“This is an original show—I’ve never done anything like it before,” said Deri’Andre Tucker, who plays cocktail server La Fonda in “Last Night at the Rue Bayou.” “It has a mythical feel to it.” As the French Quarter fills…
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…
At the last minute, there’s another pre-departure check of headlamps, a methodical sorting and re-sorting of gear. Inside a barn south of Natchitoches, a dozen hunters adjust their shell bags and wader straps. They pack duck calls, gloves, more and…
Epitomizing a marriage between zydeco and blues that embodies generations of an authentic musical tradition, Marcella Simien proudly takes her place as a standard bearer of the Creole sound through spiritual reinvention and modern innovation. Daughter of zydeco legend Terrance…
Oklahoma is like Wonderland: You won’t find it on a map. What you’ll find is an amorphous area encompassing the southeast corner of Oklahoma with Broken Bow Lake and Beavers Bend…
Secret Keepers Teresa Tumminello Brader’s second book, “Secret Keepers,” is a collection of short stories. The stories are steeped in characters who are struggling in their relationships with loved ones and the world around them. We deal with characters worried…
Located southwest of Alexandria, the Wild Azalea Trail is a part of the Evangeline Unit of the Calcasieu Ranger District of Kisatchie National Forest. Designated for hiking and cycling, the trail’s start and finish points are…
NEW ORLEANS – “The Wiz” premiered in New Orleans this week at the Saenger…
You wouldn’t know it unless a dendrochronologist told you, or maybe you never thought to look, or perhaps you’ve looked but never realized: The ancients still live among us. Hidden away in secluded swamps with little but mosquitoes and reptiles…
Acadiana In addition to the Cajun and Creole traditions, Acadiana offers numerous visual arts galleries, performing arts venues, theater and, of course, music and dance halls. “There’s always something to do here,” said Jackie Lyle, who’s helmed the Performing Arts…
Each of our journeys contains three parts. First comes the anticipation. For days, months or years, we look forward to our departure. Then, finally, that day arrives. We travel, some of us, to leave…
Turned Earth “Turned Earth” is Brad Richard’s fifth poetry collection, this one by LSU Press. This collection goes through Richard’s journey as he navigates his mother’s death, life with his husband and being a teacher. Richard’s placement in New Orleans,…
Slidell artist Solange Ledwith gave her gallery an unusual name. It’s called Swamp Girl Glass. She didn’t grow up in a Louisiana swamp, though her house in Slidell does back up to nearby Bayou Bonfouca. After a long nomadic life…
