84% of the 1,120 First United Methodist Church members present on Sunday, April 16 voted to disaffiliate from the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Official vote: Remain:166, Abstain: 14, Disaffiliate: 940). Methodist churches across the U.S. are leaving ‘United’ behind, and are striking out as independent churches, or are joining new factions such […]
Grab your gardening gloves and tools and dress in your ‘no-need-to-impress’ duds and meet us at 8 am (ish) Saturday, April 22 at 416 Cotton Street for the Downtown Edition of the Love the Boot Cleanup. We are partnering with volunteers from the Shreveport Aquarium and some young people from the Word of God Ministries […]
It’s almost here! We’re going to be making Tax Day happier in 2023 with the return of the Downtown Plant Swap on April 15 at Shreve Station, 400 Crockett Street (the former Sportran bus terminal)! Gates will open to the FREE event at 9 am and we will go until 1 pm (or everything is […]
Most government, bank and financial offices will be closed on Friday, April 7 for Good Friday, but never fear- all your favorite restaurants, clubs and entertainment venues will be open and waiting to welcome you. Since Easter = donuts (or so we are told), Dripp Donuts is offering a fresh-from-the-oven Easter option. Pre-order by 8pm […]
Robinson Film Center has a big week in store and the beauty is, all their activities are rain or shine! Coming off a great inaugural Latino Film Festival (Festival De Cine), downtown’s theater is transitioning into what will likely be the next box office hit, Air, starring old friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The […]
The street signage honoring downtown businesswomen Roberta Minor and Elgin Hill went up this past weekend to the delight on the family and friends on hand. Ms. Minor and Ms. Hill were owners of R & E Beauty Shop at 1232 and later 1233 Milam Street, but beauty wasn’t their only business. They were honored […]
UPDATE: Robinson Film Center will be hosting a showing of the movie The Secret Garden on Thursday, March 23 at 1:30. Tickets are $6.50 to $8.50. Here’s the ‘buzz’- Artspace, 708 Texas Street, is normally the place for visual and performance art exhibits- the more traditional paintings, sculptures and poetry. Not so on March 22 […]
Art Stops • Special Events • Eateries • Selfie Stop & Public Art Download a Printable Map SPECIAL EVENTS Battle of the Gumbo Gladiators at Festival Plaza 101 Crockett St. | Noon – 4pm The Battle of the Gumbo Gladiators event is this Saturday, March 11th from 12:00 – 4:00pm at Festival Plaza in […]
There are those weekends in which Five Things to Do Downtown are ten things too few. THIS is one of those weekends! The Missing Link at 504 Texas Street will be full-on metal music on Saturday from 2 pm- on. $10 will get you up close and personal with 2 PM – 2:40 PM K.O.D 3 […]
It’s always hard to say goodbye to a friend, especially one who has meant so much. Herman Chapple has been with the Downtown Development Authority for 27 years, for most of that time as the head of our hard-working Streetscape division. Herman loved downtown and took his role in keeping it nice seriously, but he […]
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