Enjoy our FREE Film Series, Les Vues! Monday, April 29 at 6:30 PM in the Vermilionville Performance Center, we'll be showing Rodents of Unusual Size, a feature-length documentary film, which deals with the love-hate relationship between South Louisiana and the nutria, the titular 'rodent of unusual size'.
The community is invited to join the Bayou Vermilion District’s Vermilionville to celebrate our annual Acadian Culture Day on Sunday, August 11th from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Join us for a family-friendly day of live music, great food, art, cooking, storytelling, spinning and weaving, arts and crafts, and other demonstrations. Here are some of the highlights you can expect: Quilting & Spinning Dance Lessons The storytelling of Cajun music Basket weaving Coton Jaune documentary Boucherie: An Edible Spectacle documentary The Tintamarre Parade Cooking Demonstrations Local Artist Demonstrations The Acadian Cultural Preservation Award Live Cajun Music all day the art of Cayla Zeek of Mattea Studio Food and beverage available for purchase. Admission is free. For more information about Acadian Culture Day call (337) 233-4077.
Join us for our FREE Les Vues film for February, Intention. The film follows the stories of eleven women who encompass the profound gradient of cultural heritage in Southwest Louisiana. Contextualizing language, music, food, art, and traditional faith healing, these Cajun, Creole, and Chitimacha preservationists inspire pursuits of passion in practice that give light to an untold cultural narrative. The discussion after the film will be curated by director/producer Olivia Luz Perillo. Don't miss it!
Join us Monday, March 31 for Les Vues, our FREE film series. Our March selection is L'eau Est la Vie: From Standing Rock to the Swamp. The film features fierce Louisiana Indigenous women who are ready to fight-to stop the corporate blacksnake and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it.
The Quiet Cajuns, this month's Les Vues free film series selection -- join us Monday, April 28 at 6:30 PM. Please like and share, and follow us for all the latest!There are hundreds of Cajuns who have never heard a fiddle waltz and who lose their vision because of a genetic quirk that came here with the Acadians over two centuries ago. This documentary tells the story of Acadian Usher Syndrome.
Vermilionville will host our 15th Annual Summer Camp Series. Each week is custom-crafted for each age group and language in order to provide skill-level appropriate demonstrations and hands-on craft opportunities for your camper! Camp will start every morning at 8:45 AM (morning drop-off begins at 8:30 AM) and end at 4 PM. Friday we will finish at 1:30 PM, following the family lunch and end of camp ceremony. We will also provide the campers with breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack from our restaurant, La Cuisine de Maman. This summer camp is designed for children between the ages 5-12. All campers are required to have completed kindergarten or a home-school equivalent. Throughout the week, campers will learn about the many things that make Acadiana so unique!
Vermilionville will host our 15th Annual Summer Camp Series. Each week is custom-crafted for each age group and language in order to provide skill-level appropriate demonstrations and hands-on craft opportunities for your camper! Camp will start every morning at 8:45 AM (morning drop-off begins at 8:30 AM) and end at 4 PM. Friday we will finish at 1:30 PM, following the family lunch and end of camp ceremony. We will also provide the campers with breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack from our restaurant, La Cuisine de Maman. This summer camp is designed for children between the ages 5-12. All campers are required to have completed kindergarten or a home-school equivalent. Throughout the week, campers will learn about the many things that make Acadiana so unique!
Vermilionville will host our 15th Annual Summer Camp Series. Each week is custom-crafted for each age group and language in order to provide skill-level appropriate demonstrations and hands-on craft opportunities for your camper! Camp will start every morning at 8:45 AM (morning drop-off begins at 8:30 AM) and end at 4 PM. Friday we will finish at 1:30 PM, following the family lunch and end of camp ceremony. We will also provide the campers with breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack from our restaurant, La Cuisine de Maman. This summer camp is designed for children between the ages 5-12. All campers are required to have completed kindergarten or a home-school equivalent. Throughout the week, campers will learn about the many things that make Acadiana so unique!
Vermilionville will host our 15th Annual Summer Camp Series. Each week is custom-crafted for each age group and language in order to provide skill-level appropriate demonstrations and hands-on craft opportunities for your camper! Camp will start every morning at 8:45 AM (morning drop-off begins at 8:30 AM) and end at 4 PM. Friday we will finish at 1:30 PM, following the family lunch and end of camp ceremony. We will also provide the campers with breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack from our restaurant, La Cuisine de Maman. This summer camp is designed for children between the ages 5-12. All campers are required to have completed kindergarten or a home-school equivalent. Throughout the week, campers will learn about the many things that make Acadiana so unique!
The community is invited to join the Bayou Vermilion District’s Vermilionville to celebrate our annual FREE Festival, Acadian Culture Day on Sunday, August 10th from 10 AM – 5 PM. Join us for a family-friendly day of live music, great food, art, cooking, storytelling, spinning and weaving, arts and crafts, and other demonstrations. IN THE VILLAGE: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM The art of Kali Picard Wood running and musket demonstration (hourly)with Bob Borel Cajun music storytelling and play along with Kevin Rees The art of Roz LeCompte Healing Garden Tours with The Lafayette Master Gardeners A Traiteur’s Traditions with Becca Begnaud History’s Fun & Games with Marlene Doucet Broussard House Tours with Jay Steiner 11:00 – 3:00 Family Crafts in the Chapel IN THE PERFORMANCE CENTER: 10 AM Cajun Jam 10:30 AM Tintamarre! 11 AM Cameron Fontenot & the Rhythm Aces 1:30 PM Acadian Cultural Heritage Award 2 PM Bonsoir Catin CRAFT & COOKING DEMOS IN THE COOKING SCHOOL: 11:30 Traditional Soap Making with Mimi Delgizzi 1:00 A Season for Pastries with Poupart’s Bakery 3:00 a Cajun-themed Cocktail with Tait Martin of Wildcat Brothers Food and beverage available for purchase. NOTE: No outside vendors needed. Admission is free.