327. John Bel Edwards

327. We listen to a stump speech in Shreveport by Gov. John Bell Edwards, then we replay an interview with him from 2015 during his first campaign. Gov. Edwards won an upset victory over David Vitter four years ago. Since then, he expanded health care to 480,000 working Louisianans, increased our investment in education, gave our teachers their first pay raise in a decade, and turned our budget deficit into a surplus.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 24, 1955. U.S. Appellate Court desegregated LSU undergraduate classes.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Born on October 25, 1897 to a prominent New Orleans family, Edmond Souchon II was a passionate lover of jazz and a dedicated physician. He practiced medicine at Hotel Dieu (as chief of staff), Charity, De Paul, Mercy, and Crippled Childrens Hospitals. He was a founding member of the Louisiana Surgical Association, a pioneer user of sodium pentathlon as a general anesthetic, and a life fellow of the American and the International College of Surgeons. He was a director of Pan American Life Insurance Company and the Krewe of Rex.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   September 14, 2019
   Highland Jazz & Blues Festival
   Columbia Park
   Shreveport, LA
   Enjoy live music at the always unique and funky "party in the park" with the Highland Jazz & Blues Festival. This FREE annual event features local and national jazz and blues artists, great food, and local artwork in the historic Columbia Park in Shreveport, Louisiana!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. I interview Juliet Papadopoulos from France at Afro-Cuban dance lessons at Dillard.

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326. Lamar White

326. We talk with our friend Lamar White, founder and editor of Bayou Brief. "We are Louisiana's first and only statewide, non-profit, member-supported, and digitally-focused news publication. The Bayou Brief was conceived in January of 2017 and born seven months later. We are focused on telling the stories of the politics and the people of the state of Louisiana, with a particular emphasis on those who live in communities and regions underserved by the establishment media." We discuss the Louisiana elections of 2019, from the governor's race on down.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 17, 1807. The first commercially successful steamboat travels up the Hudson River.
2. This week in New Orleans history. August 17, 1969. Hurricane Camille hit New Orleans. After passing very near southeastern Louisiana, Hurricane Camille made landfall early on August 18 in Waveland, Mississippi. Maximum wind speeds near the coastline were estimated to have been about 175 mph (282 km/h) with a pressure of 900 mbar.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   September 13-14, 2019
   The 11th Annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival
   House of Blues
   225 Decatur St.
   New Orleans, LA 70130
   The Civic Theatre
   510 O'Keefe Ave.
   New Orleans, LA 70113
   The Annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival is an international burlesque festival, known for crowning the top classic striptease dancer as the “Queen of Burlesque.” We assemble the most glamorous and eye-popping burlesque dancers in the world to perform over three nights in sultry New Orleans. Comic emcees, singers, and variety acts flesh out the shows to provide the most entertaining, classy, and risqué showcases you’ll ever see. Celebrate this classic form of adult entertainment that made Bourbon Street famous worldwide!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Spanish song on Royal St.

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325. Derby Gisclair, part 2

325 Part 2 of our interview with Derby Gisclair. about the history of sports in New Orleans. Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play. New book. In the 19th century it was called "base ball," when the most popular game in New Orleans was written about using two words. Though first considered a game for children, baseball was indeed New Orleans' most popular leisure time pursuit, and by 1859, numerous amateur baseball clubs had been established in the city. Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play traces the development of baseball in New Orleans from those earliest recorded games through the end of the 19th century, with a particular focus on the New Orleans Pelicans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 10, 1936. Highest temperature ever recorded in Louisiana, Plain Dealing, 114° F.
2. This week in New Orleans history. August 10, 1928. Dorothy Mae Taylor was born. From 1971 through 1980, Dorothy Mae Taylor served as the first African American woman elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   August 22-25, 2019
   Duck Festival
   404 Dallas Guidry Rd
   Gueydan, LA 70542
       The first festival was held in November of 1977 and has grown considerably each year. Held originally on blocked-off streets in Gueydan, the Duck festival moved to its own grounds in 1980 when the Atlantic-Richfield Company donated 7 acres to the Gueydan Duck Festival and the Vermilion Parish Police Jury.
       Skeet shooting competition, parade, beauty pageant, outdoor cook-off, duck carving.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. The BMC Club. New Orleans.

