Soul Diva

Grammy winner and five-time Tony award winner Audra McDonald will perform at 7 p.m. Friday with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra at the River Center (

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: (Weekender) Music

Nominations open for 2013 Lantern Awards

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 Lantern Awards, which are annually awarded to top manufacturers in each of the state's eight regional planning and development districts. Nominations will be accepted through May 1, and awards will be...

DATE: April 03, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report

New Year’s Eve Parties

Christmas is past and it’s time to usher in a bright new year. And this year, Baton Rouge has plenty of places where you can pop the cork and sing Auld Lang Syne in style.

DATE: December 26, 2012 | CATEGORY: (Weekender) Events

'225 Dine': Plan ahead for New Year's Eve

Christmas hasn't passed yet, but it's never too early to start thinking about where you'll be when the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve. Many Baton Rouge restaurants and venues have big nights of food, wine and celebration planned. 225...

DATE: December 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report

LSU leisure classes open for spring registration … Ruffino’s 2013 cooking classes … Kids’ culinary class at Tallulah

Learn at your leisure: Learn to make delicious king cakes or discern between different grades of scotch with these cool food-themed classes from the LSU Union. Class price ranges from $35-$92. Click

DATE: December 20, 2012 | CATEGORY: (Dine) Calendar

Plan ahead for New Year's Eve

Christmas hasn't passed yet, but it's never too early to start thinking about where you'll be when the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve. Many Baton Rouge restaurants and venues have big nights of food, wine and celebration planned.

DATE: December 20, 2012 | CATEGORY: (Dine) First Bite

'225 Dine': Dine out on Thanksgiving

Perhaps your planned Thanksgiving meal ended up a Charlie Brown-style disaster, or maybe you just don't feel up to the stress and trouble of making a Thanksgiving dinner on your own. Whatever your reason, Baton Rouge has plenty of places to snag a...

DATE: November 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report

Dine out on Thanksgiving

Perhaps your planned Thanksgiving meal ended up a Charlie Brown-style disaster, or maybe you just don't feel up to the stress and trouble of making a Thanksgiving dinner on your own. Whatever your reason, Baton Rouge has plenty of places to snag a...

DATE: November 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: (Dine) First Bite

Renaissance Baton Rouge named Marriott's 'Best New Product'

Two years ago, the unfinished Jimmy Swaggart Ministries dormitory building off Bluebonnet Boulevard was a 12-story eyesore, nothing more than a canvas for Baton Rouge's budding graffiti artists. The 206,000-square-foot shell of a building had been...

DATE: November 13, 2012 | CATEGORY: Real Estate Weekly

Rum tasting at Tallulah … LRA silent auction at Juban’s

Tasty Tallulah: Cocktail aficionados have their chance to learn about fine rums at a handcrafted dinner on Thursday, Oct. 4., at the Tallulah restaurant inside the Renaissance Hotel. Each of the meal’s four courses arrives...

DATE: September 27, 2012 | CATEGORY: (Dine) Calendar