Spring 2018
About Our Cover
The Spring 2018 issue debuted on March 1.
The cover story features Leah Chase, the 2018 Humanist of the Year, who was interviewed on the eve of ninety-fifth birthday by Zella Palmer.
In addition to overviews of our other Humanities Award-winners, this issue also includes:
- Part four in the Water/Ways series, this time about the success of the West Bay Sediment Diversion.
- An excerpt from The Thibodaux Massacre by John DeSantis, one of the winners of the 2018 Humanities Book of the Year.
- A look at new Louisiana music with folklorist Ben Sandmel.
- A discussion about why Louisiana cities are where they are with Richard Campanella.
- Rediscovering revolutionary artwork with Orissa Arend.
- The revitalization of rum production with Nora McGunnigle and the team at Bayou Rum Distillery.
Plus stories from our partners at the Historic New Orleans Collection, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Louisiana State Museum, and New Orleans Museum of Art.
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Contents
They Built This City
Critical Mass 6
Sugarcane and Sweet Potatoes
Location, Location, Location
Departments
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Articles
Spring 2018
Thatho Ilpa Innihta
How the Coushatta describe Good Friday
Sound Advice
The Shimmering Mosaic of Louisiana Music
Ben Sandmel reviews new releases from Lloyd Price, Gregg Martinez, Sweet Cecilia and more
Spring 2018
An Alarm of Riot
On November 23, 1887, mobs of white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their families during a spree lasting more than two hours, throughout mostly black neighborhoods in the city of Thibodaux
Spring 2018
Ghosts of Desire
Revolutionary art is rediscovered in a trash heap 45 years after its creation
Spring 2018
They Built This City
New exhibition and book examine early New Orleans and it's people
Spring 2018
Make It Good: An Interview with Leah Chase
Zella Palmer talks with the culinary legend and 2018 LEH Humanist of the Year
Foodways
Sugarcane and Sweet Potatoes
Louisiana's 200-year-old tradition of rum production is revitalized, with distilleries sourcing the necessary raw material from farmers across the state
Magazine
Against the Flow
The lessons of the West Bay Sediment Diversion.
Geographer's Space
Location, Location, Location
Geographical, economics, and political factors led to siting of New Orleans, other Louisiana cities.
Spring 2018
Critical Mass 6
The Shreveport Regional Arts Council's annual invitational exhibition reflects the energy, passion, and powerful talent of Northwest Louisiana artists.
