Celebrating the Junior League of Lafayette
Take a minute to think about where you go when you want to experience art in Lafayette. Where do you bring your children to spark their creativity? Chances are, the Junior League had a hand in creating it.
Cashing in on blockchain
The mayor's cryptocurrency cash grab took the lead in local day-after headlines, but it may be worth paying more attention to his interest in blockchain
Lafayette’s $10 billion economic problem
Lafayette needs to replace $10 billion in local GDP in the next five years or risk losing an entire generation of thinkers and doers.
Marshal Pope’s defense strategy in jeopardy
A U.S. district court ruling could ultimately hamper a key legal strategy in Marshal Brian Pope's pending criminal trial.
When the storm comes
Another flood is coming. The timing is uncertain, but the trends that produced the 2016 flood continue unabated.
Lafayette has a river. Why no river walk?
Lafayette doesn’t have a riverwalk like San Antonio or Chattanooga, or lots of other cities for that matter. Why, exactly, is that the case?
Shelter from the storm
Councilwoman Liz Webb Hebert is launching a public-private partnership, called "Adopt A Stop" to speed the process of covering the city's bus stops.
Will this Downtown venue fill the rock and roll gap?
The Pearl, a planned venue affiliated with New Orleans music house One Eyed Jacks, will open Downtown this spring, the third stage announced or opened in the district in the last year.
A Zydeco Heiress
Sandra Davis of the Broussard Sisters Juré explains why tradition matters.
Unpacked
What the self-storage boom says about us and the things we won't let go.
Finding Magic In Kolkata
Author Shome Dasgupta’s latest collection of short stories hearkens to the slum-world surrealism of Gabriel García Márquez. Kolkata is Dasgupta's Columbia.
In defense of well-funded libraries
Critics have taken aim at the library's reserves. But, as local governments look to stabilize budgets in times of economic flux, fund balances are key to long-term planning.