Kids & Family
Monday, Feb 13, 2012
Chenier Story Times
by: Lafayette Public Library
Chenier Branch
10:30 AM
Story times for ages 3-6 are offered at several Branches. No preregistration is required but groups need to call (337)291-2941 to insure available space.
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I Love Monsters -Valentine Box
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
4:00 PM
Students ages 5-12 will cut and fold cardstock into a silly monster valentine box. Preregister your child by calling the library location nearest you beginning Monday, January 30.Youngsville Feb 8 3:30 856-9385Milton Feb 9 3:30 856-5261South Reg Feb 13 4:00 981-1028Jefferson St. Feb 14 4:00 261-5779Kids can pick up a Take It and Make It craft kit, whilesupplies last, during the week of February 6-10 at thefollowing library locations: Broussard, Butler, Duson,North Regional, Scott, and…
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IPL Drop-In Craft
by: Cal Editor
Iberia Parish Main Library, 445 E. Main St., New Iberia
10:30am
Admission: Free
Are you looking for a program to share with your little ones ages 24-36 months? Iberia Parish Librarys Toddler Time is back this spring. This eight week program happens on every Wednesday morning at the Main Library until March 28. Here, you and your child can listen to stories, make easy crafts, enjoy finger plays, and sing along to songs. Did we mention that this is absolutely FREE? Registration is required; please call the Main Library at 364.7134. Make sure to rise and shine early, and come Wednesday mornings to Toddler Time at the Iberia Parish Library.
Mardi Gras Exhibit
by: LCVC
1122 Lafayette St., Lafayette
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Admission: $4 Admission; $3 Seniors
In addition to the beautiful Mardi Gras room which is available year round, The Alexandre Mouton House is hosting a collection of stunning costumes and other Mardi Gras memorabilia. The collection is on loan from past royalty and members of various Mardi Gras Krewes. The exhibit will run throughout February.
Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
by: LCVC
Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson St., Lafayette.
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-6 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $3, C
This 7,000 square foot exhibit rethinks preconceptions about how dinosaurs lived and eventually died. Filled with full skeletal casts, interactives and a full-scale diarama, this exhibit will shed new light on prehistory as we know it.
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Kids & Family
Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012
SRL Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club
by: Cal Editor
South Regional Library
6:30pm
This month features "Children of Hurin" by J. R. R. Tolkien.
The South Regional Library hosts a SciFi/Fantasy Book Club on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. For questions, contact the South Regional Library at 981-1028.
S. Regional Baby Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
9:30 AM
Baby Time is designed to introducemothers, fathers, or caregivers and babiesages 9-18 months to nursery rhymes, songs,fingerplays, and early literacy information.To preregister or for info, call 988-3412.
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Broussard Branch Story Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
Broussard Branch
10:00 AM
Story times for ages 3-6 are offered at several Branches. No preregistration is required but groups need to call(337) 837-3936 to insure available space.
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S. Regional Toddler Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
10:30 AM
Fifteen-minute story sessions geared to children 18-35 months.Adults must accompany toddlers.
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Story Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
4:00 PM
For all agesSTORY TIME is a special time for families toenjoy stories together. Check out the variousprograms at the different library locations listedin this calendar.
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I Love Monsters -Valentine Box
by: Lafayette Public Library
Jefferson St Library
4:00 PM
Students ages 5-12 will cut and fold cardstock into a silly monster valentine box. Preregister your child by calling the library location nearest you beginning Monday, January 30.Youngsville Feb 8 3:30 856-9385Milton Feb 9 3:30 856-5261South Reg Feb 13 4:00 981-1028Jefferson St. Feb 14 4:00 261-5779Kids can pick up a Take It and Make It craft kit, whilesupplies last, during the week of February 6-10 at thefollowing library locations: Broussard, Butler, Duson,North Regional, Scott, and…
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IPL Drop-In Craft
by: Cal Editor
Iberia Parish Main Library, 445 E. Main St., New Iberia
10:30am
Admission: Free
Are you looking for a program to share with your little ones ages 24-36 months? Iberia Parish Librarys Toddler Time is back this spring. This eight week program happens on every Wednesday morning at the Main Library until March 28. Here, you and your child can listen to stories, make easy crafts, enjoy finger plays, and sing along to songs. Did we mention that this is absolutely FREE? Registration is required; please call the Main Library at 364.7134. Make sure to rise and shine early, and come Wednesday mornings to Toddler Time at the Iberia Parish Library.
