Graduate students in the English department at UL Lafayette are organizing the Global Souths Conference, with coordinator, Dr. Hossain Arafat. The Global Souths Conference will be held from March 12-14, 2026. The Global Souths Conference is a three-day interdisciplinary event that has historically been concerned with the Global Souths, geographical divisions, and what the word “southern” means, both in the United States and the world at large. This year, they will explore current crossroads in scholarship and culture. They will also analyze how we reached these crossroads and theorize about how they should move forward from this point.Visit their website to learn more!

Join Festival International de Louisiane at the 2026 Premiere Party & Fundraiser on March 1 to be the first to lay eyes on the magic for the 40th Anniversary Festival International de Louisiane! This special experience will take place at Warehouse 535 in Lafayette. Join festival as they celebrate this year’s Official Visual Artist, Francis Pavy. Meet Francis and snag a limited edition signed poster while they last. Be the very first to see Festival’s unveiling of Pavy’s vibrant original artwork + the 2026 pin and poster, designed by his daughter Annabelle Pavy. The Premiere Party is a family-friendly, outdoor celebration featuring live music in the courtyard. Big sounds are coming our way with Soul Express Brass Band, followed by New Orleans sensation Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars. For more information, click here.

Mary McGoffin, Marketing & Communications Director at Moncus park, joins us in the studio to discuss spring 2026 events. For more information, click here.

Abbey Players are here in the studio to talk about their new show "Urinetown." Gwen Best, Dom Felix, and Zoey Lemaire speak about their experience as actors and actresses not just through this performance but also as an Abbey Player. Visit their website to learn more!

Phanat Xanamane and Badar Hamdani, makers of the documentary "Bayous, Buddha, and Padaek," are here at KRVS inform us on the Laotian influence of Southwest Louisiana. Screening of this documentary is on February 26th at 5:30pm at the Center for Louisiana Studies. Listen in for more information on the culture and event!

École Saint-Landry will host a Community Open House from 1 to 5 PM, Saturday, February 21st, at 223 Marie St. in Sunset to unveil the new renovations done to the Sunset High School building, which will serve as the school's middle school campus beginning next year.

UL Lafayette AmeriCorps is partnering with Parish Proud and Keep Lafayette Beautiful on this project of a post-Mardi Gras clean up! Saturday, Feb. 21 from 9am-11:30am, beginning at Blackham Coliseum, volunteers are welcome to help clean the sidewalks and recycle beads. Listen in for more information on how you can help!

ArtSpark is a competitive grant program supporting individual artists in Acadiana by providing technical support, funding and entrepreneurial training to artists in various fields. These awards offer assistance to emerging, mid-career, and established artists for specific, short-term projects with a component of community outreach and a focus on the artists’ and/or communities’ economic development with the support of Lafayette Economic Development Authority. For more information, click here.

NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville is opening Cafe NUNU within their artist collective on February 13, 2026 at 6pm! Their mission is to continue to bring people of many cultures together as the menu showcases such a mission. Check out their website and Facebook for more information!