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Music
Wedged in the middle of spring’s Jazzfest and fall’s Voodoo Fest, summer’s Essence Music Festival rises, giving the doldrums of summer a head-kick consistently bringing the best in urban entertainment to the Crescent City. more...
Politics
More than a hundred enthusiastic young professionals headed to Forum 35’s Be the Change rally Monday evening, with the thought of empty Metro Council seats on their minds. more...
Restaurants
If you like shwarma as much as you do po-boys, lentils as much as red beans and rosewater-infused iced tea as much as sweet tea, you’re not alone, especially in Baton Rouge. more...
Blogs
The Movie Filter
Wall-E shows some robot love
I'm not sure what Pixar is trying to pull with Wall-E, but I can easily picture a 10-year-old, preternatural Roger Ebert shaking his skinny fists at the screen and shouting, "Pixar is leaving its core audience behind!"
The Record Crate
2008: The year in music (so far)
About this time every year I start to get a feel for the year in music, and 2008 so far seems to be about contents under pressure, emotions trapped in a bottle and then shaken furiously, agitated to the point of breaking the glass, so here are the albums that have me all shook up so far this year.
Spatula Diaries
Lunch at Pho Hoang Anh
In the mood for Vietnamese, I picked up my friend Ann from her office on Florida Boulevard and headed east to Baton Rouge's tight concentration of pho joints.
Next 7 Days
News
- State bond rating improves for third time in three days
- Jindal to speak at Press Club on Monday
- Breaux named acting tourism secretary
- Antioch Family Church sells property
- Who is Ray Lamonica?
- Arkel International provides free Internet to U.S. troops
- Hot times in the city this month
- Last day for Top 100 nominations
- News roundup: Penn National buyout deal falls apart; employers cut jobs for sixth straight month; LSU professor honored for contributions to dairy industry
- No Daily Report on Friday
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