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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/.

The world-famous literary legacy Detective Dave Robicheaux, created by author James Lee Burke, is coming home to Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The official Books Along The Teche Literary Festival: Celebrating New Iberia, Dave Robicheaux's Hometown will be held March 31 - April 2, 2023 predominately in New Iberia's historic district, but will also include events around Iberia Parish. Various venues will celebrate literature and its impact on our culture with a Burke symposium, children's activities and workshops, book fair, reader's theater, live music, local cuisine, Dave Robicheaux tours and more. The annual festival invites all literature lovers to stop by Iberia Parish for a great time.For more information on the schedule of events, visit https://booksalongthetecheliteraryfestival.com/.

The Arts & Humanities Council of SWLA , the City of Lake Charles, and First Federal Bank of Louisiana are bringing back the popular, free to the public music and art festival, Live @ the Lakefront after a successful 2022 run.  For the 11th anniversary, Live @ the Lakefront (L@LF) will feature local bands, live art demonstrations, an outdoor art market and food truck market to create a full-fledged music festival on the shores of Lake Charles. L@LF will take place on three consecutive Fridays in March; the 17th, 24th, and 31st, from 5:30PM to 10PM at the Arcade Amphitheatre.For vendor applications or more details on the event, visit  www.artscouncilswla.org  or contact the Arts Council at (337) 439-2787.