Saturday April 5, 2025

Come join us for wonderfully fun and exciting activities for your child(ren) all weekend.

Saturday, April 5th5:00-5:45Shadows-on-the-Teche Visitors Center320 East Main St. Join Jan Risher for an exciting game of Festival Trivia. Jan Risher took the long way to get from Mississippi to Louisiana. Through the years, she has woven in and out of teaching, entrepreneurship and journalism — often in unexpected ways. Relying on unrestrained curiosity along with her…

Saturday, April 5th1:00PM – 1:45PMShadows Visitors Center, 320 East Main Street Ethan Brown is the author of four investigative reporting-driven books about crime and criminal justice policy, Murder in the Bayou (Scribner, 2016), Queens Reigns Supreme (Random House, 2005), Snitch (Public Affairs, 2007), and Shake the Devil Off (Henry Holt, 2009). He is currently Editor-in-chief…

Saturday, April 5th11:15AM – 12:15PMShadows Visitors Center, 320 East Main Street Margaret Simon lives on the Bayou Teche in New Iberia, Louisiana. Margaret has been an elementary school teacher for 38 years, most recently teaching gifted students in Iberia Parish. She is a co-author of Were You There: A Biography of Emma Wakefield-Piallet. This latest…

Saturday, April 5th10:00AM – 10:45AMShadows Visitors Center, 320 East Main Street Don Bacque graduated from LSU in 1968 and immediately went into the Army where he graduated from Officer Candidate School, Airborne and Special Forces school. He went to Vietnam in September 1969 and served with 5th Special Forced, the Green Berets, until retuning home…

Saturday, April 5th10:00AM – 10:45AMBooks Along the Teche Museum, 131 East Main Street Olivia Spallino Savoie co-founded Raconteur Life Story Writing with her husband, Joshua, in 2016. She and the team at Raconteur write and produce heirloom life story books that families treasure. Olivia has personally penned over 50 life story books. Olivia has been…

Saturday, April 5th12:00-12:45Sliman Theater, 129 East Main StreetFree to Attend(Optional $15 Lunch but must be purchased in advance) Join CJ Lotz, editor at Garden and Gun Magazine, interview beloved author James Lee Burke on his latest novel, Clete. Both CJ Lotz and James Lee Burke will joing the audience remotely via Zoom to conduct this…

Saturday, April 5th5:00-5:45Doc Voorhies Wing of the Bayou Teche Museum Join us for a lively, thought-provoking conversation at happy hour as we explore how to inspire the next generation of readers. This panel will bring together diverse perspectives—from a progressive high school English teacher who is also a parent, to a former educator and accomplished…

Presented by Mike LeBlanc Saturday, April 5th4:00PM – 4:45PMLocation to be confirmed Michael has over 34 years of experience helping others Manifest their best lives. He is an Amazon Best Selling Author of 3 books, Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1987, Certified Coach, Certified Reiki Practitioner, International Corporate Trainer and Designer of Inspirational gifts using…