Saving the Sugar City
Railroad Avenue is Louisiana’s 127th cultural district and dedicated community members and volunteers are paving the way to reviving Jeanerette’s memory and significance in Black history.
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Community
The Return of Ms. Warbucks
Remember Little Orphan Annie? A homegrown original musical brings her back on stage, all grown up and on a mission.
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‘Swell: In Concert’ explores community and coastal erosion
When Chasa and Charliese West returned to South Louisiana after growing up abroad, they immersed themselves in their mother’s Creole culture. Now, they are using their art to keep conversations that affect that culture going.
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A tradition in peril
Trail rides are a treasured Southern tradition, but violent incidents and the bans that followed have trail riders and officials grasping for solutions.
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Urban fiction editor Keondria Francis wants authenticity
Black editors and authors remain rare in the literary world. Lafayette native Keondria Francis helps lift their voices and has a story of her own to tell.
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Finding zen in a Lafayette strip mall
Eugene Kwarteng has tried just about every sport around. CrossFit, Russian kettlebells, college football and for the past decade, tai chi. Now, he’s bringing this ancient martial art to Lafayette.
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Local restaurant runs relief effort for Venezuela
Daniel Lugo and Eli Mendoza have spent the last few weeks spreading awareness on social media and collecting donations following the devastating twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela on June 24.
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It’s too easy loving The Freeze. Tracking it down? Not so much.
How did a Nashville B-side become a line dance craze in Louisiana for generations? A team of Lafayette documentarians is inching closer to an answer.
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Cashier goes all in
The Lafayette band broke out thanks to attention from megastars like Frank Ocean and Addison Rae. You’ll have better luck catching them live in their living room.
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The Hilliard wants you to LISTEN
The multimedia exhibition Atchafalaya Remixed invites audiences to sit, listen and ponder the unique nature of one of North America’s richest wetlands.
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Festivals Acadiens and the Smithsonian go way back
This year’s collaboration, part of the America 250 celebration, is decades in the making.
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A proposed Lafayette sickle cell transfusion center offers hope closer to home
For Jadis Phillips and her grandmother, Earline, navigating sickle cell with minimal resources and aid is an everyday hassle, but a Lafayette transfusion center may offer solace.
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