Loyola University crime symposium covered live

For those unable to attend the “Preventing Lethal Violence in New Orleans” symposium at Loyola University today but interested in the discussion by NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas and several criminologists, the event is being covered live by Tom Gogola of The Lens.

Serpas, Loyola criminologists to discuss ideas to lower murder rate

NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas and a panel of Loyola University criminologists will participate in a crime symposium Friday (Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) addressing New Orleans’ murder rate. For details see the following press release from Loyola University:

LOYOLA PRESS RELEASE – OCTOBER 22, 2012

The Office of the President and the Department of Criminal Justice at Loyola University New Orleans present a daylong symposium aimed at ending the cycle of violence in New Orleans and restoring community peace. “Preventing Lethal Violence in New Orleans: A Public Symposium on Effective Community Based Solutions,” takes place Friday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, located on the second floor of the Communications/Music Complex.

Loyola celebrates Oktoberfest with opera drinking songs

Loyola University will host “Oktoberfest-Opera’s Greatest Drinking Songs” at 7:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 25) with wine and beer to follow. For details see the news release from the New Orleans Opera Association:

Loyola Opera Workshop will present an evening of opera excerpts,
collectively titled “Oktoberfest – Opera’s Greatest Drinking Songs,”
this Thursday night, Oct. 25, at 7:30pm in Monroe Hall’s Nunemaker Auditorium. The cost is $8 (free for Loyola students, staff and faculty).

Loyola remembers “linchpin”of community, lost too soon in fatal crash

With memory after memory Friday morning, laughter broke through the tears of nearly 100 mourning members of the Loyola University community as they remembered a carefree student, fiercely devoted to his loved ones, whose life was cut unexpectedly short last month in a fatal crash on St. Charles Avenue. “Look around. Look at your friends,” said Andy Scott at a memorial service for 23-year-old Matthew Chuey. “How many did Chuey introduce you to?

“The business of incarcareration” to be discussed by top officials, activists at Loyola

U.S. Attorney Jim Letten, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman, Judge Jules Edwards III and a host of social-justice activists will convene tonight for a panel discussion with Times-Picayune reporter Cindy Chang about her eight-part series, “Louisiana Incarcerated.” The forum, sponsored by Dr. Andre Perry’s Orleans Place Matters initiative, will be at 6 p.m. today (Wednesday, June 20) in Loyola University’s Roussel Hall in the Communications/Music Complex on the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Calhoun Street. For details, see the emailed announcement from Orleans Place Matters:

Loyola University’s Institute for Quality and Equity in Education, in conjunction with the Foundation for Louisiana, will host “Louisiana Incarcerated: An Evening with Cindy Chang,” a panel discussion convened to examine the multifaceted issue of the business of incarceration in Louisiana. Chang, special projects reporter for The Times-Picayune and author of the acclaimed eight-part series, “Louisiana Incarcerated,” will discuss what she learned while writing the articles, as well as share the reactions she’s received.

Bassist Roland Guerin to perform Thursday in Loyola’s Jazz Underground series

Roland Guerin will perform music from his latest release, “A Different World,” in Satchmo’s in the basement of the student center. General admission tickets are $10. More details, via the news release from Loyola:
Jazz Underground series continues with bassist Roland Guerin

Roland Guerin, a versatile, in-demand bassist who frequently tours and performs with Allen Toussaint, will continue Loyola University New Orleans’ Jazz Underground series with music from his most recent CD, “A Different World,” on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Satchmo’s, located in the basement of the Danna Student Center on the university’s main campus. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for Loyola faculty and staff, and free for Loyola students. Tickets are available online at www.montage.loyno.edu or by calling 504-865-2074, and will also be available at the door 30 minutes prior to the performance.

New Orleans Youth Orchestra to perform with violinist Mark O’Connor

The Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra will perform with acclaimed violinist Mark O’Connor at Loyola University on Sunday. Details, via emailed press release:

Mark O’Connor, Grammy-Winning Violin Virtuoso, Composer and Educator, to perform with the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras! New Orleans, LA, March 1, 2012 – The Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras is pleased to announce that Mark O’Connor, considered to be “one of the most talented and imaginative artists working in music — any music — today” (Los Angeles Times), will be an artist-in-residency March 24-25.   The residency celebrates and supports the development and achievements of young people in music by creating opportunities for the young musicians of New Orleans to collaborate with internationally renowned inspiring professional musicians. Mark O’Connor will perform with all of GNOYO’s orchestras – the Sinfonia, Philharmonia and the Symphony at a very special Spring Concert Sunday, March 25th at 7:00 PM at Loyola University’s Roussel Hall.  There are two ways to attend:

·         VIP sponsors receive premium reserved seating for $50.

Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” enters final weekend

Loyola University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will give its final performances of the Shakespearean comedy “All’s Well That Ends Well” this weekend. Details, via news release:

Loyola Theatre ends season with Shakespearean classic

The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at Loyola University New Orleans ends the season with William Shakespeare’s classic play, “All’s Well That Ends Well,” in Loyola’s Marquette Theater on March 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 at 8 p.m. and March 18 at 2 p.m.

Directed by Artemis Preeshl, this production leads the audience on a journey to attain one’s true desire. With constant twists and turns including love, rejection, healing, dirty tricks, reconciliation and union, the play telegraphs a spiritual pilgrimage in which the heroine dupes her family and follows her anti-hero husband in the opposite direction. As the play begins, we learn that the Countess Rousillon is happy that her ward, Helena, wishes to marry her son, Count Bertram. Although Bertram does his best to avoid the union, his plan is thwarted when Helena saves the life of the King of France, who then decrees that she can choose any man in his court as a husband.

Loyola presents two-week series of free classical concerts

Loyola University musicians will present a series of five classical performances — four of which are free — over the next two weeks, starting tonight (Tuesday, March 20). Details, via a news release:

Montage Series features chamber music, wind ensembles and opera excerpts

The Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series at Loyola University New Orleans presents two weeks of music events in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall at the end of the month. On Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m., Loyola’s notable Faculty Chamber String Quartet will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s “String Quartet, Op. 59, No.2” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “String Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No.

Loyola hosts 43rd Annual Jazz Festival this weekend

Friday afternoon, the Loyola Faculty Jazz Ensemble will perform a free concert at 4:30 p.m., and on Saturday, trombonist Ed Neumeister plays at with the Loyola Jazz Band. Details, via the news release:

The 43rd Annual Jazz Festival at Loyola University New Orleans presents world-renowned trombonist Ed Neumeister in a one-night-only concert with the Loyola Jazz Band on Saturday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m. in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall. The two-day festival, presented by Loyola’s Jazz Studies Program, also includes a performance by the Loyola Faculty Jazz Ensemble, masterclasses with Neumeister and other acclaimed jazz musicians and performances by high school jazz bands and combos from across the country. As a trombonist, Neumeister performed for 19 years with the Mel Lewis Big Band and for 15 years in the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington. As a composer, he has received commissions from all over the world, including the Hamburg Radio Big Band in Germany, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra in New York and the Sophisticated Ellington Project in Tokyo, among others.