Patti LaBelle’s history with the Essence Festival of Culture dates to 1995. She appeared at the first five Essence Fests in ...

Baton Rouge locals can access bits of the Red Stick Farmer’s Market all week long with Main Street Market’s $1.5 million ...

I work at a nonprofit that orders its business by the fiscal year, a 12-month period that begins each July and concludes at ...

Jackie Sumell created Freedom to Grow to promote abolitionist art and healing justice rooted in the legacy of the Angola 3, ...

Strangers cheered her into a 45-degree cold plunge — and into a little more hope for America at 250. Jan Risher on a Colorado ...

Landry scored a big win when Letlow won the Republican nomination for Senate. What does that mean for his reelection chances ...

There's a new leader - and a new foodie - in St. Charles Parish. You might have noticed Alex Markos turning off River Road ...

Despite their remoteness and accelerating vanishing act, they play a key role. An important lifeline has now arrived to pay ...

Robby Travis has been hired as the communications director for KID smART, a nonprofit that brings arts education to public ...

Water is always the foundation. I want to start there because electrolyte powders, tablets and ready-to-drinks are everywhere ...

Thousands gathered to watch the annual Fireworks over the Mississippi show and celebrate the countries 250th on Saturday, ...

“Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment,” by Rhae Lynn Barnes, Liveright, 528 pages. A century and a half ago, as centennial celebrations touched off across the country, much of ...