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Rediscovering Audley Moore
New Iberia’s forgotten Queen Mother
Current Issue
Rediscovering Audley Moore
Current Issue
Born from a Duel
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A Studio of One’s Own
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Born from a Duel
A history of the Bowie & other knives in Louisiana
Magazine
A Studio of One’s Own
The Joan Mitchell Center’s decade-long impact on New Orleans artists
Magazine
An Irish Republican in Louisiana
The life and legacy of J.F.X. O’Brien
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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
Events
64 Parishes Winter Publication Party in Ruston
Join us on December 4 in Ruston to celebrate the release of 64 Parishes’ winter 2025 issue
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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
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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
Encyclopedia
Disasters
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and the subsequent levee failures resulted in one of the worst disasters in United States history.
Folklife
Crawfish Boils
Crawfish boils are a springtime ritual in Louisiana.
Folklife
Blessings of the Fleet
At Boat Blessings, a Catholic priest blesses a community’s shrimp boats before the start of shrimp season
History
Sophie B. Wright
A New Orleans educator and civic activist who embodied the complexities and racialized limits of white southern Progressivism.
K-12 Resources
8.17 c. Hurricane Betsy
One of the most destructive storms in Louisiana history, Hurricane Betsy made landfall on September 9, 1965.
7.9 d. Jean and Pierre Laffite
Two French brothers notorious for smuggling and slave trading also participated in the Battle of New Orleans.
1.8 e. Lagniappe
A popular term in Louisiana usually tied to the gifting of something small—or a little something extra—with a purchase.
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
The Chitimacha Tribe is the only federally recognized tribe in Louisiana to still occupy part of its ancestral territory.
