La Louisiane Magazine

09/23/2025

09/23/2025

🎵 BIG NEWS🎵

The UL Lafayette Traditional Music program's Clifton Chenier Memorial Scholarship just received a $30,000+ boost!

Thanks to the Acadiana Center for the Arts and the Louisiana Music Museum, community support from an incredible sold-out tribute concert at the AcA, a generous $15,000 matching gift from the Gia Maione Prima Foundation and seed funding from Valcour Records, we're set up to support the next generation of zydeco accordion musicians right here at University of Louisiana at Lafayette!

Photos by: Paul Kieu

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09/09/2025

The Hilliard Museum spent the past year celebrating its 20th anniversary with old masters like Picasso and Rodin, but this September three new exhibitions will enter the chat. Learn more about Executive Director Molly Rowe’s vision for the future and what you can experience at the museum this fall in La Louisiane magazine.
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Don’t miss the Hilliard Museum’s Opening Preview this Friday, Sept. 12. RSVP at the link!
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09/04/2025

It all started in 2017, after long nights working in local restaurants, when a few friends began gathering to cook, eat and reconnect with their roots — calling it “Gravy Thursdays.”

But telling their story wasn’t enough for La Louisiane Magazine writer Kade Parker. He had to taste it. So, he gathered colleagues for a night of cooking, storytelling, and, of course, gravy — shared over rice, conversation and a love for the Cajun culture that inspired it.

Read Parker’s story at the link below to learn more about the Gravy Boys and for a recipe by Vestal restaurant's executive chef Sullivan Zant to host your very own Gravy Thursday.

🔗 https://louisiana.edu/news/its-all-gravy-boys

09/01/2025

Don’t miss the third annual Ragin’ Cajuns Downtown Alive! at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, at Parc Sans Souci. Get the inside scoop on the event and how partnerships between the University and Downtown Lafayette are making an impact on the community in the latest episode of La Louisiane Magazine's podcast.

Listen Monday at 3 p.m. on KRVS Public Media or watch on our YouTube channel.

Listen on KRVS: https://www.krvs.org/podcast/la-louisiane
Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4p3W8h5

08/27/2025

We took a field trip to the Zydeco Music Capital of the world to share our Clifton Chenier cover story in the place where it all began.

If you visit Opelousas this weekend for the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival, you can pick up a copy at the St. Landry Parish Tourism Center, Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center or Le Vieux Village.

08/25/2025

08/22/2025

08/22/2025

What does it take to transform a city while honoring its roots? Lafayette is finding out — and the answer might lie in something we've always had: the powerful connection between our University and our city.

Marie Elizabeth Oliver’s latest piece in La Louisiane magazine takes you inside the ambitious plans reshaping Lafayette’s urban core.

The best part? It’s not just about infrastructure. It's about creating a place where our children will choose to raise their own families. As Downtown Lafayette Inc.'s Kevin Blanchard puts it: "We can't pretend like our kids want to live in the 1970s version of Lafayette, but they don't want to live in Houston either."

Read the full story to see how the Hub City is reclaiming its hub: https://bit.ly/4fS55pR.

08/19/2025

Watch Cajun Field's transformation into Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium! After almost two years of construction and $65 million, we can't wait to welcome fans to the stadium for the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Football home opener against Rice University on Aug. 30. The new facilities feature 34 suites, 40 loge boxes, 524 club seats, five new chairback sections in the lower west bowl, and enhanced amenities for all fans with a seating capacity of 30,000.

08/18/2025

The Fall 2025 issue of La Louisiane is here.

Look out for your copy and follow La Louisiane Magazine for more!