Quick, name three great things! 1. Fridays. 2. Dripp Donuts. 3. A Friday with Dripp Donuts! To experience the fun, pop over to Appli-K’s new Brand Experience and Cedar Ridge at 616 Texas Street for a little shopping, free coffee and a delicious Dripp donut. The tasty giveaway starts at 10 am and lasts until […]
Baton Rouge is moving forward in relocating the State Office Building from Fairfield Avenue to 500 Fannin Street in downtown Shreveport. On Wednesday, July 20, the Louisiana Architect Selection Board chose Shreveport architectural, environmental and consulting firm Newman Marchive, Inc. to handle the demolition and abatement phase of the $70m revamp of the building and […]
Qualifying for a variety of local and state-wide elective offices is underway through Friday, July 22. See the latest list here on the Secretary of State’s website. As of Thursday afternoon, six candidates had qualified for Shreveport Mayor including: Tom Arceneaux, Mario Chavez, Melvin Slack, Tracy Mendels, Julius Romano and Lauren Ray Anderson. Multiple candidates […]
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 […]
The Lot at 400 Crockett Street, wants you to be musical this holiday weekend. The Summer Tour of IV and the Strange Band, Kyle Turley, The Dover Brothers+ Cody Cooke + Oh Possum Where Art Thou is Thursday, June 30 starting at 7 pm. We do not know the cover. On Friday night, it’s DJ […]
July 4th weekend will end with a ‘bang’ downtown, but there’s a lot to enjoy before the fireworks! The July SBC Glo Fest is the 800-pound gorilla, but there’s more to experience. The long holiday weekend kicks off with the Shreveport Farmers’ Market at Festival Plaza. The Saturday musical guest is Dexter Duran (8:30-10:30am) and […]
The west side of 331 Milam Street, the building that houses the downtown post office and The Office Hub, is going to be undergoing a transformation this Juneteenth weekend. A new mural, entitled Absolute Equality is a collaborative project commemorating Juneteenth with Shreveport faces, people and places. The original art by muralist/artist Ka’Davien Baylor will […]
We stumbled across a great little human interest story in the 800 block of Texas Avenue. On the corner across from the Asian Gardens is a large agave plant (yes, the kind of plant Tequila is made from) that is about to bloom. We first saw and posted it on May 30, and shared it […]
Come one, come all, for Train Day at the Museum on Sunday, May 15 from noon- 4 pm. The Shreveport Railroad Museum at 142 North Common Street is going to be the place for all things trains and railroad-related Sunday, May 15! Come enjoy an afternoon of train talk, memorabilia, food trucks, magic and museum tours. […]
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