{"id":6357,"date":"2017-05-18T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/?p=6357"},"modified":"2017-05-17T18:37:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T23:37:28","slug":"library-needs-historical-mementos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/2017\/05\/18\/library-needs-historical-mementos\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Needs Historical Mementos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Calcasieu Parish Central Library is still gathering materials from the public for the Pop-Up Museums commemorating Lake Charles\u2019 150th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Gather your historical photographs, documents, artifacts and what have you, and bring them over to the Central Library.<\/p>\n

The topic for the next Pop-Up Museum, set for May 20, is \u201cIndustry and Transportation.\u201d If those words trigger any memories of any items in your scrapbooks, just make a trip to the library and show them your stuff.<\/p>\n

Need more info? Call 721-7116.<\/p>\n

Landry, Noveller And Michot<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, that\u2019s not the name of a Lake Charles law firm. Those are the names of three musicians who\u2019ll be giving solo performances at Lafayette\u2019s downtown venue Sickbay on Thursday, May 18. All three were born in Acadiana. The show will blend traditional Cajun music with experimental stylings.<\/p>\n

Cecilia native Dickie Landry is a saxophonist and flutist who\u2019s definitely earned his avant-garde licks. He was a founding member of the Philip Glass Ensemble and has collaborated with such experimentalists as Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson and Ornette Coleman. But he also plays with swamp pop super group Lil\u2019 Band \u2018O Gold and Lafayette garage band Frigg A-Go-Go.<\/p>\n

Using her guitar and the name Noveller, Lafayette native Sarah Lipstate composes music that expresses the \u201cbeauty of both the mundane and magical moments of waking life\u201d as well as \u201cthe terror and bliss of the subconscious.\u201d Her music has been described as \u201cotherworldly.\u201d As she\u2019s been releasing eight albums over the last decade, Lipstate has moved from being influenced by NYC \u201cwall of guitar\u201d experimentalists Glenn Branca and Sonic Youth to collaborating with them. She\u2019s also worked with Iggy Pop and \u201cnoise rock\u201d band The Jesus Lizard, which was heavily promoted by Chicago noise guitar virtuoso and producer Steve Albini.<\/p>\n

Also from Lafayette comes Louis Michot, who may be playing what will sound closest to traditional Cajun music. Since childhood, he\u2019s performed with his family ensembles (Fr\u00e8res Michot, Michot\u2019s Melody Makers) as well as the celebrated Lost Bayou Ramblers. His music is said to provide \u201ca vibrant synthesis of a broad range of traditional and modern modes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Located in downtown Lafayette, Sickbay celebrates the \u201calternative creative community of South Louisiana\u201d through house shows, pop-up markets and a yearly mini-festival. It connects local acts with those from Austin, Berlin, Los Angeles and other such cities. It records and releases new music from Lafayette, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Seating for the May 18 show is limited. Tickets are $25 for general seating in the recording studio; VIP seating in the control room is $75. Both tickets are on sale through Eventbrite at cls-sickbay-solosets.eventbrite.com.<\/p>\n

Refreshments and beverages are included with admission. Doors will open at 6 pm and music will begin at 6:45. There will be no admittance during performances.<\/p>\n

The show is a collaboration between the Center for Louisiana Studies and Sickbay. It\u2019s a benefit for the Center\u2019s Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore. For more information, contact the Center for Louisiana Studies at clspresents@louisiana.edu or 337-482-1320.<\/p>\n

Kelley Crafts Art For Waywords CD<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Heather Ryan Kelley, Ricorso, 2017, ink, gold leaf, relief print, image transfer and watercolor on paper, 11 by 11 inches<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Local artist and MSU professor Heather Ryan Kelley is continuing her series of works about James Joyce\u2019s gigantic novel Finnegans Wake. Kelley recently created the cover art for CD and vinyl releases of Waywords and Meansigns: Recreating Finnegans Wake. Waywords and Meansigns is a new large-scale piece of experimental music that manipulates and otherwise uses many passages from Finnegans Wake.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Hyperallergic Magazine, project co-founder Derek Pyle said, \u201cThe things that make the Wake hard to read are the same things that make the book so much fun to interpret musically. You can hear the text in so many different ways \u2014 there\u2019s German and Gaelic, catechisms and Vedic sutras, all embedded in the text, and you can pull out whatever elements catch your fancy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project was organized in 2014 as a collaborative effort to set Joyce\u2019s book to music. The new recordings will be released on May 4, the anniversary of The Wake\u2019s publication in 1939.<\/p>\n

Kelley\u2019s work of cover art, titled Ricorso, is based on a collage from her Midden Heap Project, which has been going on several years, and parts of which are often on view in local galleries.<\/p>\n

In other news from this artist, one of Kelley\u2019s art books was accepted in the 51st Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show\u00a0 at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. Artist Carlos Llerena Aguirre selected her accordion book titled \u201ca battle\u201d\u00a0 for the exhibition.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the Waywords and Meansigns project, visit folkradio.co.uk and hyperallergic.com. The Hyperallergic article is titled \u201cSetting the Puzzling Language of James Joyce\u2019s Finnegans Wake to Music.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Would Happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably read already that $1.3 billion in temporary Louisiana taxes will run out in 2017. And this time around, the annual budget gap will be about half a billion dollars.<\/p>\n

