Aggie’s Skate Connection
Zoe Hebert Staff While many skating rinks in the Bayou Region have closed, Aggie’s Skate Connection in Houma is still going strong, celebrating their 25th anniversary March 7. “I love watching my customers smile, laugh, and truly enjoy themselves,” says current owner Tish Aguillard, who has managed Aggie’s since 1998. “I try to play all […]
Plaquemine Pop-Up
Victoria Davis- Abad Staff The Plaquemine Skating Rink, also called the Plaquemine Pop-Up, opened in 1953 and closed in the late 1970s to early 1980s. The wooden floor rink was in an off-the-ground, temporary tent that was set up as soon as school closed for summer. The skating rink even sparked a Facebook group with […]
Wheels R Rollin
Dominic Lasseigne Staff Wheels-R-Rollin was a roller skating rink located in Schriever, Louisiana, open from 1980 to 2014. The rink offered public skating sessions on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. They also offered private parties, group events, and skating lessons. According to Gerard Clement, the current owner, the rink was remodeled in 2012 and renamed Skooter […]
Patterson Skating Rink
Kelby Toups Staff The Patterson Skating Rink once drove the youth scene in the small town of Patterson, Louisiana. The property where the skating rink used to be was owned by the Letchworth family in the 1970s. John Kimball, the current owner of the property, says they would call it “the skating rink across the […]
Southland Cinema
Daeshawn Armstead Staff The Southland Cinema was opened in 1968 in the Southland Mall in Houma, Louisiana. It was originally a single screen theater but was converted to a twin theater which featured more than one movie screen. The cinema was opened by Gulf States Theatres, an entertainment company located in New Orleans. As the […]
Legion Park Pool
Dominic Lasseigne Staff Legion Park Pool was a swimming pool in Houma constructed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration, an organization formed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program that enlisted out-of-work men to build public works projects like the pool. The American Red Cross ran the pool, located on Williams Avenue, for […]
Jet Drive-In
Kelby Toups Staff For more than 40 years, Cut Off, Louisiana, was the home of one of the Bayou Region’s most popular youth hangout spots. Jet Drive-In was a drive-in movie theater built in 1953, founded and owned by Richard ‘Dick’ Guidry and Lefty Cheramie. At the time of the drive-in’s opening, the Korean War […]
Lights Fantastic
Jace Paul Fanguy Staff In 1978, South Lafourche High School students were still mourning the loss of one of the greatest clubs on the bayou, the Safari. But then The Lights Fantastic opened its doors, becoming the new hot spot for high schoolers to show off their dance moves. The club, located between Larose and […]
Rainbow Inn
Jordyn Voisin features editor Nestled in the heart of Pierre Part off U.S Highway 70, is an old, abandoned building wasting away from the effects of time. Since its opening in the 1930s, the building has been a thriving bar, restaurant and dance hall known as the Rainbow Inn. Eve Justilian who moved to Pierre […]
The Greenhouse
Alayna Yarwood Staff The small town of Cut Off, Louisiana, was home to a busy club called The Greenhouse — a hub for young adults from Cut Off, Larose and surrounding communities. From 1982 to 2012, young adults would frequent The Greenhouse from Wednesday through Saturday nights to drink, dance, and hang with friends. “The […]