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Get Your Hat On
Think that Johnny Depp and Walter White are the only cool people to wear hats? Don’t you believe it. Back when he was young enough to be stylin’ it — in his college days
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Jindal Heavy
And you thought Jindalnomics was dead as a door nail. For one year, the Legislature managed to work with a Democratic governor to come up with a compromise budget fix. It wasn’t pretty. But
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Library Needs Historical Mementos
The Calcasieu Parish Central Library is still gathering materials from the public for the Pop-Up Museums commemorating Lake Charles’ 150th anniversary. Gather your historical photographs, documents, artifacts and what have you, and bring them
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The Villa
I rarely write about restaurants in Up Front. When I do, what I write is never a plug or a promotion. I can’t afford to go out on my own, so I only get
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Acadiana Table
Acadiana Table: Cajun And Creole Home Cooking From The Heart Of Louisiana is a brand new cookbook published by the Harvard Common Press. The author is Louisiana chef George Graham, who grew up and
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Used Book Time Again
Loyal readers know the Up Fronter always keeps the public informed about the annual used book sale in the gym at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. This year’s monster sale is set for March 24-26.
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Book Works
Artist’s books are one of the most seldom seen forms of art. Perhaps they’ve never caught on with the public because — in our time, anyway — they’re usually associated with experimental, avant-garde art
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It’s Official
It’s now official. Louisiana has the highest sales tax in the whole USA. The good word comes from the Tax Foundation, which places Louisiana’s average sales tax at 9.98 percent. Coming in half a
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Pinky Adventures
Local author Bobby Aguillard has just published his first children’s book — Pinky Adventures: A Southwest Louisiana Story. Some of you may already have guessed that the title refers to the pink dolphins of
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‘We Had This Amazing Connection’
This is one of those stories about something that happens at just about exactly the time the magazine hits the stands. So, if you happen to get a copy at the moment it’s hot
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