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SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY'S FANFARE -- WEEK THREE
HAMMOND -- Famed death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean; Metropolitan Opera
tenor Paul Groves; the colorful Russian dance troupe Zabava -- and art, art and more art are all
highlight of the third week of Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University's October arts festival.
"Art and All That Jazz" offers a perfect Sunday outing. Several downtown restaurants --
Brady's Iron Horse Eatery, Mariner's Inn, Lee's Drive In and Coffee Rani -- will open their doors
at 11 a.m. for jazz brunches. Regional artists will sell their work under the trees beside the
Chamber of Commerce from noon to 6 p.m. Almost 40 downtown businesses will double as art
galleries from 1-5 p.m. as they showcase the works of area artists. The Leon Anderson Group
will play jazz in the heart of town, where families can also enjoy a food court and children's tent.
In addition to a visit by VanGo, the New Orleans Museum of Art's traveling exhibit, the
children's ten, also open from 1-5 p.m., will be filled with activities. Children can view prairie
dogs from the Global Wildlife Center and "Herman the alligator" from Kliebert's Alligator and
Turtle Farm. They can call so participate in projects such as "Art and Recycling" by the
Louisiana Arts and Science Center, flower pot decoration and planting from Airport Garden
Center and cooking decorating sponsored by Albertson's.
Prejean, an outspoken opponent of the death penalty and champion of victims' rights,
gained worldwide fame through her book and the Academy Award winning movie, "Dead Man
Walking." She will present a lecture about her experiences titled "Dead Man Walking: A
Journey" at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, in Pottle Music Building Auditorium. Tickets for the event are
$10 general admission and $7 senior citizens, non-SLU students and SLU faculty & staff. SLU
students are admitted free, compliments of the lecture's sponsors, the Campus Activities Board
and SLU Intramurals.
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Prior to her lecture, Sr. Helen Prejean will autograph copies of "Dead Man Walking"
beginning at 6:15 p.m. in the Pottle Music building lobby.
Also on the Week Three schedule:
Fanfare at night
Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Vonnie Borden Theatre. "Two like houses" in a township in
South Africa set the scene for the Haworth Shakespeare Festival's stunning production of
William Shakespeare's romantic masterpiece, "Romeo and Juliet." Shakespeare set his play in
16th Century Verona, but his themes of filial rebellion, youthful passion and first love could
occur today in any community or country where domestic feuds exist -- whether Soweto,
Sarajevo or the south side of Chicago.
The Haworth Shakespeare Festival and director Danny Carrick's multi-racial production
catapults Shakespeare's masterpiece into the 1990s. Starring leading actors of the Royal
Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre of Britain, the production features
beautiful costuming by designer Francis Gallop that overlay the 16th century designs of the
great Renaissance masters with bold African fabrics.
Tickets for "Romeo and Juliet" are $12 general admission; $10 senior citizens, SLU
faculty & staff and all students.
Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall. As an authority on homicide, James Alan
Fox, dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University in Boston, appears
regularly on television and radio programs around the country, and is often invited to give
lectures and expert testimony. His Northeastern colleague, sociology and criminal justice
professor Jack Levin, is equally well-known as an authority on social problems such as prejudice
and violence. The two, who have written two dozen books between them, will examine "The
Young and the Ruthless: Teenagers and Violence." The lecture, sponsored by Southeastern's
School of Nursing and Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice, is free to the
public.
Oct. 17, 7 pm at University Cinema, 1006 N. Oak. Another Shakespeare favorite
comes to Fanfare via the silver screen. As part of its free "Special Films" series, Gulf States
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Theatres will present "Othello," staring Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh.
Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Music Building Auditorium. Fanfare continues its tradition
of presenting up and coming young opera stars, many of them, like tenor Paul Groves, with
Louisiana roots. The winner of the Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions in 1991 and
the prestigious Richard Tucker Foundation Award in 1995, Groves has embarked on a major
international career on the world's opera and concert stages. Since making his Metropolitan
Opera debut in 1992 the Louisiana native and graduate of Louisiana State University and the
Julliard Opera Center has appeared in more than a dozen Met productions and collaborated on
recordings of operas such as Rigoletto and Parsifal with the Met's maestro James Levine. Tickets
for his concert are $10 general admission; $8 senior citizens, SLU faculty & staff and all
students.
Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., Vonnie Borden Theatre. Assembled three years ago in Minsk,
Zabava, a 23-member troupe of dancers and instrumentalists made its leap into the international
spotlight in 1994 as winner of the International Folk Dance Competition in Spain. The troupe,
whose name literally means "fun" or "entertainment," also thrilled television audiences
worldwide as Russia's representative at the World Cup Soccer championship games in Chicago.
Zabava's athletic and elegant dances embody the best of Russian folk dance and their multitude
of exquisitely detailed handmade costumes are as colorful as their high-powered dancing. Tickets
are $10 general admission; $7 senior citizens, SLU faculty and staff and all students.
Fanfare by Day
The SLU Sculpture Invitational and Alumni Exhibition continue at Clark Hall Gallery
and Sims Memorial Library.
Oct 16, 2 p.m., Tangipahoa Internet Gallery. A panel of experts, including the
artists, will discuss "Sinfonica sin fronteras: Latina Art from Louisiana," the Fanfare exhibit on
display through Nov. 9 at the downtown Tangipahoa Internet Gallery. The discussion, which is
sponsored in part by a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, will explore the
artistic endeavors of Hispanic women in this region. It will feature Southeastern foreign
languages professor Jeanne Gillespie and art historian Karl Volkmar; St. Thomas University
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foreign languages department chair Debra Andrist; Tim Hamilton of Tulane University's Latin
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Oct. 14, 2 p.m., Music Recital Hall. According to an article in Newsweek magazine,
"The experiences of childhood, pioneering research shows, help form the brain's circuits--for
music and math, language and emotion." University of Wisconsin psychology professor Frances
Rauscher has been part of that important research into how experiences wire the brain's neurons
into a mind. She and other researchers have shown that studying and listening to classical music
enhances children's reasoning skills and performance in mathematics. Rauscher will talk about
her work in "The Effect of Musical Experience on Preschool and Adult Intelligence." The
lecture is free.
Oct. 15, 3:30 p.m., Music Recital Hall. As the annual Foreign Films Series
continues, Gerard Depardieu stars in the French film masterpiece "Jean de Florette" about a
principled man who hopes to become a gentleman farmer, but whose wily neighbor plots to steal
his farm.
Oct. 17, 2 p.m., Music Recital Hall. For flutist Brooks de Wetter-Smith, his Fanfare
performance is a homecoming. An accomplished musician who has appeared as a soloist and
clinician all over the world, de Wetter-Smith was a member of the Southeastern music faculty
from 1971-77. He has been featured at major festivals such as Tanglewood, the Salzburg Festival
and toured the Middle East as a guest of the U.S. State Department. He will be accompanied by
pianist Mitchell Vines of the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music.
For a Fanfare brochure and ticket order form or for additional information about Fanfare
events, call the SLU Public Information Office, 504-549-2341, or send e-mail to
publicinfo@selu.edu. Fanfare tickets are available at the Fanfare box office, 504-549-2323, at
Gate 1 of the SLU University Center on University Ave. Fanfare information is also available on
the World Wide Web: www.selu.edu/fanfare/opening.htm.
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