Born in a log cabin in Alabama and supposedly named after one of the founders of the Masons, Hank Williams Sr. is regarded as one of the greatest country musicians of all time. The original country outlaw, Hank Sr. suffered from severe alcoholism and drug addiction — dying at age 29 — but he wrote some great songs. All it takes is a song for people to forgive you for all the bad stuff you did. So take note, if you don’t have a few good tunes to pull your ass out of the fire, better move it along, buddy. On Jan. 8, the Liberty Theater in Eunice hosts a Tribute to Hank Williams Sr. with performances by Hugh Harris, DL Menard, Terry Huval, Valerie Andrus and John Trahan. 6 p.m.
David Calhoun and Elizabeth “EB” Brooks are the first two employees of Lafayette Central Park Inc., the nonprofit charged with turning Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 100-acre Johnston Street Horse Farm property into a passive public park. Calhoun was named executive director, and Brooks is director of planning and design.
At Thursday's State of the Economy luncheon, LEDA President and CEO Gregg Gothreaux said PXP has already quietly hired 180 people for its Broussard expansion.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
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