Arts and Culture

15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (188+ words) The Louisiana Gumbo Festival, held annually in Chackbay, is coming back to the bayou this weekend. The over 50-year-old festival celebrates all things southern Louisiana, with volunteers cooking up nearly 500 gallons of Gumbo during the festival weekend. The festival has…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (509+ words) The Livingston Parish Fair continues through Saturday at the Livingston Parish Fairgrounds. Wednesday is field trip day for area students and the Livingston Parish Library will be on side with its book mobile and story times from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Carnival rides…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (468+ words) Southeastern Louisiana University Theatre is celebrating two milestones this season — the return to a newly renovated Vonnie Borden Theatre and the graduation of its second class of B.A. in Theatre students. To mark the reopening, the Mainstage Season opens with…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (159+ words) Zachary's Fall Fest Pumpkin Patch is filled with the gourds. Kids enjoy the Haunted Bouncy House during Zachary's Fall Fest on Oct. 2. Scary statue display at Fall Fest in Zachary Friday. Festivalgoers gather Oct. 2 for Zachary’s downtown Fall Fest. Joshua…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (279+ words) Events surrounding lectures and music are scheduled during the upcoming week of the 41st season of Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual fall festival of the arts, humanities and social sciences. First up at 2 p.m. Oct. 12, the History and Political Science Department…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (809+ words) Bartender Bailey Edwards pours a Liquid Lobotomy at The Station Sports Bar and Grill on Thursday, October 1, 2026. A Hex Appeal drink is pictured at The Station Sports Bar and Grill on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The season of all things spooky has…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (192+ words) BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish Library showcased several artists from the city's hip hop scene during Red Stick Rhythms Hip Hop Night on Saturday at the Main Library at Goodwood. East Baton Rouge Parish Library showcases several artists…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (721+ words) Dutchtown High School’s theater department will perform ‘Radium Girls’ Oct. 6-8. The play is the story of 1920s dial painter factory workers’ fight for justice against radium poisoning. Dutchtown High School theater students Maddox Underwood, left, Kate Goodwin, and Harrison Griffis rehearse…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (505+ words) The conversation we have with readers can yield tips that require more reporting or can enhance the reporting we are currently doing. We often get letters from readers that recount experiences they’ve had or issues they’ve noticed in…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1700+ words) Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews greets Steve Gleason with the "fo-to-fo" gesture -- forehead-to-forehead -- before a recording session for Gleason's "Rebirth" album at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. Steve Gleason, flanked by caregiver Jenni Doiron and longtime friend Jim…...