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EXCITING EVENTS AT LOUISIANA SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN NOVEMBER

Event:      The Art of Chestee Harrington

Date:        Saturday, November 9, 2024

Time:        12:30pm – 1:30pm

Location:  Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum

                   800 Front Street

                   Natchitoches, LA 71457    

                                           

Contact:  (318) 357-2492

Please join us at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum as Chestee Harrington talks about her career as an artist and her upcoming exhibition, “Tranquility Above the Circus: A Journey from December 5th, 1941.”

In a career that spans six decades, Chestee Harrington has created an extraordinary body of work that captures Louisiana’s landscapes and cultures, its people and their stories. She describes her genre as “spiritual expressionism.” Chestee has lived in many places, including New York City and a houseboat in the salt marsh, way down below New Orleans near Lake Borgne. She lives and works in her native Louisiana, where she is still capturing light and telling stories.

Free and open to the public.

Please visit our FLASH Facebook page or call (318) 357-2492 for more information

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Event:      Museum Open for LHSAA Visitors

Date:        Sunday, November 17, 2024

Time:        4:00-7:00pm

Location:  Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum

                   800 Front Street

                   Natchitoches, LA 71457    

                                           

Contact:  (318) 357-2492

The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum will be open special hours on Sunday, November 17, 2024 from 4:00-7:00pm to give the LHSAA Cross Country State Championship participants and their families time to visit while in town. The museum recognizes nearly 500 Louisiana sports icons and ambassadors as well as providing a broad overview about the origin of our region’s distinctive regional culture.

Tours will also be presented by Sports Hall of Fame Chairman Doug Ireland.

Admission is FREE and complimentary cocoa and cookies will be served.

Please visit our FLASH Facebook page or call (318) 357-2492 for more information.

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Event:      “Creole Origins: Cane River Diasporas, 1770-1830” exhibit opening reception

Date:        Friday, November 22, 2024

Time:        6:00 – 8:00pm

Location:  Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum

                   800 Front Street

                   Natchitoches, LA 71457    

                                           

Contact:  (318) 357-2492

The Cane River National Heritage Area and University College London (UCL) is proud to announce the upcoming opening of the highly anticipated exhibition “Creole Origins: Cane River Diasporas, 1770–1830” presented for the first time at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum. The exhibition offers an in-depth exploration of the Cane River Creole culture, chronicling key decades of migration, cultural development, and the lasting legacy of this vibrant community. Through this exceptional partnership, artifacts and historical records never before assembled together will help uncover the origins and evolution of Creole identity in Louisiana while delving into the broader cultural interactions between French, Spanish, African, and Native American groups, including the Caddo people, who inhabited the region long before European colonization. By examining the experiences of enslaved Africans and their descendants, such as Marie-Thérèse Coincoin, the exhibit sheds light on the evolution of landownership and cultural identity in the Cane River area.

The exhibition will be on display from November 22, 2024, through March 15, 2026, with a grand opening celebration on Friday, November 22, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The community is invited to join for an evening of history, culture, and celebration as the exhibit is unveiled. The event will feature local artists and musicians demonstrating the cultural traditions of the region, and it is free and open to the public.

Visit our FLASH Facebook page or call 318-357-2492 for more information.

 

 

 

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