Simien Family Creole Gumbo Recipe – Chicken & Sausage – add Gulf Shrimp*! NOTE: the word gumbo is African in origin. Ingredients: 3 tbsp Olive oil 8 Organic chicken thighs – skinless, boneless or w/ skin & bone, which will need be removed before serving 2 lbs lbs large Gulf shrimp peeled, deveined …
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Robert Redford, Larry Wilmore and countless other righteous artists across the disciplines lend their name and reputation to this. Without the NEA, we would not be able to perform all over our beautiful country-sharing our unique music & culture with adult, youth and student audiences. Don’t blink and at 3:15 in you might catch a …
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Help build the next audience of culturally literate and informed performing arts patrons, and please remember “some traditional arts have a deep-rooted history with little change, while others are constantly evolving and adapting to their changing environment.” What are Traditional Arts? The South is home to an abundance of traditional art forms whether they are …
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Just want to savor a few more of the wonderful memories from last year! Welcoming a New Year comes with so many happy memories and the possibilities of what lies ahead, but our lives and careers are not a 24 hour news cycle so we cannot possibly just race into the new year without pausing …
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Just landed back in the U.S. y’all and soon we’ll be sharing more stories, images and memories as we debrief from this life eventful 3 week tour of Russia and Ukraine. In the meantime however we’ll leave you with some beautiful images from July 13-26 in NWR, (Northwest Russia) the Urals and ancient cites in …
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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Promoting Mutual Understanding NEWS UPDATE: The group has been invited on a 6 city 2 week tour of Russia in July 2015. Arriving in St. Petersburg the group continues onto the beautiful, historical port city of Kaliningrad for their first performance and ends the tour in Tyumen, where they …
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Terrance and the band go back a long way with Ben & Jerry. Back to the 90’s when their “One World, One Heart” festival drew many thousand to a mountainside in little bitty Warren, VT. As the poster reads the great Bill Graham was also a partner. We’ve actually been in the business that long …
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Creole Mardi Gras Run, St. Landry Parish, circa 1986 The two time GRAMMY award winning group is on a rare tour of Park City, UT and Washington state in the run up to Fat Tuesday. They are still available though for Mardi Gras day, Feb. 17th! They could stay in the NW or drop down …
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As many people know Terrance along with many, many other passionate and proactive Louisiana artists, have been exporting their culture for decades to places all over the globe. They are highly respected cultural ambassadors of not only their community and state, but their country too. However it was all born right here in the lower …
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Terrance, Danny, Stan and Jose (formerly of the Zydeco Experience band) were honored to have accepted the GRAMMY ™ for their “Dockside Sessions” CD in the Best Regional Roots Album category on January 26, 2014 at the Nokia Theatre right before the televised show at Staples Center. The PreTelecast, is where 72 GRAMMY awards are …
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