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Folk tales

Tue, 06/27/2017 - 10:33am -- Chris Segura

Revon Reed
Folk Tales:

-First got married, living by Bayou Duralde raising ducks
-He would notice some were missing
-Racoon/alligator/opossum would eat 3 or 4 ducks
-One day, they were all eaten. Not a one came back
-2 maringouins qui se brossaient les dents
-Cousinne z-Oie (girlfriend) from Coontown au nord de Mamou
-Nonc Olide et son mulet qui se roulait
-Pascal et son bicycle
-Nonc Olide encore

Concert-Recording Session Featuring Sarah Lipstate, Dickie Landry, and Louis Michot Perform Solo Sets

The CENTER for LOUISIANA STUDIES is excited to partner with SICKBAY to host an intimate evening of solo performances at DOCKSIDE STUDIOS on Thursday, May 18, featuring DICKIE LANDRY, NOVELLER, and LOUIS MICHOT. These artists have achieved accolades and success far beyond their hometowns, pushing their instruments and their compositions well beyond the bounds of what would be considered Louisiana music into exciting new forms, yet remaining connected to the underlying roots of community building and storytelling through music and art.

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UL Press Warehouse Clearance Sale

The public is invited to the UL Press's Warehouse Clearance Sale. The event will be held on the third floor of UL Lafayette's Dupre Library, and it will take place during the University's Spring Break, so there should be plenty of available parking. We will have thousands of books, representing dozens of titles at greatly reduced prices.

April 19: 9 am - 4 pm
April 20: 9 am - 4 pm

For more information and to see what items will be on sale, click: https://www.facebook.com/events/238764446590229/

Greg Robinson presents “Unknown History of Japanese in Louisiana”

The Center for Louisiana Studies, in partnership with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of History and Geography, invites the public to a free lecture by Greg Robinson, Professor of History at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Robinson’s talk, “The Unknown History of Japanese in Louisiana,” is informed by research conducted in UL Lafayette’s various archival collections and is funded by the Jamie and Thelma Guilbeau Charitable Trust.  The talk will be Thursday, March 23, beginning at 12pm at the Ernest J.

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