WEEK FOUR CUTLINES ... 

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Award-winning author Sylvia Nasar, whose acclaimed book on the tragic and triumphant life of economist John Forbes Nash was made into the Oscar-winning film “A Beautiful Mind,” will be the headliner of the fourth week of Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual arts festival. Nasar will speak on “A Beautiful Mind: Genius, Madness, Reawakening” at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 22, in the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. 

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Southeastern Louisiana University history professor Michael Kurtz, dean of Graduate Studies, has written books on topics such as the Kennedy Assassination and Louisiana’s colorful Earl Long – topics that have starred in Hollywood films. He will take a look at how Hollywood twists history in a special lecture, “Bad History Goes to the Movies, Episode II,” at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23 at Southeastern Louisiana University’s Pottle Music Building Auditorium. The lecture is part of Fanfare, the university’s annual arts festival.

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The uniquely talented Turtle Island String Quartet introduced the music world to a new phenomenon, the jazz string quartet. The acclaimed group will perform at 7:30 pm., Oct. 23, at Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts during the university’s annual Fanfare celebration.

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The musical troupe Tales & Scales has created a new style of performing and even coined a new word for it – “musictelling.” The group will present its unique family entertainment at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26, during Southeastern Louisiana University’s Fanfare arts festival. The performance is scheduled for the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.

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Downtown Ponchatoula will be festooned with hundreds of colorful quilts during the “Great Invitational Quilt Expo,” which joins Southeastern Louisiana University’s Fanfare schedule on Saturday, Oct. 26.