The National Spelling Bee came to a conclusion Thursday night with Zaila Avant-garde, who is a 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, taking home the top prize. Avant-garde won the championship in 18 rounds, defeating 10 other finalists, according to Yahoo News. “It felt like really good to become a winner simply because of the fact that I’ve been like working on it for like two years…
The Louisiana Division of Archaeology and the Capitol Park Museum announce the opening of a new exhibit – The Mardi Gras Shipwreck. In 2007, a team of archaeologists and researchers mapped, recovered, and analyzed more than 1,000 artifacts from an underwater archaeological site in the Gulf of Mexico. While the artifacts and research indicate the ship sank in the early 1800s,…
The Louisiana Office of Cultural Development’s Division of the Arts announces the release of applications for the Louisiana Cultural Districts program. The application period is now open. Any municipal or parish government can now apply to have a specific geographic area considered for designation as a Cultural District. Additionally, current eligible Louisiana Cultural Districts are able to apply for a boundary expansion.…
Original report from JC Canicosa/LA Illuminator Despite objections from preservationist groups, LSU has moved ahead with demolishing McDonogh No. 11, a 142-year-old New Orleans elementary school that has undergone millions of dollars of publicly-funded renovation and moving. The LSU Health Science Center, which bought the building to make room for the University Medical Center, will build a clinic where McDonogh 11…
Brown Public Relations welcomes Kyla Perkins as Assistant Social/Media Manager and Producer. Kyla is familiar with the agency, she is a former Account Support Strategist intern. A Chicago native, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Tougaloo College where she gained additional experience in literary analysis, editing, and producing. She will be responsible for producing, writing, and managing social media programs of multiple agency…
On June 19, 1865—a full two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation—Union General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas. In the years that followed, Black communities, first in Texas and then across the United States, gathered to mark the day that became commonly known as Juneteenth. While knowledge of Juneteenth has evolved and grown,…