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Print Edition #16: February 28, 2007
The city that needs us
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Two years ago it would have been unthinkable that America would let one of its most important historical cities die a slow, agonizing death while elected officials and bureaucrats bicker about whom to blame. Read story.
Art-Best Bets
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Femme, Femme, Femme, a collection of paintings depicting women in French society by artists such as Renoir, Degas and Picasso, is the latest exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Read story.
Art imitates life
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Artist Howardena Pindell’s abstract artwork takes you on a social, political and personal journey Read story.
Don’t fear the reaping
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Hilary Swank’s St. Francisville-filmed supernatural thriller The Reaping debuts in theaters March 30, but one of her co-stars will be too young to watch it. Read story.
Sundance Kid
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Good luck getting audiences to watch a film about a claims adjuster working the post-Katrina New Orleans beat and actually root for him. Read story.
Call of the wild
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Wilderness Pangs cuts their own path through the jungle Read story.
Child’s play
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Symphony violist helps toddlers embrace rhythm and melody Read story.
Best bets
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
This month The Rosebuds bring retro, southern rock to the Spanish Moon with a little help from hot opening band The Silversun Pickups on March 12. Read story.
Long time coming
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
Kristin Diable dishes about moving to New York and finding her musical voice Read story.
Ehlers Estate
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
You knew a glass of red wine was good for your ticker, but now the bottle you buy can help everyone else’s, too. Read story.
Hot Lunch: Sandwich Paradise
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
It’s one of the few places you can go for a brewskie, a hangover-defying sandwich and live music six out of seven nights a week. Read story.
Signature: Paul Mainieri
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
Paul Mainieri is baseball through and through. Read story.
Change your life
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
Finally scratch that nagging itch you’ve had to open a restaurant, publish a book, lose weight, run for office, throw better parties, start a band, launch a nonprofit. Read story.
B.R.’s other serial killer
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
The killer hunts women mostly on North Street, between Acadian Thruway and Foster Drive. Read story.
Cross-town traffic
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
225 goes bumper-to-bumper with the city’s top traffic engineers Read story.
Vacation miles
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
If a bad case of spring fever has worsened into a travel bug you can’t seem to shake, 225 has just the thing: some great spring getaways. Read story.
A philosophy of healing
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
LSU researchers harness Tai Chi power to treat a confounding neurological disorder Read story.
Fear and clothing
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
225 helps you find the zen of swimsuit shopping Read story.
Baton Rouge’s favorite country boy
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
Baton Rouge-born David St. Romain has been ripping it up on USA Network’s Nashville Star. Read story.
Long Distance: Michael Clayton
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
AGE: 24
TITLE: Wideout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Read story.
Alejandro Escovedo’s guitar case
Monday, Feb. 26, 2007
Alejandro Escovedo is being completely honest—he barely remembers the first time he performed in Baton Rouge. Read story.
Bath time
Monday, Feb. 26, 2007
To naked eyes, Barrie Edgar has one lemon of a building. Read story.
30 SECONDS: Howard Taylor
Monday, Feb. 26, 2007
President and CEO, Capital Area United Way (CAUW) Read story.
What's Up?
Monday, Feb. 26, 2007
Sink or swim, Clearly, not a local trend, And the winners are..., Lizard in a haystack, ‘KISS’ the cook Read story.
Are you ready for a change?
Monday, Feb. 26, 2007
Our cover story this month is all about changing your life. Read story.
No GFL festival, but still plenty of rock
Friday, Feb. 16, 2007
The Gas Food Lodging fest may have dissolved, but the bands keep coming to Baton Rouge Read story.
Former Saint starts record label
Friday, Feb. 16, 2007
Still remembered around here for that infamous helmet tossing and bird-flipping incident as a New Orleans Saint, offensive tackle Kyle Turley, now of the Kansas City Chiefs, has launched an independent hard rock label, GridIron Records. Read story.