BEAUTY ON THE BAYOU
BY NICOLE HIMEL | PHOTOS BY MISTY LEIGH MCELROY
This beautiful bayou abode was originally built in 2005. The current homeowner purchased the home in 2017. The home consists of three bedrooms and four baths and uniquely features a library for her, a gentlemen’s den for him, and bonus living space above the garages. The home reflects a well-balanced mixture of classic European design with a sprinkle of modern fixtures and finishes.
During Hurricane Ida, the home suffered significant damage and has since undergone a massive restoration and renovation. The residents hired local interior designer Nicole Himel to ensure the integrity of the home’s unique interior finishes and materials was restored.
During this process, the home’s original pine and brick floors were fully restored,
as were the original brick columns and cypress beams throughout. The design team also salvaged the antique solid wooden interior doors, custom-built kitchen island, and Russian-sourced bar cabinetry.
With the restoration well underway, the focus shifted to making changes that truly reflected the current homeowner’s desires.
First up was the transformation of the original dining space into her dream library. The space was specifically designed to house heirlooms and treasures passed down through generations, as well as her beloved collection of antique books.
Next, several walls were moved to accommodate larger closet space in the primary suite. The walls were wainscoted, the floors covered in black-and-white
marble tile, and the suite completed with floor-to-ceiling custom velvet drapery. This look was carried through to the ensuite as well, creating a luxurious, resort-like feel.
In the formal living space, the original wood mantle was removed, instantly refining the room with the addition of moldings and a new stone mantle featuring delicate lines. Locally sourced wall art reflects the natural beauty found just outside the home, along the bayou. The homeowners love to watch the surrounding wildlife and natural habitat.
Covering the guest bath with wallpaper enhanced in metallic gold elevated the space to signify the importance of those visiting the home.
In the gentlemen’s den, the existing spiral staircase was removed and replaced with 1
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a traditional stairway featuring wooden treads and iron spindles. This allowed for added storage as well as matching pet beds tucked neatly beneath the staircase. The room, drenched in a deep navy blue color, reflects the sportsman who resides here. The heart of the home also underwent a complete remodel with the addition of all-new custom cabinetry, with the exception of the island. A custom-designed wall accommodates cooking, a coffee station, and visual displays all in one unit. The kitchen is equipped with all-new commercial-grade JennAir appliances and finished with white marble countertops and an inlaid backsplash.
A sprinkle of modern chandeliers and clean-lined furnishings helps update the home’s overall classic feel. It truly is a remarkable space to reside. POV
For local actor Hick Cheramie, self love isn't just an idea– it’s a
Born and raised deep on the bayou in Lafourche’s GallianoCut Off area, Hick is putting our area on the map with his impressive acting resume. He has been lighting up the screen on movies, television shows, and even a few commercials since 2019, even working alongside big Hollywood names such as Will Smith and Bryan Cranston. s path to the success he has found today was
"I was raised by my single dad, but both my parents were chemically dependent and struggled with addiction. Television, movies, and storytelling became an escape for me," said Hick. "Acting and working in the film industry was a dream of mine that I've always had, but as I grew up, it just didn't seem to be something that was in reach."
As Hick continued to grow into a young adult, he began battling addiction to drugs and alcohol himself– a fight that lasted more than 20 years. "Almost 11 years ago, in my mid-thirties, I was blessed enough to finally find sobriety," said Hick. "I remember being interviewed on a podcast in 2018 about my journey to sobriety, and I was asked if I had any childhood dreams that drugs and alcohol kept me from achieving. I don't know whether it was God speaking through me, or what exactly happened in that moment, but I said it out loud: I always wanted to be an actor. Hearing myself speak those words ignited something in me, and little did I know, would change the course of my life."
At roughly 4 years sober, and just 2 weeks after that interview, Hick took that spark of inspiration and decided to take his first tentative peek into the acting world. "A stylist who was cutting my hair at the
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time asked if I was interested in working as an extra in this little horror movie, and I said yes," said Hick. "Being on that set, even though it was small, really helped me see what the industry was like. I got some positive feedback from the director and decided to take that boost to pursue bigger roles."
