Prairie Acadian Cultural Center

A Mardi Gras mask in the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in Eunice. The Eunice center is the site in the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve to be be open on Mardi Gras. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Mardi Gras: The party in Eunice begins Friday

The Mardi Gras is arriving in Eunice and the party begins in earnest Friday when the music starts at 6 p.m.
The barriers are on the side of 2nd Street, but it will be about 2 p.m. Friday when 2nd Street is closed from U.S. 190 to Park Avenue.

Cajun, Creole showcase planned for National Park Service Centennial at LIberty

The National Park Service and the city of Eunice will celebrate the NPS Centennial in 2016 with an evening of traditional Cajun and Creole music at the Rendez-vous-des Cajuns from 6 until 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13.

Angelle Bellard, the New Prairie Acadian Cultural Center park ranger, speaks at the Rotary meeting on Wednesday. Bellard would like to host summer camps, cooking demonstrations and a Cajun-French immersion class at the center in the future. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)

New park ranger outlines plans

New Prairie Acadian Cultural Center park ranger Angelle Bellard hopes to use her prior experience as an education coordinator to build on the foundation of her work predecessors.

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