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Print Edition #14: October 25, 2007
Showdown with the ex!
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Die-hard Tiger fans feel betrayed. Getting even might make it worth all the pain. Read story.
Santa gets a makeover
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
It’s going to snow this Christmas inside the Mall of Louisiana. Read story.
Mary Manhein’s forensic tools
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
This fall marks forensic anthropologist Mary Manhein’s 20th year as director of the FACES laboratory, an institution the state named in 2006 as keepers of a database of nearly 400 unidentified bodies from cold cases across Louisiana. Read story.
Portland trailblazers
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
More than 150 local business leaders and city officials inspected and dissected everything from public transportation and green space to economic development in Portland, Ore. (and partied hard, too, we hear) for the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s 2007 Canvas Workshop. Read story.
Black—the new green?
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
A blog posting inspired Australian Todd Heap to launch blackle.com in February to help the world save energy one Google search at a time. Read story.
A mini Wiki war
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
One Baton Rouge man’s whimsical interest in a satirical animal picture reveals Wikipedia’s eclectic, oddly contentious online community. Read story.
Fireball Run
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
It’s the Cannonball Run, only no high-speed beer smuggling, and it’s for a good cause. Read story.
Long Distance: Patty Ferguson
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
HERE: Student at Northeast High School, THERE: Attorney at Sacks Tierney, in Phoenix, Ariz. Read story.
The Obesity Warrior
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Pennington researcher’s team links common virus and fat Read story.
Lovers' web
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Online dating comes of age, and while some miss, others find bliss Read story.
Desire Street smarts
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Ninth ward school led by a Heisman quarterback finds its footing in Baton Rouge Read story.
Funny family man
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
John Morgan balances fatherhood, business and life as a touring comedian Read story.
From Princess to Prince
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
LASM’s oldest resident gets a checkup and a makeover Read story.
A night in Room 2708
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Checking in for a first-hand look at the Florida Boulevard motel Read story.
After dark, it gets ugly
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Once an American icon, The Alamo shows its age Read story.
Signature: Corie Yutkin
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Corie Yutkin’s questions led her to become a rabbi, but it was a chance friendship that led her and her family to Baton Rouge. Read story.
Riffs: Chef William Wells of Culinary Productions
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
on developing Dixie duck with bing cherry bang bang sauce, which won best of show at the Baton Rouge Culinary Classic in September Read story.
The new hand-held
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
A pair of social workers comforts locals with their new, gourmet cupcake shop Read story.
A grape resurgence
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Wine snobs beware. A trio of new Baton Rouge wine experiences are sure to expose new fine wines to the masses. Read story.
Suspicious Rinds
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Tailgating team takes their grill skills on the road Read story.
Hot Lunch: Al’s Chicago Dogs and Polish
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
The quirky dive on O’Neal Lane could be a Key West conch shack or a San Diego taqueria, but it’s actually a hot dog stand in the middle of the Baton Rouge ‘burbs. Read story.
Best bets
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Nashville’s response to New York City’s The Dap-Kings are funk-soul brothers The Dynamites. Read story.
Woodshedding
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Cellist Dennis Parker resurrects old instruments as art Read story.
Pop and Lockjaw
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Filmed on location in Port Allen, the independent sci-fi thriller Lockjaw: The Hunt for the Kulev Serpent could see a DVD release as early as this month, according to local K2 Pictures. Read story.
Visions of Dylan
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Sure Ray and Walk The Line were commercial hits, and both earned their actors a string of awards and nominations, but here’s the deal: On the way is a timely spoof of those kinds of melodramatic, aggrandizing biopics called Walk Hard, and Bob Dylan is not one who enjoys being part of a trend or the butt of a joke (unless it involves chilling in a Victoria’s Secret commercial with Adriana Lima). Read story.
Riffs: Patricia Suchy, Professor of film history, LSU
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
On Preston Sturges, Oscar-winning writer/director Read story.
Movie house
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
What happens when a film crew moves in to one Baton Rouge home Read story.
One hot number
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
The half-moon flower vases (above) by ceramicist Fairleigh Cook were the buzz of the night as she and pop art painter T.J. Black celebrated their new joint gallery and studio 3774 with a grand opening bash. Read story.
Best bets
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Two exciting exhibitions of devotional art, one traditional and one modern, are coming to the Louisiana Art and Science Museum this fall—Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs and Marc Chagall: The Bible Series. Read story.
Colorful moves
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Of Moving Colors keeps things moving on the local performance arts scene Read story.
Riffs: Steven Schneider, Artist and owner of Schneider Gallery in Donaldsonville
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
On his current exhibition, RiverSpirit, which runs through Nov. 30 Read story.
Inspired by: Ed Pramuk
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
The jazzy art of one of Baton Rouge Gallery’s founders Read story.
Riffs: Ann Edelman, Public Realtions Director for Zehnder Communications
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
On the cat-daddy of adventures Read story.
Spiced up history
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Mcilhenny’s gold exposes the bare-knuckled tactics that built the Tabasco sauce empire Read story.
Please don’t screw this up
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
A new generation of politicians will take state office in January, the long-awaited harvest from the hard work establishing term limits. Read story.
The art of seeing
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
My dad the engineer taught me to think, but my mom the artist showed me how to see. Read story.
The LSU football virgin
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
Her erratic screams shook the hallway, pied-pipering in a crowd of concerned girls. In a flash it unfolded: Her Tigers had just worked the Bluegrass Miracle. Read story.