Serena Puang

Baton Rouge

Plantcestry

Participants discover the smell of roots at a Glassel Gallery workshop.

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Serena Puang

21 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

LGBTQ+ "EyeCons" of Louisiana

On display at Shell Gallery, where the pictured icons get some, not all, the attention they deserve.

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Serena Puang

21 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

Missed Connection

Tia Williams' new novel takes off from an airplane ride encounter.

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Serena Puang

19 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

Southern Art?

An LSU exhibit considers the question.

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Serena Puang

17 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

Sushi Ninja Beginnings

Two teens offer a vision of the cover-band future.

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Serena Puang

15 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

Much Ado About Modern Shakespeare

Presented with vim by one of Baton Rouge's new theater companies.

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Serena Puang

12 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

All Over

Meet Barbara, Your New Best Friend

Daniel Lavery's latest book talks about the difficulties of forging modern day friendships — and gives lonely audiences a complex character to care about.

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Serena Puang

9 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

A Louisiana Western?

There were some elephants in the room during a screening of the new movie "Cowboy."

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Serena Puang

9 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

Lincoln Theater; Crawfish; Richard Pryor

All three of those things can be found drawn onto the literal walls of Baton Rouge's "Museum of Public Art."

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Serena Puang

5 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

All Over

Tropey but Funnier

Hallie Cantor's new book puts a spin on the question of who owns whose story.

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Serena Puang

5 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

Baton Rouge

Cracked Paint On Spa Walls

A wellness center turns its waiting room into a provocative art gallery.

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Serena Puang

1 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

Blue Skies

Emerge as 2 Domestic 1 Import take the stage.

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Serena Puang

28 May 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

The River And Us

Art and ecology flow through each other at a Bluebonnet Library exhibit.

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Serena Puang

25 May 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

Hot Mess Wantons

Lydia Pang's memoir "Eat Bitter" explores food and enduring sufferings through the lens of a central Chinese phrase.

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Serena Puang

25 May 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

Uncle Chess Magic

Star act lifts a dampened Soul Food Fest.

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Serena Puang

25 May 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

What Makes Home?

Explored in Nicholas Roberts' Glassel Gallery exhibition.

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Serena Puang

18 May 2026 · 2 min read

Baton Rouge

DIY is cool again

As Serena Puang discovers at the Fix-it Faire.

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Serena Puang

18 May 2026 · 3 min read

Baton Rouge

Sax Man Watching

Eric Whitfield connects at Thai Kitchen.

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Serena Puang

15 May 2026 · 2 min read