Sophia Sutton Hogg will reign as the 56th Queen of the St. Denis Art League Spring Festival Court and its Annual Presentation and Ball Saturday, April 27 at the Natchitoches Events Center.

Established in 1984 with four designated Main Street communities, the Louisiana Main Street program is celebrating 40 years of helping to revitalize commercial districts by offering a roadmap for locallyowned and locally-driven prosperity. Today, there are 36 designated Louisiana Main Street communities including the original four – Donaldsonville, Franklin, Hammond, and Houma – as well as four communities accepted into the Lagniappe Community Program, a pathway to becoming a designated Louisiana Main Street community.

Bennie George Barron will reign as the 56th King of the Spring Festival Court of the St. Denis Art League at its Presentation and Ball, Saturday, April 27 at the Natchitoches Events Center.

Natalie Mangandi of Shreveport, a senior at Northwestern State University, will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, but through her involvement with many campus organizations, realized that the career path she is most suited for is helping others navigate their academic challenges. After graduation, she plans to pursue a graduate degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education at NSU.

A Southern Writer’s View of Then and Now Recently, I saw something I haven’t seen in many years. A young man driving a car he was fixing up.

St. Denis Art League Spring Court Heralds will carry brass fanfare trumpets wrapped in blossoms when they send fourth the messages of the king and queen at the Spring Court Ball Saturday, April 27 in the ball room of the Nachitoches Events Center.

Seven individuals crossed the stage at the Ben D. Johnson Educational Center on April 5, marking the culmination of their journey through the Legacy Workforce Development Program and Industrial Readiness Training (IRT) Program.

Violinist Andrej Kurti will hold a CD release concert for his new recording of Bach’s “Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin” on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. There is no admission charge. A livestream will be available at nsula.edu/capa/capalivestream. Kurti is a professor of violin at Northwestern State University.

Northwestern State University Theatre and Dance will present the play “Intimate Apparel” April 24-28 in Theatre West. Performance times are April 24-27 at 7:30 p.m.