arts & culture

Politics

Who is the artist behind the crawfish on Louisiana's 'I voted' sticker?

Matt Bloom

Louisiana’s “I Voted” sticker features a special new character this year. It’s a smiling crawfish named Mark de Ballot.

Local & Regional News

Nazi-looted Monet found in Louisiana returned to family generations later

The Associated Press

A Nazi-looted Claude Monet pastel has been returned to descendants of the man who owned it when it was seized in Austria decades ago.

Big Blue Sky members Sophia Landis, left, Jon Stravers, Folko Landvogt and Jason McCullick perform during a music cruise Friday, September 13, 2024 on the Mississippi River between Marquette, Iowa and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Many of the song written and performed by the local musicians who make up Big Blue Sky are inspired by the river.

Coastal Desk

Rollin’ on the river: How the Mississippi flows through song and still inspires today

Madeline Heim (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Moving and unforgettable, "Water Song" urges listeners to think about how they treat the natural resource, so vital for life on earth.

Dr. Katie Owens-Murphy sits with art submitted for the "The Art of Resistance: Documenting Alabama's Death Row" exhibit at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham on July 21, 2024.

Law

An art exhibit reckons with Alabama’s death penalty toll

Kat Stromquist

The traveling exhibit includes artwork, letters and audio from people incarcerated on Alabama’s death row.

French Quarter Fest And Satchmo SummerFest 2020 Are Canceled

Ashley Dean

French Quarter Festival and Satchmo SummerFest are both officially off this year because of the coronavirus, organizer French Quarter Festivals Inc....