January Events And  Music

Thursday, January 12, 4:30pm

Professional Learning for Educators: A.C.T. Accessible Theatre

Workshop for teachers of grades 3–8, presented by Lian Cheramie, Talented Theatre Instructor

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Sunday, January 15, 3:00pm

The Listening Room: Virginia Luque

Take a one-of-a-kind musical journey with the sounds of guitar, guiding you from the pristine churches of Venice, Italy, to the colorful streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

The Listening Room Tickets

Saturday, January 14, 6pm-9pm

ArtWalk

Join us for the monthly Second Saturday ArtWalk and your last chance to see the Poetics of Selfhood exhibition.

Support the Creole Heritage Folklife Center by purchasing an exhibition poster at the front desk

Tuesday, January 17, 5:30pm

Calling all individual artists! Are you looking for financial support to produce a new work of art? 

Come and learn about the ArtSpark Award from AcA's Community Development Manager, Anna Kojevnikov, and Community Development Director, Gwen Richard. 

You can find guidelines and important dates here. 

This will be a hybrid session so if you can't make it in person, you can tune in on zoom or watch a recording at a later date. Zoom details will be provided once RSVP has been received. 

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February Events & Music

Thursday, February 2, 7:30pm

AHI

Born in Ontario, AHI (pronounced “eye”) grew up in a traditional West Indian family that considered music diversionary entertainment, but after dropping out of school to hike his way across the world, he set his mind to pursuing songwriting professionally.

Check out the AHI YouTube channel

AHI Tickets

Join us for a country dance at AcA celebrating the rural traditions of Mardi Gras in the big city.

Presentation and performance on Creole Mardi Gras traditions with American Routes Host Nick Spitzer, will begin the evening with a lecture on country Mardi Gras celebrations.

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys will be joined by Cedric Watson, Jeffery Broussard, and Corey Ledet, who will help introduce and back street-style performances by McComb-Veazy's 12th Street Black Mardi Gras Indians, the Creole courir de mardi gras from Basile, LA, and a second line from Soul Express marching band.

La Danse de Mardi Gras Tickets

AcA returns to the Heymann Center with singer-songwriter Neko Case for the Main Stage series.

Tickets are $25, $45, $55, & $65

Neko Case Tickets

Thursday, February 16, 7:30pm

Bruisey Peets & Friends

From swamp to shining swamp, Bruisey Peets (Ben Usie) has steadily evolved with his unique brand of queer swamp pop. Equal parts earnest songwriting and performance art, Bruisey Peets shows are charmingly confrontational and subversively playful. Originally from Lafayette LA, Usie lived in DC for 9 years where he leaned into the D.I.Y. ethos and house-show community while playing in bands such as Pree and Br'er.

Bruisey Peets Tickets

In this episode of the Acadiana Center for the Arts Virtual Art Studio, we’ll discover how to write poetry, and create a dance that tells a story based on our limericks.
Most appropriate for grades 3–6
Supply list: paper, something to write with

Virtual Art Studio is a program of the Acadiana Center for the Arts. This video series is presented by

Lafayette Utilities System (LUS).