376. D. L. Holmes

376. This week, we talk to D.L. Holmes. He is a self published co-author of Seemingly Strange and Unusual Tales, and More Seemingly Strange and Unusual Tales, as well as the author of "Stranded". Residing in North Louisiana, he has secured a Masters of Fine Arts from Full Sail University. He is a writer of horror and science fiction.​

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 3, 1918. Louisiana ratifies 18th Amendment to US Constitution (Prohibition).
2. This week in New Orleans history. The funeral Mass for Lindy Boggs was held on August 1, 2013 at St. Louis Cathedral. Interment followed later in the day at St. Mary's Cemetery in New Roads.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Cajun Chili Fest
   
   August 1st, 2020
   Blackham Coliseum

   2330 Johnston St.,

   Lafayette, LA 70503
   337-233-3447
   Website
   Cajun Chili Fest is a chili cookoff to raise money for student scholarships and local charities. Bring a big appetite, and enjoy dozens of award-winning chili and live music with your family!
   $5 Admission. Kids 12 and under free
   • Taste dozens of chilis from award-winning chili champs and local teams putting their best recipes to the test.
   • Live music, plus a Kids Zone, raffle prizes and more!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Chicken on the Bone Band.

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375. Candy Christophe for Congress

375. Candy Christophe for Congress. We talked to Candy this week about her campaign to become the Representative for the 5th Congressional District of Louisiana. “I am Sandra ‘Candy’ Shoemaker-Christophe born to high school sweethearts and raised with my sister in the small town of Clinton, Louisiana in a loving home in a blue-collar neighborhood. My community was poor, and this united it more than racially segregating laws could divide it. I am the founder of Re-Entry Solutions, a nonprofit organization. With the support of my husband, Andre, I served as an unpaid Executive Director and Fundraiser for eight years. Re-Entry Solutions is dedicated to assisting citizens to achieve success as they return to their communities. Empowerment services include employment assistance, housing, and local resource connecting. I know that our communities are hurting. I believe that citizens of our state should not have to live life in a state of crisis.”

1. This week in Louisiana history. July 25, 1769. Aubry calls meeting in Place d'Armes & officially announces O'Reilly's arrival.
2. This week in New Orleans history. July 25, 1948 Steve Goodman born. Died September 20, 1984. Wrote "City of New Orleans," popularized by Arlo Guthrie, & Willie Nelson, & others. 
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Iberia Film Festival
   
   July 30th, 2020 - August 1st, 2020

   10:00 am - 10:00 pm
   Essanee Theater

   126 Iberia St.,

   New Iberia, LA 70560
   337-256-1938
   Website
   Film festival celebrating all genres of short independent films. It gives the community a chance to come together to view truly independent films from around the globe that you will not see in the commercial movie industry. The Iberia Film Festival also spotlights local films. South Louisiana filmmakers will have an opportunity to have their film shown on the big screen with family and friends in the audience.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Jesse Smith Project.

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374. Rubia Garcia, part 2

374. Part 2 of our interview with Rubia Garcia. Rubia is from New Orleans. Returning to New Orleans after Katrina, she had an undeniable desire to devote her life to the teaching of underprivileged youth within New Orleans Public Schools. She has retired from teaching to pursue her activism. She has been active with Black Lives Matter for several years, and she has taken point in the protest following the collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel on Canal Street in New Orleans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. July 18, 1543. De Soto expedition survivors - under the command of Luis de Moscoso - become the first group of white men to travel down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
2. This week in New Orleans history. July 18, 1923. "Milneburg Joys" is Recorded by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Milneburg was a town on the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain which was absorbed into the city of New Orleans. A neighborhood to the south of this area is still sometimes known by this name; the former location of Milneburg is now in the Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks, New Orleans section, mostly under the current campus of the University of New Orleans.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Visit Kisatchie National Forest
   2500 Shreveport Highway
   Pineville, Louisiana 71360-2009
   Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. M-F
   Phone: (318) 473-7160
   TTY: (318) 473-7254
   Website
      The rolling piney hills of Kisatchie National Forest includes more than 600,000 acres of outdoor adventures. The forest is located just southwest of Alexandria and offers visitors some of the prettiest views in Louisiana. Additionally, Kisatchie draws extra attention in that it is the only National Forest designated in the state of Louisiana.
      Kistachie National Forest’s beauty sprawls over seven parishes offering one of largest protected lands in Louisiana and is packed with outdoor activities – hiking, camping, fishing, horseback riding, birding, nature viewing, swimming, boating, hunting  and, road and mountain bicycle riding. The forest offers more than 40 developed recreation sites and more than 100 miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Fat Catz Bar.

