The Downtown Shreveport Artwalk returns April 3, 2024 from 5-8 pm! All on-street parking is free after 5 pm. Artwalk is for all ages and is free to attend! Art Stops & Shops Artspace, 708 Texas St. The Red River Quilters Art Quilt Group will have a special showing of their beautiful slice quilt “A […]
There are multiple options for ‘de Cinco’ fun this week in downtown Shreveport starting with ‘de Uno’! On Saturday, enjoy the inaugural Uno de Mayo downtown pub crawl from 2-8 pm. Sign up at Parish Taceaux, 708 Texas Street, and crawl to Abby Singer’s Bistro, The Missing Link, Noble Savage and Fatty Arbuckle’s. Your $14 […]
For more than 20 years, the 16-story tower on the northeast corner of Texas and Edwards Streets, in the dead center of downtown’s important Central Business District, has been vacant, a ghost of its former self. That could be changing. Last week, the Dubin/Guru Group in Northbrook, Ill., closed on the Petroleum Tower and two […]
Big news for Sci-Port Discovery Center this week! The riverfront facility has been awarded one of the nine regional STEM centers by the Louisiana Board of Regents as part of the LaSTEM Regional STEM Network. STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is being promoted as a spark for economic ingenuity and innovation […]
The Main Branch of the Shreve Memorial Library, closed for most of the year, is reopening Monday, Nov. 9 at 9 am but with limited services. For a time, library services will be offered in the Eaves Room right off the front foyer at 424 Texas St. “We are excited to reopen the branch, although with […]
Death and Donuts at ShreveTowne Studio 512, Thurs., Oct. 29 Artist Maggie Molisee invites you into her strange world, a world of death, crime, serial killers and…donuts. Death and Donuts (and coffee) will feature a murderously good time as we celebrate artist Maggie Molisee. Laugh in the face of evil on October 29, from 5-8 […]
We like to share when we find a product that works well, and the Downtown Shreveport Development Corporation’s Graffiti Abatement Team reports the Goof Off works as promised. There are a LOT of products out there and our crew has tried many of them. Power-washing is still tried-and-true, but using a high intensity power washer […]
UPDATE- 3/7/19 On the west side of downtown, at roughly the corner of Texas Avenue and Cotton Streets, was a community known for a time as ‘Mugginsville.’ The way the name came about is still largely a mystery but many theories abound- it was named after the mugs used in a bar in the area, […]
In 2010, the American Express credit card company began calling the Saturday after Thanksgiving Small Business Saturday as a counter to Black Friday and Cyber Monday- days that tend to focus on big box stores and the Internet. In 2011, the U.S. Senate got involved, unanimously (when was the last time THAT happened?) passing a Resolution […]
UPDATE: The Shreveport Dog Park has reopened as of 11/21/18. To stay updated on activities there, check out the Shreveport Dog Park Facebook page. Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation (SPAR) has closed the Shreveport Dog Park at the Stoner Boat Launch until further notice due to high water. The park is located on Clyde Fant Parkway at […]
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