THIBODAUX, La – The Louisiana King Cake Festival announced the list of bakeries participating in the King Cake Competition, the highlight of the fest, and its panel of judges. The festival, presented by the Lorio Foundation, will return to Downtown Thibodaux…
You may know him as a member of Team Niall on the current season of "The Voice" on NBC, but Dustin Dale Gaspard is helping to put Cajun music and language on an international stage. The artist, from Cow Island…
LULING, La (press release) – The Lafon Performing Arts Center is proud to announce their 2025-2026 season and a new programming model. The new season will host meaningful, memorable encounters between professional artists, students, educators and families and kicks off…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, along with Gov. Jeff Landry, announced Louisiana’s newest Poet Laureate, Gina Ferrara. Following Alison Pelegrin’s successful tenure as Poet Laureate from 2023 through August 13 of this year, Ferrara…
The music industry knocks down more than it lifts up. But for Maggie Koerner, a bluesy singer/songwriter who has done more than her fair share of time in the trenches of the music machine, talent was never in question and…
We walked into Downtown Jeaux at about 10 a.m. comin’ in hot and hungry from our drive into Houma from New Orleans. I claimed the last open table while Mark staked a spot in the growing line. It was a…
September - October Misty Milioto “Dungeon Crawler Carl” by Matt Dinniman. This story follows a man and his cat who must survive a deadly alien-run dungeon crawler game that has replaced Earth. While it’s a totally different genre for me,…
The Louisiana landscape, nature, dreams, the female body, the moon and the “archetypal stories and mythologies” that passed through time are spiritual and metaphysical forces that give expression to Lafayette artist and filmmaker Cayla Zeek’s art. At first glance, her…
The Devil in Oxford “The Devil in Oxford” is the third book in the Ruby Vaughn Mystery series by USA Today best-selling, New Orleans author, Jess Armstrong. Armstrong follows the adventures of Ruby Vaughn, who works for Mr. Owen, owner…
“Dogtown” might be fighting words in North Little Rock. Some residents embrace the nickname — as does the city, which is home to an…
By Autumn of 2005 the subtle suggestions of a changing season were being felt, not in a big way like in places where the leaves turn orange but in subtle ways: the cane fields being harvested; an occasional chill; embers…
LAKE CHARLES, La (press release) – The Mamma Joe Project, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association of Louisiana, announced a free screening event of the documentary "My Mama Joe, Hope & Help." This community engagement forum will take place on…
GRAND ISLE, La (press release) – The Oleander Hotel, a two-story structure that has withstood time and storms on Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island, has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places—a significant milestone in the campaign to…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The LSU Museum of Art announced A Bayou State of Mind, on view Sept. 4. How do you translate the spirit of your environment? The museum shares that the exhibition A Bayou State of…
On the evening of August 26, 2005, I was in the owner’s suite at the Superdome. (I had gained entry not because of rank but because of luck and knowing one of the hosts.) The event was a mere pre-season…