Mardi Gras Exhibit
by: LCVC
1122 Lafayette St., Lafayette
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Admission: $4 Admission; $3 Seniors
In addition to the beautiful Mardi Gras room which is available year round, The Alexandre Mouton House is hosting a collection of stunning costumes and other Mardi Gras memorabilia. The collection is on loan from past royalty and members of various Mardi Gras Krewes. The exhibit will run throughout February.
Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
by: LCVC
Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson St., Lafayette.
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-6 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $3, C
This 7,000 square foot exhibit rethinks preconceptions about how dinosaurs lived and eventually died. Filled with full skeletal casts, interactives and a full-scale diarama, this exhibit will shed new light on prehistory as we know it.
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Kids & Family
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012
ImaginOcean
by: Cal Editor
Grand Opera House of the South
7:00pm
Tony-Award nominee John Tartaglia has certainly spread his creative wings. He starred in the acclaimed musical Avenue Q, appeared on Broadway in Shrek The Musical and in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and created and starred in The Playhouse Disney series "Johnny and the Sprites. Now, as if creative wings weren't enough, he has grown some creative gills as well, with the production of John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean.
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S. Regional Baby Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
9:30 AM
Baby Time is designed to introducemothers, fathers, or caregivers and babiesages 9-18 months to nursery rhymes, songs,fingerplays, and early literacy information.To preregister or for info, call 988-3412.
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North Regional Story Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
North Regional Library
10:30 AM
Story times for ages 3-6 are offered at several Branches. No preregistration required but groups need to call (337) 896-6323to insure available space.
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S. Regional Toddler Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
10:30 AM
Fifteen-minute story sessions geared to children 18-35 months.Adults must accompany toddlers.
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S. Regional Bedtime Stories
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
6:00 PM
This program is a nighttime version of Family Story Time.No preregistration required. Bedtime Stories: 6:00 pmThese other story times will be in French ...January: 18February: 1, and 15.
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IPL Toddler Time
by: Cal Editor
Iberia Parish Main Library, 445 E. Main St., New Iberia
10:30am
Admission: Free
Are you looking for a program to share with your little ones ages 24-36 months? Iberia Parish Librarys Toddler Time is back this spring. This eight-week program happens on every Wednesday morning at the Main Library until March 28. Here, you and your child can listen to stories, make easy crafts, enjoy finger plays, and sing along to songs. Registration is required; please call the Main Library at 364-7134. Make sure to rise and shine early, and come Wednesday mornings to Toddler Time at the Iberia Parish…
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IPL Drop-In Craft
by: Cal Editor
Iberia Parish Main Library, 445 E. Main St., New Iberia
10:30am
Admission: Free
Are you looking for a program to share with your little ones ages 24-36 months? Iberia Parish Librarys Toddler Time is back this spring. This eight week program happens on every Wednesday morning at the Main Library until March 28. Here, you and your child can listen to stories, make easy crafts, enjoy finger plays, and sing along to songs. Did we mention that this is absolutely FREE? Registration is required; please call the Main Library at 364.7134. Make sure to rise and shine early, and come Wednesday mornings to Toddler Time at the Iberia Parish Library.
Mardi Gras Exhibit
by: LCVC
1122 Lafayette St., Lafayette
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Admission: $4 Admission; $3 Seniors
In addition to the beautiful Mardi Gras room which is available year round, The Alexandre Mouton House is hosting a collection of stunning costumes and other Mardi Gras memorabilia. The collection is on loan from past royalty and members of various Mardi Gras Krewes. The exhibit will run throughout February.
Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
by: LCVC
Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson St., Lafayette.
