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WRKF's News Team

Ashley Westerman
Ashley Westerman
Host and Reporter
Elizabeth Eads
Elizabeth Eads
Host and Operations Director
Kelly Connelly
Kelly Connelly
Government & Politics Reporter
Amy Jeffries
Amy Jeffries
News Director

Elizabeth Eads

Operations Director and On-Air Host, Elizabeth Eads
Credit Cristina Eads
Host and Operations Director

Elizabeth first came to WRKF as a host and board operator in 2002. Since then she has worked extensively in radio in Baton Rouge before heading south of the border to Mexico for two and a half years. She's thrilled to be home in Louisiana and back at WRKF. In her spare time she enjoys music, dancing, and talking to strangers.

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Culture
12:00 am
Thu August 2, 2012

Exhibit Catches Local Artists' Dreams

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For the summer show at Glassell Gallery, curator and LSU Art School gallery coordinator Malia Krolak, invited 50 Baton Rouge artists to create works under the theme, "Dreamcatching" for the summer show at Glassell Gallery. 


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Music
12:00 am
Fri May 4, 2012

En Luisiana, Los Cubanos Tocan Ranchera

Mariachi Jalisco toca en un restaurant mexicano en Baton Rouge. (Photo credit: Robert Beaird)
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Como consecuencia de Katrina, la población Mexicana en Luisiana ha crecido substancialmente y con ella, la demanda de grupos de Mariachi.  Luisiana solo tiene un grupo de mariachi, pero no son mexicanos.  Son cubanos.


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Culture
12:00 am
Fri May 4, 2012

In Louisiana, Cubans Play Mexican Ranchera Music

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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's Mexican population has grown substantially, and with it the demand for mariachi bands. Louisiana only has one mariachi band -- but they're not Mexican, they're Cuban.


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