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Cultural, Community, Information
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2025 Holiday Programming, including Hanukkah, Christmas and more. Click for more information. -
Morgan Canfield Taylor serves on the board of North Louisiana Farm Fresh, where she helps lead growth efforts for the Ruston Farmers Market and Drew Jones Teaching Kitchen. With a background in marketing and public administration, she supports strategies that have helped the market achieve record vendor sales of over $400,000 in 2024. -
Rae Phillips, Director of HARK, a nonprofit dedicated to celebrating the history of the Ark-La-Tex through dynamic and inclusive programming. An award-winning writer and media producer, Rae blends storytelling and education to preserve community voices and histories through film, radio, and oral history projects. -
Jenifer Hill, Executive Director of the Strand Theatre, brings three decades of experience in nonprofit and arts management to one of Shreveport’s most beloved cultural landmarks. With a deep passion for the performing arts and a fearless dedication to historic preservation, Jenifer leads with heart, humor, and a lifelong love for the theatre she once mischievously explored as a child. -
Matt Henry, Executive Director of the Arts Council of Central Louisiana, has led arts advocacy and cultural development across an eight-parish region since 2003. A passionate leader and vocal performance graduate of The Ohio State University, Matt oversees major venues like the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center and champions the arts statewide through leadership roles in key cultural organizations.
Spotlights
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Kermit Poling speaks with Morgan Walker, executive director of the Shreveport Symphony, about this weekend's Eagles tribute concert featuring the 7 Bridges Band, performing with the SSO. -
Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with Michael Butterman, Music Director of the Shreveport Symphony, about tonight's performance featuring Leslie Odom, Jr. -
Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with Wideman International Piano Competition Artistic Director Alon Goldstein about the coming competition.
Local Events
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Alongside the Shreveport Symphony, the 7 Eagles band faithfully re-creates an Eagles concert from that band's most prolific period, including hits like Desperado, Hotel California and more. -
Join the Baroque Artists of Shreveport for "Baroque by Candlelight," featuring a chamber orchestra playing Handel's Water Music Suite in F major, Telemann's Concerto for 3 horns, 2 oboes, and solo violin, and Barriere's sonata for 2 cellos, a Bach flute sonata. Stay for Wassail & Cookies in the Church Parlor after the concert.
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Centenary College Choir in Concert
The internationally renowned Centenary College Choir will present a special concert at First United Methodist Church of Bossier City on Wednesday, January 7 at 7:00 PM.
Founded in 1941, the Centenary Choir has performed in more than 35 countries and at venues including Carnegie Hall, the White House, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Sydney Opera House. The program features a wide-ranging repertoire—from sacred hymnody and spirituals to beloved choral classics and musical theater selections.
The concert also includes the continued premiere of Labor Omnia Vincit, a bicentennial anthem celebrating Centenary College’s 200th anniversary.
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The North Louisiana Seed Preservation Program will host the second annual Statewide Seed Swap & Sale on Saturday, February 7th, 2026, at the Southern Forest Heritage Museum, just south of Forest Hill, Louisiana. Heirloom seeds from across the Gulf Region will be available for trade and purchase. Guest speaker will be Angela Joan, speaking about preserving heirloom mirlitons in South Louisiana. The event is free and open to the public. We may ask you to fill out a survey before you leave.
News Feed
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The deadly incident in Minnesota isn't the first time ICE officers have been involved in violence under the Trump administration.
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President Trump ran as the Peace President, but since taking office has been on a military spree with strikes on Iran, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria and Venezuela -- and threats against others.
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The Athletics have suffered a number of setbacks in their quest to relocate to Las Vegas from Oakland. The latest? The U.S. says they can't actually get a trademark for the name Las Vegas Athletics.
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In 2008, Chicago's mayor decided to lease out the city's metered parking system — to privatize all 36,000 of its parking meters.
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Daniel Slim/AFP/via Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is withdrawing from 66 global groups, including U.N. entities that focus on climate and health issues. -
Yuki Iwamura/APNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says a plan unveiled Thursday to take the first steps toward universal childcare for kids under five shows New Yorkers that "democracy can actually deliver for them." -
In a rare rebuke to President Trump, five Republicans joined with Democrats on Thursday to advance a measure that would require congressional authorization for future military action in Venezuela.
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We're continuing to learn more about the 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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The House was poised Thursday to renew enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans that expired last year. But the push to renew the subsidies faces an uncertain path in the Senate.
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A growing body of data shows Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made unprecedented gains reducing fentanyl deaths, while dramatically slowing supply of the deadly opioid into the U-S. But critics say Democrats allowed Trump to out-message them on fentanyl, with sweeping consequences for U-S drug policy, public safety, and health.
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