Prairie Acadian Cultural Center of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Joubert vision helped lead rebirth

Curtis Joubert couldn’t have been elected mayor of Eunice at a worse time. He took office in 1981, just as a crumbling oil industry began to drag south Louisiana into a financial pit worse even than the Great Depression.

Prairie Acadian Cultural Center message is about language

The Prairie Acadian Cultural Center is in its 25th year and from its beginning it has been a place where Cajun-Creole French found a shelter. On Saturday evenings, the Liberty Theater showcased Cajun and Creole music. Its emcee for many of those 25 years, Dr.

Chef Huguet to demonstrate crab cake preparation

Executive Chef Jason Huguet of the Steamboat Warehouse in Washington will demonstrate how to prepare his signature crab cakes using Louisiana blue point crab meat at the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve at 4 p.m. Saturday.