With just one step into the industry under his belt, Hick soon found himself working on even larger productions, including NCIS New Orleans, the 2020 film Antebellum, and an episode of Your Honor– even having a line with Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston. With this newfound momentum in his budding career, despite the worldwide halt brought on by COVID-19, Hick kept moving forward– pursuing formal acting training, honing his craft, and building his demo reel with a few independent films.
This hard work paid off, and Hick ’ s career took a life changing turn in 2021. Without any formal representation, he was approached by a peer in the industry to appear in a supporting role on the Apple TV+ production Emancipation , starring Will Smith. "Out of the blue I got a call from someone I had worked with, saying that they thought of me for this role on this major upcoming production," said Hick. "This was such a huge deal, because it officially made me SAG (Screen Actor ’s Guild) eligible. Basically, my ducks were now in a row, and I had enough experience in my pocket to find a real agent and put myself out there."
After struggling with some self doubt as he waited for agents to bite, Hick began (and is still) working with Angie Moncrief with Action Talent Agency, who has helped his career gain some tremendous momentum. Since signing, Hick has booked a Super Bowl Commercial, a co-star role on AMC's Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches, a TV pilot, and more– with roughly 6 more feature films in post production this year, and more roles lined up for 2026.
"What was so amazing is Angie works through referral only, and some of the peers
peers I had worked with over the years told her to sign me," said Hick. "Knowing I got to this point not only with talent but with my character was a great feeling."
While Hick’s story is impressive on its own, his achievements become even more significant knowing what he juggles on a daily basis. Alongside acting, Hick is also a full-time oil field worker employed by Danos, a father, and a loving partner, as well as committed to working daily on his sobriety and spirituality.
"I'm incredibly blessed to be able to balance all this. When I'm not acting, I'm in the oil field, or I'm with my family," said Hick. "Finding the sweet spot is tough, but you have to remember your 'Why.' "
For Hick, his ‘Why’ comes from so many places– first and foremost God, as well as his family. "You have to have an amazing support system. My partner and my family believe in everything I do and are with me every step of the way," said Hick. "These are people who loved me in my darkest times, and they are here with me in the best times too. Their love and support is even more powerful now."
The support system doesn't just come from outside, but from Hick’s own spirit as well. "I always tell people, I thought I missed the day in class where they teach you to love yourself," reflected Hick. "When you learn to love yourself, it changes everything. You're able to value yourself enough to go after your dreams and goals, whether it is sobriety, acting, or anything else. Self love is key, and without that, I never would've been able to accomplish all of this. The cost of sobriety is extremely high, and the rent is due everyday. When I learned to love myself enough to not touch a drink or use a drug, I opened the door to this incredible life I have now."
With a starring role around the corner and 11 years of sobriety under his belt this December, Hick proves that it’s always possible to carve a new path, no matter where you start— and that the most important role you’ll ever play is the one where you show up for yourself. POV
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Music, family, and Louisiana spirit come together when Caleb Lapeyrouse & The Drivers take the stage– and for Caleb Lapeyrouse, the band’s frontman and lead singer, it’s the realization of a
Born and raised in Bourg, music has always been a part of everyday life for Caleb. "I grew up in an incredibly musical family. If we didn't have instruments in our hands and singing in the living room on a Sunday afternoon, it wasn't a Sunday afternoon," chuckled Caleb. "I grew up singing in the church and playing various instruments, and in middle school, I was even voted Most
That childhood title became a reality just a few years later, when as a South Terrebonne High School senior, Caleb began taking things to new heights and performing his music live. "During those years I always had a guitar or a microphone in my hand," reminisced Caleb. Inspired by a lifetime of musical and natural was only a matter of time before Caleb began turning his thoughts towards the idea of a band.
"One of our band members, Blake Guidry, was actually my School Resource Officer at South Terrebonne. He was present in all of our classes for gifted music and we became friends," explained Caleb. "I asked if he could fill in for me with one of the bands I was performing with at the time, and soon after, he approached me with the idea to form a new country
With that partnership, Caleb Lapeyrouse & The Drivers was born– now including Zach Gaudet on the drums, Matt Guidry as lead guitar, Blake Guidry on keyboards and bass, and Caleb Lapeyrouse as lead vocalist and on acoustic guitar. The band, known for their country
music performances, has quickly become a staple at festivals across southern Louisiana– often performing at beloved events like Hero Fest, the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, the Island Strong Music Festival, and more. When they're not rocking at festivals, the band stays busy performing locally around the parish. Fans can catch them taking the stage at places like Bayou Terrebonne Distillers, the Roundup Downtown, the Boxer and the Barrel, Grand Isle Marina, and the Balcony.
