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Professional Development Workshop for teachers of grades 3–8 • Presented by Reggie Harris, Kennedy Center Teaching ArtistThis hands-on, classroom-ready historical and musical workshop on the Underground Railroad gives teachers valuable tools for building the knowledge base of students through effective art-based curriculum-connected lessons designed to open classroom study to a more vibrant exploration of history, music and language. Copies of the highly-praised CD “Steal Away,” and an extensive teaching guide are included. The workshop explores the history of the Antebellum time period in America and provides information and context on how music and culture have been instrumental throughout history. Learning to sing, write, and update “code songs” based on historical words and phrases along with contemporary composition brings together both the musical and historical material contained in the workshop.

Shaw's wit and satire are on full display in this classic play. Miss Vivie Warren is young, financially secure, and college-educated, but when she has to face the facts of how her mother made the fortune that has provided Vivie with these advantages, she may have to re-evaluate her views on the world. A play that asks important questions while leaning into Shaw's renowned humor and examination of the world in which we live. Burke Theatre in Burke-Hawthorne Hall on the UL campus

Balfa Week is back! Balfa Week classes are immersive, multi-day lessons and workshops that have you studying face-to-face with master musicians, cooks, and craftspeople in a nature-based setting. Spontaneous jamming puts you knee-to-knee with musicians of all levels from master to novice players.Schedule a one-to-one lesson with your favorite staff musician to dig deeper into a tune that’s stuck in your head. Discuss the creative process with Louisiana folk crafts artists. Learn about Louisiana cooking during classes with regional chefs. Imagine yourself peeling a pile of crawfish. Then head to the nightly barn dances to test out new moves you practiced in class with new friends. Play. Dance Eat. Repeat. That’s Balfa Week!Plan now to be a part of the Folk Roots family during the 2023 Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week in Eunice LA. Come for the whole week or drop in for a day! Evening dances are also open to the public with a donation.

Auditions for DOUBT, A PARABLE by John Patrick ShanleyAuditions will be held for the first play of Cité des Arts’ 2023 Season, DOUBT, A PARABLE by John Patrick Shanley, on February 19, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., In this brilliant and powerful drama, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students.For more information, visit their website.

The 2023 season of Banners at McNeese State University kicks off with 16 events spread out over several weeks from March 4 to April 29. This year’s entertainment offers a spectacular lineup showcasing concerts, puppets, the McLeod Lecture Series, the 33rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibit, documentaries, lectures, a dance party, an outside family film night, a Grammy-nominated singer and so much more.For more information on this year’s Banners lineup, various levels of membership available or ticket prices for some of the events, check out the Banners website at www.banners.org or call the Banners office at 337-475-5123. Tickets to Banners events are also available at the door and McNeese and Sowela students are admitted free with valid student IDs.

Lafayette Genealogical Society monthly meeting will be Thursday, November 17, 2022 beginning at 6:00 p.m., Lafayette Public Library, Southside Branch, 6101 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA.For more information, go to LafayetteGenealogicalSociety.org or find us on Facebook.

Now in its 37th year, The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is a five-day event held each spring in New Orleans' historic French Quarter that attracts participants from around the world. They also host Saints+Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival the same weekend. Vist SASFest HERE.

The Cathedral Choir and Chamber Orchestra will present "A Musical Journey Through Lent". Works will include "The Last Seven Words of Christ" by Theodore Dubois. Soloists include Whitney Chaumont, Dr. Brian Harrell, Danielle Stegall, Colette Bulber Tanner, Damian France, and J. Reggie Rogers, II. Concert is free. A "love offering" will be taken. The concert will take place at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 3:00 PM.

The French and Francophone Studies program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette announces a call for presentation and panel proposals (in French or in English) for its annual conference returning to in-person format. The conference theme is related to “Representations of the Body” (conceived in a broad and inclusive sense and incorporating all literary genres, periods, and regions of the French-speaking world).

Celtic Bayou Festival focuses on preserving and celebrating all aspects of Irish, Irish American and other Celtic cultures while instilling an appreciation of this heritage in current and future generations. An annual, family friendly event, Celtic Bayou Festival is held in the heart of Cajun country and is fun for both young and old…no matter which culture you hail from! See below for the timeline of events. For more information on tickets and schedule of events, visit https://www.lafayettetravel.com/events/festivals/celtic-bayou-festival/.