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SAGE Series McNeese SAGE Series - Fall 2019 From the Cane River to Greece New! Registration is Online Cane River Bohemia Presented by Patricia Becker, 3 p.m., Monday, September 16 A Cajun Girl's...
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McNeese Leisure LearningIn the summer, Leisure Learning for Kids and Teens offers an all-day program for students entering Grades 1 – 7 and a variety of children’s classes. For more information call...
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Louisiana Urban Gardener Late Winter and Early Spring Vegetable Garden Must Do’s” | Presented by Kathryn "Kiki" Fontenot, PhD Monday November 6, 2017 | 3 pm Photo Credit Collin Richie Kathryn (Kiki)...
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Maude Reid Maude Reid Queen of the Scrapbooks, Saves Lake Charles History | Presented by Pati Threatt Monday October 9, 2017 | 3 pm Maude Reid Maude Reid was born in Lake Charles, on October 31, 1882...
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Maria Hebert-Leiter Images of Depression-Era Louisiana | Presented by Maria Hebert-Leiter, Ph.D Thursday October 26, 2017 | 3 pm In the 1930s, the U.S. government famously sent photographers across the...
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Molly Reid A Life in Jazz by Danny Barker | Presented by Molly Reid Monday September 25, 2017 | 3 pm Molly Reid is an editor at The Historic New Orleans Collection, a museum, publisher, and research...
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SAGE Series SAGE Winter/Spring 2018 Louisiana - A Mélange New! Registration is Online Dixie Bohemia: A French Quarter Circle in the 1920s Presented by Dr. John Shelton Reed, 3 p.m., Monday, January 8...
View ArticleMcNeese Summer Kids College to Focus on STEM
McNeese Summer Kids College to Focus on STEM(May 12, 2017) McNeese State University Leisure Learning is offering “A STEM Adventure” summer program as part of its Kids College from May 29-Aug. 11 for...
View ArticleMcNeese to Present Final SAGE Lecture
McNeese to Present Final SAGE Lecture(April 4, 2017) McNeese State University’s SAGE spring series concludes Monday, April 10, with a lecture by Dr. Janet Allured titled “On Their Own: Three Remarkable...
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SAGE Lecture on Two Civil Wars(March 22, 2017) As part of the ongoing McNeese State University spring SAGE series, Katherine Jeffrey - a transplanted Canadian - will give her presentation, “Two Civil...
View ArticleMcNeese SAGE Series Explores the Ocean
McNeese SAGE Series Explores the Ocean(March 8, 2017) Dr. Amber Hale, a molecular biologist and assistant professor at McNeese State University, will present a lecture titled “Ocean Exploration: Aboard...
View ArticleBourbon Street Brawl: SAGE Lecture
Bourbon Street Brawl: SAGE Lecture(February 27, 2017) As part of McNeese State University’s spring SAGE series, James A. Savage will present a lecture titled “Jim Garrison’s Bourbon Street Brawl: The...
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SAGE Series Continues(February 3, 2017) McNeese State University will host a lecture titled “Furnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture 1735-1835” by Jessica Dorman, director of publications,...
View ArticleLouisiana Women: Dorothy Dix, Janet Mary Riley, The Baroness Pontalba
Louisiana Women: Dorothy Dix, Janet Mary Riley, The Baroness PontalbaBaroness Pontalba, daughter of Andres Almonester, survived an attack by her father-in-law and won a legal separation from her...
View ArticleTwo Civil Wars: The Curious Shared Journal of a Baton Rouge Schoolgirl and a...
Two Civil Wars: The Curious Shared Journal of a Baton Rouge Schoolgirl and a Union Sailor on the USS Essex It isn’t every day that you stumble onto a lengthy unpublished personal diary from the...
View ArticleJim Garrison's Bourbon Street Brawl: The Making of a First Amendment Milestone
Jim Garrison's Bourbon Street Brawl: The Making of a First Amendment MilestoneJim Garrison plied Bourbon Street as few politicians had— for political power. This presentation shows how the New Orleans...
View ArticleOcean Exploration: Aboard the Nautilus
Ocean Exploration: Aboard the NautilusThe vast majority of our planet is covered by water, however, we have more knowledge about the surface of Mars than the depths of our oceans. There are only a...
View ArticleFurnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735 - 1835
Furnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735 - 1835It is no secret that New Orleans and the surrounding region have long been a hotbed of creativity, giving rise to the careers of many...
View ArticleThe Yucatan Peninsula
The Yucatan Peninsula Photographer C. C. Lockwood traveled to the other side of the Gulf to present an unparalleled look at the untamed wonders of the Yucatán Peninsula in his book and for his SAGE...
View ArticleSpring 2017 SAGE Series Set
Spring 2017 SAGE Series Set(January 6, 2017) McNeese State University will kick off its spring 2017 SAGE series titled “Louisiana and Beyond” with a lecture on “The Yucatán Peninsula” by acclaimed...
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