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LOMAX’S LOUISIANA MUSIC
Folk songs collected by folklorist Alan Lomax in Louisiana in the 1930s-’60s will be performed at the James Devin Moncus Theater at 101 West Vermillion in Lafayette on Jan. 14-15 at 7:30 pm. The
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TAX FACES UPHILL BATTLE
Befo de holidaze, Mark McMurry, former Police Jury secretary, went befo de jury axin’ dem to place a tax on an April ballot to fund $15 million for de proposed hurricane museum on de
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LOOKING FORWARD TO 2016
The year 2015 was not a particularly good one. It was dominated by news of terrorist attacks, crazy people with guns, fear of immigrants and refugees from war-torn Syria, protests and riots, villainization of
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HUNTER WITHDRAWAL
It’s beginning to feel a lot like winter. Finally, the wind is full bore out of the north, and the forecast calls for cold. It’s been a long time coming, with the month of
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MAY YOU BE GENTLE, 2016
When I was a kid I thought each new year was an adult, a Santa Claus of the calendar, born in full health and vigor on January 1, here to bring me a giant
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