{"id":817,"date":"2022-12-07T14:05:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esustage.wpengine.com\/kansas-city\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:58:43","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/neworleans\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"\" class=\"title-section\">\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n                <h5>Blog<\/h5>\n        \n                <h2>In the News<\/h2>\n        \n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"left-image-right-text\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n                            <div class=\"flex-container\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/neworleans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/IMG_1537-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                                    <h2>2026 Shakespeare Competition<\/h2>\n                                                                            <h3>Students from high schools across the region gathered at Tulane University&#8217;s Dixon Hall to compete in the ESU New Orleans Branch High School Shakespeare Competition<\/h3>\n                                                                            <a class=\"caps-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/neworleans\/2026-shakespeare-competition\/\" target=\"\">See More<i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"left-image-right-text\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n                            <div class=\"flex-container\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/neworleans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/12\/Buckingham-Palace-Reply-20251113_page-0002.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                                    <h2>A Message from the King<\/h2>\n                                                                            <h3>Members of the ESU New Orleans Branch received a special correspondence from His Majesty King Charles III.<\/h3>\n                                                                            <a class=\"caps-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/neworleans\/a-message-from-the-king\/\" target=\"\">Read More<i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"left-image-right-text\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n                            <div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/neworleans\/2025-patron-party\/\" target=\"\">See More<i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"left-image-right-text\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n                            <div class=\"flex-container\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/neworleans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/06\/Kings-Brunch-Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                                    <h2>Nell Nolan: ESU King&#8217;s Birthday<\/h2>\n                                                                            <h3>A Birthday Brunch\r\nMost of us get one birthday, our natal day. But His Majesty King Charles III can claim two (as did his mother, beloved Queen Elizabeth II, and their forebears). There\u2019s the actual one for Charles, Nov. 14, 1948, which may occur during inclement weather. To honor the day in better weather, June has been chosen, going back to 1748, to officially celebrate the monarch\u2019s birthday along with the Trooping the Colour parade.\r\n<\/h3>\n                                                                            <a class=\"caps-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/neworleans\/news-events\/news-events-kings-birthday-brunch\/\" target=\"\">Read More<i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-817","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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