Can Music Help Define Shreveport? Each year, visitors by the thousands trek to the Chaffee Crossing neighborhood in Fort Smith, Ark., to see the small building where Elvis Presley got his first Army haircut in 1958. Elvis is so popular there that Fort Smith also hosts a yearly Elvis Haircut Day that attracts people from […]
Do you have lightly-worn women’s clothing, shoes, & accessories that just aren’t your ‘thing’ anymore? The answer, is ‘of course, we all do!’ Saturday, you can bring those items to sell or swap with others who are in the same boat at the Remington Suite Hotel and Spa’s Sip, Shop & Swap event. The event […]
For a relatively short span of 40 years, Shreveport had a Grand Opera House. The structure, built in 1888, sat at the corner of Texas Street and Edwards Street at the site of the 400 Texas Street office tower today. Though its tenure was short, while it was here, the Grand played host to all […]
A turnkey restaurant space is currently available in the heart of the Central Business District at 605 Texas Street. The space, which was most recently home to Shababy’s Cajun Cooking, was sadly vacated after medical issues forced Shababy’s popular Mandy and husband and helper Mike to slow down and take a breath. (We wish them […]
Downtown’s the Agora Borealis, 421 Lake Street, is celebrating Year #9 of being downtown’s premier art marketplace with a day filled with art, creative inspiration, and activities. When you look at the ‘traditional’ 9th year wedding gift, you see that it is pottery and willow, symbols of molding, shaping and flexibility, a yin and yang. […]
Downtown has a newly-branded company at 107 Spring Street that would like to help you promote your business. The former Certus Direct is now Oddball Branding. The name change, says owner/manager Daniel Petruska was needed because “Certus doesn’t really say what we do.” What Oddball Branding does, and does quite well, is branding using […]
Downtown could be home to yet another fabulous AirBnb in the not-too-distant future. One of the three apartments on the second floor of the City Center Flats building at 427 Crockett Street is almost ready for its close-up. The studio space is elegantly beautiful, situated around the corner from the new Glass Hat Cafe and […]
“It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a year since we opened,” says The Grove founder and owner Carrie Ann Restel. She remembers the long evenings disassembling pallet boards and painting them white to create walls for her vendor spaces. That was a lot of splinters ago. It was hard for anyone to imagine that […]
Congratulations to the Shreveport Aquarium for being recognized as a KultureCity® certified sensory inclusive venue, which means a greater ability to assist and accommodate visitors who may have sensory needs. Staff at the aquarium will go through annual training on how to recognize those guests with sensory needs and how to handle a sensory overload […]
For years, Jasmine Peoples and her husband commented about the lack of local activities for younger children and families. She has decided to do something about that with a new storefront in the prime real estate of 400 Texas Street. It is a small space with a big heart, a place that you can come […]
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