Summer 2017

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- Channeling the Master Plan by Katy Reckdahl
- A Friendship Interrupted by Joshua Goodman
- Cajun Strong by Phyllis Baudoin Griffard
- It’s in the Water by Carolyn Kolb
- Great Raft Charts Its Own Course by Nora McGunnigle
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Articles
Summer 2017

It's In The Water
Powerful forces in New Orleans turned fluoride into a Cold War battle
Summer 2017

All Access Past
The Louisiana State Museum prepares to publish colonial documents collection online
Summer 2017

Celebrating a Francophone Resurgence
Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) prepares for 50th Anniversary.
Summer 2017

Living Color
Ogden Museum of Southern art exhibitions showcase William Eggleston and his influence
Summer 2017

Cajun Strong
Advances in genetics provide new hope for Acadiana’s close-knit population of Usher's syndrome carriers
Foodways

Great Raft Charts Its Own Course
The Shreveport brewery embraces experimentation to find success beyond Louisiana
Summer 2017

Sights and Sounds of Storyville
The Historic New Orleans Collection has an exhibition complementing the recently published book, "Guidebooks to Sin"
Summer 2017

Hot Fun in the Summertime
SRAC’s "Art of the Guitar Exhibition" celebrates James Burton, “Master of the Telecaster”
Magazine

Channeling the Master Plan
The science behind saving southwest Louisiana’s working coast.
Foodways

Hot Biscuits
Al Copeland and the race for perfection at Popeyes
Magazine

A Friendship Interrupted
New Orleans and Cuba enjoyed a strong commercial relationship prior to embargo
Summer 2017

Restlessly Inventive
Jim Steg was the most influential printmaker to be based in New Orleans in the twentieth century.
Disturbance in Your Mind

Westgate Necromantic
Geographer's Space

A Louisiana Forte
Lower Louisiana, where elevations may vary only by inches over miles, provides a unique challenge to mapmakers
