This & That…Friday, February 14

Want to give a sweet treat to someone on Valentine’s Day? Take a Valentine’s balloon to the residents at Green Meadow Haven!

Sibley Lake is now closed until further notice. The boat ramps on Sibley Lake are closed due to high water levels. A notification will be posted when the ramps reopen.

Northwestern State University will host the 10th Living Library program, “Divine Nine through Time,” with panelists who are past and present members of NSU’s Divine Nine. The program will take place at 10am Wednesday, Feb 19 in the Ora G. Williams Digital Media Center/NSU TV Studio, Room 142 Kyser Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Louisiana Christian University will hold its annual spring revival series Feb 18-20 at 11am in Guinn Auditorium. The speaker for the revival will be Dr. Greg Wilton, assistant professor of mission and
evangelism and dean of Leavell College at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Wilton has served the Lord in many ways, from the French Quarter to Southeast Asia, from a small church pastor in Louisiana to a large church missions pastor in Tennessee. The revival services are free and open to the public.

The Gail Metoyer Jones Center for Inclusion and Diversity at Northwestern State University will host the Sankofa African American Museum on Wheels from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24 in the Student Union Ballroom. The Sankofa African American Museum on Wheels is a renowned collection of African American history, spanning 1860 to the present. This unique museum experience takes audiences on a journey through significant periods in African American history, including slavery, the era of King Cotton and the days of Emancipation. The museum also highlights the stories of influential figures such as Ida B. Wells, The Tuskegee Airmen, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 44th President of the United States. For more information about the event, contact Dr. Jasmine Wise, coordinator for the Gail Metoyer Jones Center for Inclusion and Diversity, at wisej@nsula.edu.