A couple of months ago, the long-time home of the downtown Hallmark card and gift shop at 431 Texas Street reopened to a radical change. Gone were Christmas ornaments, sympathy cards, and aisles tight with small dustables. In was an open and airy updated space flooded in natural light and offering a long list of […]
Come in your PJs and enjoy pizza and a movie with friends in Rainbow City. We think this is a pretty fun way to kick off the holiday week! Hang with author and animator William Joyce as he introduces his movie “Rise of the Guardians” and “Little Cloudy” from FriendsWithYou. Bundle up in PJ’s and […]
Three days of fun, shopping, music and food has just arrived in a beautifully gift-wrapped package at the Shreveport Convention Center! Les Boutiques de Noel, our local holiday festival of ooh’s and ahhh’s (and shopping, too!) runs through Saturday, Nov. 23. There is a special benefit for downtownies on Thursday and Friday. The Boutiques will […]
There will be lots of rainbows in Rainbow City as PACE (People Acting for Change and Equality) host an entire fun weekend of events! Friday night kicks off with That Girl DJ spinning tunes from 7-10 pm. The event is ticketed and costs $10 to attend. Head down Saturday morning for an 11 am workout […]
Downtown’s new urban greenspace is now- officially- a thing. On Monday, Oct. 28 all the donors and supporters gathered in the park for speeches and thanks followed by confetti and a ribbon cutting. All this is the precursor to Nov. 2, the date on which the serious stuff-in-the-park starts happening. At 1:30 Saturday, you’re invited […]
Downtown Shreveport’s beer-centric BREW Festival is celebrating number 11 this year. 11 years of sampling beers with friends, 11 years to mature and get better, much like fine beer should. A limited number of tickets are now available for the event, scheduled at Festival Plaza Saturday, Oct. 19 from 2-6 pm. Not familiar with BREW? Well, […]
We’re moving into the final weekend of the 44th annual Red River Revel, but the fun isn’t letting up. Thursday and Friday, the Revel is open for lunch starting at 11 am. Admission is free for lunch and until 5:30 both days; go by to eat, peruse art and listen to music! LOADS of great […]
This weekend is the Friends of the Shreve Memorial Library Booksale. The deals are amazing. You will want to go. You need to put it into your calendar now. We will come back to the reason for this blog post in a moment, but first we must talk about Dan-o and why he matters. 135 […]
On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission voted unanimously to allow Larson Family, LP a Special Use permit for property at 700 Cotton Street, the old Arlington Hotel. The limited partnership plans to open the “Every Man a King” distillery in 2020 that will feature a large outdoor patio space, distillery operations, […]
November’s downtown art stroll is almost here! On November 6 from 5-8 pm, join us as we stop at nine different downtown locations. Did you know there is a farm growing greens of all types in a building in downtown Shreveport? You’ll visit Cotton St. Farms on Nov. 6 and see what’s in season! You’ll […]
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