When Gannett\u2019s Greg Hilburn asked legislators how likely they thought it was that the Legislature would come to some sort of agreement or compromise about Gov. Edwards CAT tax plan, the funniest answer came from state Rep. Robby Carter, D-Greensburg: \u201cI don\u2019t believe we could get 70 votes to agree it\u2019s Monday.\u201d Of course, Carter knows a tax measure must get a two-thirds majority if it\u2019s going to pass the House.<\/p>\n

Less amusing was state Rep. Stuart Bishop, R-Lafayette: \u201cThere are a lot of things coming out of the governor\u2019s office that are dead on arrival.\u201d State Rep. Jay Morris, R-Monroe, said about the same thing: \u201cBefore anyone panics, I would say that only a couple, if any, [of the governor\u2019s proposals] will make their way into law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Word is that even Dems in the House were grumbling about the tax plan. Why? They feel they haven\u2019t been getting money for their districts during the Edwards administration. But there\u2019s been no spare money to spend. Yes, you know it and I know it. They don\u2019t know it.<\/p>\n

Of course, the main opposition to Edwards\u2019 plan came from fiscal conservatives. These folks say the solution isn\u2019t raising taxes; the solution is cutting state spending. Then, once again, they don\u2019t make any spending cuts. (Editor\u2019s note: Edwards\u2019 tax plan was withdrawn from legislative consideration a week before press time.)<\/p>\n

If spending cuts are the solution, why aren\u2019t spending cuts made? Robert Mann put it succinctly in the Times-Picayune: \u201cputting their ideology on paper \u2014 specifying which prisons, colleges, hospitals and DMV offices to shutter \u2014 won\u2019t be popular.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you cut stuff in my district, I get mad at you and I vote against you. But I don\u2019t care if you cut stuff in other people\u2019s districts. But those other people are voters, too. And if their stuff gets cut, they get mad and vote against their representatives. The obvious solution is to talk a lot about spending cuts then refrain from making any.<\/p>\n

I wonder whether we could be on the verge of the first session that can\u2019t manage even a patch-work budget gap fix; the first session that ends with the state in default. What would happen then? I know, I know. There\u2019d be a special session. But what if even that special session ended with the state in default. What would happen then?<\/p>\n

(Having just written that beautifully constructed piece of rhetoric, I read the AP\u2019s Melinda Deslatte\u2019s report that the \u201ctemporary\u201d 1-cent tax increase may be extended if legislators don\u2019t come up with anything better. I have to admit, that sounds like exactly what would happen in the state that\u2019s perpetually content with bringing up the rear.)<\/p>\n

Turn Purple And Change The World<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Up Fronter received an email from the talent agency the Lippin Group on April 18. Here\u2019s what it said:<\/p>\n

\u201cTune in for your consideration \u2014<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes mad skills to make music, but a legend to influence an entire genre. On the first anniversary of his death, Fuse and FM will honor the legendary Prince with a commemoration of his remarkable life and phenomenal talent. Fuse, FM and their social channels will also turn their logos purple for the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

One can barely imagine the glorious pride Prince must feel as he looks down from heaven and sees a couple of logos turn purple. That\u2019s going to mean so much more than seeing an album turn triple platinum did.<\/p>\n

Ya gotta love that \u201cit takes mad skills\u201d part. I\u2019m so impressed I\u2019ve changed the name of The Up Fronter Editorial Dept. to The Mad Skills Dept.<\/p>\n

The News<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDancing bug has all the right moves\u201d \u2014 USA Today headline, April 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cLana Del Rey pens song on way home from Coachella\u201d \u2014 GMX, April 18<\/p>\n

\u201cFirefighters rescue kittens from storm drain\u201d \u2014 CNN, April 19<\/p>\n

Hey! Leave The Culture Alone!<\/p>\n

New rules just passed unanimously by the City Council in New Orleans dictate that drivers can\u2019t harass, yell at or throw things at bicyclists.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat,\u201d I thought. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to make it OK to ride a bike on the streets. The next thing you know, we\u2019ll have pedestrians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sure enough, those new New Orleans rules also state that drivers must follow the rules of the road that give pedestrians the right of way. Just to recap: drivers must follow the rules that are already in place.<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s just fantastic. I\u2019m not saying I expect to see somebody walking down a road in Lake Charles in the next two or three years. I\u2019m just saying Louisiana politicians are getting dangerously close to making it possible for pedestrians to walk down our roads at some point in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n

Hey, politicians! If you have to make laws about taxes, licenses, zoning or stuff like that, well, OK. We\u2019ll let you. We don\u2019t like it, but the boat\u2019s pretty much left the dock.<\/p>\n

But please. Please. Don\u2019t make laws that will change the culture. They won\u2019t work anyway. You think you can use legislation to force Lake Charles drivers to be nice to bike riders? You might as well try to force them to learn how to drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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