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324 Derby Gisclair, part 1

324. Part 1 of our interview with Derby Gisclair. about the history of sports in New Orleans. Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play. New book. In the 19th century it was called "base ball," when the most popular game in New Orleans was written about using two words. Though first considered a game for children, baseball was indeed New Orleans' most popular leisure time pursuit, and by 1859, numerous amateur baseball clubs had been established in the city. Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play traces the development of baseball in New Orleans from those earliest recorded games through the end of the 19th century, with a particular focus on the New Orleans Pelicans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 4, 1901. Allen Greene school opens in town of Grambling, will later become Grambling State Univ.
2. This week in New Orleans history. August 3, 1975. Superdome Opens. The Superdome held its official dedication ceremonies on August 3, 1975. Jazz musicians Al Hirt and Pete Fountain played for the event. 
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   August 16-20, 2019
   Shrimp Festival
   319 E. Main St.
   Delcambre, LA
   The Delcambre Shrimp Festival is home to one of the best 5-day festivals in South Louisiana. The festival has gained it's popularity by providing a variety of delicious dishes and top notch entertainment including National Recording Artists. Enjoy signature shrimp dishes like boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, shrimp sauce piquante, shrimp salad and many more. Each and every shrimp dish consumed at the festival is prepared by volunteer members of the festival association.
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Blueberry Hill

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323. Nancy Tregre Wilson

323. We talk to Nancy Tregre Wilson, author of Mémère’s Country Creole Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from Louisiana's German Coast (The Southern Table). Louisiana's Italians, Food, Recipes and Folkways. Mam Papaul's country Creole basket; Creole recipes from the Cote des Allemands up the river from New Orleans. Mémère’s Country Creole Cookbook showcases regional dishes and cooking styles associated with the “German Coast,” a part of southeastern Louisiana located along the Mississippi River north of New Orleans. This rural community, originally settled by German and French immigrants, produced a vibrant cuisine comprised of classic New Orleans Creole dishes that also feature rustic Cajun flavors and ingredients.A native and longtime resident of the German Coast, Nancy Tregre Wilson focuses on foods she learned to cook in the kitchens of her great-grandmother (Mémère), her Cajun French grandmother (Mam Papaul), and her own mother.

1. This week in Louisiana history. July 27, 2013. Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, a plantation-born Louisianian after succeeding her late husband in the House, died, she was 97.
2. This week in New Orleans history. July 27, 2012. Hubig's Pie Fire. Simon Hubig was born in Spain's Basque Country and immigrated to the United States after serving in World War I. He founded the Simon Hubig Pie Company in Fort Worth, Texas in 1922, capitalizing on baking skills he learned at his mother's bakery. In subsequent years, the company expanded to nine locations throughout the Southeastern United States and opened its New Orleans location in 1922. During the Great Depression, all of the locations were forced to close except the New Orleans bakery, which remained profitable. Little changed in the production of Hubig's pies since the pies were first produced. On July 27, 2012 a fire broke out at Hubig's Pie facility. Flames were seen coming from the front of the building about 4:30 a.m. The fire grew to five alarms, engulfing the old factory. A little more than an hour after the first firefighters arrived, the facade of the building crumbled. No one was hurt, but the facility was a total loss.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   August 2-4, 2019
   Satchmo Summerfest
   Jazz Museum at the Mint
   New Orleans, LA
   Satchmo SummerFest (also known as Satchmofest) is an annual music festival held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in celebration of the jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong. It is held in early August in order to coincide with August 4, Armstrong's birthday. Traditionally it is held on the grounds of the old New Orleans Mint, now part of the Louisiana State Museum. It has multiple stages, including stages for traditional and contemporary jazz, big-band jazz, and a children's stage for up-and-coming jazz musicians. In his book New Atlantis, John Swenson said that it "never fails to be one of the most joyous and characteristically New Orleans festivals of the year."
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Plessy and Ferguson meeting.

