Friday, November 22, 2013

27. Interview with Jennifer Reeser about The LaLaurie Horror

27.  We interview Jennifer Reeser, author of The LaLaurie Horror.  It's been a good year for Madame Delphine LaLaurie.  This infamous lady was perhaps the United States' first serial killer, running her own house of horrors in old New Orleans.  Now Jennifer Reeser has written an epic about Madame LaLaurie in the style of Dante's Inferno.  Oh, and by the way, Kathy Bates is currently playing Madame LaLaurie in American Horror Story: Coven. It's a really good year for Madame LaLaurie.
  1. This week in Louisiana history. Nov. 30 1791. Gov. Carondelet takes control of Louisiana
  2. This week in Louisiana.
    Noel Acadien au Village Every day From November 30, 2013 until December 23, 2013
    200 Greenleaf Drive
    Lafayette, LA 70506
    337-981-2364
           Noel Acadien au Village is the largest Christmas festival in Louisiana and features half-a-million lights, including the fully lit 19th century Acadian Chapel, themed Acadian home porches, and lighted holiday displays, live entertainment, carnival rides, local cuisine, photos with Santa, holiday shopping, and more. New displays this year include the Gingerbread House, LED-lighted Chapel, along with Papa Noel in a Pirogue, Tunnel of Lights, and Floating Christmas Trees on the Bayou.
           The event is open nightly from 5:30-9:00 pm (weather permitting). Advance tickets are available for $7 each at Acadiana Shop-Rite stores and $9 at the gate; children 4 and under are free. The full entertainment and nightly promotion schedule can be found on our website in late November.
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

26. Interview with Dr. Phil Cook, Sr., about North Louisiana History, Conclusion

26.  We conclude our interview with retired Tech professor Dr. Phil Cook about the settling of North Louisiana.  Dr. Cook is a specialist in North Louisiana History.  The population of North Louisiana was quite different as settlers moved in from areal like Georgia, the Carolinas, and other English-speaking Protestant areas.
  1. This week in Louisiana history. Nov. 16 1935. Huey P. Long Bridge at New Orleans dedicated
  2. This week in Louisiana.
    November 16, 2013
    El Festival Espanol de Nueva Iberia
    Bouligny Plaza
    102 W Main St
    New Iberia, LA 70560
    337-369-2330
    337-356-6826 | Fax: 337-373-3180
    Amenities
    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. 
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Friday, November 8, 2013

25. Interview with Dr. Phil Cook, Sr., about North Louisiana History

25.  Bruce and Steve interview retired Tech professor Dr. Phil Cook about the settling of North Louisiana.  Dr. Cook is a specialist in North Louisiana History.  The population of North Louisiana was quite different as settlers moved in from areal like Georgia, the Carolinas, and other English-speaking Protestant areas.
  1. This week in Louisiana history. November 9 1862. Gen. Butler
    declares all property of disloyal citizens of Lafourche Parish
    to be confiscated.
  2. This week in Louisiana. Nov. 10, 2013
    Modern South Music Fest. 
    The Avett Brothers, Wade Bowen, Charlie Worsham.
    St. Francisville, LA
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Saturday, November 2, 2013

24. Kate Chopin. "The 'Cadian Ball" and "The Storm."

24.  Bruce & Steve discuss author Kate Chopin's short stories "At the 'Cadian Ball" and "The Storm." "The Storm" is a sequel to the other story, but was so controversial that it was not published during Chopin's lifetime or for many decades thereafter.  In these stories, Chopin gives us dancing, mosquitoes, a slap fight at church, trembling prairies, a love quadrangle, a cyclone, two marriages, adultery, a Louisiana thunderstorm, and shrimps.  You get all the spice of a great Louisiana gumbo with none of the calories.
  1. This week in Louisiana history. November, 2 1762. Treaty of
    Fontainbleau signed, Louisiana ceded to Spain from France.
  2. This week in Louisiana.
    21st Annual Holy Ghost Creole Bazaar
    November 1-3, 2013
    788 North Union St.
    Opelousas, LA 70570
    (337) 942-2732 | (877) 948-8004
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Friday, October 25, 2013

23. Discussion of Catharine Cole's Journalism

23.  We discuss the career and writing of Catharine Cole (Martha Fields' pen name), Louisiana's most prominent female journalist of the 19th. Century.  She visited every parish in the state and published her accounts in the New Orleans Picayune.  If you want to learn more about her and the Louisiana she explored, read Louisiana Voyages: The Travel Writings of Catharine Cole, edited by Joan and Jack McLaughlin.
  1. This week in Louisiana history. October 28, 1768. Joseph Villere led a band of Frenchmen to overthrow Spanish Gov. Ulloa.
  2. This week in Louisiana.
    The Book of Mormon
    October 15, 2013 - October 27, 2013
    Saenger Theatre
    1111 Canal St.
    New Orleans, LA 70122
  3. This week in media
    1. 12 Year a Slave premier in New Orleans
    2. The LaLaurie Horror. By Jennifer Reeser.
    3. American Horror Story: Coven.  Set in New Orleans.  Madame LaLaurie makes a comeback.
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Saturday, October 19, 2013

22. Interview with Sim Shattuck about his Life and Novels.

22. We interview Sim Shattuck about his life and novels. Sim was born in Decatur, Georgia, has lived in Baton Rouge, Dallas, and New York City, although most of his growing years were in Northern Virginia, where he graduated from George Mason University in 1972. He earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1997. He retired from teaching English at Louisiana Tech University and is currently living in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.  He has written the following novels:
  1. Yarilo's Dance
  2. Krewe of Hecate
  3. Basilisk
  4. Pleasant Hurricanes 
  1. This week in Louisiana history. October 19, 1803.  Louisiana Purchase Treaty ratified by senate by a vote of 24-7.
  2. This week in Louisiana.  
    Mary, Queen of Peace Pumpkin Patch
    7738 Barksdale Blvd.
    Bossier City, LA 71112
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Saturday, October 12, 2013

21. Interview with Dr. Christina Vella about the Baroness de Pontalba: Part II.

21. We conclude our interview with Dr. Christina Vella about Micaela Leonarda Antonia Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba (November 6, 1795 - April 20, 1874).  Dr. Vella has written a major biography of the Baroness entitled Intimate Enemies; it is the first biography to be thoroughly researched with primary documents from both Louisiana and France. If you haven't heard the Baroness' fascinating story yet, you have felt her influence.  Perhaps the most iconic location in Louisiana is Jackson Square; she and her father we commissioned all the buildings around the square.  First, the Baroness had to endure years of domestic abuse, survive an attempt on her life, and set a legal precedent for getting a separation as a recourse for an abusive marriage.  Join us for part 2 of our interview.
  1. This week in Louisiana history.  October 13, 1931. Lt. Gov. Cyr takes oath of office "since Huey Long is now a senator." 
  2. This week in Louisiana.
    Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, 7:00 pm
    Abyssinian Mass
    Wynton Marsalis & The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
    Saenger Theatre
    1111 Canal St.
    New Orleans, LA 70122
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