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In Livingston Parish, Chantelle Varnado, with a hand from her family, cares for 400 kids with special needs By Amy Alexander | Tim Mueller photos Chantelle Varnado has a passion […]

Two synagogues forge a bolder future for Judaism in Baton Rouge By Gary Perilloux Generations of Jewish families practiced their faith consistently in Baton Rouge, but they did so in […]

Currents Q3 2022

Sara Bongiorni Leaders of a project to create an urban trail are, from left front row, Jenni Peters and Adrian Owen-Jones with, from left back row, Misti Broussard, Brumby Broussard, […]

By Amy Alexander It’s the kind of March day you’d like to bottle and pop open on a stifling July afternoon–seventy-odd degrees, piercing blue skies, just the right amount of […]

By Mary Ann Sternberg Cottonwood Books existed for over 40 years and several iterations in the shadow of the Perkins Road overpass. But, since 1986, that name emblazoned in white […]

Currents Q2 2022

By Gary Perilloux At the riverfront headquarters of the Water Institute, Justin Ehrenwerth discusses the future of water. He’s surrounded by it. Behind him, a workboat struggles up the Mississippi […]

By Sara Bongiorni A network of paved trails, bike lanes and quiet streets with wayfinding signs will reach from Pecue Lane through downtown to Scotlandville by mid-decade. BREC is taking […]

By Sara Bongiorni Photo by Mueller The Gardere Initiative runs summer and holiday camps and an after-school program from a homey Ned Avenue fourplex that serves as the neighborhood’s de […]