Sonny Landreth has been playing gigs around Louisiana since he was 16. He started touring professionally at 20. At 71, he is looking back on more than 50 years of
Jake Manship takes over the long-term management of the multi-television station firm from his uncle, Richard Manship, who remains Chairman of the Board overseeing the family’s outlets. Richard Manship has guided the Louisiana and Texas broadcasting channels for more than forty years.
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As part of a massive pandemic relief package passed by Congress in 2020 was a pot of $7.5 billion set aside to help struggling performance art venues around the country called the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. It s not surprising to see a ton of venues around the state of Louisiana getting funding through this program as we re one of the hot spots in the country for live performances, concerts, plays, etc.. In fact, of that 7.5 billion, Louisiana received $107,342,146.
However, one entry on the list that raised a lot of eyebrows around the state was the Penthouse Club in Baton Rouge. According to the Small Business Administration Guidelines, to receive aid for a venue to qualify they must not present live performances of a prurient sexual nature . However, according to Business Report, the Penthouse Club managed to get roughly $1.1 million in Federal COVID relief money.