163. Part 2 of our interview with David Armand. David was born and
raised in Louisiana. He has worked as a drywall hanger, a
draftsman, and as a press operator in a flag printing factory.
He now teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he
also serves as associate editor for Louisiana Literature Press.
In 2010, he won the George Garrett Fiction Prize for his first
novel,The Pugilist's Wife, which was published by Texas
Review Press. His second novel, Harlow, was published by
Texas Review Press in 2013. David's third novel, The Gorge,
was published on October 1, 2015, by Southeast Missouri State
University Press, and his chapbook,The Deep Woods, was
published in September by Blue Horse Press. David's memoir, My Mother's House, was published in March 2016 by Texas
Review Press.
This week in Louisiana history. July 2 1952. Construction
begins on Ochsner Medical Foundation Hospital in Jefferson
Parish.
This week in New Orleans history. July 2, 1980. Amos White
died. White (November 6, 1889 – July 2, 1980) was an American
jazz trumpeter. He grew up an orphan in Charleston,
South Carolina, where he played in the Jenkins Orphanage band
in his teens. During World War I White played in the
816th Pioneer Infantry Band in France, and settled in New
Orleans after the war. Working as a typesetter, he played jazz
in his spare time, working with Papa Celestin and Fate Marable
among others.
This week in Louisiana.
Celebration on the Cane - Independence Day
July 4th, 2016
Downtown Riverbank
781 Front Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457
318-352-2746 | 318-352-2746
Website
The day begins around 10 a.m. with children's activities and
live musical entertainment at 6 p.m. with spectacular firework
show over Cane River Lake at 9 p.m. over the Cane River Lake
in historic Downtown Natchitoches, Louisiana. Event is FREE
and open to the public. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. No ice
chests allowed.
162. Part 1 of our interview with David Armand. David was born and
raised in Louisiana. He has worked as a drywall hanger, a
draftsman, and as a press operator in a flag printing factory.
He now teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he
also serves as associate editor for Louisiana Literature Press.
In 2010, he won the George Garrett Fiction Prize for his first
novel,The Pugilist's Wife, which was published by Texas
Review Press. His second novel, Harlow, was published by
Texas Review Press in 2013. David's third novel, The Gorge,
was published on October 1, 2015, by Southeast Missouri State
University Press, and his chapbook,The Deep Woods, was
published in September by Blue Horse Press. David's memoir, My Mother's House, was published in March 2016 by Texas
Review Press.
This week in Louisiana history. June 26, 1805. Former V.P.
Aaron Burr arrives in New Orleans.
This week in New Orleans history. June 25, 1978. Rev.
A. L. Davis died. Abraham Lincoln (A.L.) Davis, born on
November 2, 1914, was a founder of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the first African American
city councilman in New Orleans. He was born in Bayou Goula,
Louisiana and moved to New Orleans in 1930. He served as
pastor of New Zion for forty-three years. In 1957, Rev.
Davis and a group of civil rights activists met at New Zion to
organize the SCLC. The group chose as its first president Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Davis became its first vice
president. In 1975, he became the first African-American
to serve on the New Orleans City Council.
This week in Louisiana.
25th Annual Lebeau Zydeco Festival
July 2nd, 2016
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Grounds
103 Lebeau Church Road,
Lebeau, LA 71345 337-351-3902 877-948-8004 Website
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Grounds
Enjoy live zydeco music, food and games for the entire family
at this annual festival on the grounds of the church. This
festival is famous for their pork backbone dinners. Rain or
shine this festival will happen. Bring your tents and lawn
chairs. No refunds, bbq pits, ATVs, glass containers or ice
chests/coolers allowed. This festival is held the first
Saturday every year in July.
Bruce reviews "Dark Angel Pass Me" by friend of the show Sim Shattuck.
161. 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 17, 1868. The first
town election was held in Lake Charles.
This week in New Orleans history. June 18, 1860.
Gerard Stith finishes his term as Mayor of New Orleans.
Gerard Stith was elected the Mayor of New Orleans on June 7,
1858, being the candidate of the American or “Know Nothing”
party.
This week in Louisiana.
Sunflower Trail and Festival
June 18th, 2016
Highway 3049
12797 Main St., Highway 3049, Gilliam, LA 71029
318-296-4303
Highway 3049
The Sunflower Festival is a family oriented event located
under the trees in Gilliam. Featuring local crafts,
entertainment, art displays, and food. The attraction for many
visitors is the drive on Highway 3049 north from Shreveport to
Gilliam to enjoy the sunflowers, the beautiful the
countryside, and the small towns.
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.
