Lafayette’s year-long bicentennial revelries continue with the Celtic Bayou Festival bicentennial celebration March 17-18 (celticbayoufestival.com) followed by the March 26-30 Festival International de Louisiane bicentennial celebrations (festivalinternational.org). Chartered by the Louisiana Legislature in 1823 two years after its founding, the…
Asheville, a small city in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina, is known for its quirky charm and beauty. With a thriving culinary and arts scene, a walkable downtown bursting with shops, art galleries and restaurants, and…
In 1986, Mabyn Shingleton, her husband, TV personality Pat Shingleton, and her baby son Michael in a stroller, lined up at the Baton Rouge City Park Golf Course and headed toward Perkins Road where the couple owned Zee Zee Gardens…
Commemorative statues are everywhere in Louisiana. We have them for soldiers, explorers, musicians, sports figures, politicians and saintly people. Now, New Orleans has a new monument that celebrates the work of the nationally acclaimed New Orleans artist John Scott…
Hometown Lakeland, Louisiana Age 32 Occupation President/CEO, Oxbow Rum Distillery Web oxbowrumdistillery.com Wheeling through the fields, the pickup bumps and bounds past walls of tall golden stalks. Windows rolled down, a small hand hanging out of the truck…
Seeds of love The Weeds: A Novel New Orleans writer Katy Simpson Smith takes readers on a journey across the ages in her latest novel, "The Weeds." The book follows two women, one in 1854 Europe and the other in…
A great egret fluffs its feathers, which is a post-preening behavior to remove dirt and dust and get feathers back in place. Houma
Drinking and driving? That’s dangerous! But nobody says you can’t shuffle a few steps from the wine bar to your comfy bed using your own two feet after a few tipples. Romantic, beautiful to behold, and a way to…
With a passion for all things ‘oil and gas’, CEO and owner of Ilios Resources, Inc., Laura FitzGerald helps mineral owners navigate the oil and gas industry as pertains to their interests. After early career success and experience as a…
Building a passion for health literacy and sports medicine, Stephanie Aldret, DO, CAQSM, a Louisianan by choice and graduate of Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, currently serves as Chair and Associate Professor for Family Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine…
Serving as President of Louisiana’s largest certified woman-owned general contracting company, Kristen Brown of Brown Builders, Inc. (BBI), continually strives to build a better Louisiana. Kristen has been active in many civic organizations throughout her career and was recognized for…
Imagine three great cooking styles served in one place, or written about with recipes in one book. The place is Wayne Jacob’s Smokehouse in LaPlace (St. John the Baptist Parish); the book is "Southern and Smoked: Cajun Cooking through the…
There are all sorts of anniversaries in life, however seldom is a milestone celebrated for a candy. But then there are few confections as worthy of special recognition as Heavenly Hash. This year is the centennial of Elmer Chocolate creating…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – ANTIQUES ROADSHOW will visit LSU Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 for an all-day appraisal event as part of the series’ 28th production tour! PBS’s most-watched ongoing series will…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital and Hogs for the Cause broke ground today on the previously announced Family Support Home. The Family Support Home will serve as on-campus housing for families from Louisiana and beyond who have a child…
LAFAYETTE, La (press release) – The Hilliard Art Museum will bring Women’s History Month into the present beginning March 3 with a new exhibition by Luciana Abait, a California-based, Argentinian born artist who explores the impact of climate and the…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The Louisiana Art & Science Museum (LASM) will host “Love Your Heart Day” in recognition of Heart Awareness Month on Saturday, February 25th, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. LASM, in conjunction with the…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Breeze Airways, the newest, nicest low-fare airline, is adding two new destinations from New Orleans, starting in May, with nonstop flights to Hartford, CT (BDL) and Los Angeles, CA (LAX). The new flights are seasonal summer…
There are two principal ways of Carnival group ritual in Louisiana. One is the New Orleans style float parade with bands, marching groups and maskers flinging throws from floats. And the other is the Cajun style Courir de Mardi Gras…
HAMMOND, La (press release) – Gnarly Barley has been recognized by two separate organizations for their taproom and brewery, located at 1709 Corbin Road in Hammond. These awards come during their eighth year of existence, speaking to their staying power…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – Mary Grace Ellerbee, a freelance collaborative pianist from Zachary, is the first recipient of the Everett G. Powers Fund for Creativity Award. Powers, former Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge CEO, established the annual…
NEW IBERIA, La (press release) – The Books Along the Teche Literary Festival (March 31- April 2, 2022) is proud to announce that Lisa Wingate will be the featured Great Southern Writer on April 1, in downtown New Iberia. The…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana State Museum are pleased to announce the extension of the exhibition, Rex: The 150th Anniversary of the School of Design, at the Presbytère, through the end of 2023.…
