Terrebonne Parish Library System is one of 29 finalists for the 2018 National Media for Museum and Library Science award, the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries for service to the community. The library is known for producing community programs such as the Jambalaya Writers’ Conference, Terrebonne Comic Con and Terrebonne Games Expo. Each parish branch offers programs that target specific demographics in their area, according to the library's press release, such as East Houma Library’s Cinco de Mayo celebration, Dularge’s crafts and quilters club and Dulac’s ongoing community history preservation project.
World War II Museum
“The Pelican State Goes to War Symposium: Uniquely Louisiana” will be April 19 at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Scheduled to speak are historians Gaines Foster, Maureen Honey, Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir and the Museum's Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian Rob Citino. The event will showcase how Louisiana was part of the country’s frantic build-up to war, and how wartime experiences laid the groundwork for the social and economic changes to the state in the years following the end of the war. In the afternoon, Richard Campanella, geographer and Senior Professor of Practice with the Tulane School of Architecture, will speak on New Orleans as a destination and crossroads of servicemembers in training, in transit or on leave during the war, and the impact they had on the city.
April is National Poetry Month
The second annual New Orleans Youth Poetry Festival will be April 18 and 20-21 in New Orleans, featuring three days of youth-focused writing and poetry performances. For more information, visit www.noyouthpoetryfestival.org.
Louisiana Poets
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Louisiana Center for the Book presents the eighth annual "Just Listen to Yourself: The Louisiana Poet Laureate Presents Louisiana Poets" from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in the Seminar Center of the State Library, 701 N. 4th St., Baton Rouge. Jack Bedell, Louisiana Poet Laureate, will host the event that includes 10 poets from across the state reading their work. Participating poets include Malaika Favorite, Amy Fleury, Ashley Havird, David Havird, Leigh Camacho Rourks, Mona Lisa Saloy, John Warner Smith and Andy Young, as well as previous Louisiana poet laureates Darrell Bourque and Julie Kane. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch.
Louisiana Book News is written by award-winning author Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes romances and mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Her first book in each series is FREE to download as an ebook, including "A Ghost of a Chance," the first Viola Valentine mystery.
Louisiana Book News is written by award-winning author Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes romances and mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Her first book in each series is FREE to download as an ebook, including "A Ghost of a Chance," the first Viola Valentine mystery.
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