Culture

“A Knock At My Door:” Reminiscing with Chef John Folse

On July 9, 2026, Chef John Folse celebrated his 80th birthday. Author Miguel Savoy, a ninth-generation Louisianan from Mamou, La., interviewed Chef Folse as he reminisced on his upbringing. The…

Landry Vineyards Offers Locally-Made Wines in West Monroe

Jeffrey Roedel, Photos by Romero & Romero,

On a sweltering late June morning in the middle of a particularly wet growing season in the hilly outlands west of Cheniere Lake, the team at Landry Vineyards is prepping to absolutely crush it. A huge haul of blueberries from…

Shreveport’s Own John Hoffman Lands the Gig of a Lifetime with Primus

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The moment Shreveport local John Hoffman learned he was chosen to become the newest member of Primus, filmed as part of a multipart YouTube web series called the “Primus Interstellar Drum Derby,” chronicling the band’s search for a new drummer,…

Books that Highlight Origin and Structure in their Pages

Christopher Louis Romaguera,

Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine “Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine” is written by one of the best culinary historians in the country, Dr. Jessica B. Harris. Harris spent…

Elusively Odd

John R. Kemp,

Bossier City artist Joshua Chambers is a painter, storyteller, philosopher, teacher, theater set designer and former museum curator who was once described as “elusive and happily odd.” That description,…

Lush Avery Island Jungle Gardens

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Episode 230: Dustin Dale Gaspard is Putting Cajun Culture Front and Center on The Voice

Kelly Massicot,

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's Lafon Performing Arts Center Introduces 2025/2026 Season of Entertainment

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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…

Delgado Professor and Poet Gina Ferrara Named Next Louisiana Poet Laureate

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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 Musical Pursuits of Shreveport's Maggie Koerner

Site Staff, Photography by Katie Larocca,

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…

Houma Has all of the Ingredients for a Day or Weekend Down the Bayou

Melanie Warner Spencer,

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…

What We Were Reading 2025

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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,…

Lafayette Artist Cayla Zeek and the Alchemy of Art

John R. Kemp,

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…