Fascinated by creation myths? Stories from the book of Kojiki, a 7th century A.D. volume depicting the origins of the Japanese deities will be enacted by storyteller Kuniko Yamamoto at the Acadiana Center for the Arts tomorrow. The Kojiki, the oldest extant Japanese book, tells the story of the creation of the kami, deities and spirits, upon the plane of heaven, and the subsequent creation of earth. The ancient myths are told in story and song form, which Yamamoto will bring to life using masks, songs, stylized movement, origami and a touch of magic. Her performance Wednesday night will be followed by a Thursday workshop on using origami in the classroom as a way to lead into learning about Japanese culture. Tickets are $3 for kids, $5 for adults for the performance, $10 for the workshop. For more information click here, or call the Acadiana Center for the Arts at (337) 233-7060.
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.
Is it a crime for citizens to photograph, video, or take notes of a police officer in the line of duty, or a right protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? Locally, such activity, as witnessed recently, will at the very least result in a night spent behind bars.
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.
Fascinated by creation myths? Stories from the book of Kojiki, a 7th century A.D. volume depicting the origins of the Japanese deities will be enacted by storyteller Kuniko Yamamoto at the Acadiana Center for the Arts tomorrow. The Kojiki, the oldest extant Japanese book, tells the story of the creation of the kami, deities and spirits, upon the plane of heaven, and the subsequent creation of earth. The ancient myths are told in story and song form, which Yamamoto will bring to life using masks, songs, stylized movement, origami and a touch of magic. Her performance Wednesday night will be followed by a Thursday workshop on using origami in the classroom as a way to lead into learning about Japanese culture. Tickets are $3 for kids, $5 for adults for the performance, $10 for the workshop. For more information click here, or call the Acadiana Center for the Arts at (337) 233-7060.
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