Music
Katie Webster
Boogie-woogie pianist and blues vocalist Katie Webster was a prolific recording and touring musician.
John Wirt
King Creole Turns 60
On location in New Orleans, Elvis staked his claim as an actor
Business & Industry
Liberty Theatre
The historic theater in Eunice entertained generations as a movie theater, vaudeville house, and home of Rendez-vous des Cajuns.
Lincoln Parish Turns 150
A century and a half for the Reconstruction-era parish
Look at Little Sister
Linda Gail rocks her way out of Jerry Lee’s shadow
Lost Highway
Jayne Mansfield's last days in Louisiana.
Morgus the Magnificent
New Orleans’s answer to Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs
Music in the Streets
A Closer Walk: New Orleans Music History, Block by Block is the 2025 Best in Digital Humanities award winner
Music
Papa Celestin
Cornetist and trumpeter Oscar Phillip “Papa” Celestin was a jazz pioneer and beloved bandleader and entertainer.
Music
Percy Sledge
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Percy Sledge recorded soul music hits in the 1960s, including the iconic “When a Man Loves a Woman.”
Plas Johnson
A prolific session musician with a sound all his own
Music
René Hall
René Hall was an arranger and studio musician who made invaluable contributions to scores of hit recordings from the 1950s through the 1970s.
