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Have some broken or torn items? Fix them, don't throw them out! No-Waste Lafayette will host a Fix-it Cafe at the Main Library focusing on bike repair, clothing, textiles, furniture, electronics, and small appliances. Bring your item to be fixed and see if the helpful volunteers from No-Waste Lafayette can fix your stuff! Ages 18 & up.For more information about this event and others, visit the Lafayette Public Library website.Time: 10:00am - 12:00pmLocation: Main Library

Join the AcA and Acadiana Symphony Orchestra for an amazingly rich and colorful musical and cultural encounter, from south of our border. Mexican piano virtuoso, Fernando Saint Martin will be joined by an ASO chamber ensemble, to curate exciting dance rhythms and musical impressions from famous Hispanic composers including, Miguel Bernal Jimenez, Samuel Zyman, and Arturo Márquez, to bring a refreshing new dimension to chamber music. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the AcA or ASO websites.

Since 2003, the hit comedy with over 150 performances...some old, some new characters! Please join the Abbey Players June 2 & 3 for this special limited engagement to support Abbey Players with their HVAC upgrade and microphone investments. Tickets are $40 and include all your wedding favorites (jambalaya, meatballs, salad, finger sandwiches, and, of course, cake). What's a Cajun wedding without a good bar? (Drinks are available throughout the evening, but are not included in the ticket price.)Don't miss one of the last performances of this spectacular hit show! For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Abbey Players website.

The 25th Downtown at Sundown Concert series kicks off this May. The concerts are free and open to the public. They will take place on Ryan Street in front of the Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center and the Parish Courthouse.On four consecutive Fridays from 6 pm-9 pm, the music takes center stage at the downtown merchant's parking lot on the corner of Ryan and Broad Streets, amid tabletop art galleries, activities for children, and food booths for downtown restaurants. Each concert features a different local or regional artist performing favorite music genres, including Swamp Pop, Cajun, Zydeco, and Classic Rock. This year's band lineup features a mix of established and up-and-coming artists that are sure to get the crowd dancing.For more information on this event and the line up, go to visitlakecharles.org

A celebration of horticulture and all that it involves from plants, garden accessories, educational speakers and food booths. Sale booths will include: Daylilies, Hibiscus, Rare and Unusual Plants, Garden Supplies, Tools, Patio Items, Birdhouses, and more all underneath the beautiful oaks in Magdalen Square. 8:30 am -3 pm

In 1890s New York City, the bold and enchanting widow Dolly Levi is a socialite-turned-matchmaker. Her latest clients seeking assistance are the cantankerous "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder and a young artist named Ambrose, who is in love with Horace's niece, Ermengarde. Dolly's scheming soon involves Horace's employees as well as a New York hatmaker, as she tries to cover up her own secret romantic designs.For more information and to purchase tickets, visit actstheatre.com

Historian Christopher D. E. Willoughby will present a program on health and medicine in the antebellum period. During this time, enslaved people and enslavers spread further and further West in the Deep South. With them, they brought epidemic diseases like cholera and yellow fever. In Sickness Season: Women, Disease, and Healing in Iberia Parish, Willoughby will examine the diseases that plagued plantations but also the women who treated them. In a period of deep medical distrust, women (both enslaver and enslaved) routinely administered medicines rather than the local doctor.The talk will take place on June 3 at 1 p.m. at the Shadows Visitor Center (320 E. Main Street, New Iberia). The program is free to attend and open for all.

This show has 8 male and 3 female characters. However, women will be casted in male roles. Also, All ethnicities are encouraged to audition for these roles.Please prepare a 30 second monologue. The monologue can from any genre. We are looking for an interesting monologue. A monologue that shows off your acting chops. Actors may be asked to cold read from the script.Will accept video auditions IF you cannot make these dates. A 30 second monologue with the same instructions as above. You can submit the audition to laurenreillyeliotcompany@gmail.comFor more information, visit their Facebook.

How many days can you read this summer? Find out by joining the 100 Days of Reading Summer Challenge! The Lafayette Public Library challenges you to read at least 20 minutes every day from June 1st to September 8th (World Literacy Day), and the best part is, it doesn’t matter what you read—books, audiobooks, magazines, graphic novels, and more all count.Anyone who reads at least 30 days during this time will be eligible for a prize pack and entered for a chance to win the grand prize. Track your reading online at lafayettepubliclibrary.org/beanstack, download the Beanstack app to a smartphone or tablet, or click here to download the Reading Log as a PDF.South Regional Library will host the Summer Reading Kickoff Celebration on Saturday, June 3 from 10:30 am until 2:30 pm. You’ll have the opportunity to sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge and to enjoy a day of family fun.

MAISON FREETOWN IS PROUD TO HOST THE 6888 JUNE EXHIBIT! Opening reception for the month-long exhibit spotlighting the All Black, female postal battalion that served our country during WW2 starts June 3rd at 2pm. A special screening of Lafayette's own hometown hero, Major Fannie McClendon, and last surviving member from Louisiana will be shown. These women delivered hundreds of thousands of backlogged mail to soldiers during WW2. Join us as we pay tribute to these remarkable women who helped keep morale up during the war. Curated by Erica Fox and Dianne Mouton-Allen.