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-6 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $3, C
This 7,000 square foot exhibit rethinks preconceptions about how dinosaurs lived and eventually died. Filled with full skeletal casts, interactives and a full-scale diarama, this exhibit will shed new light on prehistory as we know it.
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Kids & Family
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012
Youngsville Branch Story Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
Youngsville Branch
9:30 AM
Story times for ages 3-6 are offered at several Branches. No preregistration required but groups need to call [337]856-9385ahead to insure available space.
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Story Castle
by: Lafayette Public Library
Jefferson St Library at Children's Department
10:30 AM
Story Castle is for children 3 through 6 year olds and an accompanying adult.
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Milton Branch Story Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
Milton Branch
10:30 AM
Story times for ages 3-6 are offered at several Branches. No preregistration required but groups need to call (337)856-5261 to insure available space.
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South Regional Family Time
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
10:30 AM
Family Story Time includes storytelling, music, and educational activities for all ages. No preregistration required.
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Mardi Gras Mask Craft
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
4:00 PM
Children 5-12 will be supplied materials to makeeither an eagle, butterfly, or traditional Mardi Grasmask...while supplies last.Story Time Room South Regional Library
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IPL Drop-In Craft
by: Cal Editor
Iberia Parish Main Library, 445 E. Main St., New Iberia
10:30am
Admission: Free
Are you looking for a program to share with your little ones ages 24-36 months? Iberia Parish Librarys Toddler Time is back this spring. This eight week program happens on every Wednesday morning at the Main Library until March 28. Here, you and your child can listen to stories, make easy crafts, enjoy finger plays, and sing along to songs. Did we mention that this is absolutely FREE? Registration is required; please call the Main Library at 364.7134. Make sure to rise and shine early, and come Wednesday mornings to Toddler Time at the Iberia Parish Library.
Mardi Gras Exhibit
by: LCVC
1122 Lafayette St., Lafayette
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Admission: $4 Admission; $3 Seniors
In addition to the beautiful Mardi Gras room which is available year round, The Alexandre Mouton House is hosting a collection of stunning costumes and other Mardi Gras memorabilia. The collection is on loan from past royalty and members of various Mardi Gras Krewes. The exhibit will run throughout February.
Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
by: LCVC
Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson St., Lafayette.
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-6 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $3, C
This 7,000 square foot exhibit rethinks preconceptions about how dinosaurs lived and eventually died. Filled with full skeletal casts, interactives and a full-scale diarama, this exhibit will shed new light on prehistory as we know it.
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Kids & Family
Friday, Feb 17, 2012
Friday Night Parade
by: LCVC
Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette
6:30 p.m.
Admission: Free
Featuring multiple krewes from the Greater Southwest Mardi Gras Association.
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IPL Drop-In Craft
by: Cal Editor
Iberia Parish Main Library, 445 E. Main St., New Iberia
10:30am
Admission: Free
Are you looking for a program to share with your little ones ages 24-36 months? Iberia Parish Librarys Toddler Time is back this spring. This eight week program happens on every Wednesday morning at the Main Library until March 28. Here, you and your child can listen to stories, make easy crafts, enjoy finger plays, and sing along to songs. Did we mention that this is absolutely FREE? Registration is required; please call the Main Library at 364.7134. Make sure to rise and shine early, and come Wednesday mornings to Toddler Time at the Iberia Parish Library.
Mardi Gras Exhibit
by: LCVC
1122 Lafayette St., Lafayette
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Admission: $4 Admission; $3 Seniors
In addition to the beautiful Mardi Gras room which is available year round, The Alexandre Mouton House is hosting a collection of stunning costumes and other Mardi Gras memorabilia. The collection is on loan from past royalty and members of various Mardi Gras Krewes. The exhibit will run throughout February.
Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
by: LCVC
Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson St., Lafayette.
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-6 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $3, C
This 7,000 square foot exhibit rethinks preconceptions about how dinosaurs lived and eventually died. Filled with full skeletal casts, interactives and a full-scale diarama, this exhibit will shed new light on prehistory as we know it.
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Kids & Family
Saturday, Feb 18, 2012
Krewe of Bonaparte Mardi Gras Parade
by: LCVC
Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette
6:30 p.m.
