Christiaan Mader
Christiaan Mader founded The Current in 2018, reviving the brand from a short-lived culture magazine he created for Lafayette publisher INDMedia. An award-winning investigative and culture journalist, Christiaan’s work as a writer and reporter has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, Offbeat, Gambit, and The Advocate.
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Firing back at ‘misinformation,’ AG Landry attacks LCG attorneys on charter errors
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Council bucks the AG, and now we’re all waiting for a lawsuit
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Evangeline corridor redevelopment takes first steps with $550K in projects funded
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‘That’s how we roll here.’ Joel Savoy talks cultural mashed potatoes, curating Louisiana Crossroads and the trouble with tradition
Guest curator Joel Savoy closes out this Louisiana Crossroads season showcasing the other dimensions of Acadiana’s and New Orleans’ musical traditions.
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State senator requests AG opinion on charter amendment error fix
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Big, potentially costly changes coming for national flood insurance program
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LCG working to add new vehicles for Downtown/UL transit loop pilot
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Carlee Alm-LaBar, former planning director, announces bid for mayor-president
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Robideaux’s all talk about tough conversation
It’s been three years since he’s taken office, and in that time Lafayette has had tough conversations. Robideaux’s just been absent from all of them.
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They used to make gumbo with bear lard, and other conversations with author Ken Wells
In his new book, author Ken Wells weaves another chapter of gumbo apocrypha, charting a course through what he calls the “gumbo belt” to tease out the greater meaning of it all.
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