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📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | Sept. 21–27

📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | Sept. 21–27

Why it matters: Wednesday is the week's cultural fulcrum—Weird Al and GWAR both hit Baton Rouge the same night. Thursday brings the BREC Commission's City-Brooks verdict, Farm Fête and Jason Carter at Manship. Friday explodes with five simultaneous options. Saturday closes with silent film

Counting tips

Counting tips

Louisiana diners tipped an average of 18.9% at full-service restaurants, just below the national average of 19.1%, according to 2026 data from Toast released yesterday. By the numbers: Delaware diners tip the most, at 21.4%, while Californians tip the least, at 17.1%. Why it matters:

Respect the Grove, by damn

Respect the Grove, by damn

Friends, RedEye readers and Tiger Nation, lend me your ears; I come not to bury Ole Miss—that's for Saturday—but to praise the Grove. Pray hear me out: Understand that the good people of Oxford will be mixing a cocktail of anger, betrayal and "Et tu,

Find your stride with Run Krewe

Find your stride with Run Krewe

Running is good for you. Running with others is even better.

📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | Sept. 14–20

📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | Sept. 14–20

Why it matters: Thursday is the week's anchor—the final public meeting on City-Brooks Park, the Walter Anderson documentary premiere and 2001: A Space Odyssey all land the same night. Live After Five returns Friday and Dear Evan Hansen closes its run Sunday. 🗓️ Tuesday, September 15 🎬 Tony—

Hotter BR requires cool thinking

Hotter BR requires cool thinking

Baton Rouge will get hotter. But there are clever way that the parish can continue to safely embrace the summer.

Top of the class

Top of the class

Which high school offers the best chance to succeed? Baton Rouge Magnet leads, with Episcopal a very close second.