64 Parishes

A Studio of One’s Own

The Joan Mitchell Center’s decade-long impact on New Orleans artists

Born from a Duel

A history of the Bowie & other knives in Louisiana

Rediscovering Audley Moore

New Iberia’s forgotten Queen Mother

From City Park Stadium to The Arena, via Venus and Mars

64 Parishes Story Finalist for National Award

"King of Olympus" by Robert W. Fieseler received a nomination for a GLAAD Media Award, the most visible & prestigious awards for LGBTQ+ media

64 Parishes Winter Publication Party in Ruston

Join us on December 4 in Ruston to celebrate the release of 64 Parishes’ winter 2025 issue

64 Parishes Has Eight Finalists for 2025 Press Club of New Orleans Awards

64 Parishes Magazine has received eight 2025 Excellence in Journalism award nominations across seven categories, including Best Magazine, from the Press Club of New Orleans

64 Parishes Story Receives Top Regional Journalism Award

“A Bar Called Charlene’s” by Robert Fieseler was honored with the Green Eyeshade Award, the top honor distributed by Southerners from the Society for Professional Journalists

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and the subsequent levee failures resulted in one of the worst disasters in United States history.

Crawfish Boils

Crawfish boils are a springtime ritual in Louisiana.

Blessings of the Fleet

At Boat Blessings, a Catholic priest blesses a community’s shrimp boats before the start of shrimp season

Sophie B. Wright

A New Orleans educator and civic activist who embodied the complexities and racialized limits of white southern Progressivism.

8.12 f. Oil and Gas Industry in Louisiana  

While the oil and gas industry has helped grow Louisiana’s economy, it has also created significant environmental challenges.

7.14 d. Colfax Massacre

In 1873 white Louisianans responded to Reconstruction policies with violence, resulting in a massacre that claimed as many as 150 lives.

7.9 b., d. Battle of New Orleans

The Battle of New Orleans, the last major conflict in the War of 1812, was fought between British and American forces on January 8, 1815.

7.8 h. Louisiana Purchase and Territorial Louisiana

This entry covers the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the period of territorial governance that followed until Louisiana became a state in 1812.