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Kindergarten registration is ramping up for Lafayette Parish schools and Amanda Blanco is here to walk us through that process. For more information, click here. Dr. Holly Boffy is the principal of the W.D. & Mary Baker Smith Career Center and is here to tell us more about what this school offers. The Career Center serves as an extension of the high schools in the Lafayette Parish School System. This innovative school offers students a wide array of resources and many different courses to choose from. To receive more information about the Career Center, visit https://www.lpssonline.com/schools/careercenter.

March 7th at the Heymann Center will be a night of greatest hits by one of the most popular American classic rock bands of all time – The Eagles – performed by tribute band, 7 Bridges, and Acadiana Symphony Orchestra. This concert will feature original songs, accompanied by specially curated symphonic arrangements, to offer the audience a unique experience of the music that defined a generation. For tickets and more information, visit https://www.heymanncenter.com/events/2023/a-tribute-to-the-eagles.

The Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) frees innocent people sentenced to life in prison and those serving unjust sentences. They recognize the root causes of wrongful convictions and unjust sentences as systemic racism and inequities. The 4th annual Acadiana fundraiser, Stand for Justice, will take place March 5th at the Downtown Convention Center to raise money for IPNO. For more information on this event, visit https://ip-no.org/support/upcoming-events/.

Big Towns is a conversation for mid-sized America: Places too big to be small towns and too small to be big cities. Big Towns is a two-day conference, celebrating mid-sized cities and what they do to thrive. This conference will take place April 23rd and 24th at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. For agenda information, tickets and more, visit https://bigtowns.org/.

On Sunday, March 17th, 2024, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper will host its 8th Annual Save The Basin event at Artmosphere in Downtown Lafayette! Come enjoy the unique Cajun-inspired artists, silent auction, raffles and stick around for live music from Michael Doucet et Chad Viator, Forest Huval Band, The Babineaux Sisters and Drew Landry. Every attendee receives a raffle ticket for a swamp tour for up to 6 people with Basinkeeper Dean Wilson. Guest speakers will be discussing our organizations’ most critical achievements in the Basin and some of the most troublesome hurdles to date facing our progress in conservation. All proceeds from the event – including 10 percent of all food – will go directly towards protecting and restoring the Basin. For tickets, information and more, go to https://www.basinkeeper.org/events/2024/3/17/8th-annual-save-the-basin-event.

This year’s speakers are experts from the private, public and non-profit sectors who work tirelessly to obtain native and/or disturbed land, advocate for development with nature in mind and/or innovate to restore those landscapes to their native, resilient origins with input and aid from the communities in which the restored landscapes are located. Seth Blitch, the Louisiana Coastal Director of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will serve as this year’s honorary chair, opening the symposium with the important work TNC has done not only in Louisiana but across the nation. Conversations regarding land acquisition, funding mechanisms, engineering and landscape design, ecological, financial, and anthropogenic benefits, community engagement and examples of creative nature-based projects will be explored during the remainder of the day with presentations as well a 1-hour panel discussion moderated by journalist and news anchor, Scott Brazda.This one-day educational event will be held from 8 a.m. — 2 p.m. at the LITE Center Check-in

Come out to Cité des Arts Sunday on March 10 for a fundraiser for David Cheramie and Family. By celebrating and supporting our dear friend and supporter of our Louisiana French culture and our local community, you can help defray the costs of his medical bills. Come enjoy performances by Acadiana’s finest musicians like Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Bonsoir Catin, The Magnolia Sisters, Les Frères Michot, The Savoy Family and so many more, readings by Louisiana French poets, theatre and songs by French Immersion students, along with jambalaya and a variety of food and drinks for purchase and a silent auction! For more information, click here.