Beginning with Friday’s night market and culminating in Sunday’s festive Songkran, those celebrating Pi Mai, the Lao New Year, will have lots to do, see and taste at Sanford’s beautiful ...

BROUSSARD, La. — In Broussard, the Lao New Year Festival is celebrating its 40th year. It brings together people from all over the world for a three-day event filled with cultural festivities.

Clouds of shaving cream clung to hair, clothes and faces. At Saginaw’s Wat Lao Thepnimith temple, the streets became a river of celebration on Sunday as thousands welcomed the Lao New Year.

So here’s a trio of upcoming ideas for your culinary calendar. First is a special Lao New Year Guest Chef Dinner at Bad Idea this Sunday, May 25. To be honest, any meal at Bad Idea is pretty ...