In the past year, Caleb Lapeyrouse & The Drivers have performed an impressive 170 times, and the community love for them is clear– the band was voted Best Local Band in PoV Magazine’s People’s Choice Awards, and continues to find themselves in high demand across the parish.
"It feels great to be such a staple of our community. I know how hard we work throughout the year, and how much we sacrifice to book these events," said Caleb. "It’s awesome to be recognized and appreciated for our hardwork."
Being a member of Caleb Lapeyrouse & The Drivers is not all glamorous, however, as the band members can be found working full-time jobs and juggling personal lives when they’re not on stage. Caleb himself just recently became engaged to Kyleigh Duplantis and is also a fulltime Sales Representative at Barker Kia in Houma. "It’s a challenge for sure. I have a growing family and schedule with nieces, nephews, my
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fiancé, and my job, and it takes a lot of commitment to balance everything," said Caleb. "We're always on the go, and I just want to soak in every moment."
At the end of the day, this commitment is well worth it for Caleb and the band. "We have some great memories from our performances. I remember opening up for Rodney Atkins at Hero Fest 2024, which was by far the most people we have ever played for. I looked out at the crowd at all the phone flashlights lit up for us, and it was something I'll never forget," said Caleb. "It’s the kind of moment you can only dream about happening to you."
As the band celebrates its two-year anniversary this November, Caleb has his sights set on bigger and better goals for the group, prioritizing booking larger shows and shifting their focus to quality songwriting. The band just recently released their firstever original song, titled "Tomorrow Will Be Fine," available on all platforms. "We have four more songs in the works that we need to get in the studio and record, and we definitely see an EP album on the horizon for 2026," said Caleb. "We couldn't have gotten here without all the love and support from everyone in our community. It’s such a blessing to see people come to our show, rock with our music, and keep us going."
With deep roots and a whole lot of heart, Caleb Lapeyrouse & The Drivers are just getting started—and the best is yet to come. POV
If there is anything to know about artists, it’s that they are incapable of taking nature for granted. One conversation with Kelly Pierre, and you know he is bound to his pure love for the water. Having grown up in Houma, Kelly—or Pierre as he says he’s more known nowadays—spent most of his time on shrimp boats. He painted in the galley of the crewboat he’d worked on with his uncle and endured teasing over his drawing habit among old-fashioned Cajun success.
After moving to Destin, Florida in 2013, Pierre found himself on another body of water. His studio in Harborwalk Village sits right on the water, looking out at the Destin Bridge and the submerged sandbar known as Crab Island. Although he’s taken up residency as a tenured artist in Destin, when asked, Pierre can’t help but claim his Cajun heritage, and while he’s proud of the beautiful studio he has now, things didn’t start out that way for him. Pierre talks fondly of his humble beginnings when he was painting beneath the stairs near the Emerald Grande Hotel. He’d had a set up right on the boardwalk, similar to the station he’d kept in New Orleans when he was still local. His paintings hung right on the boardwalk for passersby to see, and there, Pierre would actively paint as well.
According to Pierre, he was eventually given a small shack behind his current studio in which he hardly had room to paint inside. But standing halfway out of
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the door of the shack, a perpetual sunburn sprouting across the back of his neck, Pierre wasn’t deterred from his art in the slightest. As a matter of fact, he used his talent to solve his sunny predicament, having built a chair from pallet wood and wearing a hat to keep the sun off his back. He now keeps the chair, adorned with a painted pelican, in his nicer studio near the window with a lookout onto accomplished Destin restaurant Harry T’s Lighthouse.
Pierre particularly credits the owner and developer of Harborwalk Village, Peter Bos, for adding to his great experience in Destin. During the winter, Pierre claims, business can quiet down and Bos will keep him booked and busy with murals throughout the boardwalk. However, Pierre’s story is not without its trials. Having dreamt of becoming an artist for most of his life, Pierre has had to balance that dream with the financial responsibility that comes with having a family to support.
