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Where: Beausoleil BooksWhen: Saturday, February 25, 6-8:30 p.m.Reading event highlighting local authors!

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Les Vues, the free film series at Vermilionville is back! The first selection for 2023 is a must-see. Winner of the Louisiana Filmmaker Award, Royce Osborn’s All on A Mardi Gras Day tells the story of New Orleans’ black carnival, from Congo Square to post-Katrina. This award-winning documentary mixes interviews with Big Chiefs, Zulu Kings and other carnival maskers with amazing archival footage and classic New Orleans music. The free film runs an hour, and after the film, Alton “Tiger” Armstrong will speak on his experiences as Big Chief of the Lafayette Mardi Gras Indians.

Join us for two talks about local advances in solar energy! The speakers for this event are Dr. Terrence L. Chambers & Dr. Kary A. Ritter. In his talk titled "Solar Energy for Louisiana", Dr. Chambers will be discussing solar energy resources at UL Lafayette, the solar energy market and economic development, and the safety, effectiveness, and sustainability of solar energy.

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.