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Print Edition #17: January 31, 2008
Our American dream should unite, not divide us
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
I was born in 1960s New Orleans, at Southern Baptist Hospital, to Honduran immigrants. Read story.
Save the last dance
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Cover bands are a tricky species, but when a group of Atlanta rockers decides to perform the bulk of The Last Waltz, The Band’s monumental final show-turned-rock ’n’ rolodex of blues, folk and southern rock, the trick bag is at once limitless and highly selective. Read story.
That’s amoré
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Papa Murphy’s has tossed together a new twist on Valentine’s for Baton Rouge—heart-shaped pizzas to commemorate the traditional day of love. Read story.
So you screwed up again
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
The 225 Valentine’s guide for the guilty Read story.
30 SECONDS with Joe Lawrence
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Former baseball pro on Roger Clemens, steroids and kids Read story.
Carnival time
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
You better be ready because Mardi Gras is already here. Read story.
Kickball for grownups—need we say more?
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Feel like stepping up to the plate to kick that big, squishy rubber ball again? Read story.
Kenneth Todd’s presidential library
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
It’s not too popular to think of Abe Lincoln as an opportunist or Lyndon Johnson as a manic-depressive. Read story.
What's up with that?
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Question: Is City Plaza construction shaking St. James’s walls? Answer: Don’t believe everything you hear in the carpool line. Read story.
Past the pain
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
A former NFL star and professional singer encourage Valley Park students to move on Read story.
Perk up
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Keeping employees happy is a little more fun than it used to be Read story.
Bottom of the world
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Phil Bart and his team brave the Antarctic cold Read story.
What Spring will bring
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
The fashion industry works ahead. Way ahead. Read story.
Mid-century mod grows up
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Alison Saunders grew up in a ranch-style house in Broadmoor that for years she detested. Read story.
The mod squad
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Historians and preservationists celebrate Baton Rouge’s architectural relics Read story.
Signature: Michael Warren Tipton
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
At 24 years old, you’d think Michael Tipton would be the youngest executive director in Teach for America, the national program that places top recent college grads in struggling schools. Read story.
Hot Lunch: Nino’s Italian Restaurant
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Amid the hustle and bustle of Bluebonnet Boulevard, Nino’s Italian Restaurant offers a quiet respite from the daily grind whether you’re having a stressful day at the office or an afternoon of carpool lines and errand-running to look forward to. Read story.
Beyond chips and salsa
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
B.R.’s Latin flavor evolves, grows with local eateries Read story.
Yo quiero Coca-Cola
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
There’s something familiar, yet obviously different, about the Coca-Cola served up at La Tiendita, a Latin grocery store on Siegen Lane. Read story.
Riffs: Whitney Talbot Cushing, owner, The Supper Studio
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
On her customers’ favorite dish to prepare Read story.
8 Latin favorites
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
We asked several Hispanic friends and some Latin food enthusiasts for their favorite dishes around town. Read story.
Best bets
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
Band of Horses, the acclaimed South Carolina roots rock band that produced Paste magazine’s 2007 Record of the Year, plays Spanish Moon on Feb. 4. Read story.
Riffs: Roger Lewis, saxophonist for New Orleans’ touring brass band, The Dirty Dozen
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
On performing in Baton Rouge Read story.
Clearing the smog to let the music shine through
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
‘I can’t think of anything that isn’t universal in this world,” singer-songwriter Bill Callahan says about the myriad of subjects that find their way into his beguiling songs. Read story.
Banging on cans
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
A marathon of cutting-edge music coming to the LSU Union Read story.
Riffs: Amy Mitchell Smith, executive director, Baton Rouge Film Commission
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
On do-it-yourself filmmaking Read story.
Will Hollywood’s writers strike strike us?
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
TV viewers in Baton Rouge may be upset that The Daily Show, Desperate Housewives or The Office have been in reruns for months, but one local official says the Writers Guild of America strike shouldn’t have too much of an effect on this city’s growing film industry. Read story.
The glass man
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
B.R. artist’s work goes on permanent display in New York’s commuter rail stations
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Throw me something, dude
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
Mardi Gras snuck up on me this year, and it’s almost gone. Read story.
The steep price of success
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
Think back to the first half of LSU’s BCS Championship game. Read story.