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 […]
The artists behind Rainbow City at Caddo Common are kicking off several weeks of high-flying fun on Friday, Oct., 25 at artspace, 708 Texas St., and all are invited to attend. The FriendsWithYou Artist Collective of Arturo Sandoval III and Samuel Borkson are working with artspace staff to create a world of brilliant colors and […]
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 […]
(Reprinted from the Shreveport Times, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019) How much has changed in your life or in the way you think about things over the past 17 years? I’ll answer for you- a lot. In community terms, we have begun to more fully realize the dangers of aggressive annexation and urban sprawl to the […]
If you missed the opening reception for artist Adena Helm at Central ARTSTATION, 801 Crockett Street, you can still see (and buy) her works through the end of September! Drop by the lobby during business hours and enjoy her vibrant and colorful look at life, friends and nature. Adena combines remarkable colors with a special […]
The date for completion of the Shreveport Common Park is set- and it is- drum roll, please- Monday, October 21. The official opening is just the beginning of the excitement. From November 2 until December 8, the greenspace bounded by Texas Avenue, Cotton Street and Crockett Street will be the home of a FriendsWithYou inflatable […]
The majestic Scottish Rite Cathedral has been at the intersection of Common and Cotton Streets in downtown Shreveport for 102 years, but this is the FIRST year for the Scottish Rite Antique and Vintage Bazaar. Vendors are moving in now for the three-day event that kicks off Friday, July 19 with a VIP ‘First Chance […]
It’s called Municipal Plaza Park, and few people know it exists. Based on information in our files, it appears it was constructed in 1980 from funds given to the city of Shreveport through the federal government in the form of a UDAG- Urban Development Action Grant. We are unsure why the park, which sits just […]
When a lot of people think of quilts, they thing of the tattered cover that Grandma made, traditional patterns like ‘Log Cabin’ or ‘The Diamond in the Square.’ The newest show by the Art Quilt Group of the Red River Quilters at Central ARTSTATION, 801 Crockett, shows quilting isn’t just for grandma anymore! […]
Rain, buckets of it, could not delay the long-awaited groundbreaking for Shreveport Common’s The Common park on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The 2.4 acre greenspace with art-inspired amenities has been a cornerstone of the redevelopment of the 9-block area, and a location around which private and public donors have rallied. (Private donations are still being sought […]
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