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WED, MAY 4 12:00AM by Cherry Fisher May

Celebrating Great Design While Planning Lafayette’s Growth

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Sponsors join forces to honor the architects and designers of our present and future

Citing diverse projects from Lafayette’s gleaming new Acadiana Center for the Arts to a historic renovation in Eunice, Independent Weekly Co-Publisher Cherry Fisher May says the local design community produced more entries and winners for INDesign Awards in 2011 than ever before. “We look forward to celebrating their work in this, our seventh luncheon, honoring excellence in architecture, interior and landscape design,” she says of the upcoming event, slated for Thursday, May 19.

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TUE, FEB 22 11:31AM by IND Monthly Staff

Building A World-Class Community

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

In opening his eighth annual State of the Parish address at the Cajundome Convention Center Feb. 16, Joey Durel borrowed a line from Ryan Teten, an assistant political science professor at UL. “Lafayette as a whole is becoming the focal point of culture within the state; Lafayette is becoming a powerhouse of technology and production, and it’s a place where people want to be. It’s a great ‘big-small town.’”

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FRI, FEB 18 12:00AM by Administrator

Redistricting Louisiana

IBERIABANK presents The Independent Weekly’s Lecture Series…
Redistricting Louisiana:
The Challenges and Consequences for Acadiana

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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TUE, FEB 1 12:00AM by Robin Hebert

2011 INDesign Awards

2011 INDesign Awards for Excellence in Architecture,
Interior Design, Historic Preservation and Urban Planning
OPEN TO PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2009 AND 2010

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TUE, JAN 25 11:26AM by IND Monthly Staff

Superman Takes Flight

Controversial film draws hundreds, initiates public dialogue. Photos by Travis Gauthier

The Jan. 12 screening of the acclaimed documentary Waiting for Superman — the first event in the 2010 Independent Weekly Lecture Series sponsored by IberiaBank — appears to have sparked an ongoing community dialogue about public education in Acadiana. United Way of Acadiana, which helped facilitate the event that drew about 600 people to The Grand Theatre on Kaliste Saloom, has launched a series of Community Conversations to forward that dialogue.

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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.
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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.

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