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The UL Dance program is delighted to bring our annual Fall Dance concert to Lafayette audiences. Featuring a variety of original and restaged pieces by guest and faculty choreographers, State of LA Danse brings a wide spectrum of classical and contemporary dance to area audiences. This event will take place in the Ducrest-Gillfrey Auditorium in Angelle Hall on November 16-18 at 7:00pm and November 19 at 2:00pm. For tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/state-of-la-danse-2023-2755279

The mission of Community Thanksgiving is to connect local businesses with the communities they serve. Love of People strive to identify areas in the community that are most in need and, by working together, utilize their most valuable resource - our culture - to uplift and strengthen the entire community. Community Thanksgiving will be held on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2023.

November is Native American Heritage Month and Acadian Cultural Center will be holding an exhibit Wednesday, November 29th at 10am at the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park Preserve. Visit their website for more information https://www.nps.gov/jela/planyourvisit/calendar.htm

In the summers of the early 1970s, Morris Ardoin and his siblings helped run their family's roadside motel in a hot, buggy, bayou town in Cajun Louisiana. The stifling, sticky heat inspired them to find creative ways to stay cool and out of trouble. When they were not doing their chores—handling a colorful cast of customers, scrubbing motel-room toilets, plucking chicken bones and used condoms from under the beds—they played canasta, an old ladies’ game that provided them with a refuge from the sun and helped them avoid their violent, troubled father.If you'd like to read more, visit his website.

You can join other people who stutter, along with their friends, family and speech-language pathologists to learn more about stuttering and explore new was to cope with stuttering in a safe environment by attending chapter meetings of the National Stuttering Association. The National Stuttering Association Family Chapter meets the second Monday of each month 7:00-8:00 pm at the Picard Center in the Resource Library, 200 E. Devalcourt, Lafayette, LA. This month's meeting will be held on November 13th.

Unlikely Pairings presents three interlocked romantic comedies (Cold Read, Perfection for Dummies, Full Disclosure) that all playfully reflect on the deeper question, what are we really willing to give up to get what we say we want? For tickets and more information, visit https://www.citedesarts.org/events/unlikely-pairings-three-new-romantic-comedies-2023-11-10-19-30

Acadiana healer Becca Begnaud will lead Healing Arts Gatherings at Maison Freetown each Saturday in November, with the help of an ArtSpark Grant from the Acadiana Center for the Arts as a community outreach extension of HonestArt's documentary series Traitement. Each event will feature a different topic related to healing and interviews with guest anthropologists including Clay Rice, Ray Brasseur, and Xavier Robiellard. Here are the topics to expect:November 4: Les Outils (The Tools)November 11: Qui? Quoi? Quand? Ou? (Who? What? When? Where?)November 18: Les Racines (The Roots)For more information, visit maisonfreetown.org.

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. The production will take place on December 1st at 7:00pm at the Heymann Center. For tickets and more information, visit https://www.heymanncenter.com/events/2023/the-creole-nutcracker

Join host Dr. Philip de Mahy for interviews with Lafayette Mayor-President candidates Monique Blanco-Boulet and Josh Guillory.

Former KRVS host, Pearson Cross stops by for a visit to pass off the regional news and issues program officially to Dr. Philip de Mahy.