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Print Edition #22: August 31, 2007
What would Cincinnati do?
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
The litter-fighting tactics THAT are working for them…and those that aren’t Read story.
It’s worth your time
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
Did you know that the Shaw Center for the Arts is not the only modern downtown building with breathtaking views and a world-class museum experience within? Read story.
30 SECONDS: Lance Paddock
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
Lance Paddock missed the planting of the early seeds of downtown redevelopment before 2003, but he witnessed the creation of entertainment districts in San Antonio and Ft. Worth. Read story.
Underground movement
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
A dozen cyclists from around the world recently rode 2,225 miles from Mobile, Ala., to Ontario, marking the opening of a new bicycle route that traces the history of the Underground Railroad. Read story.
Hot Yoga
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
It’s one of the hottest things to do in South Baton Rouge—and we mean that literally. Read story.
What's new
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
Hello again, Sushi, Time for supper, XTremely nutritious, Yoga, spa-style, Back in business in Baker Read story.
Long Distance: David and Anne Trufant
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
HERE: Clinical social worker (Anne) and photographer (David)
THERE: Owners of Camp Kahdalea and Chosatonga in Brevard, N.C. Read story.
It’s Tiger Stadium time
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
The LSU football team’s home opener is sure to be a big one when they take on the Virginia Tech Hokies at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8. Read story.
Eddie Ashworth and Stephen Loy’s iPhones
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
Naturally, Louisiana Technology Park President Eddie Ashworth and Vice President Stephen Loy are supreme techies, and they of course bought iPhones the day they were released. Read story.
100 miles and counting
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
She seems neither nuts nor obsessed, but you have to shake your head when Our Lady of the Lake registered dietician Amanda Perron talks about running 100 miles. Read story.
Training days
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
Imagine your plane crashes and you are the only survivor inside dark wooded country, without rations or shelter. Read story.
Web Guy: Keith Parent, Graphic/Web designer, Xdesign Inc.
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
On a great Web site Read story.
All hail term limits
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
It's almost like the first day of college: everywhere you look, fresh new faces. Read story.
A game that never ends
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
E. Eric Guirard’s Sunday-night hoops group still going strong after 30 years Read story.
Trial by fire
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
Sherri McConnell found the spotlight as Louisiana’s Hollywood ambassador Read story.
The troublemaker
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
At 93, senate hopeful Willis Reed still busy after all these years Read story.
The Gridiron Girls
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
Running onto Death Valley’s hallowed turf with 650 hollering, cheering women Read story.
From couch to triathlon
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
At 43, Liz Harris competed in her first triathlon. Now, she feels she can do just about anything. Read story.
Look at the mess you’ve made!
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
It’s not the traffic that irks John Fabre each morning on his 40-mile trek from his home in St. Francisville to his office on Airline Highway in South Baton Rouge.
It’s the trash.
The highway is littered with cigarette butts, fast-food bags, empty bottles, aluminum cans and plastic bags. Read story.
Signature: Todd Jeansonne
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
Todd Jeansonne knows more than anyone else about the green, green grass of LSU’s home field. Read story.
Hot Lunch: The Silver Spoon
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
If ever there was a girly answer to brawny chophouses and chest-pounding sports bars, the Silver Spoon is it. Read story.
Food Guy: Scott Callais, General manager of Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
On the new Baton Rouge Epicurean Society Read story.
Music Gal: Erin Rolfs, Special events coordinator at Baton Rouge Gallery
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
On Menomena Read story.
Jazzing things up in Baton Rouge
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
Marsalis, Sanchez and other stars to kick off Jazz Master Series Read story.
The one-man band
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
From Scrubs to the Bible, David Loti draws on an eclectic mix of inspirations Read story.
Roger this
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
‘I headed out to the strip malls looking for answers … or revenge.” So begins Roger Beebe’s The Strip Mall Trilogy. Read story.
Movie Gal: Holly Streekstra, LSU art professor and video artist
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
On kissing well Read story.
Inspired by: T.J. Black
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
The double-threat graphic artist/musician has become de regeur in Baton Rouge, and here is T.J. Black, paying the bills with abstract, pinwheel-colored pop art and spending his nights singing street-walkin’ blues as frontman for The Black Sound Parade. Read story.
Art Gal: Malia Krolak, Gallery coordinator, LSU School of Art
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
On her dream for the Baton Rouge art scene Read story.
Editorializing art
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
Walking a fine line between journalism and art, editorial cartoons represent a unique marriage of creative expression and current events. Read story.
Facing the floods
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
In a new memoir, New Orleans writer Joshua Clark recounts his survival in the days following Hurricane Katrina. Read story.
Book Guy: Michael Bertaut, Health care intelligence analyst, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, and avid reader
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
On a life-changing book Read story.
Review: The Animal Girl by John Fulton
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
No one ever said love was easy. Read story.
Gimme all your gelato!
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
To the guy behind the Whole Foods Market gelato counter, it must have looked like a hold-up. Read story.
Waddaya callin’ trash?
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007
Some years ago my mom drove by a neighbor’s house and turned around. It couldn’t be. No one would throw that in the trash. Read story.