Admission: Free
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Children's Parade
by: LCVC
Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette
12:30 p.m.
Admission: Free
Featuring Greater Southwest Mardi Gras Association children's krewes.
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Story Time En Francais
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
11:00 AM
These Saturday Story Times will be in told in French.
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Lego Club
by: Lafayette Public Library
North Regional Library
2:00 PM
Children will build projects based on a theme. The programbegins with sample Lego models and books based on the theme.Building sessions are opened to ages 7 and up and begin at 2:00 pm. An adult must accompany the child. The student must be preregistered to participate. Call North Regional at 896-6323 when preregistrationbegins for the following sessions:Sat., Jan 21-Theme: Robots Preregistration begins Sat., Jan 14.Sat., Feb 18-Theme: Oceans Preregistration beginson Sat., Feb 11.…
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Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive
by: Lafayette Public Library
South Regional Library
11:00 AM
In honor of Black History Month the library will review the role of Black superheroes as they are portrayed in comic books. Random drawings for prizes will occur at the film showing.
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IPL Drop-In Craft
by: Cal Editor
Iberia Parish Main Library, 445 E. Main St., New Iberia
10:30am
Admission: Free
Are you looking for a program to share with your little ones ages 24-36 months? Iberia Parish Librarys Toddler Time is back this spring. This eight week program happens on every Wednesday morning at the Main Library until March 28. Here, you and your child can listen to stories, make easy crafts, enjoy finger plays, and sing along to songs. Did we mention that this is absolutely FREE? Registration is required; please call the Main Library at 364.7134. Make sure to rise and shine early, and come Wednesday mornings to Toddler Time at the Iberia Parish Library.
Mardi Gras Exhibit
by: LCVC
1122 Lafayette St., Lafayette
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Admission: $4 Admission; $3 Seniors
In addition to the beautiful Mardi Gras room which is available year round, The Alexandre Mouton House is hosting a collection of stunning costumes and other Mardi Gras memorabilia. The collection is on loan from past royalty and members of various Mardi Gras Krewes. The exhibit will run throughout February.
Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
by: LCVC
Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson St., Lafayette.
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-6 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $3, C
This 7,000 square foot exhibit rethinks preconceptions about how dinosaurs lived and eventually died. Filled with full skeletal casts, interactives and a full-scale diarama, this exhibit will shed new light on prehistory as we know it.
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Kids & Family
Sunday, Feb 19, 2012
Family Puppet Theater
by: Cal Editor
North Regional Library, Kaleidoscope Room
4:00pm
North Regional Library Puppeteers present "Peace and Quiet," an adaptation of an enduring folktale. A puppet craft follows the show. For details, call the North Regional Library at 896-6323.
IPL Drop-In Craft
by: Cal Editor
Iberia Parish Main Library, 445 E. Main St., New Iberia
10:30am
Admission: Free
Are you looking for a program to share with your little ones ages 24-36 months? Iberia Parish Librarys Toddler Time is back this spring. This eight week program happens on every Wednesday morning at the Main Library until March 28. Here, you and your child can listen to stories, make easy crafts, enjoy finger plays, and sing along to songs. Did we mention that this is absolutely FREE? Registration is required; please call the Main Library at 364.7134. Make sure to rise and shine early, and come Wednesday mornings to Toddler Time at the Iberia Parish Library.
Mardi Gras Exhibit
by: LCVC
1122 Lafayette St., Lafayette
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Admission: $4 Admission; $3 Seniors
In addition to the beautiful Mardi Gras room which is available year round, The Alexandre Mouton House is hosting a collection of stunning costumes and other Mardi Gras memorabilia. The collection is on loan from past royalty and members of various Mardi Gras Krewes. The exhibit will run throughout February.
Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
by: LCVC
Lafayette Science Museum, 433 Jefferson St., Lafayette.
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-6 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $3, C
This 7,000 square foot exhibit rethinks preconceptions about how dinosaurs lived and eventually died. Filled with full skeletal casts, interactives and a full-scale diarama, this exhibit will shed new light on prehistory as we know it.
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