Winter 2021

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A September 2020 shot taken in the Oak Park area of Lake Charles shows damage from Hurricane Laura. Photo by Chad Moreno.
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Articles
Sound Advice

Last Gig in Natchitoches
Jim Croce died shortly after playing at Northwestern State University

The Formation of Reggie Adams
The story of the lone known Black victim of the 1973 Up Stairs Lounge tragedy

No Place for Ketchup
In Monroe–West Monroe, a rising tide lifts all gravy boats
Coastal

“The Levee Is the Problem”
Historically deprived Black communities reel from Hurricane Ida

Unpeopled Louisiana
Mapping remoteness

A City Worth Saving
Confronting a changing Gulf Coast

More Precious Than Rhinestones
Louisiana’s festival queens act as local advocates and bearers of tradition

Mama Oretha and Tee Jean
Family memories of two civil rights icons

Louisiana’s National Champion
No, not LSU (but close)

Fais Do Do: Louisiana Lullabies
A collection of songs for children in Louisiana French

Traditions in Wood
Cabinetmaker Greg Arceneaux brings artistry and heritage to his craft

Plas Johnson
A prolific session musician with a sound all his own

Leather Britches Smith
The labor rebel and mythic outlaw of Beauregard Parish
Winter 2021

“Call Me Shakbatina”
LeAnne Howe’s Shell Shaker

Lessons Even in Silence
K. Stephen Prince’s The Ballad of Robert Charles: Searching for the New Orleans Riot of 1900
Education

Off to School!
Prime Time becomes an approved vendor partner for the Louisiana Department of Education

The Poinsettia Tree
A holiday tradition continues at the R.W. Norton Art Gallery

Father and Son Artists Invite You Along for the Ride
Mike and Larsson McSwain’s pandemic travel sketches

The Greatest Free Show on Earth
Making Mardi Gras marches into THNOC’s exhibition enter

Mona Lisa Saloy
Louisiana’s new poet laureate writes about and for Black Creoles of New Orleans
