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Today on Louisiana Considered: it’s been 10 years since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. We learn how one New Orleans-based storytelling collaborative is helping give survivors control over their narratives. Plus, we hear about Opéra Louisiane’s upcoming holiday performance.

Folks are familiar with New Orleans' home-grown Creole and Cajun cuisines. But the Crescent City is also the perfect place to taste the diverse and vibrant flavors coming out of Latin America.

UPDATE: March 28, 11:31 p.m.The individual occupying the tree in a City Park construction area is believed to be in possession of two "incendiary…

It's Thanksgiving weekend, and we've got some family harmonies. Coming up, we are going to revisit a conversation with the late bassist, Charlie Haden. Haden is known to many for his early work in the late ‘50s with free jazz sax player, Ornette Coleman. A decade later, he founded the Liberation Music Orchestra with arranger and pianist Carla Bley, a group dedicated to political activism. Over the years, Haden collaborated with pianists Keith Jarrett, Kenny Barron, Hank Jones, and his most enduring partnership was with fellow Missourian, guitarist Pat Metheny. Although Charlie Haden’s homeland for many years was Los Angeles, he grew up mostly near Springfield, Missouri. When I spoke to the consummate jazz bassist in 2008, he was drawing attention for a country music record made in Nashville, Rambling Boy, where he was joined by his musical family and several guests. For Haden, country music was a homecoming. His career really began at age two, singing–yodeling–on his parent's live radio show.

Susan Chira, New York Times senior correspondent and editor on gender issues; NPR's TV critic, Eric Deggans, and NPR editor, Ammad Omar discuss the headlines of the week.

The amazing science behind understanding mysterious but critical ocean currents. And specifically, understanding the current in our backyard, the Gulf’s Loop Current.

These are NPR Music's picks for the top 10 R&B projects — not restricted by gender — that are leading the vanguard. Remember their names and watch the throne.

In this week's episode of Louisiana Eats!, listen as two men with long-standing reputations in the New Orleans restaurant scene discuss their craft. Hear…

On this week's Louisiana Eats! we'll go Down on the Batture with Professor Oliver Houck. He'll explain the ecology of this small sliver of land, the…

Though the late Chuck Berry wouldn’t fit under the currently popular definition of singer/songwriter, he has provided us with the quintessential images of America in his songs. Growing up, Chuck Berry changed my view of music with his words about downhome people seeking love and glory in big cities and small towns across the country, all backed up by that riveting guitar, poised perfectly between country and blues. He created a roadmap for early rock and roll, duck walking across concert stages and TV screens. We spoke to Chuck Berry nearly twenty years ago. He told us about his first performance as a kid in St. Louis.