Shane Bernard has Louisiana culture in his blood. He also has splashes of Tabasco sauce. Bernard, a historian who has chronicled Cajun culture and the Swamp pop music scene, is also the archivist for Tabasco hot sauce. He, a scholar…
Bob Mann has been in the boiler room with many important Louisiana political figures including Russell Long, J. Bennett Johnson, John Breaux and Katheen Blanco. He has also written about Louisiana politics as a newspaper reporter and as an author…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – Due to the recent statewide surge in COVID-19 cases, and out of an abundance of caution and for the health and safety of staff and prisoners, the Angola Prison Fall Rodeo has been…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism today dedicated the fourth marker along the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail. This marker, located at A.Z. Young Park in Baton Rouge, honors the first,…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board crowned Mississippi Chef Austin Sumrall from White Pillars Restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, as the 2021 King of American Seafood after winning…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Girl Scouts Louisiana East and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) announced that the new Adventurefuls cookie will join the nationwide lineup for the 2022 Girl Scout Cookie season. An indulgent brownie-inspired cookie with…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development’s Division of Historic Preservation and Division of Archaeology awarded a total $458,669 in Historic Preservation Fund grants for fiscal year 2021-2022 to support…
LAFAYETTE, La (press release) – After careful discussion concerning the current Delta variant-related surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Acadiana area and the overall health care crisis happening throughout Louisiana, the organizers of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles have…
Clare Chennault led the country he was fighting for in defeating the Japanese in the air war. Surprisingly, that country was China and without his aerial combat skills Japan may have conquered the nation in 1937. Accordingly, the outcome of…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana proudly announces that author and Louisiana native Fatima Shaik has been selected as…
This year marks the 30th anniversary of casino type gambling being legitimized in Louisiana. Pulitzer-winning journalist Tyler Bridges joins Errol Laborde, executive editor of Louisiana Life, along with producer Kelly Massicot to discuss the political history of the games of…
HOUMA, La (press release) – The Bayou Community Foundation (BCF) awarded grants totaling $226,000 to 30 nonprofit organizations working in Lafourche, Terrebonne and Grand Isle today to fill critical needs in our Bayou Region. “The past year has tested us…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – #CreateLouisiana announced today the recipient of the 2021 French Culture Film Grant, the narrative short film, Film Quest. Now in its fifth year, the French Culture Film Grant is a unique opportunity for Louisiana filmmakers…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board are excited to announce Chef Robert Vasquez of Forks & Corks in Covington will represent Louisiana to face-off against 12 other…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The New Orleans Saints and Caesars Entertainment announced today the formation of a 20-year, exclusive naming-rights partnership that rebrands New Orleans’ iconic downtown stadium as the Caesars Superdome. Caesars Superdome will host all Saints…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Calling all aspiring Louisiana nurses! Applications are open for the first class of Ochsner Nurse Scholars. The program will provide 200 scholarships to students across the state. Dedicated to growing the pipeline of nursing…
When Jim Brown, a young attorney from Louisiana first met Edwin Edwards, who was in Congress at the time, the two men sat on the steps of the U.S. capitol and talked about Louisiana politics and their ambitions. It was…
MANDEVILLE, La (press release) – The Old Mandeville Business Association (OMBA) will kick off the fall cultural season in Old Mandeville on Saturday, Sept. 25 (Rain Date: Sept. 26), at the Girod Street Stroll, presented by Resource Bank! This…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) and the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) welcomed 80 teachers from around the world this week to work in Louisiana public schools starting…
It was 1966 and racial tensions, which were always high in Plaquemines Parish, were boiling over—a group of male Black students was fighting against some white males. Gary Duncan, a local who was related to one of the Black students,…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Louisiana Hospitality Foundation (LHF) will host its 10thannual Gold Medal Chefs Gala and Hospitality Awards presented by The Sazerac House on Wednesday, August 4, at 6 p.m. (dinner at 7 p.m.) in The Great…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The Louisiana Division of the Arts (LDOA) announces the opening of the application period for the Louisiana Project Grants program. Administered jointly by the Louisiana Division of Arts and the nine regional arts councils,…
ABITA SPRINGS, La (press release) – Moonshadow Music, Wellness and Art Festival is taking place in Abita Springs on September 4 & 5 (Labor Day Weekend), and featuring performances from Handmade Moments, Mahmoud Chouki, Ray Wimley, Silk & Mortar,…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area (ANHA) announce the 2021 Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Competitive Grant awardees. The 23 projects represent 10 of the 14 ANHA parishes. The projects…
