Summer 2026 • Issue 32
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Photo by Brian Pavlich
Contents
See You at the Fest
A New Beginning on the Land
An Ambassador of Louisiana’s French Music
A Place Called Louisiana
Building a Community of Support
What We Can Know About Edmond and Basile
A Reminder of Our Shared Humanity
American Populist
An Advocate for the Arts in Northwest Louisiana
It Takes a Village
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Articles
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Back in “the Fun Shop”
Two magicians made a Halloween store Shreveport’s secret Gay Pride headquarters
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See You at the Fest
Don Marshall is the 2026 Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities awardee
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A New Beginning on the Land
Black farmers & the Louisiana Delta Project
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An Ambassador of Louisiana’s French Music
Michael Doucet is the 2026 Humanist of the Year
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A Place Called Louisiana
Kevin Rabalais is the 2026 Documentary Photographer of the Year
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Modern Baptists
The tragic hilarity of James Wilcox’s debut novel
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The Art of Bright Lights
“The Cajun Picasso” Dusty Reed’s artwork for the 2026 Bright Lights Awards
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Building a Community of Support
The RosaMary Foundation & Keller Family Foundations receive the Chair’s Award for Institutional Support
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What We Can Know About Edmond and Basile
The 2026 Bright Lights Film of the Year
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A Reminder of Our Shared Humanity
HNOC’s Captive State is the Bright Lights Exhibition of the Year
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American Populist
American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana is the 2026 Book of the Year
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An Advocate for the Arts in Northwest Louisiana
Pam Atchison is the 2026 Bright Lights Champion of Culture
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It Takes a Village
Dr. Debra Jo Hailey is the 2026 Light Up for Literacy Awardee
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Poetry by Justin Lacour
Selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Gina Ferrara
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Uplifting New Orleans
Using mule-powered screws and hydraulic lifts, Abry Brothers have been raising and moving buildings since 1840
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Music in the Court of Calanthe
Shreveport’s Calanthean Temple was a nexus of live music and Black society at the turn of the twentieth century
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As It Stands
New Orleans design firm CICADA makes a thorough map of present-day Grand Isle
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In Pursuit of Persimmons
Lush, honeyed sweetness rewards those who learn to wait for this fruit
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What Do Opelousas, Marksville, and Monroe Have in Common?
… and for that matter, Vidalia and New Roads?
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Independence Won
An interactive exhibition immerses visitors in the Revolutionary War
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The “Pink Menace”
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Community Rhythm
Levitt AMP Music Grant helps community find its rhythm in Caddo Common Park
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