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
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