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Downtown Disney Resort area hotels to reward A+ teachers in annual essay contest
Students can nominate favorite teacher for chance to both win Disney vacation
Feb 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crabmeat Ravigote Napoleon, a featured dish from Ralph's on the Park that will be featured at the New Orleans Home and Garden Show Cast Iron Chef Stage, March 2-4 at the Louisiana Superdome.
New Orleans Home & Garden Show will feature Cast Iron Chefs Stage and culinary demonstrations
The Cast Iron Chefs Stage will be featured this year during the New Orleans Home & Garden Show in the Louisiana Superdome, taking place Friday, March 2 through Sunday, March 4. Several cooking demo...
Feb 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Quilt, Matilda Tarleton Leake, 1884. Matilda Tarleton Leake made this crazy quilt in 1884 to be displayed at the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans. At the bottom of the quilt, she painted scenes of some of the buildings erected especially for the exposition and included the Louisiana state seal and motto. In the border, Leake crafted numerous motifs, some in three dimensions, representing a variety of Louisiana industries, agricultural products, ethnic groups, and historical moments. PHOTO/Submitted.
Capitol Park Museum celebrates 200 years of statehood with exhibit
Marking the bicentennial of Louisiana statehood, the Louisiana State Museum is presenting a major exhibition of seldom-seen artifacts, documents and works of art representing the state's unique her...
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Mardi Gras exhibit to open at Louisiana State Archives
Secretary of State Tom Schedler is inviting the public to attend “A History of the Washington D.C. Mardi Gras Ball: The Mystick Krewe of Louisianians,” exhibit opening reception on Sunday, Feb. 26 ...
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Celebration of Writers and Readers Feb. 25
Celebration of Writers and Readers 2012, sponsored by the Friends of the West Feliciana Library, will be held Saturday, Feb. 25, at Hemingbough Conference Center in St. Francisville. The event will...
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Largest Louisiana multi-media juried art show announces call for entries
Art Melt 2012, presented annually by Forum 35, is now accepting entries. In its ninth year, Art Melt has grown to become the largest multi-media, juried art exhibit in the state of Louisiana . The ...
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Artist Dorothy Furlong-Gardner is one of five encaustic print artists who will display their work at the Glassell Gallery in the Shaw Center for the Arts at LSU March 10-April 6. Shown is her piece, House in the Clouds, Encaustic Print.
New exhibits at the LSU School of Art Glassell Gallery in March
The exhibit, "Recent Work: the 1699 paintings by William G. Osborne III." will be on display Saturday, Mar. 3, 2012 6-9pm, one day only at the Glassell Gallery in the Shaw Center for the Arts at LS...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Feliciana Green Festival is this Saturday; all proceeds benefit local charity
The Feliciana Green Festival will be held Saturday, Feb. 25, at the West Feliciana Sports Park from 12 noon until 7pm. The Mustard Greens Cook Off is the 'highlight' for the event but the festival ...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Joshua Mask, 5, made up the story of 'Griffin the Dragon and the Jump House'. He is in kindergarten at AES gators. (PHOTO/Submitted)
"Griffin the Dragon and the Jump House" Now Available on All E-Book Readers
"Griffin the Dragon and the Jump House" is a new e-book by Ken Mask and his 5 year-old son, Joshua Mask. Griffin the dragon, Jackson the hyena and their friend, a 10-year-old boy named Cattails, le...
Feb 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Audubon State Historic Site
St. Francisville's Audubon Pilgrimage set for March 16 - 18
The forty-first annual Audubon Pilgrimage March 16, 17 and 18, celebrates a southern spring in St. Francisville, the glorious garden spot of Louisiana’s English Plantation Country. For over four de...
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The role of Aladdin will be played by Tony Collins, left, and the role of Princess Jasmine played by Alexis Granville. Jafar, center, will be played by David O'Neal. Catch an upcoming performance of ZHS's presentation of Disney's Aladdin.
ZHS Drama students present Disney's Aladdin
Zachary High School's Theatre II classes, taught by drama teacher Jen Masterson, will be combining their efforts for local productions of Disney's "Aladdin." "The students began rehearsing last Dec...
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The Community Center Carnival parade - Louisiana’s oldest after Rex, Proteus and Zulu - celebrates its 90th anniversary on Tuesday. The parade was founded in 1922 by local merrymaker James Mortimer “Jimmy” Boudreaux (1887-1949). Pictured is the organization’s royal float rounding the corner of New Roads and West Main Streets on a perfect-weather Mardi Gras morning 2006. (PHOTO/Submitted)
New Roads to celebrate 90 years of Mardi Gras history Tuesday
Record-length parades to roll at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. over extended route Many roads, and the new Audubon Bridge over the Mississippi River, will lead to the city of New Roads on Tuesday as tens...
Feb 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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