The Fall Exit 11 Yard Sale will take place on the first Saturday in November from 7am-4pm in Sunset, Louisiana. For a day, shop owners and antique dealers invite the locals to set up shop along Napoleon Avenue. They sell antiques, artwork, jewelry, and one-of-a-kind items at bargain prices. Some shops will feature special sales or one-day discounts.
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Charlie Rauh and Jim Pharis perform live at NUNU’s Art & Culture Collective in Arnaudville on August 25 at 7:30pm. Listen to their folk music tunes inside of the beautiful gallery. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here.
Ever More Nest is the Americana music project of Kelcy Mae Wilburn, a New Orleans-based musician and writer, bandleader, queer woman, Pisces, and modern-day transcendentalist. Ever More Nest tours the US, playing festivals such as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Milwaukee’s Summerfest in addition to venues and listening rooms ranging from quaint bar rooms to the John F. Kennedy Center. Prior to embodying alt-country outfit Ever More Nest, Kelcy Mae released three earlier folk/rock albums.
Kelcy will be performing at NUNU’s Art & Culture Collective in Arnaudville on August 18th at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here.
Head to the town of Washington for TMatt Photography Studio & Gallery’s open house on Sunday, August 28 from 2pm-5pm. The gallery itself is located in a 100-year-old Methodist church and houses Tiffany Matt’s photography studio and art pieces by Anne Matt. This open house will feature Catherine Myers’ work including primitive pottery created from crawfish chimney mud.
You can contact Tiffany Matt at 337-308-8000 for more details.
The St. Landry Chamber of Commerce will cut the ribbon for the newest mural in Sunset at 9 a.m. on Friday, July 1 at Artworks by Ted Bertrand on 855 Napoleon Avenue. The celebration also falls on the gallery’s monthly open house where the artist and gallery owner, Ted Bertrand, will be celebrating its 5-year anniversary at 5:30pm that evening. The featured artist will be Anne Matt and you can enjoy refreshments while you appreciate the art.
The mural was painted by muralist and Breaux Bridge native, Darryl “Demo” Demourelle. Demourelle is known for his colorful, larger-than-life works. His energetic and loud style fits in perfectly with the artsy community of Sunset and especially along the walls of the Artworks by Ted Bertrand gallery. Bertrand’s works are well-known for their bright impressionist renditions of rural St. Landry Parish scenes.
Painted along the historic early 1900s bank-turned-gallery, the mural displays a man playing a rubboard alongside a swath of sweet potatoes and three large cotton bulbs. The worn rubboard, an iconic zydeco instrument, has taken root in Sunset. The instrument was popularized by zydeco legend Clifton Chenier and his brother Cleveland. In 1946 Chenier approached metalworker Willie Landry to create the frottoir, a wearable rubboard. Landry’s son, Tee Don Landry, continues his father’s legacy with his Key of Z Rubboard Shop, located just a few minutes away from the gallery. Cotton and sweet potatoes, also highlighted in the mural, were both major exports of the town.
The ribbon-cutting will be attended by Mayor Charles James of the town of Sunset and St. Landry Chamber President & CEO Laina Brickley.
For more information, call the St. Landry Chamber of Commerce at 337-942-2683.
Daniel and Jesse Reaux began performing as the Rayo Brothers in their hometown of Lafayette Louisiana. According to Offbeat Magazine, the brothers present “honest and insightful songwriting” against a backdrop of “impassioned folk-rock and modern alt-country with majestic, sweeping arrangements”. Featuring sibling harmonies and a variety of instrumentation, they put on a rollicking show that flows from raucous foot-stompers to intimate ballads to everywhere in between.
The Rayo Brothers will reunite for a night at NUNU Arts & Culture Collective on Friday night, April 26. The show starts at 7:30pm. Admission is $20.
For tickets/directions: https://events.humanitix.com/nunu42624
Head to NUNU’s Art & Culture Collective in Arnaudville, Louisiana to hear the musical stylings of Tommy Malone. Malone has a history in music that goes back to the 70s with bands like Dustwoofie, the Cartoons and the Continental Drifters; the last of which spawned a stripped-down band known as the Subdudes. Enjoy food from the 5-mile Café while Malone performs live.
Tickets are $25.
NUNU’s Arts & Culture Collective in Arnaudville continues to be a driver for arts and education in the area. It’s the only place in Acadiana where you can meet and discuss in a public setting using the Socratic method. Moderators are present to direct the conversation and all people and thoughts are invited. Join in on the conversation to share invigorating conversation and a great cup of coffee.
This event takes place every 3rd Sunday of the month from 2pm-4pm.
The NUNU Arts & Culture Collective in Arnaudville hosts La Table Kreyol, a heritage language round table. Every second Saturday of the month at 2pm, join Herbert Wiltz as he leads a casual conversation in Louisiana Creole. This event is available in person or via zoom. Complimentary coffee is available for those who join in person.
This event is made possible in partnership with the Diversity Initiative for Cultural Inclusion, Saint LUC French Immersion Cultural Campus, C.R.E.O.L.E., Inc, and Acadiana Open Channel (AOC).
On March 15th from 7am-4pm, you can shop Sunset Downtown and Around. Shop owners and antique dealers in Sunset, Louisiana invite local vendors, artists, and craftspeople to set up shop along Napoleon Avenue and the surrounding area. Find antiques, artwork, jewelry, and one-of-a-kind items at bargain prices. Some shops will feature special sales or one-day discounts.
This event takes place annually on the third Saturday of the month in March. Vendors are invited to contact any antique store or market in town for booth space. Call 337-331-5577 for more information.
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