Last summer’s Cash for Clunkers program sure got the old wheels turning around here. Not that we were seriously in the market for a new ride. It’s just that “cash” and “clunkers” are two words guaranteed to make any farmer’s…
Arise ye allFrom the first sounds of “thee,” “thy” and “thou” while being greeted by costumed workers, you are transported back 400 years to the time of Queen Elizabeth and England’s Renaissance period.“We stretch a little for the entertainment value,”…
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PROFILEGrave transgressionsI can’t imagine the mindset of a person who would rob a grave –– skulking into areas blackened by night to break not only hallowed ground but also the Seventh (if you’re Catholic or Lutheran) Commandment and stealing after poking around the…
QUIRKY PLACESHaunted “house”Its arched windows and crenelated towers watch the Mississippi River from a green bluff, looking like a medieval castle. Louisiana’s Old State Capitol Building is a beautifully Gothic 150-year-old structure that was the hot seat of Louisiana government after the…
QUIRKY PLACESWindow watcherWith its history of hurricanes, American Indians, pirates, the Civil War and Reconstruction –– not to mention the chronicle of sheer human drama –– Acadiana seems filled with unseen voices forever whispering their stories into your ears. Possessed…
PROFILEThe Parker House ghostThirty-one years ago, when she was only 5, Brandy Parker moved with her family into a Depression-era house in the community of Tioga. The property, the previous home of her aunt and uncle, sprawled for 3 acres…
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The Wright brothers freed man from the shackles of gravity in 1903. By World War I (with the cavalry still on horseback) our airmen were flying surveillance missions and dropping hand-held explosives, while barnstormers back home promoted Red Cross and…
Here is Home”: Those three words say almost everything about Jenny Ellerbe and her remarkable photographs of Northeast Louisiana. Here is Home is about a Monroe artist who has found her visual poetry in the dark bayous and shadows…
Stacy Lynn Shearman’s Lake Charles home reflects the creativity of the Charpentier Historic District.
Playing Fair
ALBANY – Old World heritage takes center stage next month when descendants of Hungarian immigrants host their annual harvest dance celebration in Louisiana’s Hungarian Settlement, just south of Interstate 12 in Livingston Parish.