“I hadn’t experienced that before because, of course, in Southland Mall, when I was there for 10 years, I was airbrushing t-shirts,” Pierre said. “At that time, almost everyone had $20, and so you could get a t-shirt, but [...] to leave that comfort of knowing that everybody could pretty much afford $20 to come to a place where I’m selling paintings that are going to be a lot more than that, and then hopefully gain a reputation as a familiar artist in the community…”
Pierre still recalls his father’s promise of a boat inheritance, and his anxiety in revealing to his dad that what he really craved was to become an artist. “He said ‘Haven’t you heard of the starving artist?’ I said, ‘Yeah Dad, but I’m not going to be a starving artist.’ He asked ‘why not’ and I said ‘because I’m going to work real hard at this.”
Looking back, he knows everyone who had ever tried talking him out of his artistic pursuits was just being realistic. Neither Pierre nor his family knew of anyone making a living as an artist. It just wasn’t something common in the community, especially, as Pierre says, when he was coming of age. Art had a tendency to be a fickle hobby more than a steady career, but he was determined to prove to himself that he could make it a stable career. And although Pierre says he thought he was up for the challenge, the process was more difficult than even he had thought it’d be. Pierre compares it to his earlier adventures working in the swamps and trying to catch big snakes that no one else would even approach. He had an eye for things seemingly just out of reach.
But unlike the snake which he’d decided against capturing, Pierre knew even when his days were spent working on the back deck of a shrimp boat, building bridges, and working in swamps, that he was meant to be painting in a studio someday. He talked about it often even in his work on
construction jobs and in the oilfield when his aspirations were laughed off.
“People would laugh and think it was funny, and I said, ‘You could laugh, but you know eventually I’m going to do it.’ And it seemed like that would make people mad. [...] But that made me want to continue harder at it. Like if there’s so much opposition because of it, maybe it’s worth it. Maybe there’s a reason that there is because that’s how hard I have to push for it,” Pierre shared.
So as a result of Pierre’s “pushing for it,” he got into Southland Mall airbrushing t-shirts. But shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit, he told his wife that he needed to paint something that would really sell. He envisioned selling a painting in New Orleans because he was convinced the Saints would win the 2009 Super Bowl. His wife laughed, and according to Pierre, he understood why, but somehow he just knew, and so he created the first painting of it titled “The Black and Gold Dream.” Following close behind were two more works called “Fleur de Lis Tradition” and “Flower Power.” Set up in the Rougarou Gallery in the Riverwalk in New Orleans, the paintings caught people’s attention.
“I said, ‘Look at the painting I did, it’s the Black and Gold Dream. When they win, it’s going to be reality. Y’all are going to see the reality of that,” Pierre said. “After we won the Super Bowl, I had a line coming outside of the store, outside the mall. [...] That really helped catapult me into the concept of ‘this could work for me.”
Soon enough, Pierre was offered a massive opportunity to take over the entirety of the Rougarou Gallery and the 120 artists whose works it housed because he had some of the highest sales in the gallery. “I was going to be able to collect a percentage from all those 120 artists, and it was like a no-brainer, right?” Pierre said. But just as he held the pen in his hand, with the contract in front of him, something told him that he shouldn’t do it. It was then that he walked away from something he just didn’t feel right about and decided on Destin.
The backbone on which Pierre’s entire life and work stands is his Christian faith. After deciding to walk away from that opportunity, he prayed over what to do
next, and that prayer took him to Florida. “I believe that God helps me to do the things that I do. He’s given me my whole life. I mean, I’ve seen so many things, it’s been amazing. My faith in action has been amazing to me, to see God move on my behalf, to see how He has made all of this possible,” Pierre shared. He felt strongly that he was meant to start from scratch, that he wasn’t meant to own a big, fancy gallery and have all of those other artists helping him support his family. He trusted the intuition God granted him. After all, it was his prayers at 16 years old, asking God to help him become an artist, that started his passionate career in the first place.
