When you went to the Red River Revel this year, did you feel the difference? The grand ol’ gal of local festivals turned 46 in 2022, which is an eon in festival years. It is remarkable for any festival or event to remain vibrant, relevant, and interesting to so many for so long and the […]
In the sad days after the passing of artist and Big Sun Studios owner Lewis Kalmbach came the questions of what would become of his colorful art business at 619 Edwards Street. Kalmbach was nothing if not creative, intensely so. I remember his first conversation about the colors he wanted to paint the then-unattractive little […]
The Red River Revel is back with a vengeance this year. There’s a new, let’s-get-things-done Executive Director, a stellar musical lineup that has already been booked and promoted, and now, even more to excite folks who have become a little bored by the grand dame arts event. This week, E.D. Logan Lewis introduced the custom […]
The two great weeks of PrizeFest will be here before we know it! Mark your calendars NOW for Oct. 14-16, for Music and Fashion Prize, and Oct. 20-23 for Film, Food and Comedy Prize. The Top 20 filmmakers will be chosen TONIGHT at Robinson Film Center. The local chefs for the Food Prize battle were […]
Robinson Film Center has welcomed hundreds of thousands of people over the years and each one has left a mark. A little scuff here, a ding there…it’s time for a little spit and polish! Join friends and family of RFC for the unveiling of their newly renovated event space tonight (Aug. 11) from 5-7 p.m. […]
Downtown’s favorite little arthouse theater and bistro is welcoming a new chief cheerleader, cat herder and imagineer, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome him, too. As Executive Director, Wendell Riley will lead the many activities of the Robinson Film Center in conjunction with their active and engaged Board of Directors. If you only go […]
The beautiful mural that enlivens the Marshall Street entrance into downtown Shreveport has a name and a date for its official ‘opening’. The Marshall Street underpass mural now known as ‘Ascension Underpass’ will open to the public on Thursday, Aug. 4 at 5:30 pm. Come meet the artists Ben Moss, Ka’Davien Baylor, Eric Francis, and […]
A shell of a building adjacent to the Antioch Baptist Church on Texas Avenue is famous in its own right. 1053-55 Texas Avenue housed a former Masonic Hall and the Pla-moor Club. Both of these, and a variety of professional offices there, played a central role in a stretch of buildings important to Black Shreveporters […]
In February of this year, the Texas Street Bridge glowed for the first time in a long time as the newly-named Bakowski Bridge of Lights. The colorful lighting ushered in the latest era of the bridge, taking its place as only one of only a handful of programmable LED-lit bridges in the nation. Several colorful […]
If you haven’t seen the finished mural on the side of 331 Milam (The Office Hub/downtown post office building), you’ll want to come by this week. The 2-story paint and vinyl work was completed over the Juneteenth weekend. Many murals are beautiful, but this art is a combination of history, a poignant and important story […]
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