Fellowship of silence
A Baton Rouge bar mixes cocktails with reading books
Mukul Verma
Bibliophile’s bazaar turns 50
Take the day. Buy more than you should
Homeownership, with a climate surcharge
Home insurance isn’t just rising in Baton Rouge. It’s pushing some people to leave.
Tabasco's giant leap
As a child, one prominent Baton Rouge resident packed tiny bottles of Tabasco to save boarding school cafeteria meals. Last week was a reminder that the sauce still travels well and still has the power to rescue broccoli au gratin.
Made on Avery Island, Tabasco was one of five hot
AI to reduce poverty
A Maryland project could be duplicated in Baton Rouge to make government more efficient
The art of noticing early
A Baton Rouge Magnet High School senior has won one of the city’s more heartening cultural prizes.
Sophia Zhu took top honors in the 2026 REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE High School Exhibition, a juried show at Baton Rouge Gallery that gathers student work from across East Baton Rouge Parish. The
City Park meeting pushed back
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” wrote John Muir, whose words sit on BREC’s website and now feel like an accidental explanation for the latest move over City-Brooks Community Park plan.
Why it matters: City-Brooks Community Park and the University Lakes