64 Parishes magazine and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) will hold a publication party to celebrate the release of the winter 2025 issue and the impact and legacy of Grambling State’s Hall of Fame baseball coach, Wilbert Ellis, who is featured in the issue. 

The party will be held Thursday, Dec. 4 from 6-8:30 p.m., with a cocktail hour at 7 p.m., before the program begins in the Ruston Room of the Lincoln Parish Library (910 N. Trenton St., Ruston). Refreshments will be provided. The event is free and open to the public, though attendees are asked to register in advance online at bit.ly/4iFdcaI.

Presented by Louisiana National Bank, the evening will highlight a feature article about Grambling State’s Hall of Fame baseball coach, Wilbert Ellis, whose contributions to college sports and his community are innumerable. Grambling State’s Dr. Edward Holt, author of the 64 Parishes profile on Coach Ellis, will moderate a panel discussion with Coach Wilbert Ellis and some of Ellis’ close friends and colleagues, including the Ruston Rocket Bert Jones, Pastor Maurice White, and former Grambling Tiger and MLB player Gary Eave.

Learn more and get a sneak peak at the article at leh.org. 64 Parishes, published by the nonprofit Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, is the premier magazine of Louisiana history and culture and is dedicated to telling the state’s stories from all corners.