343. Deb Jannerson, part 2

343. Part 2 of our interview with Deb Jannerson. Deb is an award-winning author of bildungsroman lit, queer romance, and poetry. Her debut YA book, The Women of Dauphine, is now available from NineStar Press. Her acclaimed poetry collections, Thanks for Nothing (Finishing Line Press, 2018) and Rabbit Rabbit (Finishing Line Press, 2016), are available wherever books are sold. More than one hundred of her pieces have appeared in anthologies and magazines, including viral articles for Bitch. She lives in New Orleans with her wife and pets.

1. This week in Louisiana history. December 14, 1814. First clash with British in War of 1812 on Lake Borgne.
2. This week in New Orleans history. December 14, 1935. Holy bat signal, Batman! The Sky Projector Comes to Town. We're Glad it Wasn't the Death Ray. On December 14, 1935 at 5:30 p.m., a $60,000 Sky Projector ("the only apparatus of its kind in the world" according to local publications) shot images of Santa Claus at the North Pole as well as Christmas text greetings (called "Sky Grams") onto the clouds from the front of the D.H. Holmes building on Canal Street.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Christmas in the Park in Bogalusa
   December 1-25, 2019
   6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
   Cassidy Park
   625 Willis Ave,
   Bogalusa, LA 70427
   985-732-6200
   Celebrate the Magic of Christmas as you stroll through Bogalusa's forested city park and view a manger scene that includes over 45,000 of the over one million colored lights and life size figures. Santa Claus visits the park every night and wants your child to remember their visit with a special photograph of them together. The park's half-mile circular road is closed to traffic so you and your family can enjoy the beauty of over one million colored lights and the music as you stroll at your own pace past the cajun village and the lake filled with jumping fish, an alligator, turtles, and a swan. Christmas in the Park brings families together with the magical celebration of lights.
   Dates of Operation: Nov 28-Dec 1; Dec 6-8; Dec 13-25
   Drive thru: 6-7 pm
   Walk thru: 7-9 pm
   Trolley for those who need it. Drive thru in case of rain.
   $4.00 Adults. $1.00 Sturdents. $8.00 per car.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Funky 544.

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