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322. Linda Duff Niemeir, part 2

322. Part 2 of our interview with Linda Duff Niemeir, co-author with her mother of Sharecropping in North Louisiana: A Family's Struggle Through the Great Depression. A family's history lives and dies according to the dedication of its storyteller. Author Lillian Laird Duff is one such historian, and with the encouragement and help of her daughter Linda Duff Niemeir, the stories of this sharecroppers daughter will spark in readers the desire to keep their own family histories alive. Sharecropping in North Louisiana is the true story of the hardship Lillian's family faced during the Great Depression and World War II. The word-pictures Lillian paints are vivid and will bring to life for readers a time when people were forced to get by with what they had. It will also leave readers hungry for a home-cooked meal, as Lillian recalls food preparation on the farm with such richness and delight that you can almost smell the smoked pork and taste the homemade ice cream and butter. Join Linda in listening to her mothers stories once more.

1. This week in Louisiana history. July 19, 1799. Interim governor Nicholas Vidal takes command of Louisiana.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Orthopedic surgeon and cancer researcher Dr. Mary Stults Sherman was murdered in New Orleans on July 21, 1964 at her home in this apartment house at 3101 St. Charles Avenue. Sherman was found dead in her apartment on St. Charles Avenue. She had been stabbed and burned. Her murder is listed as unsolved.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   August 29 - September 2, 2019, 8:00 am - 11:00 pm
   84^th Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival
   715 2^nd St.
   Morgan City, LA 70380
   Tap your toes & tempt your tastebuds at Louisiana's oldest state-chartered harvest festival. The four-day extravaganza of family entertainment includes continuous live music by local & national acts, a huge arts & crafts show and sale, a Childrens Village, the Cajun Culinary Classic, the traditional Blessing of the Fleet and water parade . . . all with no gate fee!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. The Super Band plays on Royal St.

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321. Linda Duff Niemeir, part 1.

321. Part 1 of our interview with Linda Duff Niemeir, co-author with her mother of Sharecropping in North Louisiana: A Family's Struggle Through the Great Depression. A family's history lives and dies according to the dedication of its storyteller. Author Lillian Laird Duff is one such historian, and with the encouragement and help of her daughter Linda Duff Niemeir, the stories of this sharecroppers daughter will spark in readers the desire to keep their own family histories alive. Sharecropping in North Louisiana is the true story of the hardship Lillian's family faced during the Great Depression and World War II. The word-pictures Lillian paints are vivid and will bring to life for readers a time when people were forced to get by with what they had. It will also leave readers hungry for a home-cooked meal, as Lillian recalls food preparation on the farm with such richness and delight that you can almost smell the smoked pork and taste the homemade ice cream and butter. Join Linda in listening to her mothers stories once more.

1. This week in Louisiana history. July 14, 1937. First piling driven for N.O. Charity Hospital.
2. This week in New Orleans history. The Louisiana Superdome hosted the Rolling Stones, during their 1978 World Tour, on Thursday, July 13, 1978. General Admission tickets sold for $12.50. Van Halen opened the show, followed by the Doobie Brothers, then the Stones.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   July 26-27, 2019
   40^th Annual Natchitoches Folk Festival
   Prather Coliseum
   Northwestern State University
   220 S. Jefferson St.
   Natchitoches, LA 71497
   318-357-4332
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. A trio plays on Decatur St.
   

