Issue # 2

No Poetry at the Mall
- Herpreet Singh
"The mall is not a public space.” It was two Christmases ago in 2006, but this is the proclamation Taylor James remembers the mall security guard making before she used her camer
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The Lights Are Much Brighter There
- Tracey Duncan
In every city I have ever lived in (Washington, Miami, New York, to name a few), downtown is the place you go to find the perfect dress, a crusty baguette, cigarettes at 3 am, or b
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Welcome Home Jazz
- Anna Hirsch
Last month I stepped into the M Bar off Third and Laurel on a Thursday night and momentarily lost track of where I was. I found myself suddenly trying to catch up to a startling f
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Tighten Up
- Steve Babcock
"Tighten up! You gotta tighten up over there.” Charles Barbier doesn’t like lines to blur in his paintings. He likes thick, quick layers and warm colors, but he is a figure artist
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Generating Space with Robert Moreland
- Alex V. Cook
Seeing an artist on the cusp of doing great things is just as rewarding, maybe more rewarding, than seeing a master at work, and Baton Rouge artist Robert Moreland is on that cusp.
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This Place Will Be Rocking
- William G. Osborne
Artists and aficionados can be notoriously myopic while elected town officials, by the nature of the job, tend toward a more all-encompassing vision. This is not to suggest civic
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Downtown Baton Rouge Needs an Independent Cinematheque!
- Aharon Varady
"Downtown Baton Rouge needs an independent cinematheque!" I exclaimed desperately to Emma Chammah. The architect is familiar with these bursts of urban sentiment from her city plan
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The Art of Being Baton Rouge
- Dave Carner
Walter Anderson, born in New Orleans, and who lived most of his life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, is often mistaken for a doddering folk artist: somewhat of a mad, anti-social, s
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Lasting Impressions of the Ephemeral Gallery
- Elizabeth Pratt
The recent opening at the Ephemeral Gallery proved once again that it is the best place in town to see art that is fresh and unconventional. Affording an alternative to the usual
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