They twinkle. They sparkle. They glow and glimmer and shine. Christmas lights turn whole neighborhoods into holiday wonderlands. They’ve even entered the digital age. There are light displays that have sensors that choreograph the lights to songs that are playing on the radio, said Jessie Bienvenu of Cajun Celebrations, a design company that will decorate [...]
A new documentary explores the little-known role of French-speaking Cajuns during World War II, when men whose language was ridiculed at home proved a valuable asset behind enemy lines in occupied France. “Mon Cher Camarade,†by Lafayette film maker Pat Mire, premieres tonight at the LITE Center on Cajundome Boulevard. The hour-long film examines Cajuns [...]
The Creole Nature Trail travels through thousands of acres of untouched wetlands that reflect an area blessed with some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable. If you like to photograph or hunt wildlife, the trail takes you to three different wildlife refuges and a bird sanctuary. If you aren’t a duck hunter, you may like [...]
In a cool Texas night about six weeks ago, Mike Desormeaux saw his senior season completely change with one step. UL’s starting quarterback came up limping after a handoff early in the fourth quarter of a 59-30 win over North Texas on Oct. 11. No one even touched him on the play. Cajun fans stormed [...]
Cajun musician Jamie Bergeron’s home on Higginbotham Road near Duson was destroyed by a fire that broke out early this morning. Bergeron, an employee at Acadian Ambulance, was at work at the time. His mother was the only one home and made it out safely. “Thanks to the dogs,†said Mire Fire Chief Shannon Richard, [...]
The 23rd annual Cracklin Festival in Port Barre kicks off tonight with a family night where young people can ride as many carnival rides as they like from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for one price. The rides open again in Veterans Memorial Park on Park Street on Friday, where they will be joined by [...]
What shall we have for Thanksgiving this year? How about a turducken? A turducken is a trio of birds – tur (turkey), duck (duck) and en (chicken) – all nestled together. It sounds like the beginning of a tall tale: There once was turkey that lost all its bones and was stuffed with a duck [...]
The doubters gave their opinions in the preseason, picking UL’s football team to finish sixth this season in the Sun Belt. In many ways, that’s now a distant memory. The Cajuns (5-3 overall, 4-0 Sun Belt) can become bowl-eligible for the third time in four seasons by beating UTEP (3-5, 3-2 Conference USA) in a [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Having staked out a familiar spot in the parking lot sandwiched between Tiger Stadium and the Mississippi River, a group of Louisiana State fans was asked what sort of reception Nick Saban can expect today from the purple-and-gold faithful. “I think we’re going to boo him out of the stadium,” Jim [...]
Not even a hurricane can keep a good festival down. The Rayne Frog Festival, originally scheduled in September but postponed because of the unusually busy hurricane season, is finally resurfacing. With the double hit of Gustav and Ike earlier this fall, the Mitchell Brothers Carnival was unable to make their way into the area for [...]