Save the Heymann

Saturday night you can hear OperaCréole!

New Orleans OperaCréole restores lost works of Black composers New Orleans’ forgotten history of opera music is being brought back to life after centuries of neglect through the discovery of lost works of local composers...

Check it out! PASA’s new season pops up in more places this season. Opera-yay! Drama. Music. Dance. If the show fits…

Performing Arts Serving Acadiana is announcing their season!
You can purchase tickets to all PASA shows at HeymannCenter.com. --even the ones taking place at Angelle Hall and Theater at Baranco Elementary! See https://www.heymanncenter.com/p/events/pasa for details!

Lucky 13! SOLA Giving Day is Thursday, May 2. That’s 13 days away and early giving is open now. Check out PASA’s story at bit.ly/PASAgiving. You can make your donation today. Every donation counts!

Another blow to those who depend on the public health unit.

Guillory millage veto worries Lafayette’s public health unit, which is struggling to meet demand When Lafayette Parish Council members changed course this month and abandoned a slew of higher property tax rates for the coming year, they did so convinced that parish government’s services

It’s tonight! Online box office is open now!

MOMIX: Alice, one night only at the Heymann Center Performing Arts Serving Acadiana will be hosting Modern Dance Company’s production of Alice. Alice is based on Alice in Wonderland.

It’s a deal AND a great show!

Cross That River Tickets are BOGO - https://mailchi.mp/pasaonline/cross-that-river-tickets-are-bogo-4873320

Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 19, the Lafayette City Council votes whether or not to fund a planning study that allows for public input in the planning of a new performing arts center. Please call the Council office--337-291-8800--Monday, December 19 and Tuesday, December 20 and state whether you are for or against funding the study. Read on, please.

If you want a voice in the planning--including the location--of a new performing arts center, there must be a study that allows public input.

A state capital outlay of $1,000,000 was granted to Lafayette Consolidated Government to pay studies for this project. Yes, these are tax dollars, but they are STATE tax dollars that are designated specifically to pay for the necessary studies.

Yes, LEDA commissioned a FEASIBILITY study that examined several sites. These sites were RANDOMLY identified by individuals who were asked to attend gatherings. No ideas were vetted based on size, ingress/egress, economic development potential, etc.

If you want a voice in the planning--including location--of a new performing arts center, there must be a study that allows public input.

If you have questions, please call me at 337-781-1273.

Andre Courville & Sweet Cecilia This Thursday, opera singer Andre Courville and Sweet Cecilia will be in concert at the Heymann Center at 7:30 p.m.

If you care, call you city council member and easy for a transparent public process for building a venue to replace the Heymann.

Column: Lafayette should hold Guillory’s horses on new Heymann Center Mayor-President Josh Guillory is short-circuiting the site selection process in announcing a “tentative” deal with UL.

Kyiv City Ballet tours the US for the first time ever, with a stop at the Heymann Performing Arts Center on October 23. Tickets on sale July 26. Follow Performing Arts Serving Acadiana for the ticket link. It will be posted after 8 p.m. on July 25.

Hear More About The Tuskegee Airmen Monday at 6 p.m. - https://mailchi.mp/pasaonline/hear-more-about-the-tuskegee-airmen-monday-at-6-pm-4873166

Kennedy Center Honors: including Bette Midler and Joanie Mitchell. 9 eastern, 8 central.

The Kennedy Center Honors on CBS The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

Rest In Peace. We’ll miss your company.

Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 He was the theater’s most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th century and the driving force behind some of Broadway’s most beloved and celebrated shows.

Hmm…

It’s Never Too Late to Pick Up Your Life and Move to Italy Holly Herrmann vowed to move to Italy when she was 20. Her dream came true 38 years later.

Tossing this out there for anyone who might be interested. The deadline to submit an application is tomorrow. If you know someone who might be a good fit, tell them to throw their hat in the ring.

Civil Service will later issue a test to all applicants, but today - tomorrow is the time to drop by city hall and apply.



FULLTIME EVENTS COORDINATOR

EVENTS COORDINATOR -- The incumbent in this class independently organizes and directs the hospitality and front of house functions of the Heymann Performing Arts and Convention Center under the supervision of the Venue Administrator. The position is responsible for aiding and advising clients in the preparation of the building before events, with hospitality services during events, and moving out after events. The work requires constant contact with the public and working irregular work schedules. Bachelor's degree in Management, Public Relations, Theater, Hospitality Management, or related field and experience in the hospitality industry or managing a public facility; or any equivalent combination of training and experience. Examination will be a written test. $2,806-$3,507/month/DOE. Strong benefits and civil service status. See the Lafayette Consolidated Government, Civil Service Office, 705 W. University Ave., Lafayette, LA, or www.lafayettela.gov for deadline and additional information, or call 337-291-8330. See website for applications. EOE.

Main menu The Hospitality Hub is a coordinated effort between Lafayette Consolidated Government, Lafayette Travel, and the Lafayette Economic Development Authority, One Acadiana, and Downtown Lafayette to provide resources for those affected by disasters needing to navigate Lafayette and the surrounding areas...

Yep! Our first chance to see Postmodern Jukebox here! www.pasaonline.org gets you to tickets.

Bet you can't watch just one 🎶
Go down the PMJ Rabbit Hole at http://youtube.com/postmodernjukebox

Follow the math.

As Virus Resurges, G.O.P. Lawmakers Allow Vaccine Skepticism to Flourish As the coronavirus’s Delta variant rips through conservative communities, most Republicans remain reluctant to confront vaccine misinformation and skepticism in their midst.

It’s a thing! Get tickets: www.pasaonline.org.