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Tax filing assistance through VITA available at Main Library
Tax filling assistance returns to the Main Library on Tuesdays from Feb. 6 to April 9, except February 13, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Read more about the program here.
Prime Time Family Reading returns to TPL
Prime Time Family Reading returns in February to the East Houma Branch. Click here to read more.
Keep Your New Year’s Resolution With the Library In 2024
Looking to set some goals for 2024? Read more on how programs and services from the library can help you complete your resolutions.
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Happy 20th Anniversary to Main!
LIBRARY BLOGHappy 20th Anniversary to MainChances are when you talk to anyone down here about their childhood, "Old Main" comes up in stories of how people spent their days as children. Old Main is the affectionate moniker for the old, well-loved Main library on the...
Our Anticipated Books of 2023
LIBRARY BLOGOur Anticipated Books of 2023Was 2022 even a year? Here's our anticipated titles for the (hopefully better) new year.Young AdultJanuary 3The Love Match- Priyanka TaslimContemporary RomanceJanuary 24Spice Road- Maiya Ibrahim(The Spice Road Trilogy #1)High...
Mais, You Heard? Preserving the Tradition of Cajun Oral History
LIBRARY BLOGMais, You Heard? Preserving the Tradition of Cajun Oral History Breaking news: Cajuns love to talk. Specifically, Louisianians from the Acadiana parishes and bayou communities want you to know about their momma and ’em. Oral history has been a cherished...
Rougarou: The Swamp Werewolf
LIBRARY BLOGRougarou: The Swamp WerewolfParents raising families in the swamplands of Louisiana don’t scare their children with stories or Dracula or the Boogeyman. Instead, they spin tales of the rougarou, a once-human, wolf-like, shapeshifting beast who walks on two...
Our Terrebonne Parish Resident Ghost
LIBRARY BLOGOur Terrebonne Parish Resident Ghostsort ofGhost stories have been around for as long as people have been dying, and they often gain cultural significance when shared and retold over time. As we look to understand death and the afterlife, ghosts...
Vampires in the Deep South: The Casket Girls and Comte de St. Germain
LIBRARY BLOGVampires in the Deep Southor just New Orleans, reallyThe Casket Girls and the Ursuline Convent We all know that vampires hail from Transylvania beginning with Vlad the Impaler, but what are the origins of the American vampire? The legend starts with...