A prayer breakfast without prayer cuts to the heart of U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black.
Jim Winkler, president of the National Council of Churches, will give two free presentations open to the public during the Louisiana Interchurch Conference on March 2-3.
Dear Smiley: My mom could hear a pin drop at 50 feet. Her nickname when she was a kid was “Rabbit Ears.”
Deadline for religion bulletins is noon Monday. Email religion@theadvocate.com.
When asked if he wanted to make a guest appearance in Lafayette, Randy Fenoli quickly said "I do."
We've had several comments on the difficulty folks outside south Louisiana have with Cajun names.
Emeril's of New Orleans pastry chef Jeremy Fogg is returning to the Food Network kitchen, he announced on Facebook Thursday.
The Ochsner Eat Fit team is providing pre- and post-challenge metrics in the New Orleans, north shore, Baton Rouge, Acadiana and Shreveport regions. Sign up via Eventbrite link at AlcoholFreeFor40.com for events starting Feb. 27.
I was genuinely stunned the first time I saw Christworm perform live.
In his multimedia performance piece “The American Audit,” Baton Rouge poet Donney Rose casts America as a business being audited by black Americans. The accounting begins in 1619, the year slave traders brought Africans to Jamestown, Virginia, Eng…
“Cane River,” a groundbreaking African American independent film, was lost for more than three decades, but found in 2013.
WARNING: The subject of this story is tasteless, a touch pretentious and mostly meant to enhance the brand recognition of a phenomenally popular household product. Sensitive and sensible readers will not only want to avoid the subject of this stor…
Mardi Gras 2020 has made Katy Beith and Marlea Louviere more cautious.
Although our lawns have not yet begun active growth, it's time to start planning your strategy to have an attractive, healthy lawn this summer.
Editor’s note: Reviews used here are taken from Advocate staff, wire and Tribune News Service reports. Critics are attributed as M.P. — Michael Phillips; L.B. — Lindsey Bahr; J.C. — Jake Coyle; J. Ch. — Justin Chang; Jocelyn Noveck — J.N.; K.W. — …
While partiers packed the French Quarter in New Orleans to squeeze the last few hours of fun out of Mardi Gras, 2,550 miles northwest, the Mysti Krewe of Nimbus paraded through part of Portland, Oregon on Tuesday night.
Lent starts today, and that means lots of people will abstain from eating meat on Fridays.
Wine and tapas? Count us in
Mardi Gras is over, but it was a busy one filled with balls, parades and tons of parties. I hope you were able to be a part of some of the fun.
Baton Rouge's biggest annual garage sale has a new location.
Do you have questions about growing herbs? Does lavender elude you? Can you make a pizza garden?
Don't know what to give up for Lent? From crawfish to beer, here are 10 ideas for Louisianians.
Nancy Van Den Akker passes along this memory of the 2006 Mardi Gras, when New Orleans was still reeling from Hurricane Katrina and its floods, and crowds were thinner than normal:
Editor's note: The original version of this story ran in 2010.
Every year on this special Tuesday, I think back to Mardi Gras 2006, the one after the floods following Hurricane Katrina nearly washed away the celebration, along with much of New Orleans.
Theatre Baton Rouge will open Ken Ludwig's farce, "The Fox on the Fairway," on Feb. 28 on its Main Stage, 7155 Florida Blvd.
Motza’s Pizza Pub is opening in the next month or so in the former Mellow Mushroom spot at 4250 Burbank Drive.
Jovin Webb is a native of Gonzales, lives in Baton Rouge and is competing on this season of "American Idol." Did he make it to Hollywood, get a spoiler-filled recap here.
Mystery writer and illustrator R.J. Lee spoke about his latest novel, “Cold Reading Murder,” when Preceptor Alpha Eta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Feb. 12 at Kathy Himelrick's home.
Though it might be challenging to travel with someone with Alzheimer’s disease, it doesn’t mean that it is impossible. However, travel might not be feasible or safe for someone in the later stages of the disease. Use your best judgement in making …
As a proud resident of Baton Rouge's venerable, eclectic, delightfully wacky Spanish Town neighborhood, I can report that Saturday's Mardi Gras parade was conducted with quiet dignity and a sober demeanor among its participants.
Viewers will get to know Baton Rouge singer Jovin Webb on "American Idol" at 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
“Mardi Gras Masquerade on the Bayou” was the theme for the 34th annual Krewe of Maringouin Mardi Gras ball on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the West Baton Rouge Community Center in Port Allen.
Taking a cue from famed artist John James Audubon, who once lived in and painted the birds of West Feliciana Parish, and St. Francis of Assisi, who preached to the birds, the inaugural Krewe of Assisi chose “Clothed in Feathers” as the theme for i…
With an elevated porch below three dormers, the classic southern home at 7406 Goodwood Ave. has been totally updated with top quality materials. The home is located near the corner of Goodwood and Lobdell, just a short drive from Towne Center and …
What were those women in the picture thinking as they watched Gov. John M. Parker take office back in 1920?
You might call Rose Hudson a pioneer, a woman who gets things done, a breaker of those glass ceilings that keep people down.
It was a packed house on Feb. 15 for Catholic Community Radio’s fifth annual Jazz & Jam Chef’s Brunch at the Crowne Plaza.
As a proud resident of Baton Rouge's venerable, eclectic, delightfully wacky Spanish Town neighborhood, I can report that Saturday's Mardi Gras parade was conducted with quiet dignity and a sober demeanor among its participants.
Viewers will get to know Baton Rouge singer Jovin Webb on "American Idol" at 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
Vondra Mack said she and her husband, Joseph Sampson, weren't even supposed to be at the Krewe of Endymion parade Saturday. But plans for a party fell through, and they went to the krewe's route near Canal and Galvez streets in Mid-City.
“Mardi Gras Masquerade on the Bayou” was the theme for the 34th annual Krewe of Maringouin Mardi Gras ball on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the West Baton Rouge Community Center in Port Allen.
Taking a cue from famed artist John James Audubon, who once lived in and painted the birds of West Feliciana Parish, and St. Francis of Assisi, who preached to the birds, the inaugural Krewe of Assisi chose “Clothed in Feathers” as the theme for i…
With an elevated porch below three dormers, the classic southern home at 7406 Goodwood Ave. has been totally updated with top quality materials. The home is located near the corner of Goodwood and Lobdell, just a short drive from Towne Center and …
Mayor LaToya Cantrell and NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson abruptly announced Saturday night that tandem floats will no longer roll in parades the remainder of this Mardi Gras season after a man was killed in an accident during the Endymion para…
What were those women in the picture thinking as they watched Gov. John M. Parker take office back in 1920?
You might call Rose Hudson a pioneer, a woman who gets things done, a breaker of those glass ceilings that keep people down.
It was a packed house on Feb. 15 for Catholic Community Radio’s fifth annual Jazz & Jam Chef’s Brunch at the Crowne Plaza.
This year, the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and the River City Jazz Coalition will honor internationally-renowned percussionist Herman Jackson with the third annual Alvin Batiste Hall of Distinction Award.
LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication will honor the accomplishments of four distinguished mass communication professionals with induction into the Manship School Hall of Fame on March 30.