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. 

Love the Boot Week Starts This Saturday! It’s not too late to participate. Register a cleanup or beautification event, or sign up to volunteer locally at www.lovetheboot.org. Already registered to host an event? Remember to send your volunteers information about your event, so they know when and where to show up. Also remember to collect data at your event(s) using this worksheet. After your event(s), compile your data and submit this online report by April 21.

Louisiana Tech University’s College of Liberal Arts is hosting two events featuring guest Wright Thompson, author of The Barn, a New York Times bestseller that confronts the haunting legacy of Emmett Till’s killing. Thompson will visit campus on Thursday, April 3, to give a talk about The Barn along with a Q&A session and book signing. He will return to campus the morning of April 4 for a fireside chat-style discussion moderated by Teddy Allen. These events are free and open to the public.

The NSU Opera Theater Ensemble will present “A Night at the Opera” on April 4-5 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted to assist the Opera Theater Ensemble in preparing for next season. The ensemble will perform “The Old Maid and the Thief” by Gian Carlo Menotti along with a variety of student-directed opera and musical theatre scenes by composers including Mozart, Heggie, Sondheim and Verdi. This portion of the program will feature over 20 student performers from the NSU Voice Department.

The Riverdale Sophomore class will be waiting tables for tips on April 10 from 5-8pm. These tips will go towards their class fundraising account. You do not have to dine in to leave a tip you can also tip at the pick up window. Cash tips are preferred. 

A beginning ceramics class, “Playing in the Mud,” will be offered through Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Learning and Global Education starting April 10. The class will be held on Thursday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. through May 15 in Room 113 of the Fine Arts Annex. The fee is $150 plus a $20 material fee paid directly to the instructor on the first night of class. Enrollment to the class is limited. This course is an introduction to working with clay. The student will learn hand-building and sculptural techniques, as well as work on the potter’s wheel. There will also be room for intermediate and advanced students to take the class who want to use the facilities during the class time. Those taking the class should wear clothes that can get dirty. For more information or to register for classes, go to
checkout.nsula.edu

Bloom on Main will be held Saturday, April 12 in Many from 9am-3pm. There will be over 40 vendors