Last year, the Wings of Hope Wildlife Sanctuary set a record, caring for more than 550 animals at the Livingston facility. As baby owls, purple martins, otters, pelicans and even a bald eagle continue to show up at the door this year, director Les…
Richard Fossey, of Baton Rouge, tells of another view of a fearsome reptile:
After a one-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Music and Performing Arts in Hammond will present the 20th annual Bill Evans Jazz Festival April 14-17, honoring one of its most notable alumni.
New food truck Chicky Sandos, 10625 Airline Highway, is cooking up Nashville-style hot chicken in the Baton Rouge area.
Garden centers are bursting with color right now. Plants of all kinds — from annual and perennial bedding plants to flowering shrubs and trees — are ready to add to your landscape.
“Despite memory’s obvious benefits, it can also let us down,” says Daniel Schacter, author of "The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers." "Memory, for all that it does for us every day … for all the feats that can sometimes ama…
Dudley Lehew, of Marrero, discusses regional language barriers:
Our grandson loves seeds, flowers and plants. For Christmas, he wanted seeds, lots of seeds. For his sixth birthday, he got a tree, as in satsuma tree.
Tickets are on sale for Playmakers of Baton Rouge's online musical cabaret of villains, "S.A.B. Gone Bad," streaming April 16. Tickets are $20. You will be emailed a private link to view the show at any time on that day. Visit playmakersbr.org for…
A few months ago, I crashed a party.
This time, Festival Acadiens et Creoles is going with Plan A.
Dear Smiley: After reading about french fried potato sandwiches, I got a nostalgia moment.
Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Southern University Law Center is giving viewers a preview screening online of PBS' new "Independent Lens" docuseries "Philly D.A." from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday.
One of the hosts of weekly Baton Rouge talk show "Glitter & Gossip" switched roles Wednesday night as part of the virtual audience for Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen."
Balanced atop a pair of unicycles, the two women raced forward, their shirts flapping behind. They slowed, grasped each other’s hands and spun in a circle. Coming to an abrupt stop, they bounced up and down on the cycles then rolled away before gr…
As Mother’s Day approaches, it got us thinking about all those little white lies we told to, you know, spare her feelings.
It's nice to have Jay Dardenne back in the column after a long absence, while he did something involving politics:
The votes are in and American Country Music Chatter's 2021 New Artist of the Year is none other than Livingston's Laine Hardy.
Tabatha Roberts is vice president at Wonderland Performing Arts. I visited their new facility on Johnston Street and was so impressed. They started in a 2,000-square-foot space and the new place is 10,000 square feet. It has dance studios, music r…
On a wooded, residential street near the far end of Hoo Shoo Shoo Too Road and a stone’s throw from the Amite River, a new outdoor venue is making music in Baton Rouge.
The annual Black and Orange Bash presented by 10/31 Consortium is a go.
Crust Pizza Co., a fast-casual dining concept that serves house-made, thin crust pizza and made-fresh menu items, has announced the signing of a two new franchise leases in Lafayette and Moss Bluff.
John Schneider turned 61 on Thursday, so he's throwing another Bo's Extravaganza this weekend — but he's not stopping there.
After a year of isolation, I find myself getting nostalgic about the days when large, festive gatherings were the norm.
There are those who want the full bacon-and-eggs treatment for breakfast. Others are happy to nibble their way through a breakfast bar, washing it down with a big mug of coffee.
One of six children born and raised in Baton Rouge, S. Gary Polozola grew up with an appreciation of his faith, family and food all wrapped in a Sicilian tradition.
Rick Marshall reminds us of the wild tales of the arrival of the year 2000 and the 'Y2K' panic, when the change was supposed to cause a shutdown of computers and just about everything else.
Le Doodle Organic Cotton Candy isn't the pink and blue cotton candy of your carnival memories.
Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ, a fast-casual hot dog and barbecue restaurant, has opened at 636 Arlington Creek Centre Blvd.
Coffee comments in the Monday column brought this note from Charlie Anderson:
TJ Ribs has reopened its doors at 37436 Ultima Plaza Blvd. in Prairieville on April 5.
After being cooped up at home for more than a year, it might be time to freshen things up at bit.
Three gardens in the University Acres subdivision are being featured by the LSU Hilltop Arboretum in its Magic Moments Tour.
With the invention and use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, farmers were able to increase food and crop production to support the world’s increasing population. But the overuse of chemicals has had a negative effect on our pollinators and e…
Memory is the process of absorbing information around us, processing it, storing it and then later recalling and retrieving that information. Our ability to remember and to recall our past is what links us to our families, our friends and our community.
After Paul Major asked a weather question on Friday about the difference between a drizzle and a sprinkle, I received some thoughtful and marginally helpful replies.
As we navigate the anniversary of the COVID crisis I am reflecting on how we coped.
Tickets are on sale for Theatre Baton Rouge's production of "Blithe Spirit," running April 23-25 and April 28-May 1 on the Main Stage, 7155 Florida Blvd. Tickets are $30.75 and $25.75 for students by calling (225) 924-6496 or at theatrebr.org.The …
Tickets are on sale for Theatre Baton Rouge's production of "Blithe Spirit," running April 23-25 and April 28-May 1 on the Main Stage, 7155 Florida Blvd. Tickets are $30.75 and $25.75 for students by calling (225) 924-6496 or at theatrebr.org.The …
My family isn’t good at celebrating Easter the way some folks do.
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
As a pastor, I have never faced such difficult dilemmas as those presented in the past year by the pandemic.
Dear Smiley: When my niece Breck graduated from high school, she asked her parents to celebrate the occasion with an at-home dinner party (this was before COVID).
Willie and Korie Robertson, one branch of the West Monroe Robertsons of "Duck Dynasty" fame, will launch their original talk show series Monday on Facebook Live.
When MJ's Cafe owner Mary-Brennan Faucheux decided to announce her pregnancy, she did it in the most chef-like way: with food.
Last spring rolled in with a sense of dread as COVID-19 hammered us down. For many of us, our busy lives came to a screeching halt.
As the 18th season of Discovery Channel's "Pit Bulls & Parolees" opens this weekend, Tia Torres and company are still doing what they've done for 30 years-plus — saving pit bulls.
A Baton Rouge lady I recently described as "something else" uses that title as an alias. She tells of two food encounters with the British:
Theresa Wasiloski is a movement artist. She currently teaches for the PACE program, a joint initiative with the Acadiana Center for the Arts and Lafayette Parish Schools that brings art integration into schools. She teaches Kindergarten throuh thi…
In 1991's hit comedy "What About Bob?," Bill Murray created another hard-to-hate goofball as the anxious, afraid-of-everything Bob Wiley. Reading behind-the-scenes tales, it's hard to believe a movie this funny could come from that set.