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Guidelines for high school essay contest revised

NATCHITOCHES – The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University has revised guidelines for the 2020 Louisiana High School Essay Contest due to social distancing challenges.  The 2020 Contest theme is “Remembering Louisiana.”

“Entrants may interview any member of their family or surrounding community as long as their interviewee is at least one generation older than […]

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