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The Independent Weekly August 17, 2011

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Rehab
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 By Heather Miller Photos by Robin May Mismanagement at its Abbeville treatment facility and the evaporation of outside funding sources have left Acadiana Outreach Center reeling. ... Read More >>

Stewing
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 By Walter Pierce *From billboards and ‘protests’ to ham-handed cyber bullying, Glenn Stewart’s bizarre revenge fantasy continues unabated.* ... Read More >>

Pooyie 08.17.2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 C’EST BON Not that we need further proof that UL Lafayette is devoted to this community... PAS BON In the final two furlongs on this week’s Pooyie!... COUILLON Exhibit B: Winn Parish Sheriff Alfred “Bodie” Little... ... Read More >>

LIVE. LOVE. ART.

For more than five decades, Mike and Andrée Stansbury have enjoyed a passionate love affair — with each other and with their art. By Anna Purdy

In this world of mawkish sentimentality — think Anne Geddes or Thomas Kincade — modern art can feel sterile and unmoving. This isn’t so of Mike and Andrée Stansbury’s work. Minerals, woods and everyday synthetics like aluminum are twisted, chiseled and molded until they speak. “The only difficulty,” says Andrée, “is knowing when to st

Finds 08.17.11
GATOR CHIC If you’ve been looking for something stylish to wear to your next PETA protest, then look no further than these alligator deck shoes available from Mark Station Co. You can grab a pair made to order or purchase directly from the store. ... Read More >>

A&E Calendar for Aug. 17-23
The Independent Weekly’s calendar features community events, performances, workshops, meetings and more. ... Read More >>

Party Girl 08.17.11

Ladies and gents dressed to impress at the elegant sponsor party for the Junior League of Lafayette’s Tinsel and Treasures Holiday Market 2011 held at River Oaks. Tables were topped with stunning peacock feathers and hydrangea arrangements created by Swanky Productions, echoing this year’s T & T peacock theme. JLL member Amy Courville was decked out in bright green with a festive peacock feathered belt for the occasion. River Oaks Chef/Owner Brian Blanchard served up an elegant buffet wi

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Alex Lege: 'The Cop Watcher'

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.
David Calhoun, ‘EB’ Brooks join Lafayette Central Park

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.
Update: PXP creating 600 jobs averaging 100k

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.
Today in awesome: ESA’s Caffery wins fellowship

Episcopal School of Acadiana’s Dr. Joshua Caffery, chair of the school’s English Department, is headed to Washington, D.C., and the Library of Congress as the latest winner of the Alan Lomax Fellowship in Folklife Studies.
Zachary Barker takes helm of the Opportunity Machine

Zachary Barker continues making waves in Lafayette’s business scene, mostly recently being named director of the Opportunity Machine.

in case you missed it

COOL TOWN 2013

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 curious compact

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.
Pooyie 2012

It's good, it's bad and it's just plain crazy.
Saving Saturday Night

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.
Posthaste vs. HART FORTENBERY

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.