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320. Gary L. Dyson

320. Our interview with Gary L. Dyson author of A Civil War Correspondent in New Orleans. This book publishes the journals of Albert Gaius Hills of the Boston Journal. The journal explores the eyewitness account of Boston Journal War Correspondent Albert Gaius Hills from the day he left Boston Harbor in November 1861 through the New Orleans Campaign of 1862. Hills recorded his observations while with the Union fleet in the Gulf of Mexico and on Ship Island as well as his account of the bombardments of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and impression of captured New Orleans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. July 7, 1912. Grabow 'Lumber War' shootout takes place near DeRidder, 3 killed, 37 wounded.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Storyville established on July 6, 1897 in an attempt by the New Orleans City Council to control prostitution. It limited the vice to a 38-block district on the edge of the French Quarter.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   July 6, 2019, 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
   Lebeau Zydeco Festival
   Immaculate Conception Church
   103 Lebeau Church Road
   Lebeau, LA 71345
   It’s all zydeco music, all day long at the Lebeau Zydeco Festival. From the place that gave us zydeco hits like, “Don’t Mess With My Toot Toot” comes an annual celebration of the genre and its roots in the Creole community. Located on the grounds of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lebeau, this festival was made for the fans, featuring the most popular zydeco music bands in South Louisiana. Bring a dancing partner, maybe a lawn chair, and an appetite. The festival is famous for its pork backbone dinners!
   Admission $12.00. Children 11 and under get in free.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Poet for hire Hannah Thompson writes a poem for the Louisiana Anthology on Royal St.

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319. Bryan Wagner. The Tar Baby.

319. We interview Bryan Wagner about his recent book, The Tar Baby: A Global History. Louisianans may be familiar with Compair Lapin, the tricky rabbit of Louisiana Creole folk tales. Perhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was published in 1880 by Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, and popularized in Song of the South, the 1946 Disney movie. Other versions of the story, however, have surfaced in many other places throughout the world, including Nigeria, Brazil, Corsica, Jamaica, India, and the Philippines. The Tar Baby offers a fresh analysis of this deceptively simple story about a fox, a rabbit, and a doll made of tar and turpentine, tracing its history and its connections to slavery, colonialism, and global trade. Bryan Wagner explores how the tar baby story, thought to have originated in Africa, came to exist in hundreds of forms on five continents. Examining its variation, reception, and dispersal over time, he argues that the story is best understood not merely as a folktale but as a collective work in political philosophy. Circulating at the same time and in the same places as new ideas about property and politics developed in colonial law and political economy, the tar baby comes to embody an understanding of the interlocking processes by which custom was criminalized, slaves were captured, and labor was bought and sold.

1. This week in Louisiana history. June 30, 1870. Robert E. Lee and the Natchez began their famous riverboat race.
2. This week in New Orleans history. June 29, 1967. Jane Mansfield Dies in Auto Crash on Chef Hwy. Along the Chef Menteur Highway/Hwy 90 near the Rigolets pass, at approximately 2:25 a.m., the car plowed into the back of a tractor-trailer truck which had reduced its speed from 50 to 35 miles-per-hour upon sighting a mosquito fogging truck. Husband Harrison, Jayne, and their son Brady were killed.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   July 4-7, 2019
   Essence Festival 25
   Superdome and other locations
   New Orleans, LA
   The Essence Festival, known as "the party with a purpose", is an annual music festival which started in 1995 as a one-time event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Essence, a magazine aimed primarily towards African-American women. It is the largest event celebrating African-American culture and music in the United States. Locally referred to as the Essence Fest, it has been held in New Orleans, Louisiana since 1994 except for 2006, when it was held in Houston, Texas due to Hurricane Katrina's effect on New Orleans. It was also held in Durban, South Africa in 2016. It features artists simultaneously performing on a main stage as well as four standing-room only superlounge stages.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Hillary and the Boys play on Decatur St.

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318. Nick Douglas, part 2

318. Part 2 of our interview with Nick Douglas, author of Finding Octave. With a flash of recognition, the author meets the gaze of his ancestor in a sepia-toned photo. Knowing next to nothing about this man, his great-great-grandfather Octave, he follows two families that lead to his own. On a journey stretching from Haiti to India, and back to the 16th century, the author's adventures strangely echo those of his ancestors. Finding Octave finds an America where "free people of color"-unfettered blacks, Indians and Creoles-had power and wealth that whites struggled to claim as their own. In this pre-Civil War America, blacks negotiated their own freedom from slavery. Some chose to be slaveholders themselves. Confronting the terrible truth about slavery within his family, the author uncovers an American secret.

