Among the saloons and theaters where New Orleans’ innovative music was born, an older vestige of folk religion hung on even after the jazz artists left the neighborhood. The Cracker Jack Drug Store sold hoodoo cures for ailments of the body, heart, and mind.
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The Follies of a Film Economy
A century prior to New Orleans earning the title of "Hollywood South", the city was poised to become a major center for silent movie productions.
Read More »The Sugar Mill Sessions
Photographer David Armentor discovered a haunting beauty in the operations of sugar fields and mills in southwest Louisiana.
Read More »American Utopia
Over 10,000 people came together to create America’s longest lived socialist community, the Llano del Rio Cooperative Colony in Vernon Parish.
Read More »It’s in the Water
Powerful forces in New Orleans turned fluoride into a Cold War battle.
Read More »Cajun Strong
Advances in genetics provide new hope for Acadiana’s close-knit population of Usher's syndrome carriers.
Read More »The World of William Joyce
From Shreveport to the Oscars and back again. From Shreveport to the Oscars and back again.
Read More »Seeds of a New Science
LSU's Sea Grant oyster farm in Grand Isle uses cutting edge technology to breed genetically perfect oysters.
Read More »From Duba to Plaquemines
Jackov Jurisic looks back on his life as an oysterman in Plaquemines Parish.
Read More »In the Mind of the Maker
Traditional Louisiana boat building practices offer insights for cognitive science.
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