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Upcoming Halloween and fall events, trick-or-treat times across Acadiana
(KLFY) — Here is a list of all the latest fall activities and Halloween events across Acadiana this week. Scroll down for trick-or-treat times in your area. Duson Trunk or Treat, Duson Community Center, 501 Avenue Du Nord, Duson. Monday, Oct. 26 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Spooktacular Trunk A Treat...
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2 Your Town New Roads: Old high school is transformed into local museum, art center
NEW ROADS — The Pointe Coupee Historical Society turned an old high school into an educational space for generations to come. More than a century after it opened, the Old Poydras High School, named for Julien Poydras, still educates those who pass through its doors. Only instead of traditional school students, this old school now teaches parish history and culture to anyone who walks its halls as the Julien Poydras Museum and Arts Center.
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Freedom 250 Mobile Museum in Lafayette | Oct. 28 – Nov. 3
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2026, a traveling museum dedicated to the nation’s history will stop in Lafayette. The Freedom 250 Mobile Museum, also known as the Freedom Truck, will be at Cajun Field on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus from October 28 through November 3, offering residents and visitors an opportunity to explore America’s founding and the events that have shaped the country over the past 250 years.
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Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band – The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band. From Lafayette, Louisiana, bearing the zydeco music torch carried for decades by his world-renowned father, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. brings the hot and spicy sounds of the Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band to Glen Allen. A dynamic multi-instrumentalist and bandleader in his own right, Buckwheat Jr. has performed over 2500 shows worldwide, sharing the stage with legends like Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, and Buddy Guy. He and his Grammy-winning band deliver a powerful fusion of zydeco, blues, and Louisiana roots that excites multi-generational audiences, keeping Louisiana’s traditions alive and ensuring that the joy, soul, and dance of zydeco continue to thrive for generations to come.
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Shipwreck conference set to uncover some of history’s greatest mysteries
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In January 1784, the Spanish warship El Cazador left Veracruz, Mexico, for New Orleans, carrying hundreds of thousands of silver coins intended to support Louisiana’s fledgling currency. However, the ship never reached its destination, and no wreckage, survivors or explanation of what happened were found.
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Lafayette shuts down “nuisance” properties; chatting with Tank of Tank and the Bangas; new documentary on Dew Drop Inn
The Lafayette Consolidated Government and the 15th Judicial District Court are shutting down “nuisance” properties. In the past week, they closed the Express Inn and Plantation Motor Inn, and plan to close five more properties in the coming weeks. The process is displacing many unhoused people who lived there.