TO HER STUDENTS, PEERS AND FAMILY, LEAH REITZELL IS A POWERHOUSE OF ENERGY FOR GOOD. SHE’S A FULL-TIME TEACHER, MOTHER OF THREE AND WORKING ARTIST. HER LOVE, JOY AND TALENTS EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF A CANVAS OR THE WALLS OF A CLASSROOM. LEAH IS THIS MONTH’S BAYOU ARTIST. ARTICLE BY APRIL C...
article by Vanelis Rivera | photography by Federico Villaseñor “I need a prettier sound. It doesn’t sound sharp enough,” insists Asa Stone, lead singer and second guitar of Jig the Alien. Styling grungy jeans, a multicolored plaid shirt, wild-maned Stone pauses, then shoots out, “I’m just not getting...
This year’s St. Jude Dream Home in Monroe was completed under the direction of several volunteers, artisans, designers and sponsors. article by MARÉ BRENNAN | photography by STEVEN MYERS St. Jude, the patron saint of desperate causes, found an earth angel in entertainer Danny Thomas, who founded St. ...
