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Henry Allen ran his brass band for 45 years, and his son Red was a trumpet player known the world over. They're just two luminaries in the constellation that is old Algiers.
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Billy Wayne Sinclair has a new book, a devoted wife, and a debt that he is still paying for murdering a Baton Rouge store operator in 1965.
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An upcoming Bill Moyers TV special -- based on a Louisiana case -- sets out to tell the world what the chemical companies knew and when they knew it.
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Bouquets & Brickbats: local heroes and zeroes
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Blake Pontchartrain™: New Orleans Trivia
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Events Recommended
Mandolin virtuoso David Grisman created his own musical genre.
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Book Reviews
Here are a few reasons to book over to the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
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Book Reviews
Before the current flood of memoirs, there was Rosemary Daniell and her tales of sex and writing in the South.
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Book Reviews
In very different books, authors Barry Unsworth and Connie Porter create characters who suffered and profited from the institution of slavery.
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Book Reviews
A new book by novelist Valerie Martin resurrects the true mission of St. Francis of Assisi.
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Book Reviews
To Philip Caputo, being a writer -- and an investigative reporter -- means
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Music Recommended
For more than a decade, the funky, jazzy and ubiquitous duo of drummer Andy Wolf and Kevin O'Day has let the rhythm hit 'em.
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New Orleans Restaurant Reviews
Follow the wafts of garlic and spices that hint at the Italian treats inside IRENE'S CUISINE.
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Home and Fashion Features
An Old Metairie couple blends classic and new designs for a unique living space.
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Home and Fashion Features
Finds to beautify the great outdoors
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Home and Fashion Features
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Home and Fashion Features
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Home and Fashion Features
Local architect and interior designer extraordinaire Lee Ledbetter is receiving lots of national attention with current features in two national publications.
