Iberia Parish Library hours: Friday, March 31st-8:30 to 5:30Saturday, April 1st-8:30 to 5:30Sunday, April 2nd-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, March 31st8:30-9:15Sliman Theatre129 East Main St. Barry Martyn has been an author, bandleader and Jazz Drummer since The Bunk Johnson Creative Arts Academy music program is an integral part of developing students’minds, bodies, and abilities, and our purpose is to reflect the importance of music and keep in mind theneeds of this developing program.In…
Friday, March 31, 20239:30-10:15Sliman Theatre129 East Main St. In 1974, Barry Jean Ancelet and Ralph Rinzler, director of the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, found themselves working together on the nascent Festivals Acadiens et Creoles. Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax was a member of the Newport Folk Festival Board when they sent Rinzler to Louisiana in 1964….
Friday, March 31, 202310:30-11:15Shadow’s Visitor Center320 East Main St. (Both authors will be available for a book signing after the talk) Jean Laffite Revealed: Unraveling One of America’s Longest-Running Mysteries takes a fresh look at the various myths and legends surrounding one of the last great pirates. Beginning in 1805, the book traces Laffite through his…
Friday, March 31st11:30-12:15Sliman Theater129 East Main St. Fr. Mark Toups is a Catholic priest of 21 years for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in south Louisiana, where he currently serves as Vicar General and Pastor of Our Lady of the Isle Catholic Church in Grand Isle. In addition, Fr. Mark is an adjunct faculty member for…
11:45-3:00Victor’s Cafeteria109 West Main St. Cost: $70.00Menu:Mixed spring green saladCatfish and shrimp Courtbouillon over Konriko rice(Dave will supply the catfish!)orDave’s Red Beans with tasso, andouille, and smokedsausage over Konriko rice.Dessert choice of:Apple pie served with Blue Bell vanilla Ice cream and topped with homemade praline sauce or a Brownie sundae with Blue Bell vanilla ice…
Friday, March 31st1:45-2:45Shadows Visitor Center320 East Main St. Join 64 Parishes magazine’s editorial staff and two regular contributors for a conversation on the nutsand bolts of writing for (and pitching to) magazines.Panelists: Rien Fertel is a columnist for 64 Parishes and the author of four books: Imagining the Creole City, TheOne True Barbecue, Southern Rock…
Friday, March 31st3:00-3:45Shadows Visitor Center320 East Main St. Award winning author, Mary Beth Magee, is a writer, blogger, speaker, teacher, reader,dreamer, gardener, and crafter. She loves creativity in all of its forms and is offering asession to enhance your imaginative genius. By utilizing and integrating inspiration,imagination and information she will help you tap into your…
Friday, March 31st3:45-4:30Main Iberia Public Library 445 East Main St. John Warner Smith was the Poet Laureate of Louisiana from 2019 to 2021 and is the only African American man to serve in the office in its 80-year history. Smith has published five collections of poetry, most recently Our Shut Eyes, published by MadHat Press…
Friday, March 31st4:45-5:30Shadows Visitor Center320 East Main St. Chris Warner is the author and publisher of over 20 books. His primary writing instructor was the late Bill Robbins, a coach for young journalists at the New York Times for 30 years, who taught him the devout importance of the simple sentence, the need for picture…
