Summer 2017
Contents
Sights and Sounds of Storyville
Great Raft Charts Its Own Course
A Louisiana Forte
Westgate Necromantic
Departments
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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