The quickest way to enjoy his work is to go to YouTube to Brown’s pre-Pulitzer 2015 TEDx talk, “The art of words.” He greets with, “Where I am from, we always begin with a prayer.” But he blesses the audience with the unexpected: a Prayer of the Backhand.

One such person was Eric Hess, one of the glass artists at Sanctuary Art Glass near downtown Shreveport. He and his partner in glass, Michelle Pennington, were just two more citizens cast adrift on the shores of idleness. Hess was noodling around Facebook when something caught his eye.

Half a century ago, revolution was taking place everywhere you looked. The Beatles and Woodstock revolutionized our view of music and youth culture. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin revolutionized our view of space. And Nancy Wilson began a career that transformed the way she viewed herself and her world.

This article will be a little different from what I usually write. Once or twice a month, the local Carrabba’s Italian Grill hosts a wine dinner. Each dinner has a different theme with different offerings, but they always include great food and they.

“I’m a constant worrier. I worry about everything,” said Prize Fest founder Gregory Kallenberg. “We stay up at night thinking how to make this bigger, bolder, bawdier, louder and more fun. It is a constant process with us to keep tinkering and tweaking to make this even more than it.