The replay of the April BCC Gathering is live: https://youtu.be/XGHFdb1rAsk Christine Verdin, director of École Pointe-au-Chien, will discuss the importance of French in Louisiana and the goals of École Pointe-au-Chien, the first French Immersion School in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. Christine will also discuss the day-to-day operations of the school, including French curriculum and daily schedules. (fb)

The BCC Gathering replay is up! https://youtu.be/wwsYXWClxbc How do we make the past understandable to non-scholarly audiences when lifestyles, livelihoods, landscape, and even the language spoken have so radically changed? In the context of southeast Louisiana, Glen Pitre will look at some of the ways the past can be not only preserved, but also made more broadly accessible. Sign up to receive announcements about registering and other information at https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/HaCPJe8/bayouculturegatherings. The Louisiana Folklore Society offers these gatherings to share perspectives on the human dimension of coastal land loss. In partnership with the Center for Bayou Studies at Nicholls State Univ. and the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center, the Bayou Culture Gatherings are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the Office of Cultural Development and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program. Recordings of previous Gatherings are posted here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XX24FtEoSMZJgjUt8TYaA For information about the Gatherings, contact BCC at bayouculturecollaborative@gmail.com. (fb)