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By Cassie Livingston
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Jul 29th, 2020
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ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERAPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR can often evoke images of extending friendly greetings, gifting homemade pies, or even graciously dog sitting on occasion, but for Meryl Kennedy Farr, Chairman and CEO of Neighbors, it meant coming together with a group o...
By Cassie Livingston
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Jul 29th, 2020
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article by GEORGIANN POTTS and photography by KELLY MOORE CLARK In 1963, Billy Edd Wheeler wrote “Jackson”, a song made popular in 1967 when Johnny Cash and June Carter recorded it. The most memorable line in the song described a love match that was “hotter than a pepper sprout.” Anyone who has taste...
By Cassie Livingston
In Bayou Beats
Jul 2nd, 2020
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If you have frequented live music events in Northeast Louisiana for the past thirty years, chances are that you’ve seen a barrel chested bear of a man, bandana clad, wearing a sleeveless plaid button down, jean shorts, signature work boots, shredding an electric guitar with a lit cigar in his mouth. ...
By Cassie Livingston
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Jul 2nd, 2020
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Northeast Louisiana’s own, KADEE MALONE, has defied the status symbol and masculine rituals of male dominance in the cigar industry. As the co-owner of Legends Cigar & Vape in Ruston, she’s joined the league of EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN breaking the barriers in the cigar industry. article by VANELIS RI...
By Cassie Livingston
In Bayou Eats
Jul 2nd, 2020
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This month’s BayouEats feature, SHAW NUFF BBQ, isn’t just a story of good barbecue, it’s a story of service to humanity. Owner and Pit Master, SAM SHAW, hasn’t just made barbecue a meal, he’s made a life out of it. PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK | ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERA I’m your Michael Jordan o...
By Cassie Livingston
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Jul 2nd, 2020
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Serendipitous: that’s the word artist BROOKE CASSADY uses to describe the many moments that brought her to Louisiana Tech University this past year. Rather than a clear-cut path, Brooke has followed many offshoots that ultimately led her to settling in Monroe and becoming Visiting Assistant Professor...
By Cassie Livingston
In Bayou Beats
Jun 5th, 2020
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Mason Howard will tell people he’s been performing for about seven years, but his first paid gig was actually when he was eight. His impressive range of ability is embodied in the amount of instruments he owns, his natural knack for composing melodies, and the people who have taught him along the way...
By Cassie Livingston
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Jun 5th, 2020
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTS | PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK The first word people think of when they meet T.J. Stevenson is “joy”. Hers is a joyful soul, a loving soul, and a benevolent soul. Throughout life, she has experienced it all – sorrow, sadness, anger, love, and — more than anything ...
By Cassie Livingston
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Jun 5th, 2020
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JONI NOBLE IS A PROFESSOR, PHOTOGRAPHER AND PAINTER. HER ART HAS OFTEN BEEN INSPIRED BY HER TRAVELS TEACHING AND CREATING ABROAD ARTICLE BY APRIL CLARK HONAKER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Local artist Joni Noble is a professor of art who coordinates the art program at the University of Louisia...
By Cassie Livingston
In Bayou Eats
Jun 5th, 2020
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IN THE SPIRIT OF THE MOST ACTIVE TIME OF YEAR, WE CAME UP WITH A MUST-EAT CHECKLIST SURE TO COMPLIMENT THE LAZY DRIFTING DAYS OF SUMMER. ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERAPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARKSTYLING BY TAYLOR BENNETT FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, Deborah Callaway’s snowball and ice cream stand has served as ...