Karen Taylor Gist

Jan 20, 2025 | nola.com | Karen Taylor Gist |Karen Taylor

Carnival season can be loud and brash, crowded and raucus, but the folks at the Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans have found a way to introduce the littlest krewe members to the traditions of the holiday in a gentler way. It's holding storytimes featuring Carnival-themed books, published by the local Pelican Publishing, in January and February. JAN.

Nov 1, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Karen Taylor Gist

In Louisiana, history isn’t relegated to books. It’s a tangible thing. We see and interact with it every day in many ways, but especially in our architecture. A new hour-long documentary by the Louisiana Architecture Foundation, “Ancestral Artistry: The Influence of Africans & Creoles of Color on Louisiana Architecture,” shines a light on how building practices and the master craftsmen who perfected them developed here by exploring the times that shaped the people. The film will be shown Nov.

Oct 31, 2024 | nola.com | Karen Taylor Gist |Karen Taylor

In Louisiana, history isn’t relegated to books. It’s a tangible thing. We see and interact with it every day in many ways, but especially in our architecture. A new hour-long documentary by the Louisiana Architecture Foundation, “Ancestral Artistry: The Influence of Africans & Creoles of Color on Louisiana Architecture,” shines a light on how building practices and the master craftsmen who perfected them developed here by exploring the times that shaped the people. The film will be shown Nov.

Oct 28, 2024 | nola.com | Karen Taylor Gist |Karen Taylor

The 10-foot pumpkin in Vincent Catalanotto Jr.’s Lakeview yard could be called charmingly imperfect, an old-style handmade Halloween ornament crafted from orange Visqueen over a wood- and chicken-wire frame. When Catalanotto looks at it, however, he sees something more.

Oct 24, 2024 | nola.com | Karen Taylor Gist |Karen Taylor

"Gothic Life: The Essential Guide to Macabre Style," by Aurelio Voltaire; Epic Ink, $24.99. Author Aurelio Voltaire is obsessed with horror, monsters and the macabre. He loves Halloween, yes, but the Goth life is not just a holiday for him: He lives it every day, in the darkly decorated New York City apartment he designed. (He’s also a musician, bringing his dark cabaret musings on Oct.