Day Trips: Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge

Cajun history in the Old State Capitol

"...The Old Louisiana State Capitol in downtown Baton Rouge looks like a castle overlooking the Mississippi River...."

June 28, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

(Film Crews Are) Walking to New Orleans... and Shreveport... and Baton Rouge...

Louisiana's Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu says his state is more than happy to offer a landing pad for incoming film crew flight.

May 22, 2008 Screens Post by Kate X Messer

Day Trips: Roberto's River Road Restaurant

Baton Rouge cafe serves Cajun food on the Mississippi River

"...on the banks of the Mississippi River south of Baton Rouge, the food here is legendary...."

April 26, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

After the Storm

Austin's Louisiana exiles remain suspended between before and after

"...time being; another sister, Jean Reed, moved back to Baton Rouge from Austin and is close to being a..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Day Trips: Three Roll Estate Distillery

Local rum returns to the land of sugar plantations

"...Three Roll Estate distillery in Baton Rouge has brought back the historic production of rum..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Spring has sprung, and here's 100 ways to celebrate

"...and most respected southern music festivals in America, the Baton Rouge Blues Festival brings a stellar lineup of young..."

April 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Eastbound & Down: Mardi Party Links, Pt. 1

Wanna plan a last-minute Mardi Gras trip?

"...ACADIANA ("Cajun country" including: Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Eunice, Mamou, and more) Houmatoday.com Mardigraslafayette.net Gomardigras.com..."

Feb. 13, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Katrina Evacuees: Precarious Times at La Quinta

FEMA's new Dec. 1 cutoff deadline for picking up the tab of hurricane evacuees living in Texas hotels and motels leaves thousands of people in housing limbo

"...to find an apartment in Austin, or going to Baton Rouge, where her daughter, who lives in an apartment..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Don't Drink the Water

While pursuing her masters in film at UT, Laura Dunn spent every semester break in Louisiana making Green, a documentary about the toxic 100-mile stretch along the Mississippi River known as Cancer Alley. The film screens at the Alamo Drafthouse this Sunday.

"...the toxic 100-mile stretch along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, where approximately 150 petrochemical plants..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Walking the No-Kill Tightrope

As Austin's animal welfare center moves to a new building, will the delicate balance of 'no-kill' and resources be maintained?

"...Animal Alliance, a nonprofit charged with making the East Baton Rouge Parish Animal Control & Rescue Center in Louis­iana..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Shoot Out the Lights

Bare buzz, bare butts: The Bright Light Social Hour shakes it

"...Several hundred yards from where the Mississippi River borders Baton Rouge's industrial section, the Spanish Moon rises on a..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Congruent Angles

"...been visiting Louisiana often, playing in New Orleans and Baton Rouge with renowned alto sax player Wessel "Warmdaddy" Anderson...."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Les Baton Rouge

"...Les Baton RougeMy Body – The Pistol (Elevator Music) Call Homeland..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Kate X Messer

The Keeper of the Nog

"...hit. Of all the celebrations on our extended family's Baton Rouge holiday circuit, it was the one fête that..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Emancipation

Will Smith's stunning Civil War drama is a B-movie in award-bait clothes

"...lines, he decides to flee across the swamplands to Baton Rouge, home to the United States military. Hot on..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Playback: White Denim Breaks Free

White Denim’s new LP Performance signals a new era of emancipation for Austin’s prog rockers, and Como Las Movies rides a nuevo wave

"...Aquantis Griffin, a 21-year-old aspiring rapper from Baton Rouge, was shot dead by eight Austin Police officers..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...day during the making of Blaze we were in Baton Rouge, La., at a venue called the Texas Club,..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

SXSW Music Live: Garth Brooks

Stage antics get winded but not his bestselling catalog

"...Brooks as the band led into the fiddle-fired “Callin’ Baton Rouge.”..."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

Austin Chamber Music Festival: Marian Anderson String Quartet

At the end of a tragic week, the Marian Anderson String Quartet reached for grace and tendered it to us

"...ensemble's members mentioned the killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge; of Philando Castile in St. Paul; of Lorne..."

July 15, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Chief Acevedo Responds to Dallas Sniper Attack

APD will be at 100% staffing patrol through August

"...The officers’ lives were taken during a deadly ambush,..."

July 8, 2016 News Post by Kahron Spearman

Headlines

"...Protests erupted in Baton Rouge, La., on Tuesday, July 5, after a graphic..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature

Boyfrndz Back With “Gone”

Post-rock experimentalists foreshadow new LP Impulse

"...Orleans, La. – Siberia (w/ Residual Kid) June 8: Baton Rouge, La. – Baton Rouge Music Studios (w/ Residual..."

May 9, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW List No. 9

Number nine (Wale), number nine (Miike Snow), number nine (Peaches)

"...Jor’Dan Armstrong (Baton Rouge, LA.)..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

First Look: Sawyer & Co.

Judy Jetson is all that's missing from perfect midcentury decor

"...Shallcross and consulting chef Happy Abdelbaki, longtime friends from Baton Rouge. Their menu choices reflect the flavors and dishes..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Moontower Comedy: Jen Kober

Hairy lesbian tales on the comedy trail from the Louisiana comic

"...You get to Baton Rouge, and those are like, you know, college lesbians...."

April 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Why Pride Marches in India Matter in Texas

Pride parades recently swept the subcontinent, and we should care.

"...consenting adults. Just a few months ago, police in Baton Rouge arrested a dozen gay men based on Louisiana’s..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Everyday Magic

Lee Barber returns to that place you go to find a song

"...preacher, so Barber spent much of his childhood in Baton Rouge and, for a short time, Mississippi. He spent..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Soccer Watch

Make this weekend an all-soccer one, and more

"...after a tough, two-loss road trip last weekend at Baton Rouge (3-2 on Friday, despite Nick Torres' two goals)..."

June 15, 2007 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Make This Weekend an All-Soccer One

"...after a tough two-loss road trip last weekend at Baton Rouge (3-2 on Friday, despite Nick Torres’ two goals)..."

June 14, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Here Yet Ever There

From Austin, New Orleans artists strive to save what remains of their city and work to recover it

"...on hold. After a period with her sister in Baton Rouge following Katrina, she came to Austin to live..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Arts Feature

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