1. This week in Louisiana history. June 22, 1983. Louisiana repeals last racial classification laws.
2. This week in New Orleans history. June 22, 1947. Pistol Pete Maravich is Born.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   June 28-29, 2019
   Beauregard Watermelon Festival
   Louisiana Fun, Sugartown Sweet
   313 W. 1st St.
   DeRidder, LA 70634
   (337) 463-5534
   Friday 4 pm - 12 am
   Saturday 10 am - 12 am
   Watermelon carving, seed spitting and eating contest, biggest watermelon contest, frozen t-shirt contest, watermelon pageant.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce interviews Anonymous for the Voiceless in Jackson Square. They're an animal rights group.

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317. Nick Douglas, part 1

317. Part 1 of our interview with Nick Douglas, author of Finding Octave. With a flash of recognition, the author meets the gaze of his ancestor in a sepia-toned photo. Knowing next to nothing about this man, his great-great-grandfather Octave, he follows two families that lead to his own. On a journey stretching from Haiti to India, and back to the 16th century, the author's adventures strangely echo those of his ancestors. Finding Octave finds an America where "free people of color"-unfettered blacks, Indians and Creoles-had power and wealth that whites struggled to claim as their own. In this pre-Civil War America, blacks negotiated their own freedom from slavery. Some chose to be slaveholders themselves. Confronting the terrible truth about slavery within his family, the author uncovers an American secret.

1. This week in Louisiana history. June 15, 1910. Evangeline Parish created.
2. This week in New Orleans history. On June 15, 1845 when the news of Andrew Jackson’s death reached New Orleans, Mayor Montegut requested that all flags be lowered to half-mast. Guns were fired at intervals of 15 minutes. The St. Louis Cathedral being refused to General Jackson’s friends for the funeral obsequies (Jackson being a Protestant) the ceremonies took place on June 26 in the Place d’Armes, now known as Jackson Square. It was near dusk when the head of the procession entered the square and night set in before the orators could commence. The top of the railing around the square was lighted with lamps and the platform was illuminated with a circle of torches making a most picturesque appearance.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Louisiana Catfish Festival.
   St. Gertrude the Great Catholic Church
   17324 LA 631
   Des Allemands, LA 70030
   (985) 758-7542
   office@stgertrude.nocoxmail.com
   Home-cooked food, live music, and rides.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Maude Caillat and the Aphrodesiacs play.

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316. Gilda Werner Reed, part 2

316. Part 1 of our interview with Gilda Werner Reed. Gilda wrote the memoir Hectic Happiness. Dr. Gilda Werner Reed attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Tulane-Newcomb and the University of New Orleans earning her degrees from the University of New Orleans. Her Ph.D. is in Applied Biological Psychology in 1996. Dr. Reed has been teaching at the University of New Orleans since 1994 and presently teaches eight different courses both on campus and online. Reed is drawn to it due to her extensive experience in child and adolescent development. She has been married to the same great guy since 1967 and together they have 7 children.

1. This week in Louisiana history. June 8, 1807. Gov. Claiborne fought a duel with Daniel Clark. "At first fire the Governor received Mr. Clark's ball through his right thigh."
2. This week in New Orleans history. June 8, 1934 Actress Dorothy Dell Dies in Car Crash.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   June 21-22, 2019
   Louisiana Peach Fest
   Fishing tournament, art exhibit, cooking contest, fun in the park, rodeo, music concerts.
      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.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens a duet on Royal Street.

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315. Gilda Werner Reed, part 1

315. Part 1 of our interview with Gilda Werner Reed. Gilda wrote the memoir Hectic Happiness. Dr. Gilda Werner Reed attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Tulane-Newcomb and the University of New Orleans earning her degrees from the University of New Orleans. Her Ph.D. is in Applied Biological Psychology in 1996. Dr. Reed has been teaching at the University of New Orleans since 1994 and presently teaches eight different courses both on campus and online. Reed is drawn to it due to her extensive experience in child and adolescent development. She has been married to the same great guy since 1967 and together they have 7 children.

