Lafayette’s new theaterFollowing four years of delays, the theater portion of the Acadiana Center for the Arts is at last under construction in downtown Lafayette.For the surrounding performing arts community, this means the availability of a smaller location where music,…
A compendium of what’s hot & what’s not in Louisiana
Antique SlotsThere was an article in your March/April Louisiana Life magazine that was brought to my attention. The particulars of the article were based on a Louisiana State Police seizure of illegal slot machines. In the article, it stated, “The…
Bayou Fuselier meets Bayou Teche at Arnaudville. It has done so at that location for centuries.That’s not all the meeting that goes on in the town, which is split between St. Landry and St. Martin parishes. There is a burgeoning…
Louisiana Life is looking for stories about the place where you live told, in your words. Tell us about characters, incidents and other anecdotes. Tell us what you think is a good story about your hometown. All entrants are subject…
Congratulations to Lana Gramlich, winner of our Louisiana Life Photo Contest for May 2009.Glass trinkets gleam with light reflected from a rare snow in Southern Louisiana.Dec. 11, 2008 in Abita Springs, LA Want to enter your photos in the contest? Click…
Congratulations to Erin Heltz, winner of our Louisiana Life Photo Contest for June 2009.Tchefuncte River Lighthouse at sunsetPhoto was taken on January 18, 2009 in Madisonville, LA. To enter YOUR photo in our Louisiana Life Photo Contest, click HERE.
Moon Griffon is the anti-radio guy. If you don’t believe it, check out his radio show, which he proudly opens with the greeting “How y’all are?” popularized by the late Cajun comedian Justin Wilson.It’s not the smooth, refined or grammatically…
Louisiana Lakes Edition
Exploring the Eastern Gulf Coast
A guide to festivities around the state. MAY – JUNE
LOUISIANA-GROWNDaisiesOne humid spring night when I was pushing 3 or 4, I aimed my finger skyward and asked, agape, “What’s that?” My mother then introduced me to the fat platinum moon that beamed over New Orleans in an indigo sky.…
PROFILEThrill boxWatching the Louisiana State University Tigers play baseball during spring in the openness of Alex Box Stadium reminds me of Mardi Gras. There are plenty of revelers; the purple and gold of the Tiger uniforms dot the green field…
WORTH WATCHINGOrphan train(see related story, pg. 12)Between the years 1854 and 1929, as a means to eliminate overcrowding at the Catholic-run New York Foundling Hospital, more than 150,000 orphans were sent via train across the United States. Accompanied by nuns and…
Regional Reports From Across the State
Regional Reports From Across the State
Alabama's Seaside Treasures
Throughout the state there are producers working at pleasing a palate.Here are a few Louisiana food companies that have succeeded, some for more than a century and some that could be considered newbies in the state food culture.Southern BBQ Sauce:…
Amongst my dad’s favorite country adages is this gem: “You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose.” For this reason, “you pick” remained a foreign concept to me for years…
Art on the Acadian Prairie
Life in a garçonnière
Gardening – Farm-style
