Laura Cayouette has over 20 years of experience and has appeared in some well-regarded recent shows like Treme, True Detective, and Now You See Me, but she is best known for playing Laura Lee in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. She has also … [Read more]
Forever Waves, a Music Powered Short Film & Collaboration
The short film Forever Waves is a testament to the power of collaboration. The film is directed and co-written by Jeff Roedel, a former editor of the Baton Rouge magazine, 225. The other co-writer is Kristin Diable, who also stars and sings in the … [Read more]
Swamp Thing: New Zealand Blues Rock, Louisiana Style
Together Michael Barker and Grant Haua form Swamp Thing, a bluesy swamp rock band all the way from New Zealand. Recently they paid a visit to Louisiana through a cultural exchange made possible by Eric Holowacz and the Arts Council of Greater Baton … [Read more]
On Redeployment & War Stories with Phil Klay, Writer & Marine
Phil Klay's book Redeployment was awarded the 2014 National Book Award for fiction. In the style of The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien's Vietnam-war classic, Redeployment is a compilation of stories told from various perspectives of American … [Read more]
Inc. Magazine Editor & Small Giants Visionary Bo Burlingham on Merits of Values-Driven Business
Bo Burlingham is an editor-at-large at Inc. Magazine, but he is best known for writing Small Giants, the business book that grew into an international movement now represented by the Small Giants Community. At the core of the Small Giants ethos is … [Read more]
A Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Discussion with Journalist Mac McClelland
Mac McClelland is an award-winning journalist who has written for publications like The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Wired. In her latest book, Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story, she gives an intimate, first-person account of her … [Read more]