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Every Friday since it began in the late 1990s, this station has carried the music program American Routes. It's based at Tulane University in New Orleans, but 20 years ago, necessity forced host Nick Spitzer to produce it from KRVS. This is our second extended interview marking the arrival and continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina...and, it does include descriptions of the human and structural damage that followed the storm. Nick, a folklorist who's lived in New Orleans for decades, says ABC News briefly brought him aboard as a cultural consultant for its program Nightline.

Join Zonta of Lafayette Saturday, September 6th for the annual Roper Romp! Roper Romp is an all day event that takes place downtown in order to fundraise the Period Purse Project. Dress in your best Helen Roper (Three's Company) for a day filled with fundraising and supporting local businesses such as : Sola Violins, Sunday's, and Pops. For more information, click here.

'Fences', a gripping and poetic stage play by August Wilson, will be presented by the BTE at Cite des Arts September 4th-6th. The Black Theatre Experience (BTE) is a regional professional theatre company with a mission to spread the work of diverse playwrights. For more information click here.

The Lost Boy, the foundational backstory of the classic story of Peter Pan, will show at Citè des Arts. The show runs September 12 for an Opening Night Gala at 6:30 p.m., September 13, 19, and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday Matinees September 14 and 21 at 2:00pm. For more information, click here.

Ivy Lancon, Terry Best, and Reece Trahan join us from IPAL to discuss their production of the Little Mermaid. The show will run August 29th-31st and September 5th-7th. For more information, click here.

Tave Lamperez, director of Tour du Teche, talks about how the project came to be and how people can be a part of the 135-mile journey on the Bayou Teche this October.

Get in the holiday spirit with our Louisiana culture! The Creole Nutcracker puts a Louisiana twist on the 19th Century fairytale and immerses the audience in the captivating world that is unique to Louisiana. The production is seasoned with the food, the language, and the music of the charming Creole Culture. Leigha Porter, creator and choreographer, is here in the studio to give us more information on the production.Join us at the Heymann Center on December 20th. Tickets are available here!

Both Dr. Michael Martin, Professor of History and Department Head of History, Geography and Philosophy, & Dr. Zachary Stein, Assistant Dean of Technical Services at Edith Garland Dupre Library, are celebrating their publishing of their book on the University's 125th Anniversary.Listen in to hear how this project came about!