The Hall Summit Hometown Festival BBQ Cook-Off will be held Feb 28. The competition is open to everyone. It is a non-traditional 2-meat competition featuring half chicken and ribs. Contact Jason Briggs at 318.304.8078. All proceeds benefit Pilots for Patients.

Before Thurgood Marshall ascended to the U.S. Supreme Court, he served as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s counsel and eventual director, planning the decades-long legal strategizing that resulted in landmark world-changing decisions such as Brown v. Board of Education. On February 10, at 5:30 p.m., Northwestern State University will host a free, public screening of “Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect,” beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, followed by a panel discussion, in the NSU Student Union Ballroom.

ESPN’s College GameDay show is coming to Baton Rouge for the LSU-South Carolina women’s game Feb 14.

Lindsey Vonn will compete at the Winter Olympics with a ruptured ACL.