1. This week in Louisiana history. June 1, 1862. Gen. Benjamin Butler declares the port of New Orleans reopened for commerce to all friendly nations.
2. This week in New Orleans history. June 1, 1861. Beginning of the Esplanade Streetcar Route. A trip to City Park during the early 1860s required a ride from the city by horse and carriage on unimproved roads. Transit companies saw an opportunity to capitalize on the growing popularity of City Park by adding new lines. These afforded easy access and consequently interest in the park rose which led to the call for park improvements. From 1901 until 1934 the Canal and Esplanade lines operated in a loop as the Canal-Esplanade Belt, until the Esplanade line was replaced by buses. It's last run was on December 27, 1934.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   June 13-15, 2019
   33rd Annual Louisiana Corn Festival
   208 Pershing Ave.
   Bunkie, LA
   Hours: Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri 5pm-12am, Sat 9am-12am
   The Louisiana Corn Festival is held every year the second full weekend in June. The festival and slogan “Aw Shucks” originated in 1986 and still is the only corn festival in the state of Louisiana.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to the band play at the Blue Nile Club in New Orleans.

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314. Anniversary Episode

314. This is the 7th anniversary of Louisiana Anthology, and the 6th Anniversary of podcast. Bruce and Stephen review the high points of the last year. The Anthology has almost 8,000,000 words now, and we talk about some of the interesting texts we added in the last 12 months. We also talk about some of the interviews from the last year.

1. This week in Louisiana history. May 26, 1861. Civil War comes to La. as U.S. Navy begins Miss. River blockade.
2. This week in New Orleans history. May 25, 1939. The Beginning of Lincoln Beach. Lincoln Beach was located near Little Woods along Hayne Boulevard west of Paris Road in a then remote location far removed from public transportation.  The ten-acre site was deeded to the city by Samuel Zemurray in 1938 and purchased within a year by the Orleans Levee Board which designated it as a swimming area for "colored" New Orleanians.  The WPA project would result in a sand beach similar to the one being designed at Pontchartrain Beach, but Linclon Beach's amusements and amenities would not compare to those which would be contained at the "white" amusement park.
3. This week in Louisiana.
   June 7 - 9, 2019, 9:30 am - June 9, 2019
   42^nd Cajun Heritage Festival
   Larose Civic Center
   307 E. 5th St.
   Larose, LA 70345
   985-693-7355
   State woodcarving championship, duck calling contest, decoy and shotgun raffle
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to the Slick Skillet Serenades at the Apple Barrel on Frenchman St. in New Orleans.

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314. Anniversary Episode

314. This is the 7th anniversary of Louisiana Anthology, and the 6th Anniversary of podcast. Bruce and Stephen review the high points of the last year. The Anthology has almost 8,000,000 words now, and we talk about some of the interesting texts we added in the last 12 months. We also talk about some of the interviews from the last year.

1. This week in Louisiana history. May 26, 1861. Civil War comes to La. as U.S. Navy begins Miss. River blockade.
2. This week in New Orleans history. May 25, 1939. The Beginning of Lincoln Beach. Lincoln Beach was located near Little Woods along Hayne Boulevard west of Paris Road in a then remote location far removed from public transportation.  The ten-acre site was deeded to the city by Samuel Zemurray in 1938 and purchased within a year by the Orleans Levee Board which designated it as a swimming area for "colored" New Orleanians.  The WPA project would result in a sand beach similar to the one being designed at Pontchartrain Beach, but Linclon Beach's amusements and amenities would not compare to those which would be contained at the "white" amusement park.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   June 7 - 9, 2019, 9:30 am - June 9, 2019
   42^nd Cajun Heritage Festival
   Larose Civic Center
   307 E. 5th St.
   Larose, LA 70345
   985-693-7355
   State woodcarving championship, duck calling contest, decoy and shotgun raffle
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to the Slick Skillet Serenades at the Apple Barrel on Frenchman St. in New Orleans.

