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Print Edition #12: November 1, 2006
Banning trans fats won’t make a hill of beans
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
Trans fat is on the ropes. Read story.
Your magazine, your city
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
225 magazine celebrates its one-year anniversary this month. Read story.
The kids are all right
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
A significant part of Baton Rouge’s population is too young to go to bars but desperate for something to do at night. Read story.
The Prescriptions release Sugar Pill
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
This power trio keeps the recipe simple for great rock ’n’ roll: a straight and heavy beat, gravelly vocals, and bluesy, dive-bombing guitar work from singer Paul Johnson. Read story.
Just mailing it in
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
By all accounts, Baton Rouge’s Netflix distribution center just off Florida Boulevard, like the others nationwide, is something of a cinematic Fort Knox, a well- guarded Wonka-like factory humming with the assembly line efficiency of an unknown number of employees emptying old envelopes into the recycling bin, evaluating worn inner sleeves and the discs themselves for scratches, and filling crisp red envelopes with new orders. Read story.
Holiday movie preview
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
Oddly enough, there are few big holiday, Oscar-baiting movies coming up. Hollywood dished out most of them earlier in the year. But in spite of, or because of that, there is plenty to get excited about. Here are five flicks to keep your eye on. Read story.
Answering the Q
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
Inclement weather kept the second edition of the Q Film Festival from attracting the large numbers of its inaugural year, but program director Patrick Abadie and co-organizers Gus Bonin and Carlos Perez saw it as a success. Read story.
Ain’t nothing ‘little’ about it
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
Try and grab a noon-time table at The Little Village and they look at you funny. Read story.
Signature: Peter Franz Barrell
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
“Never be a welder,” Peter Barrell’s grandfather told him as a kid. “It’ll ruin your body.” Read story.
The only holiday gift guide you will ever need
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
When it comes to giving gifts, too many people settle for gift certificates or just plain cash. Read story.
Portraits of Baton Rouge Now…Love it, Leave it or Change it.
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
The Shaw Center for the Arts beckons diners, artists and music lovers downtown with interesting architecture and stunning views of the river.
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Good vibrations
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
For six years now Cal Tech has been doing big science in the Livingston Parish countryside. Read story.
After school success
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
While out running errands, teachers Julie Scott and Kacy Edwards would constantly run into former students and always ask the inevitable question: “So, what are you doing now?” Read story.
Horsepower
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
A couple of Baton Rouge guys rub elbows in the lucrative muscle car rebuilding business Read story.
The gold rush
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
In 2004, Baton Rouge-born gymnast Carly Patterson captivated the country after taking home the gold in the women’s all-around competition at the Athens Olympic Games. Read story.
The pet adoption crisis
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
Last year the Ascension Animal Advocates, a non-profit animal rescue group, helped more than 800 cats and dogs find homes, half of them Katrina pets stranded after the storm. Read story.
Boarding house ledger tells BR black history
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
Not just anyone stayed at Miss Sing’s house, just the ones who really didn’t have much choice. Read story.
30 SECONDS: David Briggs
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
David Briggs - New executive director of the Shaw Center for the Arts
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