Red Beans & Rice Cookoff to be part of Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival

This year’s Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival on July 19 will include a Red Beans and Rice Cookoff. Professionals and hobbyists alike can compete to demonstrate their cooking skills. Registration and the cooks’ meeting will take place at 8 a.m. in the N-Club Room inside Prather Coliseum.

Northwestern State hosts “Dinner and Doo Wop”

The NSU Summer Dinner Theatre will present “Dinner and Doo Wop” July 22-26 and July 29 – Aug. 2 at The Venue on Front Street located at 530 Front Street in Natchitoches. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner and the show starts at 6 p.m.Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.

Free Native Crafts workshop will be at Sports Hall of Fame & Museum

The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University will present a Native American Crafts Workshop on Saturday, July 12, at 2 p.m. at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum at 800 Front Street in Natchitoches.

Folk, country & bluegrass come alive at the Louisiana State Fiddle Championship

The Louisiana State Fiddle Championship will take place as part of the 45th annual Natchitoches- NSU Folk Festival to be held on the Northwestern State University campus on July 19. The Fiddle Championship will be held at 1 p.m.

Recent donation by DAR will support renovations to gallery spaces in Arlington Cemetery memorial

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Campti native Edith Marie Wimberly was among nurse heroines in World War II

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has committed to support of the Military Women’s Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery.As part of that effort, members of the Cane River Chapter, NSDAR, are documenting military women’s experiences and their history.

Happy Independence Day

It is the Soldier by Charles M. Province It is the soldier, not the minister, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It’s almost time to harvest figs

The figs are green, plump and plentiful. Yes, it’s almost fig harvest season in Louisiana, and soon it will be time to use the delicious, nutritious fruit in preserves, baked treats and other goodies.

Roy and Bonnie DeBlieux celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary

Roy M. DeBlieux and his wife Bonnie K. Kirkpatrick DeBlieux of Jacksonville N.C.. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 7, 2025.Roy’s parents were John C. DeBlieux Jr. and Jean E. DeBlieux of Natchitoches and Bonnie’s parents were Davis A. Kirkpatrick Sr.

June is almost over but it’s still National Pollinator Month

If you’ve paid any attention to the news in recent years, you probably know there’s a lot of concern about the decline in pollinator populations. Loss of habitat, overuse of pesticides and other factors have all presented threats to pollinators.