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Coming to lite

LAFAYETTE – The Academy of Interactive Entertainment, a technical school specializing in video game, 3-D and animation effects and design, will open in the beginning of 2012 at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise, or LITE, Center in ULL’s Research Park.…

From Accordion to Zydeco

Our guide to the music of Cajun Country, some great places to get to two-steppin’ and some of the best performers in the genres

Trynd-Setter

Starting from scratch, Nidal Balbeisi has built a restaurant empire in Lafayette.

Young Artist Is Bound for D.C.

LAFAYETTE – The artwork of Sarah Ahrens, a 17-year-old student at St. Thomas More High School, will be showcased on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for the next year.Ahrens’ piece, titled Shades of Autumn – an oil painting depicting the…

Class Action

Acadiana Destinations, as Profiled by ULL Journalism Students

Cajun and Zydeco

LOS ANGELES –– On April 6, representatives of The Recording Academy – the organization that hosts the prestigious Grammy Awards – announced that Best Cajun or Zydeco Album was one of 31 categories eliminated. Created in 2008, the Cajun or…

Acadiana Profile Celebrates New Look

On April 12, 2011 the staff of Acadiana Profile Magazine held a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Lafayette Chamber and a open house at Jolie's Louisiana Bistro in Lafayette.In addition to our staff, Acadiana Profile had numerous freelance writers to…

A Lifelong Love

Bonnie Maillet, CEO of Boysenblue, grew up in the oil industry and fell in love with it. Now she’s proof that a small company with great determination can get major results.

Baring His Art

Donaldsonville artist Alvin Batiste works in full view of the public and is always happy to take time out to visit and answer questions.

Hanging Up the Schnapps

MAMOU – Lovable and  iconic Fred’s Lounge bartender Sue Vasseur – better known as Tante Sue de Mamou – has tilted back her last swig of Saturday morning cinnamon schnapps. After 40 years of working at this cultural destination for…

Drawn to Drawing

Lafayette artist Kody Chamberlain was a late bloomer but has received national acclaim in the world of comic book art.

The Art of Converting Scrap

BREAUX BRIDGE – The world of Joseph Jilbert is contained in an aesthetically disturbing tin-sided dwelling –– half house, half workshop. With a bedroom, kitchen and living room all linked by a common toolshed décor, it’s tucked far away from…

Waders, Warblers and those who Watch

Snowy EgretShhh,” she says suddenly. It’s early March and wildlife photographer Nancy Camel is at Lake Martin, surrounded by the woods and waters of Cypress Island Preserve in St. Martin Parish. That’s not news; she’s there most any time, with…

Someone’s in the Kitchen

Composing a menu can be either a dreaded chore or a rewarding challenge. The latter is much more fun of course, and it prolongs the enjoyment of the evening. Diners, whether family or guests, enjoy the food but the cook…

Thrill of the Grill

Suitable meals for summer by STANLEY DRY My favorite summer meal is grilled food, a salad and a cold bottle of dry rosé. If there’s any meal more welcome than that on a hot day, I don’t know what it…

The Great Wine Hunt

Searching for Louisiana's good grapes by PAUL F. STAHLS JR. For a road trip that’s perfect for summer – “cool” enough, in fact, to repeat in any and every season – let’s blaze a trail through the southeastern parishes seeking…

Grand Coteau

by PAUL F. STAHLS JR. When it comes to luring tourists, the St. Landry Parish village of Grand Coteau prints no brochures, runs no ads, concocts no slogans or sales strategies. One reason is that it has not a single…

Spring Fling

by STANLEY DRY Other states may herald spring with the arrival of shad roe, fiddlehead ferns, a final melting of the ice or robins returning from the South, but in Louisiana, crawfish are the true harbingers of the season. It’s…

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