Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Francis Prevost, the newly appointed Catholic leader who took the name Pope Leo XIV, has a surprising connection to a ...

Swamp in the City returns May 7–10, 2026 to Red Hook with 4 days of Cajun & Creole music, dancing, food, and Louisiana spirit ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, which began as a single concert in 1974, has grown into an international celebration of Louisiana music and culture, drawing visitors to ...

Bryant Benoit, a Lafayette visual artist known for work that explores the African diaspora and Louisiana experience, died ...

The new pope is of Louisiana Creole descent, and according to one genealogist, that will put a global spotlight on the Creole people and their mixed ancestry. Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost ...

NATCHITOCHES, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Ten middle school teachers spent time learning more about Louisiana Creoles. Dr. Kent Peacock, director of the Creole Heritage Center, said, “Our goal was to give ...

Louisiana is a rich state of mixed-race people. Wendy A. Gaudin, a California native and descendant of Louisiana Creoles, approaches the complex tapestry of what it means to be Afro-Creole in ...

GRAND COTEAU, La. (KLFY) — The 4th Annual Creole Culture Day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4, at Town Hall Park in Grand Coteau. The event is free and open to the public, offering a day of cultural ...

Too black to be white and too white to be black -- We got the hang of it -- The moment you're a Creole, it was la même chose -- We couldn't sit in the front -- She never went outside one day to work - ...