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Local ornithologist, Cliff Shackelford takes your calls about your favorite birds at 1-800-552-8502! He will be highlighting the famous House Wren.
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Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, at 6 p.m. On this episode of Health Matters; Mental Health Edition, host Jenny Gregorio will be joined by Dr. Peridot Gilbert-Reed, LPC-S, to talk about spiritual bypass, a term which you may not have heard before. What can happen when you use spirituality to evade your emotions or situation? Can you be on the receiving end of spiritual bypass? We will delve deeply into this topic with Dr. Gilbert-Reed, who recently finished her dissertation on the subject. Dr. Gilbert Reed is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S), EMDR Provider, EMDR Specialist for Children and Adolescents, EMDR-Sandtray Specialist and a Religious and Spiritual Trauma/Abuse Specialist in Shreveport. Questions will be taken during the show at 1-800-552-8502.
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In honor of Black History Month, host Dr. Tracey Burrell will feature the Shreveport Chapter of Links Incorporated (Linked in Friendship, Connected in Service), an organization that has been teaching children, reaching families, and inspiring our community since 1973.
Cultural, Community, Information
Host Kermit Poling speaks with Barry Larson and Anna Sternaman, actors, and director Robert Cruz about the Emmett Hook Center's production of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park.
Local Events
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Join us for an evening of Irish music and folk/rock favorites with Bob Jordan and Friends, including Paula O'Neal, Chris & Elaine Webb, Scott Lowe, and Syd Zeller. Gently suggested donation of $15 at the door, or whatever you can pay. Free hearty snacks and libations for donations. Learn more at https://allsoulsshreveport.org/site/.
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"The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon
April 11-21
Presented by City Park Players - This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger, who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed, and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds, Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as “The Odd Couple” is born. Directed by Allen Rowlen.
Cast:
Oscar Madison — Steven Smith
Felix Ungar — Michael Dalme
Speed – Jacob Parker
Murray – Jim Smilie
Roy – John Broderick
Vinnie – Jonathan Belgard
Gwendolyn – Regan Amburgey
Cecily – Samantha O’Banion
Show dates:
Thursday, April 11 – 7:30pm
Friday, April 12– 7:30pm
Saturday, April 13 – 7:30pm
Sunday, April 14– 2:30pm matinee only
Thursday, April 18 – 7:30pm
Friday, April 19 – 7:30pm
Saturday, April 20 – 7:30pm
Sunday, April 21 – 2:30pm matinee only
Tickets:
Thursday: $5
General : $15
Senior (>60) & Military : $12
Students : $7
Advance tickets at cpptheatre.com.
Tickets also available in the box office before each show; Doors open 30 minutes before each show.
For more information, please contact us at: cityparkplayers@gmail.com -
Join The Quilt Guild of the Piney Woods for a showcase of intricate and stunning quilts from talented quilting artists from East Texas. Get inspired, shop unique vendors and a craft bazar, buy a chance to win a beautiful quilt and gift baskets, vote for your favorite quilts, have fun playing the I-Spy game and connect with fellow quilting enthusiasts.
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The Creative Art Connections' "Lagniappe" will highlight a variety of artwork on canvas and paper in oil, acrylic, watercolor and pastel. The 41 member group will also offer works for sale. The opening reception if Sunday, March 10th 2-4 pm and light refreshments will be served. the exhibit will be on display in the West Wing Galleries until March 28, 2024.
News Feed
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Republican lawmakers in Georgia are advancing a bill that would require police to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for deportation.
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The Texas Republican Party has gotten more conservative over the years. Immigration policies once pushed by top GOP officials now seem moderate. Party leaders crack down on dissension in their ranks.
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Two new government studies found no unusual pattern of injury or illness in people with the mysterious cluster of symptoms known as Havana syndrome.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Justin Williams, a staff writer at The Athletic, about what to look out for when the NCAA basketball tournament starts Tuesday.
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More than half of Gaza's population is experiencing catastrophic food insecurity, according to a new report. Despite international pressure on Israel to allow more aid in, it hasn't been enough.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jessica Kutz, a reporter for The 19th, about a recent study that sheds light on how polluted air in Louisiana has affected pregnant people and their children.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with 23-year-old Kelsey Russell, who is bringing printed news to TikTok's Gen Z and Gen Alpha viewers.
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A migrant teen struggles to pay the people who smuggled her into the United States. She'd been working at a fish processing plant that illegally employed underage migrants.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with actor Michael Imperioli about his Broadway debut in An Enemy of the People and the relevance of this adaptation of the play, roughly 150 years after the original.
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The chip designer Nvidia is now worth more than Amazon, Meta and Alphabet. New Yorker contributor Stephen Witt talks about how Nvidia cornered the market for the chips fueling artificial intelligence.
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