Pierre also credits his family for teaching him that hard work can get you a long way, specifically his mom, dad, and his uncle Anthony Pierre, a pastor from Dularge’s House of Praise. “He’s my favorite preacher,” Pierre said. But overall, his main advice for fellow artists is to prioritize God above all else because, as Pierre likes to say, without Him, we don’t even have breath in our lungs. And just as he was preparing to leave for Florida, he went to a church service at his uncle’s church where his community fawned over Pierre’s big faith in making the move he felt called to make, but Pierre said it was difficult to try and not place his comforts in finances.
Once they got to Destin, Pierre admitted, they were broke. After a couple of moves, the lack of business in the winter, and with their savings fast depleting, his family’s prospects were looking grim. “I was terrified because I had never experienced financial difficulty with trying to support a wife and kids, you know?” Pierre said. And there started the days of bargaining: Pierre was reluctant to let anyone back home know his trying circumstances, but he complained to God routinely, saying that he’d given up all of his past bad habits and couldn’t things start working out for him now? He’d gotten a stomach ulcer, his stress had escalated so much.
But then his mind is brought to a time in the middle of that period of his life when he heard the song “Oceans” by Hillsong UNITED. “When I heard the song, I talked to God and I said, ‘I want to paint this for you [...] Jesus walking on water, and Peter sinking,” Pierre said.
But even with this newfound sliver of inspiration, he felt that business was just too slow for him to commit to such a painting. Eventually, a friend had offered to loan Pierre $3,000 to help his family out, but he declined. “I said, ‘Hey man, let’s see what God’s going to do, because every time things get this bad, God always does something big,” said Pierre. “I said, ‘Then I get to share the testimony with you.”
This revelation led Pierre to find solace in a closet where he could privately pray to God. He approached this prayer with a new perspective. He wouldn’t complain, but instead, Pierre thanked God for all he had already delivered him from. “You [God] saved us from sinking off the shore, from hurricanes, and all the different things in my life that I thought was something to pray through,” Pierre said. “I said, ‘You know what, God? Right now, if you want to, you could fix this problem.’ My faith was building when I was in there, talking to God about it instead of complaining. I was bragging on everything he did for me. I started speaking positively.”
At that moment, Pierre’s phone rang. It was a tugboat captain from Houma, Gary Verdin, and when he answered the phone, he told Pierre, “God told me to call you. He told me to tell you he wants me to buy a painting from you, doesn’t matter how much it costs. It doesn’t matter what you paint, and it doesn’t matter how long it takes, as long as it’s from your heart.”
At first, Pierre was reluctant to charge too much, but after some insistence, he ended up getting $3,000 for the artwork, and he knew instantly what he was going to paint. Pierre recalls this memory fondly, saying, “Here was this guy who was calling me when I was in my closet, praying for God to give me a miracle, right? Like, I needed something, but I didn’t know God was going to make the phone ring right there, have somebody call, and that’s still amazing to me to this day.”
The painting of Jesus remains in Pierre’s studio today. Some have made offers for it, but Pierre likes to tell them that God paid for that painting, and so it’ll stay there until Gary wants it, even though their phone call was back around 2013. Since then, the only word Gary’s spoken on it is for Pierre to share this story.
“It was just amazing that God heard me. You know, I always believed He answered because he’s answered many of my prayers, but that was the first time something like that happened to me. Now I got this story I get to tell people over and over, and I sound like a crazy person, right?” Pierre said.
Since the creation of time and people and artistic ability, there’s been a discussion on whether or not the artist and their personal life inform the art they create. For Kelly Pierre, that couldn’t be more true. With one look on his website, a myriad of colors catches the onlooker’s eye. Brushstrokes and paints collide to create beautiful
paintings of sea creatures, oceanic life, beach scenes, and pelicans reflecting that he’s never forgotten where he came from. Some of his paintings reflect his faith as well, depicting Jesus, a lion and a lamb, and more. His artistic reach has even extended to his wife who paints as well. A mural they painted together stands at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans on Julia Street.
And God has only done exponentially more than an artist might dream for Pierre. After discovering his go-to type of paint, Apple Barrel paint, an affordable brand found at Walmart, Pierre began to marinate on the idea of meeting the person responsible for creating the paint, the medium through which he was able to create his life’s work. And wouldn’t you know that one day, as Pierre sat back in his pelican chair at the small shack he started in, a man and woman approached asking about the paint bucket by his chair. “He says to me, ‘Do you like using this paint?’ And I said yes, and I’m pointing out all the stuff I painted with it, and then his wife says ‘My husband’—she points at him— ‘is the designer of this paint. [...] I looked at him, and then I looked at the sky. I said, ‘You did it this time, Lord. You got me,” Pierre said.
