NEW ORLEANS Culinary Institute Opens Inaugural classes begin Jan. 7 at the hotly anticipated New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute (NOCHI), the brainchild of co-founder and board chairman Ti Martin of Commander’s Palace. State-of-the-art instructional spaces in the five-story, 93,000-square-foot…
The French artist Georges Braque once described art “as a wound turned into light.” In New Orleans, Detective Charles Hoffacker, a 14-year-veteran of the New Orleans Police Department, is shinning light on the city’s wounds through his art. Watching the…
Lafourche, Jefferson, IberiaGumbo Galore Gumbo festival fans are facing a delectable dilemma in October. The Louisiana Gumbo Festival of Chackbay is held in Lafourche Parish Oct. 12-14 (lagumbofest.com) on the very same weekend as Bridge City’s World-Famous Gumbo Festival (bridgecitygumbofestival.org)…
“Memento Mori” According to the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, “nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” Over the years, Breaux Bridge’s transcendental photographer Lynda Frese has traveled the world, studying religions, mythologies, early goddess cults and the classical…
Noteworthy news and happenings around the state
Carol Hallock paints her impressions of Bayou Lacombe
Noteworthy news and happenings around the state
Picturing the Black Experience
Celebrating the New Orleans Tricentennial with art
Mardi Gras on the Cajun prairie and in the New Orleans streets of Tremé
Noteworthy news and happenings around the state
Celebrations, cinema and ‘snow’
Hot Steel and Angels in St. Martin Parish
New Orleans artist uses installations to save ‘MotherShip’ Earth and Louisiana’s wetlands
Films, funny money, flights and free lunch
Dogs, drinks, fests, fun and a call to artists
Photographing the shifting and fragile Louisiana landscape
Living with family spirits in North Louisiana
Wine, weed, work and other pursuits
The city’s architecture and museums provide a host of cultural options
Efforts are underway to sustain a viable industry impacting small businesses throughout Louisiana
Exploring the surreal in Central Louisiana
A Louisiana film showcases domestic violence legislation and non-partisan advocacy
Restoring a Golden Age in Aviation in New Orleans
A year-end review of Hollywood South in 2016, from major movie releases to the latest productions slated for 2017 and beyond
Carving Winged Symbols of Peace in St. Tammany Parish
Inclusion initiatives in New Orleans, Shreveport and beyond raise bar for Louisiana’s ambitious indie filmmakers
Kingfish Chef Nathan Richard brings his brand of Cajun magic from the swamp to the table
Putting boots on the ground for film and TV productions in Louisiana.
Timothy Fontenot of Lake Charles photographs marshes and bayous of Southwest Louisiana
Author Alex Haley’s epic tale is retold with an all-star cast, fresh scholarship and a contemporary take for a new generation.
Painting the Louisiana Wetlands
In St. Bernard Parish, Jason Waggenspack and Sidney Torres III broaden the playing field with a world-class facility for Louisiana-shot films.
Dave Ivey captures character and beauty in Northwest Louisiana
Increased TV productions have diminished the lull
Sculptor Anthony Henderson’s virtuosity sets the gold standard on film
An artist's view
New Iberia artist Paul Shexnayder creates pieces that deliver universal messages.
When films require food scenes, stylist Kendall Gensler creates edible cinematic splendor.
May the odds be ever in our favor as the game-changing rulings begin.
The Art of WangLing Chou
Successful financial backers hail from Houma.
Lynda Frese’s haunting photo collages of the Shadows-on-the-Teche Plantation in New Iberia call to mind William Faulkner’s memorable line in his 1950 book, Requiem for a Nun – “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
Edgy indie filmmakers on the rise
A retired geologist in Baton Rouge, artist Charles G. Smith paints nature.
Painting in the shadows of Walter Anderson
Although the Civil War ended almost 150 years ago, the War Between the States continues to fascinate scholars, military history savants and ordinary folks whose ancestors played some role in that great American drama. To Stephen Ellis, who lives with…
Louisiana-based Hollywood Trucks is the fastest-growing entertainment transportation provider, and it’s eco-friendly.
Images from Natchitoches and the Cane River
Homegrown food love at Nonna in Monroe
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