Fall 2021
About Our Cover
Probably taken at Spanish Fort, this reverse detail of a ca. 1928 Lake Pontchartrain beach scene shows the cars and bathing costumes of the Jazz Age. William Russell Photographic Collection, The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Contents
On Birding in Louisiana
The Boot on the Diamond
Jumping Jehoshaphat!
Quarter Moons Rising
In Search of a Rosenwald School
Reach for the Back and Pray
Departments
The current issue of 64 Parishes is available for $6.95 plus tax and a $5 shipping and handling fee. Back issues of 64 Parishes and Louisiana Cultural Vistas are available for $7.95 plus tax and a $5 shipping and handling fee. Note that supplies are limited on some issues. To order call 504-523-4352 or email [email protected].
Articles
Styling Out
An excerpt from the new book Dancing in the Streets explores the planning and artistry behind social aid and pleasure clubs’ finery
Fall 2021
Oh, Casanova
How a Cleveland R&B song became a New Orleans brass band staple
Fall 2021
Quarrels with America
Robert Stone's A Hall of Mirrors
Back to the Future
Recommitting to public art and art education in northeast Louisiana
The Liberace of Wellness
Fans are still wild about French Quarter native Richard Simmons
Both Water and Country
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen
Louisiana Hill Country
Not so high and mighty
Stumble Upon the Fun in Caddo Common Park
Uncommon entertainment abounds with Culture Fest, Hoots & Hops, and Skeletal Survival & Monster Mash
They Gave Us a Beach
The memory of a Black beach on Lake Pontchartrain
On Birding in Louisiana
There’s plenty of competition in looking for birds
The Boot on the Diamond
Football-mad Louisiana does well at baseball, too
Why Not Boogie with the Boogie Man?
Rougarou Fest saves the Cajun werewolf and other traditions
Evangeline: Evolution of an Icon
A new exhibit at West Baton Rouge Museum
Education
Spark Boxes
Special deliveries of PRIME TIME
A Labor of Love, and a Monumental Resource
A major milestone in the documentation of Cajun and Creole music
Jumping Jehoshaphat!
The legacy of UL Lafayette trampolining coach Jeff Hennessy
October Is Folklife Month
Recognizing culture bearers and tradition keepers
Lunkers and Specklebellies
Bass fishing and waterfowl hunting in Louisiana
Quarter Moons Rising
Reviving the South’s hottest night spot
In Search of a Rosenwald School
Relics of a Jewish philanthropist’s work to further Black education
Louisiana’s Special Squashes
The Thanksgiving season brings the region’s two favorite squashes to the table
Reach for the Back and Pray
Frogging in Jefferson Davis Parish
