160. We talk to Kathleen DuVal, author of Independence
Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution,
about the critical role played by Louisiana during the
Revolutionary War. Governor Galvez lead his forces against the
British forces, winning every battle and taking all the
territory from Baton Rouge to Pensacola. As a result, the
British lost all their territory along the Gulf of Mexico, and
the Americans were able to keep open their critical supply lines
up the Mississippi. Kathleen is a history professor at the
University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Her research
focuses on early America, particularly cross-cultural relations
on North American borderlands. She researches and writes about
how various American Indian, European, and African men and women
interacted from the sixteenth through early nineteenth
centuries.
This week in Louisiana history. June 11, 1744. Louis J. de
St. Denis dies in Natchitoches.
This week in New Orleans history. On June 11, 1974,
Jefferson Parish acquired the balance of the Jefferson Downs
property which was used to create Lafreniere Park.
This week in Louisiana.
Let the Good Times Roll Festival
June 17th, 2016 - June 19th, 2016
Festival Plaza
101 Crockett St., Shreveport, LA 71101
318-470-3890 Website Festival Plaza
The good time just keep coming at this annual festival
highlighting African American Culture with music,crafts and
great food.
Poem of the week.
"Grand Staircase" by Katie Bickham. This poem is from her
book, The
Belle Mar, and it set in that fictional house on
Dec 7, 1970, as family and friends gathered to watch the
comeback of Muhammad Ali on TV. We asked Katie to read and
discuss her poem because of the death of Muhammad Ali a few
days ago.
159. We interview Monique Verdin, director
of the documentary My Louisiana Love. My Louisiana
Love follows Monique, a young Native American woman, as
she returns to Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma
Indian family. But soon she sees that her people’s traditional
way of life — fishing, trapping, and hunting these fragile
wetlands — is threatened by a cycle of man-made environmental
crises. As Louisiana is devastated by Hurricane Katrina and Rita
and then the BP oil leak, Monique finds herself turning to
environmental activism. The film looks at the complex and uneven
relationship between the oil industry and the indigenous
community of the Mississippi Delta.
This week in Louisiana history. June 5, 1713. Gov. Antoine
Cadillac arrives in Louisiana.
This week in New Orleans history. On June 4, 1977, 40,000
fans watched Jimmy Weinert win the sixth of twelve races for
the American Motor Cyclist Association $250,000 Supercross
series. 20,000,000 pounds of dirt were piled into the center
of the Superdome for the event
This week in Louisiana.
Benton Farmers' Sunday Market
May 22nd, 2016 - July 24th, 2016
Downtown Benton - Town Park
495 Simpson, Benton, LA 71006
318-584-5977 | 318-965-2577 Website Easy access to the park from Highway 3, Airline
Dr./Palmetto Road and Highway 162. Water, electricity,
restroom facilities, playground and plenty of parking on
site.
158. This is the 3rd anniversary of the
Louisiana Anthology Podcast, and the 4th episode of the
Louisiana Anthology. Bruce and Stephen discuss our major
mileposts over the last 4 years. Starting with one story,
"Posson Jone,'" our anthology has grown to over 6,000,000 words.
It includes works from every period of our history, from the
earliest explorers and native stories to recent blog posts. We
have material from the many ethnic groups, languages (English,
French, Spanish, and Creole so far), and regions of our state.
We also include the widest varitey of genres: poetry, fiction,
history, essay, blog post, cook book, travelogue etc. Our
podcast includes interviews with historians about important
events in our past as well as artists about their current works.
We even interview political figures like Gov. John Bel Edwards.
This week in Louisiana history. May 28, 1818. P.G.T.
Beauregard born in St. Bernard Parish.
This week in New Orleans history. May 29, 1948. The
Streetcar named Desire ran for the last time. The famous
Streetcar Named Desire, i.e., the Desire Line [which began
operating on October 17, 1920], was a one-way loop which ran
from Canal Street down Bourbon through the Vieux Carré, down
Dauphine to Desire Street, then out its namesake street to
Tonti, down to France Street, and back in to Royal, finally
returning through the Vieux Carré to Canal. In the
process, it passed Elysian Fields Blvd., the site of most of
the action in the famous Tennessee Williams play and movie.
This week in Louisiana.
Iberia Performing Arts League Presents, “Out of Sight, Out of
Murder”
June 2nd, 2016 - June 12th, 2016
Essanee Theater
126 Iberia St., New Iberia, LA 70560
337-364-6114 Website
157. Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Laura
D. Kelley. Laura was born in New York City but after
moving to New Orleans to complete her Ph.D., she realized she had
finally found a place to call home. Her
Irish roots dictated the focus of her study, and Irish luck lent a hand
when she met on her first day in the Crescent City a man from “da
Channel” – the Irish Channel – with an unusual accent reminiscent of New
York City even though he was born and raised in New Orleans. Kelley realized then and there that
she had found the subject and specific focus of her research. Laura has written The Irish in New Orleans about this little-known history. “In
this well-researched volume, historian Dr. Laura D. Kelley tells the
colorful history of the Irish in New
Orleans.”
This week in Louisiana history. May 21, 1958. Segregation of
New Orleans Street Cars ended.