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313. Victoria Coy, Part 2

313. Part 2 of our interview with Victoria Coy. Victoria is a native Louisianian and Tulane alum, where she proudly received the 2009 Sylvia Dreyfus Memorial Award for leadership and activism on campus. Her dedication to social justice work has brought her all over the world; from Fiji where she opened the country's first rural women's crisis center, to Cameroon where she served as the Economic Development Advisor to the African Model Forest Network. Gun violence has been important to Victoria since the loss of two childhood friends at the hands of their father in her formative years. Therefore, upon returning home, her focus has shifted to ending Louisiana's dangerous and preventable gun violence epidemic. She founded the Louisiana Violence Reduction Coalition, which is the state's only state-specific gun violence prevention organization.

1. This week in Louisiana history. May 18, 1896. LA. case of Plessy v. Ferguson, "seperate but equal."
2. This week in New Orleans history. On May 18, 1959, the song "Battle Of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton became the number-one country single.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   May 17-19, 2019
   Gonzales Jambalaya Festival
   219 S. Irma Blvd.
   Gonzales, LA 70737
   225-647-2937
   Your whole family will enjoy the vast variety of food, fun, music and activities that have made the Jambalaya Festival the can't miss highlight of the year. The festival features World Champion Jambalaya served daily, live music and entertainment, carnival rides, cooking contests, a variety of food and so much fun it takes four days to get it all in.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to Alexis and the Samurai at the dba in New Orleans.

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312. Victoria Coy, Part 1

312. Part 1 of our interview with Victoria Coy. Victoria is a native Louisianian and Tulane alum, where she proudly received the 2009 Sylvia Dreyfus Memorial Award for leadership and activism on campus. Her dedication to social justice work has brought her all over the world; from Fiji where she opened the country's first rural women's crisis center, to Cameroon where she served as the Economic Development Advisor to the African Model Forest Network. Gun violence has been important to Victoria since the loss of two childhood friends at the hands of their father in her formative years. Therefore, upon returning home, her focus has shifted to ending Louisiana's dangerous and preventable gun violence epidemic. She founded the Louisiana Violence Reduction Coalition, which is the state's only state-specific gun violence prevention organization. 

1. This week in Louisiana history. May 12, 1678 LaSalle given permission to explore "Louisiana" by King Louis XIV.
2. This week in New Orleans history. On May 11, 1988 a fire destroyed the third floor of the Cabildo, one of the principal buildings of the Louisiana State Museum. In the following years, the architects of the New Orleans firm Koch and Wilson, along with construction crews, labored over this national historic landmark's restoration. Although the Cabildo fire was tragic, it did present opportunities for an archaeological dig in the courtyard directly behind the historic landmark.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   May 17-19, 2019
   Tunica-Biloxi Pow Wow
   Chief Joseph Alcide Pierite
   Pow Wow Grounds
   Marksville, LA 71351
   Friday. Education Day. Free.
   Saturday 10:00 am - 10:00 pm. $5.00 admission
   Sunday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. $5.00 admission
   For centuries, neighboring nations have gathered for sport, singing, dancing, and feasting. Like any other good neighbor, Indian nations have also shared their crafts, music, and stories. The modern pow wow, as we know it, came into existence in the late 19th century especially as tribes moved closer together in the American West. No other event captures the American Indian spirit like the pow wow.  Dancers in colorful dress move gracefully around the ring, a steady drum beat directing their movements. Tradition is passed from one generation to the next. The Native attire worn and the dances, songs, and drum rhythms performed express traditions that began over 20,000 years ago.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to trumpeter ET in Jackson Square. 

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311. Jaya McSharma, part 2

311. Part 2 of our interview with Jaya McSharma, MD. "Hi! I’m Dr. Jaya McSharma. I’m an actor and writer currently living in Shreveport, La. I have loved acting and writing as long as I have been able to understand purpose and passion. It’s what sets my soul ablaze. My husband and I formed #McSharma Productions and had our first-ever short film, #BrownBridgetMD, selected as a top 20 finalist of the Louisiana Film Prize in 2018. I also won Best Actress at the festival! Currently we are in pre-production to take our short film and turn it into a TV or streaming series."