The man was Jim Stanley, and now Pierre considers him a friend as they managed to keep in touch ever since. And it’s seemingly impossible miracles like those that drive Pierre to continue being the artist he’d long ago asked God to help him become. Most recently, he painted murals for a restaurant called Graffiti Pizza off Highway 98 that features icons like the Mona Lisa and the “Leaning Tower of Pizza.”
As for the future, Pierre feels rich already just being able to do what he loves for a living, and hopes to continue painting as long as God lets him. He might be a staple of the Destin community, but he is also a testament to what God can do for a dreamer in South Louisiana. POV
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If there’s one thing a roving reporter always needs first thing in the morning, it’s a quick bite and a hot coffee. Make that two things. Fortunately, the Boston area is where Dunkin’ Donuts began in 1950, and so now there’s one on every corner.
With a sweet-glazed donut in hand and two sleep-glazed eyes on face, I’m drawn skyward by the skyscraper that has sprouted atop this Dunkin’ store. Its glass and metal contrast starkly with the earth-colored bricks of historical buildings nearby. Boston streets are lined with a striking combination of brutalist and colonial architectures. Many older buildings are brownstones, built in this ingenious color before the 21st century’s polluted rain and mildew would darkly stain lighter bricks. These older buildings are built side-by-side and touching, almost squeezed into place, which reminds me of the airplane ride here. The more modern glassy buildings are not squeezed and don’t touch, which reminds me of how airplane rides should be.
Boston, of course, was a vital part of the American Revolution. To remind you of this, they’ve positioned on every block a Paul Revere character handing out some sort of pamphlet or flyer. Some are shaking handbells, which it’s really too early in the morning to do. In case you gaze past all the Reveres, you cannot escape the blare of storefront loudspeakers broadcasting any and all American pop songs that mention Boston in their lyrics. (There are probably Boston songs outside of American pop being broadcast, like in the Chinatown neighborhood, but I can’t really tell.) In only five blocks or so, I heard Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Reba McEntyre, Counting Crows, Steely Dan, The Byrds, The Kingston Trio, Woody Guthrie, Kenny Chesney, Warren Zevon, They Might Be Giants, Augustana, and Vampire Weekend all singing songs about Boston. And you can frequently hear the theme from “Cheers” and patriotic story tunes from “Schoolhouse Rock!” cartoons. Oh, and of course, the most well-known of all: Hit songs from that 70s rock band called “Boston,” whose overtly catchy guitar riffs I really want out of my brain right now. It’s been such a long time since they’ve been inside my head, and I think they should be going. This is more than a feeling. All I want is to help my peace of mind.
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On many buildings, you can find posters advertising release of the arguably long-awaited sequel to 1984’s mockumentary film This is Spinal Tap. Spinal Tap is an aging heavy metal band on a hapless tour of college campuses. In that original film, Spinal Tap’s manager sugarcoats cancellation of a Boston concert due to low ticket sales by explaining to concerned band members, “Don’t worry. Boston’s not a big college town.” The irony of that line is that, like Dunkin’, there’s a campus around every corner. And Boston is home to some of the oldest, largest, and most famous in the world: Northeastern U, Boston U, Tufts U, M.I.T., and, of course, “Nicholls on the Charles,” sometimes known as Harvard U.
And besides Nicholls on the Charles, there are other things that remind me of the land of Harvard on the Bayou. Boston has baked beans and we have red beans. They have lobster and we have crawfish. They have Eli Lilly and we have water lilies. They have the Old North Church and we have many old south churches. They have the Green Monster and we have “murmuring pines and hemlocks.” And therein lies perhaps our most noteworthy similarity: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, of course!