This week in New Orleans history. On May 21, 1779,
in view of the great abuses committed in the sale of
provisions which were exposed to the elements (not being
covered), the Cabildo determined to build a wooden warehouse
sixty feet long by twenty-two feet wide in which to transact
the sale of provisions. During the same session, Don
Santiago Toutan Beauregard was appointed Commissioner and
Provincial Judge to succeed Don Carlos Honorato Olivier who
resigned
This week in Louisiana.
Little Walter Music Festival
May 28th, 2016
Alexandria Amphitheatre
933 Second Street, Alexandria, LA 71301
318-442-9546 | 800-551-9546 Website
Alexandria Amphitheatre
The Little Walter Music Festival is a festival held at the
Alexandria Amphitheater in Alexandria, La. honoring Rock &
Roll Hall of Famer, Blues sideman and bandleader "Little
Walter." For a complete lineup and more details, visit http://www.AlexandriaPinevilleLA.com/LittleWalter.
156. Part 1 of our interview with Dr. Laura
D. Kelley. Laura was born in New York City but after
moving to New Orleans to complete her Ph.D., she realized she had
finally found a place to call home. Her
Irish roots dictated the focus of her study, and Irish luck lent a hand
when she met on her first day in the Crescent City a man from “da
Channel” – the Irish Channel – with an unusual accent reminiscent of New
York City even though he was born and raised in New Orleans. Kelley realized then and there that
she had found the subject and specific focus of her research. Laura has written The Irish in New Orleans about this little-known history. “In
this well-researched volume, historian Dr. Laura D. Kelley tells the
colorful history of the Irish in New
Orleans.”
This week in Louisiana history. May 14 1845 First free
public school opened in LA.
This week in New Orleans history. On May 14, 1823, the Camp
Street Theater opened in New Orleans. It was built by
James Henry Caldwell, a British actor, in the new Second
(American) Municipality.
This week in Louisiana.
Cruisin Cajun Country Cruise In
May 19th, 2016 - May 21st, 2016
Bouligny Plaza
102 W Main St, New Iberia, LA 70560
337-367-1631 Website Bouligny Plaza
Classic and muscle cars cruise into the HOT side of
Louisiana's Cajun Country to experience the areas hottest
attractions, award winning Main Street historic district,
food, live music, gaming and burn out contest. For more info
call 337-367-1631.
155. We interviewTrey Ourso about Gumbo PAC and its role in the 2016 Louisiana Governor's race. Trey was awarded the AAPC Pollie Excellence Award as the 2015
Campaign Strategist of the Year for his work with Gumbo PAC during the
Louisiana governor’s race. Trey is the former Executive Director of the
Louisiana Democratic Party and former National President of the
Association of State Democratic Executive Directors where he became the
first state party executive director to address a national convention at
the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California.
Under his leadership in 1999, Louisiana Democrats maintained control of
both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature and won many races up and
down the ballot. In February 2010, Trey was named by Politics Magazine
as one of the Top 10 Democratic Influencers in Louisiana, and in 2013,
he was named by Campaigns & Elections Magazine as one of the top
Democratic Influencers in Kansas as part of their national Top 500
Influencers list. He has consulted on hundreds of campaigns in dozens of
states over the past 15 years.
This week in Louisiana history. May 7, 1862. The Union Army
captures Baton Rouge during the Civil War.
This week in New Orleans history. May 7, 1998.
Blue Lu Barker dies. Jazz and Blues singer Louise "Blue
Lu" Dupont Barker, famous for "Don't You Feel My Leg"
and "Look What Baby's Got For You" "A Little Bird Told Me" was
born in New Orleans on November 13, 1913. She often sang and
performed with her husband Danny Barker. Blue Lu was
inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 1997, one
year before she died in her home town on May 7, 1998 at the
age of 84.
This week in Louisiana.
Poke Salad Festival
May 9th, 2016 - May 14th, 2016
Darby Ave. and Pinehill Rd., off Hwy. 1 in Blanchard
Pinehill Road, Blanchard, LA 71107
318-309-2647
Darby Ave. and Pinehill Rd., off Hwy. 1 in Blanchard
The festival kicks off with a cash prize treasure hunt, pet
parade, carnival, food, children's activities, live
entertainment and loads of fun for the entire family.
154. Our interview with Pete Melman, Part 2. His novel
Landsman has been called, "a stirring, evocative, and unforgettable epic novel of the Civil War in
the tradition of Cold Mountain and Widow of the
South. In the summer of 1853, in Lafayette City,
Louisiana, eleven-year-old Elias Abrams loses his mother to
yellow fever. Grief-stricken and alone, he becomes embroiled
in the street life of New Orleans. After Elias is falsely
accused of a crime and in order to escape arrest a decade
later, he enlists as a private in the Third Louisiana
Regiment, where three thousand other Jews will ultimately
fight for the Confederacy.
This week in Louisiana history. April 30, 1803. Louisiana
Treaty Purchase Treaty signed.
This week in New Orleans history. April 30, 1812.
Louisiana becomes a state. Nine years after the Louisiana
Territory was purchased from France, Louisiana became the 18th
American state on April 30, 1812. It was not contiguous to any
other U.S. state (Mississippi was not admitted until 1817,
Arkansas until 1836, and Texas in 1845).
This week in Louisiana.
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival Association
May 6th, 2016 - May 8th, 2016
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
1300 Rees St., 520 Parkway Dr, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517
337-332-6655 | 337-332-5917 Website Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
Famous Cajun, Zydeco and Swamp Pop musicians and plays host to
over 30 bands on three stages during the three-day festival.
