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The Courtney Granger Award provides young musicians in Acadiana an opportunity to apply for financial assistance to attend local and national camps for traditional music, provide mentors for private and small group music lessons, and instruments or instrument repairs to aspiring traditional musicians — all opportunities that were so very important to Courtney.For more information visit https://acadianacenterforthearts.org/opportunities-for-artists/courtney-granger-memorial-award/

Find more information about events happening at the Lafayette Public Library here: https://lafayettela.libcal.com/calendar?cid=-1&t=m&d=0000-00-00&cal=-1&inc=0

Second Harvest Food Bank is excited to host our second annual Acadiana Duck Derby in Lafayette on April 15, 2023! Plan to join us at Moncus Park for a fun afternoon of family activities and to watch thousands of rubber ducks race to the finish line!Enter the race for only $5 and a chance to win our grand prize of $5,000 and other great prizes. All proceeds benefit Second Harvest and our work fighting hunger every day across Acadiana!More information found at https://www.duckrace.com/lafayette

Experience the arts at this year’s Expo with performances and visual arts exhibitions from our public schools!Student Arts Expo is a free and family-friendly festival of student artwork, live performances, and fun arts activities.More information found here https://acadianacenterforthearts.org/events/student-arts-expo-lafayette-parish/

At the Bayou Vermilion Preservation Association’s 8th Annual River Symposium on March 31st in Lafayette, Louisiana there will be a presentation about the BioArt Bayou-torium with a microscope workshop. This year's theme is “Enhancing our Watershed through Environmental Education.” Environmental education is invaluable in engaging the community in conserving, protecting and enjoying the Bayou Vermilion Watershed.For more information and to purchase tickets, visit their website.

Lafayette 101 is a three-episode podcast by nonprofit journalists at The Current that explains the city and parish consolidated government's work.

Each episode takes listeners to the fields and farms, restaurant and home kitchens where the food action is really happening meeting the people who perpetuate the renowned food culture of this delicious place. During the hour long program Poppy also travels outside of her home turf to hear what’s new in the national and international food world.

Patrice Melnick & Michelle Johnson are in the studio to tell us about Opelousas Museum's next shows, "Opelousas Neighborhoods." This photo exhibit opens Saturday, January 24th. Check out their website for more information!

Author of "'Early Camellias in Louisiana' 1825-1860 Long-Lost Treasures Rediscovered" is Dr. Wayne Stromeyer. Not only an author, he is a former physician at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is here in the studio to give an inside look into his latest publication. Listen in for his passion of restoring Louisiana's history.

The TECHE Project's next Wood Duck Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, January 31, at the Shadows-on-the-Teche Visitor Center in New Iberia. For those interested in learning how to build, install, and manage your own wood duck or eastern bluebirds nest box, click here for event details.