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Enjoy live music, paintings, family fun at the Baton Rouge Zoo’s Art For Animals Festival
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Zoo is inviting guests to come out this weekend for their Arts For Animals Festival which will be kicking off at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. The event will occur from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. Guests will be able to enjoy […]
Need to shop on Thanksgiving Day? These Baton Rouge stores will be open
Editor’s note: The hours for Big Lots have been corrected. We apologize for the error. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Looking to head out on Thanksgiving Day to get either get a head start on your holiday shopping or needing to get last-minute items for your Thanksgiving meal? We have compiled a list of the […]
Brunch in Baton Rouge: Check out these places for bacon, biscuits, eggs, shrimp and grits and other favorites
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Want to go enjoy a meal with the family? Look no further as the Baton Rouge area offers some of the best brunch spots around to enjoy a late breakfast with friends and family. Brunch is the perfect combination of breakfast and lunch and each restaurant in the capital city […]
New food and drinks on the menu, service style at Baton Rouge po’boy restaurant
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Jed’s Local, a Mid City Baton Rouge po’boy restaurant, is welcoming back diners after a months-long closure for renovations. The restaurant announced it would have its last day of service before renovations on Monday, July 31. Now, the po’boy spot is ready to open back up its doors to guests […]
Want to improve your game? Check out these batting cages in, near Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Getting in batting practice whether you are in season or the offseason is always a good idea. For baseball and softball players looking to continue to grow in their game, the Baton Rouge area offers some of the best facilities in the region. There are multiple benefits to going to […]
Photos: $3.95 million Baton Rouge home on sale has drama in its design
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A two-story French Provincial home on sale in the Bocage area screams luxury with its dramatic and elegant design. The $3,950,000 home built at 3170 Conway Drive in 2021 has five bedrooms and six bathrooms in a 7,000-square-foot space recently sold. According to a description of the abode on Zillow, […]
New Five Guys location coming to Gonzales
GONZALES, La. (BRPROUD) — A popular burger restaurant, Five Guys, will be expanding to Ascension Parish as their new location will be opening up in Gonzales. The Five Guys in Gonzales will be located in Heritage Crossing on Hwy. 30 at Hwy. 44, according to a Facebook post. Five Guys is known for their signature […]
Drink, party, and crawl at this year’s ‘Halloweekend Hangover Bar Crawl’
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Halloween is just a few days away, and there will be plenty of events this weekend to celebrate the upcoming holiday in the capital city. The Baton Rouge Halloweekend Hangover Bar Crawl will take place Friday, Oct. 27 and Saturday, Oct. 28. Attendees can adventure through the best bars and […]
BREC Athletics offering Thanksgiving-week sports camp for kids that focuses on overall skills
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — BREC Athletics is collaborating with Ochsner Performance Training to offer a Fall Holiday Sports Camp from Nov. 20-22 at Kathy Drive Park in Baton Rouge. The camp will be offered to kids ages 7-14, according to a release from BREC. “The main goal of this camp was to give the […]
Extraordinary Educator: We put a science teacher under a ‘microscope’
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — You don’t need a “microscope” to find our next extraordinary educator. Mrs. Angel Harris is a science teacher at Park Medical Academy, and we wanted to show why she “matters”. Ask any student what their favorite subject is, and more than likely science isn’t it, but Mrs. Harris wants her […]
LSU AgCenter holds corn maze at Botanic Gardens
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden is hosting a night maze on Saturday, Oct. 28. Guests can wear costumes, walk through a corn maze, roast marshmallows, climb a hay mountain, get temporary tattoos and enjoy live music. Food vendors also will be available. The night maze is scheduled to […]
Tickets on sale now for Rollin’ on the Mississippi River Gala honoring Tina Turner, funding the arts
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge’s ‘Rollin’ on the Mississippi River MPAC (Music, Performance, Art, Community) Gala is back for another year. The event will be from 7-10 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Cary Saurage Community Arts Center. “Rollin’ on the Mississippi River is just an homage to the […]
Photos: Luxury Baton Rouge home selling for $3.9M has forest, lake views
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A Baton Rouge home that sits on over 59 acres is listed for $3.9 million. The 13,357 square-foot home at 10112 Wood Duck Drive has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms. The Zillow listing describes the property as a “fabulous indoor/outdoor relationship in the rear overlooking the beautifully designed pool with […]
Extraordinary Educator: Meet Mrs. Jaqueline Burton from Park Medical Academy
BATON ROUGE, LA (BRPROUD) — Prepare to meet an educator, who has the passion and the patience, for teaching kids how to read! Her name is Mrs. Jaqueline Burton, an educator at Park Medical Academy in Baton Rouge. Burton has been teaching for two decades, and says her job is not a commitment, but a […]
Destination Louisiane: Angola Prison Rodeo provides second chances
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (BRPROUD) – The Angola Prison Rodeo is a place filled with “second chances” for inmates behind bars to interact and show their talents off to society. Known as the “Wildest Show in the South”, the Angola Prison Rodeo is the longest-running prison rodeo. It...
‘Very scary’ 13th Gate Haunted House in Baton Rouge opens with thrills, chills for Halloween
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — One of the top haunted houses in the nation, 13th Gate Haunted House has been scaring people for the past 23 years in Baton Rouge. The 40,000 square-foot facility has 13 indoor and outdoor Halloween themes. The owner of 13th Gate Haunted House, Dwayne Sanburn, says this year has upped the […]
$4M home towering over Louisiana Country Club in Baton Rouge for sale
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A $4 million one-of-a-kind home is up for sale in the Nicholson neighborhood. This five-bedroom, six-bathroom home sits on more than an acre of land at 17835 E. Augusta Drive in Baton Rouge. The house was built in 1994 and overlooks the Country Club of Louisiana golf course’s fifth hole. […]
Try different restaurants, Germain-cuisine at Oktoberfest
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Restaurant Association Greater Baton Rouge Chapter will be putting on its second Oktoberfest at Point-Marie on Oct. 5 from 6-9 p.m. Oktoberfest will be filled with live entertainment, contests and German-inspired cuisine for attendees to try. Click here to purchase your tickets for this year’s Oktoberfest. Tickets are […]
Baton Rouge nurse brought back to life during surgery
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — One registered emergency room nurse from Baton Rouge General Bluebonnet was brought back to life after she died on the operating table during a routine procedure. Her colleagues rushed to save her after a code blue was called throughout the hospital. Her name is Valerie Amato. “They apparently had told […]
Extraordinary Educator: Meet the Baton Rouge dance instructor who is always on his toes
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Instead of running a mile in gym class, how about learning how to do a plié from a pro? That’s what Mr. Jeoffrey Harris will teach you inside his dance class at McKinley Middle Magnet School. “I was a visual artist, I was a musician, I played in the band,” […]
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