NATCHITOCHES – Cajun musician Amanda Shaw will open the 2021 NSU Folklife Concert Series Saturday, July 3 at 2 p.m. at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum at 800 Front Street in downtown Natchitoches. The concert series is free and open to the general public.
The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University […]
NATCHITOCHES – The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University is sponsoring the 2021 NSU Folklife Concert Series, a series of six Saturday concerts in July and August. The concerts will highlight different folk musical traditions with a 45-minute music set followed by interviews with the musicians and an audience Q&A. Each performance will take […]
LSC Graduates 15 in Spring Commencement
Another class of Scholars’ students are now Scholars’ alumni. In ceremonies held May 5 – May 7, the Louisiana Scholars’ College graduated fifteen, bring the total number of graduates for the 2020-2021 academic year to nineteen.
The Spring 2021 graduates of the Louisiana Scholars’ College include Paige Parks, the first completer […]
NATCHITOCHES – The 13th annual NSU Louisiana High School Essay Contest is open for submissions until June 1. The essay contest is open to all Louisiana students in grades 9-12 regardless of type of school institution, including students in all types of private educational environments, as well as home schooled students.
The 2021 Contest theme is […]
NATCHITOCHES –National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $84 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2020. Included in this announcement is an Art Works award of $10,000 to the Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University for […]
NATCHITOCHES – Like so many events throughout Louisiana, the Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival was not able to be held this summer as a face-to-face event due to the ongoing pandemic. Pivoting to a virtual format, the festival will be held exclusively online, providing patrons with opportunities to purchase homemade crafts in a virtual marketplace, participate in […]
By Dr. Shayne Rasmussen
NATCHITOCHES – LaKin Ogilvie of Simpson High School has been named the first place winner of the 2020 Northwestern State University Louisiana High School Essay Contest. Ogilvie won the honor for her essay “The Giver of Gifts.” Julia Kapusta of Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans won second place for her essay […]
NATCHITOCHES – The Natchitoches-Northwestern State University Folk Festival, a perennially popular event held each July at NSU since 1979, will not take place in its traditional format, according to Dr. Shane Rasmussen, director of the Louisiana Folklife Center.
“The Louisiana Folklife Center has been monitoring the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic very closely and has postponed making a […]
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 […]
NATCHITOCHES – The Natchitoches-Northwestern Folk Festival is seeking volunteers for this year’s event, which will take place July 24-25. Every year the festival relies on dozens of volunteers to help with various components and positions as needed.
Volunteers will work inside air-conditioned Prather Coliseum and will be needed from 3-10 p.m. Friday, July 24 and 7 […]
