Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Fall 2005 - (Page 5)

Prime Time PRIME TIME provides a unique six- to eight-week program of reading, discussion, and storytelling at public libraries and other venues for children ages 6 to 10 and their parents. This award-winning family literacy program is partnering with local public libraries to provide a modified version of this reading and discussion program for displaced families living in shelters. Participating sites for fall 2005: ST. GABRIEL East Iberville Parish Library 5715 Monticello St. Wednesdays at 6 p.m., through Nov. 16 (225) 642-8380 BELCHER Belcher Presbyterian Education Center 210 Church St. Thursdays at 6 p.m., through Nov. 10 (318) 296-4303 COLFAX Grant Parish Library, 300 Main St. Tuesdays at 6 p.m., through Nov. 29 (318) 627-9920 LAFAYETTE Alice Boucher Elem., 400 Patterson St. Tuesdays at 6 p.m. / Oct. 25 – Dec. 6 (337) 234-835 * JENNINGS DELAYED * Hathaway High, 4040 Pine Island Hwy. Mondays at 6 p.m. / (337) 824-4452 * SULPHUR DELAYED * W.T. Henning Elem., 774 Henning Drive Wednesdays at 6 p.m. / (337) 528-2099 ** Programs scheduled in New Orleans, Gonzales, Houma, Meraux, and Thibodaux have been cancelled. LEH returns to Humanities Center The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has resumed operations at the Louisiana Humanities Center at Turners’ Hall in New Orleans. The LEH suspended operations in the wake of Hurricane Katrina but within three weeks was conducting business from temporary offices in Prairieville. Turners’ Hall sustained damage to the first floor due to flooding from Hurricane Katrina. Offices are currently being restored. Little damage occurred to the rest of the building, so the LEH staff was able to make the transition back to New Orleans in mid-October. LEH grant applicants are reminded that Nov. 15 is the Outreach Grant deadline. The Sept. 25 Documentary Film and Radio deadline and the Oct. 1 Public Humanities deadline were cancelled. LIBRARY READING PROGRAM RELIC FALL 2005 RELIC offers adult readers an opportunity to engage in diverse and intellectually challenging reading and discussion of literary and historical texts in the humanities in local libraries across the state. In acknowledgement of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the LEH has developed an abbreviated RELIC program. In the Cross Hairs of Hurricanes will be available for discussions about our experiences with hurricanes in the past and especially of the storm events of 2005. The book Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, by Erik Larson will serve as a common platform for informed analysis and exchange of ideas. LAFAYETTE Lafayette Parish Library (337) 261-5775 In the Cross Hairs of Hurricanes Mondays, Nov. 28. – Dec. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. PINEVILLE Rapides Parish Library (318) 445-6436 In the Cross Hairs of Hurricanes Thursdays, Dec. 1 – Dec. 15, 6-8:30 p.m. Fall 2005/LOUISIANA CULTURAL VISTAS 5

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Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Fall 2005 Contents Editor’s Column Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Louisiana State Museum After Katrina and Rita Tabasco: Edmund McIlhenny and the Birth of a Louisiana Pepper Sauce Historic New Orleans Collection Louisiana Association of Museums New Orleans’ Coffee Connection No Man’s Land Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism Bookstand (Book Review by Thomas Uskali) Sound Advice (Music Review by Ben Sandmel) Forum (Commentary by Roy Blount, Jr. )

Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Fall 2005

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