📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | August 24–30 Why it matters: BRUFF takes over Manship Theatre for four days of independent film, panels and workshops—and Tuesday brings a rare double at LASM with Wendy Rodrigue leading morning tours and an evening celebration of the Blue Dog. 🗓️ Tuesday, August 25 🎨 Reflections: Wendy Rodrigue at LASM—10 a.m.
LSU's wearable defense LSU researcher is turning data from football players into an early-warning system for heatstroke.
Sweet snake of mine An LSU biologist went hunting in the dark. He came back with a species that didn't have a name, so a colleague named it after one of her favorite rock stars.
Drone and groan Amazon’s drones are generating complaints almost as loud as their buzzing. With more flights on the way, residents can do little but make noise.
Scoop the Tillamook Second-best is no insult when the ice cream comes from an Oregon dairy co-op ... and tastes this good.
Seeing the light Anyone who drives Baton Rouge after dark knows the feeling: a car in the oncoming lane—sedan, SUV, doesn't matter—washes your windshield in cold white light, and you squint until it passes, saying a silent prayer that nothing crosses your path until some semblance of vision is
Leave the drone at home Fly a drone near Tiger Stadium this season, and law enforcement won't just tell you to land it. They can jam it, hack it, seize it and come after you for a fine of up to $4,000, up to two years behind bars or both. Why it
Jefferson Greens salad: smoke, no mirrors A parasite took you out of your salad game. Return and indulge at City Pork, where the house salad is an umami delight.
Goodbye daylight, hello football Baton Rouge saw its last 8 p.m. sunset of 2026 on July 30, and true to form, it left without so much as a goodbye. From here, it's a slow bleed. A few minutes a night, every night, until the Earth tips us toward the winter solstice
Who is Hunden Partners? The Chicago firm is working on every stop on Baton Rouge's "string of pearls."
Spilling the tea on French Truck Make no mistake, Baton Rouge is a coffee city. But for those among us with a refined palate, an affection for their English ancestry and a preference for the joy that is black tea, there's no better cup being steeped in what's nominally a coffee shop
LSU joins the billion-dollar club The university's foundation surpassed $1 billion for the first time, a reason to celebrate. But it's far behind most other SEC schools.
LSU welcomes. Baton Rouge doesn't. Baton Rouge is missing the chance to tell its story to the audience it craves the most.
The cost of getting old Louisiana is aging faster than the nation, straining a tax code built for a younger state.