Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 2014-15 budget is a tick under $604 million. It’s a 469-page document including glossaries and appendices, yet combing through its arcane pie charts, lists, tables, graphs and diagrams it’s easy to see that we in Lafayette don’t invest much in arts and culture.
It’s Festival time, when it becomes abundantly clear how much we love the arts in Acadiana. Festival International hits it on all cylinders: music, food, visual and performing arts, arts education and cultural exchange. Locals flock to the streets of Downtown to join tourists who navigate their way to Lafayette from all corners of the globe.
Saturdays in Breaux Bridge are a rare collage of nature, history, culture and art. On Oct. 17, Teche Fest and Shake Your Trail Feather festivals bridge the mammoth diversity of Cajun, Creole and Teche-centric goodness with a day-long event filling the streets and the bayou waterway in celebration.
Herb Roe understands Cajun culture — courirs, boucheries, festivals and everything in between — and he conveys far more than just its novelty.
ABiz Scene: inaugural ICON Arts and Cultural Awards
Event pulls off a two-for: honoring a dozen artists and a philanthropic foundation for their contributions to Acadiana culture while raising money to create and sustain an endowed fund at the Community Foundation of Acadiana — the ABC Fund, short for Arts, Business and Culture — to support the creative economy.
ABiz Scene: Randy Haynie receives Outstanding Eagle Scout Award
Prestigious recognition granted to Eagle Scouts who have devoted their lives to their profession, avocation, community and beliefs at great sacrifice to themselves and their families.