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Un Petit Peu

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 LOUISIANA State Police releases app to report suspicious activity Louisiana public safety officials last week announced a new cooperative endeavor called “See Something Send Something” which will connect citizens and their mobile device Read More

Practical Promotions

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 Flyers are a reliable method of advertisement, but whether online or on your windshield, the good ones are not particularly easy to create. Jason Gardner’s company, Vivid Images, has been in the custom graphics and printing business for Read More

Below Par?

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 On his regular walks along the shaded sidewalks of City Park, Bryan Jones has always thought the sprawling public space could offer something more to the community. So when he saw the petition started by Baton Rouge Business Report publish Read More

Change is Coming

Posted: May 15 | 1 comments

 Ever since it was carved out as a pre-industrial transportation route, Government Street – the rough-edged and varied corridor that runs the length of mid-city Baton Rouge – has remained an ever-changing and important element of the cit Read More

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Hero or Jester?

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 Last week in Cleveland, three missing girls were rescued after being held captive for 10 years. Few details have emerged about the situation, but what little has been revealed is incredibly disturbing and unsettling. At the request of the Read More

Let’s get logical

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 This place was never supposed to be home. Coming to Baton Rouge as a fresh-faced Teach for America member, I thought I would change the lives of my students and go back from whence I came. I was naïve. I knew about the poor public educatio Read More

Winners and Losers

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 Winner: The guy who wrote the Beauregard Town Craigslist ad Once in a great while, Craigslist Baton Rouge, that online cesspool of hookup ads, employment scams and baby clothes, produces a gem. Last week, one such nugget appeared in the hou Read More

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Opinion: Pitching Prowess

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 Exceptional pitching wins games on the diamond. LSU Baseball and Softball have pitched exceptionally well this season, so it’s not surprising that LSU Baseball and Softball have both won a multitude of games this year. As complex and di Read More

Tiger Bites

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 Softball garners No. 9 seed, faces Central Connecticut State in NCAA opener The LSU softball team earned the No. 9 national seed in the 2013 NCAA Championships and will host a four-team regional which features Louisiana-Lafayette, Northwest Read More

School’s Out

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 Back in Baton Rouge after capturing the program’s 17th SEC Western Division title with a series win at Texas A&M, the LSU baseball team is set to close out the regular season with a series against Ole Miss this weekend. Tigers’ Coa Read More

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Grand Slam

Posted: May 17 | 0 comments

 On May 11, five teams from area high schools gathered in the Manship Theatre for the ALL CITY Teen Poetry Slam Festival Grand Slam Finals. The top teams were from Dutchtown High, Istrouma High, Math, Science & Arts Academy, McKinley Hig Read More

Jazz Thinking

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 Louisiana is often associated with jazz and blues music, but the visual artists inspired by it aren’t so well recognized. On man, though, contemporary artist John T. Scott – raised in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward – has built a lega Read More

Modern Troubadour

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 When music critics, fans or listeners refer to Chuck Brodsky as a writer of “folk ballads,” the 52-year-old singer-songwriter – who will make his 10th annual appearance at the Red Dragon Listening Room on Friday – takes it as a comp Read More

The Age of Sleep

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 The man rocks back and forth on his old mahogany rocking chair, creaking each time as the age is revealed. The cracks stream down to the legs. The man lives in the sleep and dreams in the wake, thinking of the butterfly that flies in fro Read More

Fashion: Haute Off the Rack

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 Congratulations to the graduating class of 2013! Whether you’re graduating from high school, college, medical school, or law school, graduation is huge achievement. This is a day dedicated to all of your sleepless nights, bottomless cups Read More

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Memories made for Mother’s Day

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 On Mother’s Day, I had some time to reflect on what inspired me to start cooking and why I have the passion for such a grueling, yet fulfilling, career as a chef. I was spending Sunday with my maternal grandmother, who was in turn spendin Read More

The Dish

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 Street Breads, the latest installment to the Perkins Road overpass corridor of good eats, is now open and serving sandwiches inspired by street foods from around the world, all made with fresh ingredients. The La-Mex wrap is a grilled ch Read More

The Drink

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 While most people dread the letters “IRS,” there are beer lovers that look forward to seeing it every year. Stone Brewing’s Imperial Russian Stout (IRS) is, fittingly, released on April 15 each year. Stone also brews a variant of its Read More

Freshness Found

Posted: May 15 | 0 comments

 When it comes to freshness, Helana Brigman captured the essence of Louisiana Farmer’s Market products in her book “The Fresh Table: Cooking in Louisiana All Year Round.” Her passion for food writing doesn’t start, or stop, at this c Read More

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