Summer 2026
Back in “the Fun Shop”
Two magicians made a Halloween store Shreveport’s secret Gay Pride headquarters
Articles
Summer 2026
See You at the Fest
Don Marshall is the 2026 Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities awardee
Summer 2026
A New Beginning on the Land
Black farmers & the Louisiana Delta Project
Summer 2026
An Ambassador of Louisiana’s French Music
Michael Doucet is the 2026 Humanist of the Year
Summer 2026
A Place Called Louisiana
Kevin Rabalais is the 2026 Documentary Photographer of the Year
Summer 2026
Modern Baptists
The tragic hilarity of James Wilcox’s debut novel
Summer 2026
The Art of Bright Lights
“The Cajun Picasso” Dusty Reed’s artwork for the 2026 Bright Lights Awards
Summer 2026
Building a Community of Support
The RosaMary Foundation & Keller Family Foundations receive the Chair’s Award for Institutional Support
Summer 2026
What We Can Know About Edmond and Basile
The 2026 Bright Lights Film of the Year
Summer 2026
A Reminder of Our Shared Humanity
HNOC’s Captive State is the Bright Lights Exhibition of the Year
Summer 2026
American Populist
American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana is the 2026 Book of the Year
Summer 2026
An Advocate for the Arts in Northwest Louisiana
Pam Atchison is the 2026 Bright Lights Champion of Culture
Summer 2026
It Takes a Village
Dr. Debra Jo Hailey is the 2026 Light Up for Literacy Awardee
Summer 2026
Poetry by Justin Lacour
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Gina Ferrara
Summer 2026
Uplifting New Orleans
Using mule-powered screws and hydraulic lifts, Abry Brothers have been raising and moving buildings since 1840
Summer 2026
Music in the Court of Calanthe
Shreveport’s Calanthean Temple was a nexus of live music and Black society at the turn of the twentieth century
Summer 2026
As It Stands
New Orleans design firm CICADA makes a thorough map of present-day Grand Isle
Summer 2026
In Pursuit of Persimmons
Lush, honeyed sweetness rewards those who learn to wait for this fruit
Summer 2026
What Do Opelousas, Marksville, and Monroe Have in Common?
… and for that matter, Vidalia and New Roads?
Summer 2026
Independence Won
An interactive exhibition immerses visitors in the Revolutionary War
Summer 2026
The “Pink Menace”
Excerpt from Café Lafitte in Exile: Queer New Orleans and the Story of America’s Oldest Gay Bar
Summer 2026
Community Rhythm
Levitt AMP Music Grant helps community find its rhythm in Caddo Common Park
