LOUISIANA
- Ready to celebrate the holidays? Check out these festive November happenings around New Orleans.
It never hurts to get into the holiday spirit a little early, and this year is no exception.
- The first Louisiana Queer Arts Festival is set for Nov. 28. Here are all the details.
More than 40 Louisiana LGBTQ+ (and allied) artists, makers and creators have signed on for the inaugural Louisiana Queer Arts Festival.
- Louisiana's Sammy Kershaw gets apology and red-carpet invite from the CMA. Here's his response.
After initially being denied a red-carpet walk for the 60th Country Music Association Awards on Nov. 18, country music veteran and Louisiana native […]
- Fruit trees are needed for Baton Rouge Green’s citrus pick event. Here’s how to register.
As the citrus around Baton Rouge transforms into shades of orange, the tree branches start to sag, heavy with fruit. It’s time to share the bounty.
- Chatime, a Taiwanese boba tea brand, opens its first Louisiana location in Lafayette
Chatime, a Taiwanese bubble tea franchise, has opened its first location in Louisiana at Ambassador Town Center in Lafayette.
- Groundbreaking Alonzo King LINES ballet is back in NOLA for first time in 15 years
Returning to New Orleans for the first time in 15 years, the world-renowned Alonzo King LINES Ballet will bring its pioneering brand of contemporary […]
- Baton Rouge teen holds instrument drive for middle school music students to become Eagle Scout
Baton Rouge Magnet High student Emmett Murphy, a Scout in St. Patrick Scout Troop 203, has fulfilled almost all of his requirements for Eagle Scouts […]
- Education philanthropist Nick Pugh honored as winner of 94th Civic Cup
In a room full of longtime friends and fellow community leaders at the City Club at River Ranch, Lafayette engineer Nick Pugh was awarded one of the […]
- Louisiana's Sammy Kershaw gets apology and red-carpet invite from the CMA. Here's his response.
After initially being denied a red-carpet walk for the 60th Country Music Association Awards on Nov. 18, country music veteran and Louisiana native […]
- This LSU football tailgate made of Shreveport firemen and ‘Survivor’ legends has met for 31 years
There are few things that would stop the group of firefighters from the Shreveport Fire Department from tailgating at every LSU home football game.
- Lafayette honors military sacrifices in Moncus Park Veteran's Day ceremony
Veterans, their families and community members gathered at Moncus Park Wednesday morning to recognize and honor the military service of veterans and […]
- How the Louisiana Children’s Museum started 40 years ago with ‘two young mothers and a dream’
Long before the $47.5 million masterpiece in City Park, and more than a decade before the first child walked through a set of big blue doors on Julia […]
- Hilliard Art Museum hires new curator as it prepares for major expansion in Lafayette
The Hilliard Art Museum at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has named architect and exhibition designer Jonathan Boelkins as its new curator, […]
PODCASTS
INDIE FILM
- Scoring 'Tales from Eternia': Why Composer Erik Desiderio Channeled Queen and ’80s Rock
by Jason Hellerman on November 13, 2026 at 9:30 PMScoring a franchise as iconic as Masters of the Universe comes with built-in expectations of grandeur and fantasy. There's a lot of pressure to expand the worldbuilding through the music and nail the tone.For Masters of the Universe: Tales from […]
- After ‘Bitter Christmas,’ Pedro Almodóvar Might Be Done with English-Language Moviesby Anne Thompson on November 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Stealing stories from your friends is part of the creative process, he said. "There is not any law that creates the limits of the autofiction."
- How 'Project Hail Mary' Brought Rocky to Life
by Jason Hellerman on November 13, 2026 at 9:00 PMAndy Weir’s beloved sci-fi novel Project Hail Mary seemed like one of those projects that would never live up to expectations on the big screen.But Lord and Miller aren't cowards, and when Earth needed them to make a movie about mankind clinging […]
- Production Designer Ruth De Jong on How to Build (Ancient) Worlds for Auteursby Sarah Shachat on November 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Ruth De Jong tells IndieWire about the odyssey behind "The Odyssey," as well as projects for David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Terrence Malick.
- Lessons From the Blockbuster Era of Renting VHS Movies
by Jason Hellerman on November 13, 2026 at 8:30 PMOne of the things I am most nostalgic about was going to the video store on a Friday night and picking out something with my friends, girlfriend, or family. It was this formative experience that held so much excitement in your heart. You knew that […]
- IndieWire Honors Film Celebration to Fête John Turturro, the ‘Artificial’ Cast, Los Javis, and Moreby Marcus Jones on November 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
IndieWire Honors will celebrate the year in film with awards given to John Turturro, Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Ike Barinholtz, James Gray, Adam Driver, Los Javis, and many more.
- Bad Interview Audio? Premiere Can Fix That.
by Sponsored Content on November 13, 2026 at 8:00 PMYou’ve got the shot. The subject finally opens up; the answer is the heart of your scene, and then you put on headphones. There’s an air conditioner humming under the whole thing. The room sounds like a gymnasium. Or two people got excited and […]
- Margot Robbie Teaming with ‘The Drama’ Director Kristoffer Borgli for ‘The Week of Pain’ at A24by J. Kim Murphy on November 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The star has found her next vehicle after the coming "Ocean's Eleven" prequel from Bradley Cooper.
- Pete Ohs' 2026 Distribution Experiment #3: Love & Work (Plus a Traveling DVD?)
by GG Hawkins on November 13, 2026 at 7:30 PMWhat does it take to get an independent film in front of an audience when traditional distribution isn't working? In the third installment of Pete Ohs' 2026 distribution experiment for the No Film School Podcast, host GG Hawkins catches up with Pete […]
- Will ‘Dune’ and ‘Avengers’ Drown Out Everything Else at the Box Office This Christmas?by Brian Welk on November 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"Werwulf," "Mr. Irrelevant," "Jumanji: Open World," "Artificial," and "The Angry Birds Movie 3" are the other titles leading a crowded holiday.