A dynamic new Event Manager at the beautiful, historic Scottish Rite wants you to think about the spaces when planning your next event! Prior to Covid, the building at 725 Cotton Street hosted dozens of events per year. That number fell precipitously with Covid, and has not returned. Lani Bailey hopes to change all that […]
One of the coolest addresses downtown is 717 Crockett Street. The Andress Artist and Entrepreneur Center has a variety of office and desk spaces on the expansive open second floor. The first floor is home to creatives who work with their hands to fashion sets, props, art, home decor, candles, herbal elixirs, all natural skincare […]
If you’re looking to do some work for the federal government, XMC Business Center director Lindora Baker says an upcoming Proposal Planning and Writing RFPs class is a do-not-miss. The class, scheduled from 9 am-4 pm on Thursday, Nov. 9, will be held at her business center at 856 Texas Avenue. Seating is limited to […]
It is a rare day that someone doesn’t ask the status of the former Arlington Hotel at 700 Cotton Street and the timeline for the Every Man A King distillery conversion. Love of the old hotel and support for its rehab into something cool and different is pretty much universal, so when work crews began […]
There has never been a better time to try out products from Ben’s Body Basics/Clean Slate Botanicals. The store, at 717 Crockett Street, has 50% OFF CHRISTMAS CANDLES which include the popular: Let It Sneaux Rum! Forrest! Rum! Sweet Christmas Chestnuts Roastin’ Candy Cane Remember that this is while supplies last, and yesterday afternoon, there […]
The cold weather didn’t keep people away from the opening of the Caddo Common Pavilion Saturday, Nov. 12. Folks bundled up and then warmed up with the music of Bond and the Seratones as the pavilion showed its stuff as a prime location for performance. The Shreveport Regional Arts Council(SRAC) believes that no good event […]
In 2017, a talented and nice guy named Ben Whalen formed a company called Ben’s Body Basics. He started selling his natural bath and body products at farmers’ markets and festivals, at art walks and pop-ups. He was everywhere, touting his plant-based products, aimed at making you look and feel better without harsh and harmful […]
The Louisiana Trust for Historical Preservation was in downtown Shreveport recently and shared some of their drone photos of Caddo Common and surroundings. This shot looking east clearly shows the unique design of the new park pavilion. If the weather holds, the pavilion should be ready for its debut in late September or early October, […]
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 […]
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