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Victorian Christmas Tour of Ogilvie-Wiener Mansion

Tours are: Saturday, Dec. 16th 4:00-6:00 PM $10.00/per person Sunday, Dec. 17th 6:00-8:00 PM $10.00/per person   Experience a Victorian Christmas at Downtown Shreveport’s Ogilvie-Wiener Mansion.  The home is one of the few remaining downtown mansions from an any when huge homes were on each block.  Located at 728 Austen Place, this 1896 Queen Anne- style […]

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Food Trucks at the Museum

Join us at the historic Shreveport Water Works Museum for Food Trucks at the Museum, a day filled with food, food, food, live music, food, tours of the water works, fun things to buy, events for the kids, events for the adults, and food. Did we mention food? The Saturday, Nov. 18 event runs from […]

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December Holiday Artwalk

Experience the holidays downtown like they used to be. The huge December Holiday Downtown Artwalk is Wednesday, December 6, from 5 until 9 pm. The artwalk is free to attend and open to all ages. Unlike our other monthly artwalks, this includes ALL of downtown. In order to get you where you need to be, we […]

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History on Tap- Our Pairing of History & Beer

On Thursday, July 13 from 5-9 pm, the Shreveport DDA & DSDC, Glazer’s Distributing & SMG/Municipal Auditorium are sponsoring an event unlike any you have ever experienced. You’ve heard of pairing wine with food? We pair BEER (courtesy of our friends at Glazer’s) with historic buildings and spaces. How fun is that?!     Municipal Auditorium, along with Minicine? at […]

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Truck Bidding OPEN!

The Downtown Development Authority will receive sealed bids until 4 pm, Tuesday, May 30, 2017 for the following surplus vehicles. You may bid on one or both. Both were running when we parked them three weeks ago. We make no claim other than that. 1995 Chevrolet C1500, VIN #1GTEC14Z9SZ552476 Mileage- 461,829 2000 Ford Ranger, VIN […]

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Be A Fan Month in the SB

For the month of May, the cities of Shreveport and Bossier City, the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau and the Downtown Development Authority want to encourage you to take in a show, go to the museum, be a tourist in your own home town! We can promise you several things. It will be FUN. We […]

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Yes, We Are Crazy.

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Don’t ever give me 15 minutes to consider additional options for sharing the story of downtown Shreveport, because chances are good I will create new work for myself (and likely, others). Social media is a double-edged sword. Because it’s free (mostly), instantaneous and responsive, I love it. But to […]

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