Children’s Activities and Book Fair (Entire Weekend Schedule)
Come join us for wonderfully fun and exciting activities for your child(ren) all weekend.
Festival Trivia: Hosted by Jan Risher
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…
Investigative Journalism: Murder in the Bayou
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…
Were You There? A Biography of Emma Wakefield-Paillet
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…
Traiteurs: The Traditional Cajun French Folk Healers in the 21st Century
Friday, April 4th11:30AM – 12:15PMSliman Theatre, 129 East Main Street Mary Perrin became a Lafayette Parish, Master Gardener in 2011, and it changed her life, In 2012, she became a member of Vermilionville’s Healer’s Garden Committee and started learning about medicinal plants. As co-chair of the garden she established a speaker series at Vermilionville, Healing…
Home of the Happy: A Murder on the Cajun Prairie
Friday, April 4th10:30AM – 11:15AMBayou Teche Museum, 131 East Main Street Born and raised in the culturally rich region of Acadiana in South Louisiana, Jordan LaHaye Fontenot’s work as a writer and editor is an ongoing exploration of how the past interacts with the present, in a place where tradition reigns. A graduate of Louisiana…
Reflections with Don Bacque/Vietnam, A Walk in the Park
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…
Alternative Books with Olivia Savoie and Dena Maturin
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…
Storytelling Traditions in Acadiana, Part 2 — Exploring Personal Stories
Friday, April 4th9:30-10:15Sliman Theater, 129 East Main Street Storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination. It is a social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics, or embellishment. Storytelling is a unique method of connecting…
James Lee Burke Book Club Discussion “Clete” Hosted Virtually by CJ Lotz and James Lee Burke
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…