There are lots of questions raised by numbers; fortunately, many answers have been found. Allison Plyer, chief demographer for the New Orleans-based Data Center, looks at both sides including analyzing why Louisiana’s population is declining and why there is…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The Louisiana Art & Science Museum (LASM) will host the museum’s next Studio Saturday Art Class on Saturday, Jan. 20, from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., led by local artist and scientist Meagan Moore.…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The Louisiana Art & Science Museum (LASM) announces the grand opening of the museum’s newly renovated hands-on gallery, “The Seed,” on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 10 AM. From 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m., LASM…
Arguably, no one knows Louisiana food better than Stanley Dry. Having served 21 years of writing the food column for Louisiana Life – as well as having been a contributor to national publications including Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, The…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The 11th Annual Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival starts with a pre-party on Thursday, Feb. 8, from 7 p.m. to midnight at Henry Turner Jr.’s Listening Room. The main festival will be held on…
September - October Misty Milioto “Brother Odd” by Dean Koontz. It’s a mix of supernatural and thriller genres, and the writing is superb. I just love how Koontz can turn a phrase to create the most interesting metaphors. Jeffrey…
One of the things I love most about Carnival is how it changes over time. Not so much the holiday itself, but the way we come to it. A lifelong Louisianian, I’ve been celebrating Carnival since I was a…
There was a time when king cakes were a mere side attraction to Carnival, served mostly in classroom parties and during office breaks. A New Orleans’ baker had borrowed from the French tradition of Gallette des Roi and prepared what…
Seated in a rocking chair on South Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans, Carrie Fisher ponders her corset. In the past six months, she’s spent 100 hours beading the artwork she’ll eventually attach to it, and with 100 days until…
In March 1699, French Canadian Pierre Le Moyne traveled down the Mississippi River to explore the Louisiana colony. It was Mardi Gras, the celebratory Tuesday before Ash Wednesday when French residents have long “lived it up before giving it up.”…
Acadiana arguably hosts the second-largest Carnival celebration in Louisiana with the requisite balls, parades and special events akin to its massive cousin to the east. But a group of Lafayette residents thought something new was called for, something intimate,…
On Mardi Gras Day, La Société De Saint Anne parade revelers march on Royal Street in New Orleans making their way to the river to honor those who died the year prior.
Sixty years ago this month, hundreds of African Americans supported by pastors and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) entered the Forrest County Courthouse in Hattiesburg to register to vote. Later that summer of 1964 the protest evolved into…
Except perhaps for Rio de Janeiro, there’s nothing like Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It’s a visual orgy of brightly-colored floats drawn through city streets in the fiery glow of…
From sprinting after his friends through the woods of his native River Ridge, a big plastic Rambo knife in hand, to multiple deployments as an Army Ranger to Iraq and Afghanistan, to cooking in fast-paced New Orleans’ kitchens and sampling…
At a Glance Architecture Everett Schram, while at Walnut Grove Design Group Interior Design Gena Pool Square…
We suggest that you clip out this column; laminate it if you can or at the very least seal it in a storage bag and place it in a treasured cookbook. Why? Stanley Dry, our long time food expert is,…
(Left) This plaque on the grounds of Fort Jackson commemorates Louisiana’s first Mardi Gras. Across the Mississippi River from what later became Fort Jackson, Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville camped with his party on March 3, 1699,…
Often listen to music when I cook. Lately, my choice has been “The Complete Million Dollar Quartet,” an impromptu jam session that took place at Sun Records in Memphis on December 4, 1956, with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee…
Due to a police shortage, New Orleans is spending millions of dollars to add law enforcement to keep Carnival safe in 2024. New rules: Only 34 parades are allowed in 2024, no more silly string or mylar confetti canons…
For Today Carolyn Hembree Carolyn Hembree’s poetry collection, “For Today,” tackles grief, trauma, anger, love and living in New abook follows a recent mother who grieves her father who died right before she gave birth to her child. Throughout this…
From crawfish and Heavenly Hash to conjuring spirits and exploring the rhythm of America, we've covered a lot this year on "Louisiana Insider." For the final week of the year, we're shining some light on some of our most popular…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Stronghold Studios is a locally owned and operated art and fabrication studio based in Mid City, New Orleans, Louisiana. This Mardi Gras season, they are stepping up to the plate and taking the lead on the…
Gordon “Nick” Mueller once had a conversation with Stephen Ambrose, a history professor colleague at the University of New Orleans. What Ambrose had to say would make history itself. He proposed a project to build a museum focused on the…
