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In the Mind of the Maker
Traditional Louisiana Boat Building Offers Insights for Cognitive Science Story by C.E. Richard, Photos by Brian C. Miller Richard Edward Couvillier is building his last boat. It’s what he calls a...
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From Duba to Plaquemines
by Gwendolyn Knapp, Photos by Cate Colvin Sampson The boats in the Hardrock Shipyard look like they’re practically keeling over in the heat, all ribs and burnt out bodies receding into the sand lot on...
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Shrimp Ambassadors
by Erica McCreedy, Photos by Cheryl Gerber and Tyler Walker Larry Avery at Big Easy’s plant in Lake Charles. Around 1996 in Chicago, Larry Avery didn’t know that he and Mark Abraham would become...
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Seeds of a New Science
by Michael Patrick Welch, Photos by Rick Olivier As the first day of summer approaches, farmers arrive at Louisiana State University’s Sea Grant oyster farm in Grand Isle to pick up their seed. The...
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Lugger Culture
Distinctive sail boats once defined coastal Louisiana’s oyster trade by Richard Campanella Tourists, a century ago, admired many of the same features of the New Orleans cityscape enjoyed by visitors...
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A Final Album but No Swan Song
Allen Toussaint’s Enduring Influence by Ben Sandmel Over the course of his six-decade career, Allen Toussaint (1938–2015) garnered acclaim as a songwriter, producer, arranger, pianist, bandleader,...
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New Exhibit in Natchitoches Celebrates Team’s History by Joyce Miller On November 1, 1966, All Saints’ Day, the National Football League awarded its 16th franchise to New Orleans. Over the next 50...
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The Question of Why
Journalist investigates cold cases involving KKK in Concordia Parish by Kara Tucina Olidge Stanley Nelson was born in Concordia Parish in the city of Ferriday, one year after the landmark United...
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Seeing Nature
Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon of Arizona at Sunset, 1909, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, Paul G. Allen Collection Courtesy of New Orleans Museum of Art Fall Exhibition Explores the Experience and...
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Phở Sure!
Vietnamese Fusion in Uptown New Orleans Chef Phat Vu. Photo by Chris Robert Chef Phát Vũ, owner of Ba Chi Canteen in uptown New Orleans, comes from a family steeped in culinary tradition — his...
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The Power of the River
Ships in the River Waiting for the River Pilot by Simon Gunning. Courtesy of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art Artist Simon Gunning has painted many things, but is best known for his works that invoke...
View ArticleBanknote Bonanza
New Exhibition Surveys Historic Currency American banknotes in the 21st century are known for their uniform size, green ink, built-in anti-counterfeiting features and universal acceptance as the...
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Filming Plaquemines
Nailah Jefferson directs first #CreateLouisiana-funded film By Brian Boyles At first glance, it seemed like an average afternoon at the Beshel Boat Launch. Fishing boats bobbed along the docks,...
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Famille de Vve Paris née Laveau: The Tomb of Marie Laveau in St. Louis...
by Carolyn Morrow Long In New Orleans’ St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 stands the resting place of the celebrated Voudou priestess, Marie Laveau. The pedimented three-vault tomb, bearing the inscription...
View ArticleMistress of the Haunted House
Madame Lalaurie’s name lives in infamy in New Orleans’ history by Carolyn Morrow Long The imposing gray three-story edifice known as the “haunted house” looms fortress-like on the corner of Royal and...
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Hail to the King Bee
New Slim Harpo biography chronicles music, influence of West Baton Rouge bluesman by John Wirt “I’m a King Bee,” released by Nashville’s Excello Records in 1957, announced the arrival of Baton...
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Living Laboratory
by Brian Boyles • Photos by Zack Smith Timmy Vincent cut the airboat’s engine and surveyed the water of Cole’s Bayou in Vermilion Parish. “They had cattle drives in these marshes,” he told his...
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Review: “Krazy” by Michael Tisserand
By Lydia Nichols Krazy: A Life in Black and White Michael Tisserand 560 p.p. Harper Collins New York, 2016. $19.25 There is nothing more American than passing, the act of projecting a racial identity...
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The High Priestess of the French Quarter
The reference is brief enough to easily miss, but if you were listening—and knew what you were listening for—you would have been impressed with the researchers for “American Horror Story.” The first...
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Generosity Follows Destruction
A Poet and Her Neighbors Respond to the August 2016 Floods by Ava Leavell Haymon While the unprecedented rain fell and fell, I was stranded in Washington state. I watched the storm on my laptop....
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