It is everything you want in a week- great film, great food, great fashion, great music, great fun. Yes, the key word- the one to which we keep returning- is ‘great.’ That’s because it just is. Now in its 6th year, the Louisiana Film Prize has really come into its own with 20 professional short […]
It is quite possible that local history buff Leonard Gresens, owner of North Louisiana Tokens and Collectibles, has the best collection of early local private coinage than anyone else in the area. An avid collector, over the years he has uncovered some rare and unique pieces that tell remarkable tales and those tales will be […]
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ fb_built=”1″ _i=”0″ _address=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” _i=”0″ _address=”0.0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” _i=”0″ _address=”0.0.0″ custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.29.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” _i=”0″ _address=”0.0.0.0″] For a number of years, Louisiana State University in Shreveport has been interested in a presence in downtown Shreveport. As of Wednesday, they have one. The LSU Foundation accepted the […]
The final countdown is on to Cirque du Lake, a celebration of all things artistic, unique and family-friendly funky in the 300-400 blocks of downtown’s Lake Street. The free fun will feature aerial performers, a long list of vendors, food trucks, demonstrations and live music in the middle of Lake Street. The line-up includes Lemon […]
The timing was great for showing off some of downtown’s historic rehab projects to US Senator Bill Cassidy this week. Cassidy was a driving force in the retention of the Federal (Commercial) Historic Tax Credit in the 2017 Tax Act. That credit, and one offered by the State of Louisiana, have been hugely helpful in […]
The first #loveshreveport Citywide Cleanup was a big event downtown. Nearly 30 downtown teams made up of businesses, non-profits, residents, community organizations and just plain supporters and volunteers hit the streets bright and early Saturday, August 24 to spend a couple of hours sweating to make a difference. Before taking to the sidewalks, alleys, curbs, […]
Riddle me this. What does downtown have in common with an alligator? Before recently, nothing at all. That has now changed with Big Pops Fresh Seafood, soon to be located at the former KCS Cafe building at 830 Louisiana Street. Larry Keith Burt is ‘Big Pops.’ For a time, Larry was known as ‘Pops’ to […]
The walls are up, the kitchen equipment is in place and the Milam Street KICK- Kitchen Incubator & Community Kitchen – is officially open for slicing, dicing, cooking action. The incubator is a partnership between Southern University-Shreveport and the City of Shreveport’s Department of Community Development and aims to teach business-ready skills to students of […]
One of the things we hear often downtown is ‘I wonder what’s behind that wall’? You could have walked or driven past cool historic buildings and tall office towers for years and never known what lurked behind the facade…until now. From now through the end of the year, we’ll going to take you inside some […]
It seems only natural that with the connection to the Red River and Shreveport Aquarium the water-based creatures of Surfari Pals would find downtown to their liking. Jennifer and Kip Cummings own and manage the 501c3, which recently located at 1010 Marshall Street downtown. They are thrilled to become part of the downtown community and […]
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