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A More Noble Cause

A More Noble Cause: A. P. Tureaud and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Louisiana

Rachel L. Emanuel (Author) Alexander P. Tureaud Jr. (Author) Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: LSU Press; 1 edition (April 25, 2011) ISBN-10: 0807137936 This full length personal biography tracks the lifelong ba...

Mardi

Courir de Mardi Gras Soileau, LA

This is a cold, windy morning, at 9:30am in Metro Soileau (although this is as country as can be). Metro Soileau is the name associated with this region, as locals prefer to relate to this area. The Parade Capt...

Franketienne

Franketienne – The Father of Haitian Letters – Nobel Prize candidate, UNESCO Artist for Peace, global citizen, and the outspoken opponent of dictators – a brilliant man, and a good one.

One of Haiti’s best known intellectuals and artists, Franketienne went from the anonymity of a poverty stricken childhood in a small Haitian village to UNESCO Artist for Peace, Commander of the Order of the Art...

Lauren

Halie Loren – Butterfly Blue

Halie Loren’s ‘Butterfly Blue’ is a lovely example of gentle vocal jazz that never fails to warm the soul. There’s a pretty, wandering melody that runs through the veins of the entire album, scatty riffs that f...

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys – From Sheffield, UK, to super stardom – The four-piece band have become a staple of British indie music

Organically grown and most certainly home produced; to many, Arctic Monkeys have picked up the baton from great UK indie acts of the past, such as The Smiths and Oasis. The year is 2007, and Arctic Monkey Mani...

1st Camellia City Smooth Jazz Festival 2017 – Review

For lovers of smooth jazz, there’s one event that was firmly penned in many people’s calendars from the moment it was announced, and that’s the Camellia City Smooth Jazz Festival. Scheduled for 6th-8th October ...

Occupational Therapy

Willy Nilly – A Therapy Crew Becomes Family

Many assorted and fascinating families accrue to one over the span of a lifetime. It is not surprising in a profession like mine that every parish/church/faith community becomes a close-knit family. But there a...

Miracle of our Children

The Faithfulness of God: The Miracle of our Children

As I prepare my heart for Christmas, I am reminded of the greatest miracle mankind has ever known – the birth and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is remarkable that the same God who gave mankind His o...

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving must be a Seamless Part of Life

If it takes Thanksgiving Day to make you focus on giving thanks to God, there is a severe deficiency in your attitude toward God, in your prayer life and generally in the gratitude you feel and express toward a...

Sisters of The Holy Family

175th Birthday of Sisters of The Holy Family

A field trip is ever exciting, especially if the occasion is something as rare as a 175th Anniversary. There was excitement at 11:00 a.m. November 19 on N. Union St. just south of Holy Ghost Church. Boardi...

Jamie Oliver

“JO” – Jamie Oliver on his new book and the horrors of trying to work with Theresa May!

There are clouds of flour, a table piled with fettuccine and the aftermath of a pasta-making masterclass when I arrive at the studio where Jamie Oliver is supposed to be having his picture taken. “They wanted...

The Vallot Family

The Vallot Family Story – A Creole family’s struggle to build one of Louisiana’s most thriving sugar plantations!

The sugarcane industry is of huge importance to the Louisiana economy, but it’s not without a whole host of complications and risks. This is a story of a hard-working family, a family with a Creole pedigree, fo...

Creole Stew

Recipes – Creole stew

Ingredients: 1 savoy cabbage 1 turnip 3 carrots 1.2 kg / (22/3 pounds) potatoes 750 grams / (12/3 pounds) beef 150 grams / (51/3 ounces) Portuguese chorizo 1 farinheira (Portuguese smoked sausage...

Aaron Harris

Aaron Harris’ – From Plantation to Professor

From humble beginnings on the plantations of Louisiana to a senior position in one of the most highly-respected historically black universities in the USA, Professor Aaron Harris’ story is as unconventional as ...

Father JeromeLe Doux

Father Jerome LeDoux – Wisdom Comes with Age

Father Jerome LeDoux has a good answer for any question. Give him time, and he’ll talk your ear off with a great story. Spend enough time with him, and you’ll get focused stories with reasoned insight on topics...