The Writer's Room

How Jackie Clarkson Helped Save a Theater

As a council member and a legislator Jackie Clarkson faced many fights during her...

New Orleans at the Time of July 4’s First Hundred Years

July 4, 1876 was supposed to be the happiest of occasions. On that date...

Numbers From Louisiana – The D-Day Count

A year earlier some of them might have been angling for catfish in a...

Bagpiping Through History: From Normandy to New Orleans

This week will mark the 80th anniversary of one of the grandest moments in global...

Memorial Moments: A Memorial Day and Hurricane Katrina Connection

One night during our post-Katrina exile, in the Central Louisiana town of Marksville, we...

The Best Reason For Missing a Day of Jazz Fest

Because of his job, Brian Hernandez Jr., a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, had to...
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Mick and Jeff and Irma, too

Like him or not, Governor Jeff Landry proved that he is quick with a...

How High Winds in New Orleans Caused Thunder in Oklahoma

August 2005. Among the many disasters in New Orleans left by Hurricane Katrina's levee...

Night of the Fair Grounds Fire

This, the first week of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, reminds me...

They Called Him “Frogman” – For Good Reason

Back in the days when personal computers first had programs that checked for spelling...

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