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Lafayette Area Pumpkin Patches Ready For Halloween Carving And Family Photos This Fall
Pumpkin season is here in Acadiana. Whether you're after a carving pumpkin or just a good family outing, Lafayette area patches are open weekends and weeknights through October with free admission and activities for kids.
KPLC TV
Turn It Up Tuesday: Free live music brings Jennings together for the 13th year
JENNINGS, La. (KPLC) - Live music is bringing the Jennings community together once again for Turn It Up Tuesday. The musical event series has become a Jennings tradition, running for more than a decade. Organizers say the idea started after the sponsor Joy Lebleu visited another town that hosted a concert series in its local park.
LSU Reveille
LSU alumnus’ debut novel explores the disaster that could ensue without Louisiana’s river control
LSU alumnus Rick Bahlinger sets a doomsday clock in the middle of Louisiana with his new book “Mother Nature Hates To Lose.”. With hurricanes and rising sea levels, citizens of Louisiana are no stranger to possible ecological disasters. Not many people would expect the danger would lie in eastern central Louisiana, where LSU alumnus and author Bahlinger set his debut novel.
On3.com
BTB Radio: Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill Joins; Ragin’ Review’s Ryan Landry Previews Tech vs. UL-Lafayette
BleedTechBlue Radio returned to the airwaves Wednesday night, broadcasting live on SportsTalk 97.7 FM and the Nick Brown Show YouTube Channel. BC, Nick Brown, and John Tabor delivered a loaded show. The guys broke down Tech’s win over Army, welcomed Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill to the program, and played Buy or Sell presented by JPJ Investments. They also previewed Tech’s Sun Belt opener against UL-Lafayette with Ragin’ Review’s Ryan Landry. Listen to the PodcastSeason 19, Episode 7 Want to watch the show live each week? Subscribe to the Nick Brown Show YouTube Channel and stream every epi...
thevermilion.net
Celebrating World Teacher’s Day: Educators that made a difference
World Teacher’s Day, celebrated on Oct. 5, serves as a time for appreciation, advocacy and spotlights the mentors who have served hundreds of students in their life. The Vermilion spoke with three professors at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette who have spent decades of their careers being educators and helping our students become leaders in their communities.
theadvocate.com
Cowboy Mouth brings its rock ’n’ roll evangelism to Louisiana this week. Here are the details.
Riding the ups and downs of the music business through the past 36 years, New Orleans’ always exuberant Cowboy Mouth never stopped. “Ain’t gonna stop till I drop,” pledged the band’s singing, in-the-spotlight drummer Fred LeBlanc. In the 1990s, Cowboy Mouth released albums via the major...
thedailyiberian.com
Sweetening up downtown Jeanerette with the Sugar Festival
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jeanerette, known as the “Sugar City,” has always been shaped by the industries that built it, but it’s the hard work of the community that has slowly revived its downtown area. The Jeanerette Sugar Festival, which took place Oct. 3 at...
travelmag.com
There’s A Restaurant Inside A Historic Louisiana Bank And The Original Murals And Vaults Are Still Part Of The Experience
Dinner gets more interesting when the room has its own backstory. Inside a former bank building, marble details, murals, and vaults create the kind of setting that makes you look around before you even open the menu. The kitchen matches the occasion with updated Southern cooking, balancing familiar regional flavors...
evangelinetoday.com
Queen Cotton LXXI Chloe Lynn Guilbeau
Outgoing Queen Cotton LXXI Chloe Lynn Guilbeau has had an amazing year representing the Louisiana Cotton Festival as Queen Cotton LXXI and shares, “I have not held any other titles prior to this one, and I am incredibly grateful that this title has been my one and only.” She adds, “I think that has given me an even deeper appreciation for every moment of my reign. Knowing this would be my only year as a festival queen made me hold every experience, every friendship, and every memory that much closer to my heart.”
theadvocate.com
Southern Screen Festival is Nov. 19-22 in Lafayette. Here are details on passes, film submissions.
Festival passes are now on sale for the 16th annual Southern Screen Festival in Lafayette Nov. 19-22. In addition, the submission deadline has been extended to Thursday for its fourth annual Student Film Showcase. Southern Screen, headquartered at the Acadiana Center for the Arts, offers four days of films, educational...
The Daily Advertiser
Crowley rapper BeastXMode blends three cities on new album
Crowley native and hip-hop artist BeastXMode released his new 10-track album, "NO SAFE ZONE," on Oct. 1 through Main Control Music, a project that draws from his South Louisiana upbringing while incorporating influences from Miami and Jacksonville. The album showcases multiple sides of the artist's musical identity, moving from hard-hitting Southern rap tracks such as " No Safe Mode ," "Body Bag" and "Weight Class" to the Latin-inspired energy of "Mi Cubana" and "Biscayne Bounce." For BeastXMode, whose given name is Avery Chester Jr., the album represents more than music. It reflects a journey that began in Crowley and expanded through military service, higher education and life experiences across multiple cities. "NO SAFE ZONE means I refused to give myself a comfortable lane," Chester said. "I could have found one sound that worked and made 10 versions of it. I did the opposite." Crowley remains the foundation A graduate of Crowley High School's Class of 1999, Chester said his hometown continues to shape his identity and creative perspective. "Growing up in Crowley gave me the foundation for almost everything I am today," he said. "Some of my strongest memories are tied to growing up there, the people, sports, food, music,
wbrz.com
Port Allen SugarFest brings folk crafts, live music and local history to West Baton Rouge
PORT ALLEN — The West Baton Rouge Museum held its 31st annual SugarFest on Sunday in Port Allen. The festival, which has been growing since 1995, provided visitors of all ages with an opportunity to learn about local culture, music and history. The event featured a variety of traditional...
NOLA.com
Some of the world's best-sounding vinyl LPs are made by a south Louisiana native in Kansas
Growing up in Lafayette, Chad Kassem found plenty of trouble. Eventually, a judge gave him a choice: jail or an out-of-state halfway house. So Kassem moved to Salina, Kansas, and got a job as a cook at a diner. After a friend introduced him to the sonic joys of high-quality vinyl LPs, he started a mail-order business selling albums.
theadvocate.com
Lafayette horror buff has read 3,000 scary books. Now he wants you to read them, too.
Jason Cavallaro is something of a scholar of horror. Scholars have to read a lot, and Cavallaro is no slouch in that department. He reads well over 100 books a year, and over the past 30 years, over 3,000 of them have been horror novels — monster tales, slash fests, ghost stories, psychological thrillers, and everything in between.