373. Rubia Garcia, part 1

373. Part 1 of our interview with Rubia Garcia. Rubia is from New Orleans. Returning to New Orleans after Katrina, she had an undeniable desire to devote her life to the teaching of underprivileged youth within New Orleans Public Schools. She has retired from teaching to pursue her activism. She has been active with Black Lives Matter for several years, and she has taken point in the protest following the collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel on Canal Street in New Orleans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. July 12, 1941. Gov. Sam Jones helps open new direct, deep water channel from Lake Charles to Gulf of Mexico.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints, born on July 12, 1927. Also owned car dealerships. Died March 15, 2018.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Annual Cane River Film Festival
   
   July 17th, 2020 - July 18th, 2020
   Russell Hall, Northwestern State University

   175 Sam Sibley Drive,

   Natchitoches, LA 71497
   318-505-0466
   Website | Email
   Our Mission is to showcase, nurture and support the emerging creative filmmakers. At the Cane River film festival, we pride ourselves on building a unique and powerful hub for filmmakers all over the World. This year's events will take place on the campus of Northwestern State University, May 15-16, 2020 (rescheduled from March 20-21). The event highlights the work of International and National student / independent filmmakers and Natchitoches' contribution to the film industry.  
4. Postcards from Louisiana. 373 Number 9 Books and Records Nathan Mendez. Ruston, LA.

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372. Antoine Pierce for Senate, Part 2.

372. Part 2 of our interview with Antoine Pierce. Antoine is a Democrat who is running for U.S. Senate in Louisiana to defeat Bill Cassidy and get to work fighting for the working poor and strengthening the middle class. Antoine is running against Bill Cassidy. He's a lifelong resident of Baton Rouge. Since his teen years, he has been a dedicated servant of his community. As one of seven children, Antoine grew up in a lower middle class home filled with love, wholesome Christian values, and an emphasis on the importance of education that as a parent he upholds today. His modest upbringing inspired him to obtain his education from Louisiana State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Child and Family Studies and a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Public Policy. His entrepreneurial spirit and desire to give back to his community inspired him to establish Better Boys Initiative, Inc., a nonprofit organization that uses the arts to develop character and bolster self esteem among minority and under served young men throughout Baton Rouge.

1. This week in Louisiana history. July 3, 1870. The riverboat Robert E. Lee defeated the Natchez in a race on the Mississippi.
2. This week in New Orleans history. July 4, 1917. The Classical Greek-styled Popp Bandstand was dedicated in City Park, New Orleans.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Baton Rouge July 4th Celebrations
   305 S River Rd
   Baton Rouge LA 70802
   Website
   In Baton Rouge, the historic battleship USS KIDD is the setting for a one-of-a-kind experience on July 4th. Take a tour of the destroyer and enjoy face painting, inflatables, obstacle courses and concessions at the Fourth of July Spectacular. The downtown evening concludes with our biggest fireworks display in the state over the Mississippi River at 9 p.m. Revelers can also head south to L'Auberge Casino and Hotel Baton Rouge for a pool party and more fireworks over the Mississippi.  Learn more about Independence Day events in Baton Rouge.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Glen David Andrews.

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371. Antoine Pierce for Senate, Part 1

371. Part 1 of our interview with Antoine Pierce. Antoine is a Democrat who is running for U.S. Senate in Louisiana to defeat Bill Cassidy and get to work fighting for the working poor and strengthening the middle class. Antoine is running against Bill Cassidy. He's a lifelong resident of Baton Rouge. Since his teen years, he has been a dedicated servant of his community. As one of seven children, Antoine grew up in a lower middle class home filled with love, wholesome Christian values, and an emphasis on the importance of education that as a parent he upholds today. His modest upbringing inspired him to obtain his education from Louisiana State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Child and Family Studies and a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Public Policy. His entrepreneurial spirit and desire to give back to his community inspired him to establish Better Boys Initiative, Inc., a nonprofit organization that uses the arts to develop character and bolster self esteem among minority and under served young men throughout Baton Rouge.

1. This week in Louisiana history. June 29, 1763. D'Abbadie becomes governor following Kerlerec.
2. This week in New Orleans history. New Orleans guitar player Camile Baudoin, born June 27, 1948, was a founding member of The Radiators band.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Essence Festival of Culture
   Various locations
   New Orleans
   July 1-5, 2020
   Website
   Join us for the World’s Largest Cultural, Entertainment and Empowerment Experience
   Enjoy concerts with Janet Jackson, Bruno Mars, and others. There are also cooking demonstrations, food vendors, after hours events, conferences, and keynote speakers.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Songs of the Nightingale.

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370. Skylar Dean, Part 2

370. Part 2 of our interview with Skylar Dean. Hundreds gathered in Ruston on Thursday, June 4, to march and protest against racial injustice in response to George Floyd's death. The march began on Louisiana Tech's campus and ended at city hall. It was organized by Louisiana Tech student Skylar Dean, along with help from her roommates. Dean said she believes it's everyone's responsibility to speak up against racial injustice. "If you think institutional racism isn't a problem, I would like you to ask your inner self, would you be comfortable being treated the way your fellow black Americans are in America," she said. 

1. This week in Louisiana history. June 20, 1968. Presidential candidate George Wallace speaks in Baton Rouge raising $60,000.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Mouseketeer Cheryl Lynn Holdridge, born Cheryl Lynn Phelps in New Orleans on June 20, 1944, was an original cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   69th Annual Louisiana Peach Festival
   June 26th, 2020 - June 27th, 2020
   Downtown Ruston
   Park Ave.,
   Ruston, LA 71270
   318-255-2031
   Website
   The Louisiana Peach Festival is a family-oriented event produced by the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, and held each year the fourth weekend of June.
   Admission charged ages 12 through adult.
   Friday, $10, 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. or until last concert ends Saturday, $10, 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. or until last concert ends Weekend Pass, $15 All passes include concerts.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Frenchman St. Brass Band.

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