Longfellow, a one-time Harvard professor, is famous for long, narrative poems, one of which is set in Boston and begins “Listen, my children, and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” If that one isn’t famous enough, his “most” famous poem is the one that begins “This is the forest primeval. / The murmuring pines and hemlocks,…” That poem is better known by its title: “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie.” “Evangeline” is the forlorn tale of betrotheds separated by the Acadian Expulsion and their sorrowful fate in the “lowlands of Louisiana.” It’s been called the most important long poem in American literary history, being adopted
graffiti, and many one-door sheds, cabins, closets, and lean-to’s. In the far distance, church spires pierce the sky, which makes the whole window scene seem like one of those beautiful landscape paintings from the Renaissance but without the Renaissance and the beauty. With that image, it’s time to let my eyes glaze over like tomorrow morning’s donut. POV
Southdown Marketplace
Nov. 1, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Southdown Plantation, Houma
With more than 300 local and national vendors, the Artisan Craft Show has something for everyone. The show will feature unique and hand-made items including, jewelry, clothing, wood crafts, original art, garden items, seasonal items, and more. In addition, delicious foods and beverages will be available for purchase. Admission is $5 per person, with proceeds benefiting the non-profit Terrebonne Historical & Cultural Society and Southdown Plantation & Museum.
BBQ and Bourbon on the Bayou Festival
Nov. 1
Warren J Harang Auditorium, Thibodaux Lafourche Arc is proud to present the 3rd Annual BBQ and Bourbon on the Bayou Festival! The smell of smokey barbeque and smooth tasty bourbon will appeal to all the senses. The BBQ, Bourbon, and Blues Festival will feature live music by Ryan Foret and the Foret Tradition, RKG, and Snapper and the Fishsticks. The festival will also include the Juke Joint Tent, where participants 21 and over may purchase a ticket to taste 30 different kinds of bourbon. General admission tickets are $10; tickets to the Bourbon Juke Joint are $100.
Big Boy’s Main Street Cook-off
Nov. 7
Downtown Thibodaux
Experience a culinary showcase of Cajun cuisine at Big Boy’s Main Street Cook-Off! Sample Louisiana-inspired dishes from over 30 teams while enjoying live music. In addition, Goose burgers, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages will be sold by area bars and restaurants. Tickets will be sold online and a very limited amount of cash sale tickets will be available on event day at the entry gate. Tickets are $15 per person (kids 10 & under are free). All proceeds benefit Thibodaux Main Street.
Thibodeauxville Fall Festival
Nov. 8
Downtown Thibodaux
The award winning festival will feature three stages of live music, arts and crafts booths, a Cajun food court, a car show, and the infamous rubber duck race in Bayou Lafourche! Admission to the festival is free.
Houma Mac N’ Cheese Festival
Nov. 8
Downtown Houma
Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at the first annual Houma Mac N’ Cheese Cook-Off & Festival benefiting Gulf Coast Social Services. It is going to be the cheesiest, most delicious day of the year! Enjoy $10 all-you-can-eat mac & cheese starting at 11 a.m., live music and arts & crafts. Every registration and ticket sale benefits Gulf Coast Social Services, helping empower people with mental, physical, and behavioral challenges to live independently and thrive in their communities.
Bark for Life of Terrebonne Parish
Nov. 15, 12-3 p.m.
Houma Courthouse Square
Join us for Houma’s 2nd annual American Cancer Society Bark For Life of Terrebonne presented by Walther Animal Clinic! Help raise awareness and much needed funds for cancer research while having a fun day out with your pet! The American Cancer Society Bark For Life (BFL) is a Relay For Life fundraising event that honors the caregiving qualities of canine companions. All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.
Sound Unbound
Nov. 18, 6-10 p.m.
Mary & Al Danos Theater, Nicholls State University
Join us for the debut of Sound Unbound, a new annual event presented by the Department of Music at Nicholls State University. Held on November 18, this special evening showcases the talent and dedication of our current music students through live performances featuring string orchestra, vocalists, jazz combos, percussion, chamber ensembles, and more. The night begins with a welcome reception at 6 p.m., including wine and hors d’oeuvres, followed by the concert at 7 p.m. Tickets are $100, with proceeds supporting student scholarships, facility improvements, and expanded opportunities in the department. Experience the energy, artistry, and promise of Nicholls music students—experience Sound Unbound. POV
7. Added ring
Removed pliers 9. Changed color of cabinet handle
1. Removed ring
2. Removed clay
3. Changed color of blade handle
4. Removed “6”
5. Added number “22”
6. Added Tillou’s Hat
