The Lake Charles sesquicentennial planning committee is asking for help.
The city is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding, and special events are being planned to mark the occasion.
One such event will be the “150 Years of Lake Charles” exhibition at the Historic City Hall & Cultural Center, 1001 Ryan St.
Denise Fasske, director of cultural events at the center, said the exhibition will consist of a series of 16 panels outlining the history of Lake Charles.
“We’re going to cover everything from the early years, architecture, churches, disasters, city growth, transportation past and present, immigration, everything,” Fasske said. “What we’re looking for to augment each panel will be something that pertains to each of those, say for instance one will be arts and entertainment and I know somebody out there has a sighting with Elvis because he has come through and stayed here. That kind of thing.”
Items featuring famous residents are also being sought.
“We have famous residents, past and present, like Tony and William Kushner, Dr. Michael DeBakey, Nellie Lutcher, Eddie Schuler, people like that,” Fasske said. “If you have any relics or information or pictures or stories that go along with any famous people or entertainers, we’d love to share those.”
Architectural pieces are welcome, too.
“If you have perhaps an old sign left over from an old business like a store or restaurant or beauty parlor, old photographs of before the Civic Center or downtown Lake Charles before it became closed off as a walking mall, whatever takes you back in history,” she said.
Here’s where American Press readers come in.
“Just dig in your closets, go into the attic, see what you can find,” Fasske said. “Think of anything from the past that connects the history and culture of Lake Charles.”
Fasske asks residents, churches, organizations, clubs or businesses that have items and photos of historic significance who would like to loan them to the gallery, to visit http://ift.tt/2opuIHj and click on events and exhibit opening. There will be a form to fill out and send in.
A committee made up of librarians, historians, archivists, marketing and media people will make the final selection of objects and photos to be displayed both on the panels and in a digital scrapbook.
The deadline for submissions is Aug. 1.
The opening reception for the exhibit will be 5-9 p.m. Sept. 29 during Gallery Promenade, and the pieces will be on display through Dec. 30.
A second event on the docket is a series of one-day pop-up museums that will be on display at Central Library, 301 W. Claude St.
Fasske said these pop-up museums are essentially “show and tell” displays created by the people who attend.
A different topic is scheduled for each month: business and restaurants, April 29; industry and transportation, May 20; sports and outdoors, June 17; libraries and education, July 15; entertainment and media, Aug. 19; and churches and neighborhoods, Sept. 16.
Items can be as simple as a drawing or as priceless as a family heirloom.
“Many people could bring something to the pop-up museum for that day and then bring it to Historic City Hall to possibly be part of the main exhibit, which will begin in September,” Fasske said.
Those who bring items to the one-day pop-up museums are encouraged to stand along with their items and talk about them, giving visitors a story about the history of where they came from and who owned them.
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