1. This week in Louisiana history. May 4, 1970. T.H. Williams wins Pulitzer Prize for his biography, Huey Long.
   
2. This week in New Orleans history. President John F. Kennedy delivers an address to a large crowd of people at City Hall [Duncan] Plaza, May 4, 1962.
3. This week in Louisiana.
   May 3-5, 2019
   Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
   Celebrity crawfish eating contest, Cajun dance lessons, Cajun cooking demonstrations, Crawfish etouffée cookoff, parade, and music.
   The Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival has become one of the largest gatherings of world famous Cajun, Zydeco and Swamp Pop musicians and plays host to over 30 bands on three stages during the three-day festival.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to the band at the Funky 544 on Bourbon St.

310. Jaya McSharma, part 1

310. Part 1 of our interview with Jaya McSharma, MD. "Hi! I’m Dr. Jaya McSharma. I’m an actor and writer currently living in Shreveport, La. I have loved acting and writing as long as I have been able to understand purpose and passion. It’s what sets my soul ablaze. My husband and I formed #McSharma Productions and had our first-ever short film, #BrownBridgetMD, selected as a top 20 finalist of the Louisiana Film Prize in 2018. I also won Best Actress at the festival! Currently we are in pre-production to take our short film and turn it into a TV or streaming series."

1. This week in Louisiana history. April 28, 1862. Forts Jackson and St. Phillip on the Mississippi river are surrendered to Union troops.
2. This week in New Orleans history. The Illinois Central Railroad introduced the original City of New Orleans on April 27, 1947 as a daytime companion to the overnight Panama Limited. EMD E7 diesel locomotives pulled new lightweight Pullman Company coaches. The 921-mile route, which the City of New Orleans covered in 15 hours 55 minutes, was the longest daytime schedule in the United States.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   El Festival Espanol de Nueva Iberia
   April 26th, 2019 - April 28th, 2019
   Bouligny Plaza
   102 W Main St,
   New Iberia, LA 70560
   337-349-7343 | Fax
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   Celebrating New Iberia's Spanish roots with "Dave Robicheaux Running of the Bulls" 5K race, re-enactment of the arrival of the Spanish on Bayou Teche, paella/jambalaya cook-off, fais-do-do at the Pavilion, food demonstrations, original Spanish family genealogy, guest lectures, exhibits, the Downtown Art Walk featuring a Spanish artist and more. Bouligny Plaza, 102 W. Main St., New Iberia, 337-349-7343.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to Tuba Skinny.

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309. Donna Pierite, part 2

309. Part 2 of our interview with Donna Pierite.  Donna is part of the Tunica-Biloxi Museum and Cultural and Educational Resources Center Library. Their gift shop is at 151 Melancon Drive in Marksville, or at the LA1 Shop at Paragon Casino Resort next door. For more information, call (800) 272-9767. She, Elisabeth Pierite-Mora, and John D. Barbry have written a book, entitled The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe: It's Culture & People. Donna her daughter, son and brother (Steven Madere) wrote and produced Tawaka (in Tunica "sub-commander"), the language and culture page that appeared in the Tunica-Biloxi tribal newspaper. Along with her husband, children and her brother, Mrs. Pierite has given various presentations at schools, universities and other venues, including performances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

1. This week in Louisiana history. April 23, 1831. Ponchartrain Railroad opened, first west of Alleghenies.
2. This week in New Orleans history. On April 23, 1939, the Zephyr first whisked New Orleanians into the sky along its winding path around the park.  Harry Jr. remembered, when he was a twelve year-old, "It was fantastic to get on top of the Zephyr and see nothing but cow pasture as far as you could see in Gentilly".
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Festival International de Louisiane
   April 24th, 2019 - April 28th, 2019
   11:30 am - 10:00 pm
   Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana
   315 Lee Ave,
   Lafayette, LA 70501
   337-232-8086
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   The 32nd annual Festival International de Louisiane will be held in Downtown Lafayette, April 25-29, 2018. Featuring six music stages, arts and crafts vendors, local food and other family-friendly activities.
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to the Glen David Andrews Band.

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