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The Shadows-on-the-Teche and First Horizon Bank are hosting an opening of four brand new exhibits on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 3:00 P.M. at the Shadows Visitor Center (320 E. Main Street, New Iberia). Tickets to attend the opening are $35 and include a year-long membership in the Friends of the Shadows.Opening festivities will include live music, light catering, and a credit bar* for the Shadows Old Fashioned.

The Cajun French Music Hall of Fame is located in Eunice, Louisiana just a short walking distance from the famous Liberty Theatre and the Jean Lafitte National Park Prairie Acadian Culture Center. The museum is supported by the Cajun French Music Association, with the mission to preserve and showcase the history of this region’s unique form of music. For more information visit https://cajuntravel.com/things/cajun-french-music-hall-of-fame-museum/

Dr. Gwendolen Einsiedel discusses details about UL Lafayette's Traditional Music program: an upcoming masterclass series, traditional ensembles, and fall semester traditional music offerings open to the community. For more information visit: https://music.louisiana.edu/music/undergraduate/traditional-music

Dan Hare, Alumni Association director of community engagement, discusses the recent acquisition of a diploma from 1903 that belonged to the Alumni Association’s founding president, Pothier Jean (P.J.) Voorhies.

Please join the Bayou Culture Collaborative for our August gathering of people and organizations focused on preserving Louisiana’s heritage and examining the effects of land loss on local culture. On Friday, August 23, Corinne Martin, naturalist and author of "Louisiana Herb Journal”, will be giving a talk titled “Healing on Home Ground - Louisiana’s Wild Medicinal Plants”. This gathering will take place via Zoom. To register or get more information, click here.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will offer five new scholarships for incoming freshmen who are citizens of a federally recognized American Indian Tribe. Each scholarship, valued at $5,000, is available to first-time freshmen with a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA who are citizens of a federally recognized American Indian Tribe from any state. Applicants must be enrolled as full-time students and provide a copy of their Tribal Enrollment Card with their application.The application deadline is Aug. 26, 2024, with scholarships designated for the Fall 2024 semester.For more information, visit https://louisiana.edu/news/ul-lafayette-introduces-new-scholarships-american-indian-tribe-students#:~:text=Each%20scholarship%2C%20valued%20at%20%245%2C000,Enrollment%20Card%20with%20their%20application.

Celebrate the history of Grand Coteau and a traditional Louisiana treat called the sweet dough pie. Every year, pastry chefs and home cooks vie to be the best in the sweet dough pie contest where the public is the judge. The Sweet Dough Pie Festival will take place on October 26th, 2024 in Grand Coteau Town Park. For more information, visit cajuntravel.com/events/sweet-dough-pie-festival/.

Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective strives to inspire creative expression and a higher level of literacy for residents to St. Landry Parish, and throughout Acadiana. The 17th annual festival, held live this year in Grand Coteau November 8-9, is a FREE festival featuring three award-winning writers. For a schedule and more information, visit https://festivalofwords.org/home.html.

Friends sell gently used books by the inch - $1 per inch for paperbacks and $2 per inch for hardcover. We have old and unusual books and choice books priced higher, in addition to a table of special coffee table books priced at $10 and $20 each. Sale also includes DVDs, CDs and audio books. This will take place at the Heymann Performing Arts Center. For more info, visit their Facebook page.

Something creepy this way comes...The Addams Family Musical opens this month! The show runs August 30th through September 8th at the IPAL Theater. This show is a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family. For tickets, click here.