Iberia Parish Library hours: Friday, April 1st-8:30 to 5:30Saturday, April 2nd-8:30 to 5:30Sunday, April 3rd-1:30 to 5:30 Iberia Parish Main Library445 E. Main St. Exhibit featuring original artwork created by our many talented artists will be on display Friday through Sunday during Library hours. A reception to meet the artists will be on Friday from…
Friday, April 1st9:00-10:00Shadows-on-the-Teche Visitor’s Center320 East Main St. Historians from the Iberia Parish African American Historical Society (including Dr. Phebe Hayes) will provide an overview of how 19th century historical events (Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow) unfolded in New Iberia and surrounding areas.
Friday, April 1, 202210:30-11:30Sliman Theater129 East Main St. Ernest J Gaines was born on January 15, 1933, on River Lake Plantation in the small south Louisiana town of Oscar in Pointe Coupee Parish. In Gaines’s childhood, the center of his world was Cherie Quarter, the former slave quarter on River Lake Plantation, where five generations of…
12:00-3:30Victor’s Cafeteria109 West Main St. You won’t want to miss this great tour!! Take a guided tour of the locations made famous in James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux book series and films. At 12 PM, check in at the door of Dave’s favorite lunch spot, Victor’s Cafeteria, to collect your wristband for your included meal….
April 1st1:30-2:30Sliman Theater129 East Main St. These days of quarantine, mortality rates, and case counts seem new and strange to us, but in the big sweep of Louisiana history, they’re actually par for the course. For the first two hundred years of Louisiana history, epidemic disease was a relatively common fact of life, and yellow…
April 1, 2022 4:00-5:00 Sliman Theater129 East Main St. Iberia Performing Arts League presents onstage dialogue and narration from “A Gathering of Old Men” by the 2017 Great Southern Writer Ernest Gaines. The group will read excerpts from the 1983 novel about a murder on a Louisiana plantation. Sponsored by Iberia Performing Arts League
Cajun cocktail/dinner party featuring music by Bunk Johnson Brazz Band. Cajun delicacies prepared by “Cajun Aces” Chefs Cody and Samantha Carroll. Local seafood and other tasty south Louisiana dishes will be offered in the gardens of Shadows-on-the-Teche, a National Trust for Historic Preservation site. In the event of inclement weather the event will be held…
Friday, April 1st10:00Ages 3+Iberia Parish Library, Main Branch445 East Main St. Saturday, April 2nd9:00-3:00Ages will vary depending on activityGeorge Rodrigue Memorial Park (Blue Dog Park) All Activities The Books Along the Teche Literary Festival is packed full of fun and educational activities for children of all ages. Below you will see the schedule of events…
Saturday April 2, 20229:00-10:00Sliman Theater129 East Main St. Free Have you ever wanted to share your favorite book? You can do this and increase literacy in your neighborhood by learning to build and run your own Little Free Library. Come and have a master craftsman and designer help you design your own. Anne Darrah, a…
Saturday, April 2nd9:00 – 3:00Along Main Street in downtown New IberiaFREE Discover this area’s many talented authors as they display their books along New Iberia’s award-winning Main Street. Check out the Pocket Park at Church Alley for children’s authors and children’s activities. Main Street will be bustling Saturday, April 2nd from 9:00 a.m. – 3…
