By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Sep 7th, 2022
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article by VANELIS RIVERAphotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Jo-Els in Monroe officially opened its doors on July 12th of this year. And while their customer-base has been eagerly waiting to devour their favorite menu items, this re-opening also ushers in a few brand new items the sister-friend team can...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
Sep 7th, 2022
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article by VANELIS RIVERAphotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Elizabeth Griffon heads St. Frederick Catholic High School’s garden club, a student-run, service-based project that keeps growing thanks to local grants and the support of the Monroe community. Every day is a completely different adventure,” s...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Sep 7th, 2022
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article by Starla Gatson photography by Kelly Moore Clark “Art is too important not to share.” This quote comes from Brazilian artist Romero Britto, but it’s more than that;it’s a phrase in which 19-year-old Katherine Bonner fully believes. These words, displayed on her website homepage, su...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Sep 7th, 2022
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article by Shannon Dahlum If you have a history of struggling to achieve or maintain a healthy body weight, you’ve probably expended a lot of effort managing the quantity and quality of what’s entering your body. However, if you haven’t experienced the results you think you should have, perhaps you ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
Sep 7th, 2022
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article by Dan Chason I once said that I think that my one and only older brother starting picking on me while I was still in the womb. I was 2 1/2 years younger than my brother Steve. I was a chunky young man, and wore Huskies and my brother wore Slims. He was lean, mean […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
Sep 7th, 2022
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This fall, the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City will welcome one of Monroe’s own – recent Neville High School graduate Kam Buttitta. PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARKARTICLE BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE Kam recognized her passion for fashion early on. A self-described creativ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Sep 7th, 2022
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by Sherman Alexie “I can’t blame my parents for our poverty because my mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit. My parents came from poor people who came from poor people who came from poor people, all the way back to the very first poor people.” Alexie’s semi-autobiographical young ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Sep 7th, 2022
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by Kiese Laymon “Thanking Jesus for getting us through situations we should have never been in was one of our family’s superpowers” I first heard of Kiese Laymon’s work in a book review podcast and was immediately drawn into his discussion of revision. He is known for buying back the rights to one of...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
Sep 6th, 2022
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Living Ledbetter photography by Kelly Moore Clarkarticle by Georgiann Potts Dee McDonald Ledbetter comes by her sense of style honestly. She literally grew up surrounded by dapper dressers. Both her parents (Carol and Jesse McDonald) and her maternal grandparents (Mignon and Arthur Emerson) had a cer...
By Nathan Coker
In AskErin
Sep 6th, 2022
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by Erin Love Goodbye summer! A new school year is here, and that means hectic schedules, alarm clocks, and piles of paper. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up, but with a little organization, you can create order out of the chaos and transition from summer fun to schoolwork with minimum complication...
