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POINTS OF INTEREST
Galleries and Museums
Shreveport-Bossier City is a cultural center featuring dance, ballet,
symphony, theater, and other performing arts. Some of the many attractions
are listed below:
- American Museum of the Ark-LA-Tex: A variety of exhibits.
- Ark-La-Tex Antique
and Classic Vehicle Museum
- Art Port: More than 100 works of art by professional artists are featured.
Works on exhibits are changed several times each year.
- Barnwell Garden and
Art Center: A combined art and domed botanical garden conservatory
dominated by tropical plants and featuring an ever-changing exhibit of
works of art.
- Caddo
Pine Island Oil Historical Society Museum: A museum that documents
the early development of the oil industry and the culture of the Caddo
Indians.
- East Bank Gallery: This gallery features works by regional artists
as rotating exhibits.
- 8th Air Force Museum: This
museum offers an historical journey from World War I to the present and
features military artifacts from uniforms to aircraft.
- Louisiana State Exhibit
Museum: This museum is renowned for its towering murals and amazing
dioramas that depict the history and culture of Louisiana and its Indian
populations.
- Meadows Museum of Art:
An assortment of paintings, drawings, and treasures depicts the people
and lifestyle of Indochina.
- Mooringsport Museum: This museum features artifacts and memorabilia
of the Caddo Indians.
- Municipal Memorial Auditorium
/ "Stage of Stars" Museum
- Northwest Louisiana Art Gallery
- Pioneer Heritage Center: Authentic
buildings from the pioneer days of the Ark-La-Tex tell the history of this
geographic region.
- R.W. Norton Art Gallery: This gallery
is located on a beautiful 40 acre park and features the Southwest's largest
collection of American Western paintings and sculptures of Frederick Remington
and Charles Russell. In addition, rotating collections of works of arts
are displayed on a frequent basis. The blooming of the 40,000 azalea plants
attracts thousands of tourists each spring.
- Redbud Museum: Antiques from the early days of farming as well as war
relics are featured.
- Ron Atwood Wildlife Art Gallery
- Sci Port Discovery Center: This
"hands-on" interactive science museum delights all ages and also
features national traveling exhibitions.
- Spring Street Historical
Museum
- Sports Museum: This museum, listed in the National Register of Historic
Places, features a gallimaufry of antiques and artifacts.
- Stage of Stars Museum -
Municipal Memorial Auditorium
- Touchstone Wildlife
and Art Museum: Natural habitats of more than 1,000 specimens of wildlife
from around the world are displayed.
Performing Arts
Numerous groups and organizations provide a variety of musical, dance
and theatrical performance. A sampling of these are listed below:
- Ark-La-Tex Roundup: Country to Gospel music.
- East Bank Theater:
A variety of community theater is offered.
- Fair Park Cultural Series: Professional productions featuring minority
artists.
- The Funny
Bone
- Gas Light Players: Summer theater at the Fairgrounds.
- Gilbert and Sullivan Society: Operetta at its finest.
- Hurley School of Music: Musical selections offered as a series.
- Intercity Row Modern Dance Company: Modern dance, offering African,
classical, ballet and jazz themes.
- Louisiana Dance Festival: Summer dance festival.
- Marjorie Lyons Playhouse:
Theatre at Centenary College.
- Performing Arts Center: Theatre and music of all types.
- Peter Pan Players: Children's theatre.
- Port Players: Theatre of various types.
- Red River Sculpture Society
- Strand Theatre: This
ornate theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and
offers year-round theatre, including touring groups from Broadway.
- Shreveport Little
Theatre: Theatre of various types.
- Shreveport Metropolitan
Ballet: Classical ballet.
- Shreveport Metropolitan Concert Band: Free concerts throughout the
year.
- Shreveport Opera: Opera music,
and theatre featuring local and touring national performers.
- Shreveport Symphony:
A truly outstanding professional symphonic orchestra that offers concerts
throughout the year, often featuring national and international artists.
- Theatre of Performing Arts: African-American theatre.
Annual Events and Festivals
Shreveport/Bossier City offers a large selection of events and festivals
for all ages and interests. Festivals usually feature touring artists, craftsmen,
and musicians and offer ethnic foods of all types. A sampling of these events
is listed:
- January-February: Mardi
Gras offers parades, balls, parties, and special events.
- March: Redbud Festival; Country Crossroads Festival.
- April: Dogwood Festival; Holiday in Dixie (a 10-day festival); Shreveport
Open Golf Tournament; Artbreak; First Bloom Celebration.
- May: Barksdale Air Show;
La Casi Louisiana Chili & Barbecue Cook-off; Poke Salad Festival; Gusher
Days Festival, Mudbug Madness
(crawfish and cajun food are the highlights).
- June: "Let The Good Times Roll Festival" celebrates African
American Culture, music, art, and food.
- July: Fourth of July Celebration on the Red River, Champion Lake Pro
Classic (world class skiing competition); Red River Rally Hot Air Balloon
Festival; Riverdome Summer Concert
Series.
- September: Super Derby Festival (a festival of 20 events culminating
in Super Derby at the Louisiana Downs Racetrack); Pioneer Days Festival;
Harvest & Heritage Tour.
- October: Red River Revel
- the largest festival of the year; State Fair of Louisiana (attracts 600,000
people); Mooringsport Fall Festival; Boomtown Days Festival; Fall Festival
of Roses; Pumpkin Shine on Line.
- November: Red River Trail Ride; Christmas at Roseland; Rockets Over
the Red; Holiday Trail of
Lights.
- December: December on the Red; Christmas on the Red; Independence Bowl.
Nature, Etc.
- Alligator Park & Exotic
Zoo
- American Rose Center: North America's
largest rose garden of 118 acres that is the headquarters for the American
Rose Society.
- Caddo Lake: This large lake, that extends into Texas, typifies Louisiana
with its scenic Cypress trees, alligators, varied wildlife and excellent
bass fishing.
- Chimp Haven: Chimp Haven is
a permanent home for chimpanzees retired from biomedical research, entertainment,
or no longer wanted as pets.
- LSU Ag Center
- Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners
- SPAR Planetarium: Exciting and educational entertainment for all ages.
318-673-SPAR.
- Yogie and Friends: Yogie
and Friends is a sanctuary (refuge) for big exotic cats. We are a facility
that provides these beautiful big cats a permanent home. The cats are not
sold, transferred or bred nor are they required to work for a living...
Sports / Activities
Other
- College Continuing Education:
- Places to dance locally:
- Rockin Rodeo -
A good place to Country Dance in Bossier City
- Good dance sites:
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