Red River Brewing Co., downtown’s craft beer brewery and gastropub, welcomes a new food vendor to 1200 Marshall. The Smoke House @ Red River Brewing Co. opened Wednesday and debuted their new menu. It’s a little bit of a number of favorites from fresh Caesar Salads and giant burgers to mac n’ cheese with a […]
The date for completion of the Shreveport Common Park is set- and it is- drum roll, please- Monday, October 21. The official opening is just the beginning of the excitement. From November 2 until December 8, the greenspace bounded by Texas Avenue, Cotton Street and Crockett Street will be the home of a FriendsWithYou inflatable […]
It is everything you want in a week- great film, great food, great fashion, great music, great fun. Yes, the key word- the one to which we keep returning- is ‘great.’ That’s because it just is. Now in its 6th year, the Louisiana Film Prize has really come into its own with 20 professional short […]
It is quite possible that local history buff Leonard Gresens, owner of North Louisiana Tokens and Collectibles, has the best collection of early local private coinage than anyone else in the area. An avid collector, over the years he has uncovered some rare and unique pieces that tell remarkable tales and those tales will be […]
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The final countdown is on to Cirque du Lake, a celebration of all things artistic, unique and family-friendly funky in the 300-400 blocks of downtown’s Lake Street. The free fun will feature aerial performers, a long list of vendors, food trucks, demonstrations and live music in the middle of Lake Street. The line-up includes Lemon […]
The timing was great for showing off some of downtown’s historic rehab projects to US Senator Bill Cassidy this week. Cassidy was a driving force in the retention of the Federal (Commercial) Historic Tax Credit in the 2017 Tax Act. That credit, and one offered by the State of Louisiana, have been hugely helpful in […]
The first #loveshreveport Citywide Cleanup was a big event downtown. Nearly 30 downtown teams made up of businesses, non-profits, residents, community organizations and just plain supporters and volunteers hit the streets bright and early Saturday, August 24 to spend a couple of hours sweating to make a difference. Before taking to the sidewalks, alleys, curbs, […]
Riddle me this. What does downtown have in common with an alligator? Before recently, nothing at all. That has now changed with Big Pops Fresh Seafood, soon to be located at the former KCS Cafe building at 830 Louisiana Street. Larry Keith Burt is ‘Big Pops.’ For a time, Larry was known as ‘Pops’ to […]
The walls are up, the kitchen equipment is in place and the Milam Street KICK- Kitchen Incubator & Community Kitchen – is officially open for slicing, dicing, cooking action. The incubator is a partnership between Southern University-Shreveport and the City of Shreveport’s Department of Community Development and aims to teach business-ready skills to students of […]
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