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A Candy Favorite in Louisiana Returns After 14 Year Absence
Shall we take a step back in time? What were you doing 14 years ago? Maybe you were snapping your Silly Bandz in Sulphur or jamming to the Jersey Shore in Jennings. You might have also been doing the Harlem Shake in Haughton or spewing out the Cinnamon Challenge in Shreveport. Needless to say, a lot has changed in the past decade and a half.
Former Times theater critic Lane Crockett dies but leaves legacy of top reviews
Former Shreveport Times theater critic Lane Crockett, who spent decades keeping actors and actresses on the edges of their seats waiting to read his words, has died. Crockett, 83, passed away Friday at Willis Knighton Pierremont due to complications to ongoing vascular issues he had been dealing with, according to longtime friend John Gayle. The two met and became friends after Crockett reviewed a couple of plays Gayle performed in with the Gaslight Players in 1979. ...
Let's all get curious on Oct. 9
This next unofficial holiday I want to tell you about is absolutely perfect for a library column. On October 9th I hope you take some time to celebrate Curious Events Day! It is human nature to be curious, and while we are encouraged in our curiosity as children, sometimes adulthood doesn’t leave a lot of time for us to indulge in those curiosities quite as often as we’d like. So why not use the excuse of a...
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