Featured photo: A screen capture from Sci-Port Discovery Center’s #TodayAtSciport online programming. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect communities around the world, the vast majority of public attractions like restaurants, museums and non-essential retail…
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum photo by Jim Noetzel. Dennis Beckman has been very busy. Not only is he King XXIV of the Krewe of Highland – being Mardi Gras royalty can be as demanding as…
One thing about the museums and galleries in Shreveport-Bossier: You never know what you’re gonna get. Sometimes, you get something so incredibly cool that you’ve kind of gotta pinch yourself. That’s the case with Pinball:…
***UPDATE: The Art & Soul Experience planned for Saturday, May 19 has been canceled.*** Have you ever been on a guided tour that so exceeded your expectations that you couldn’t stop talking about it for…
Throughout the month of May 2018, dozens of local attractions will be participating in Be a Fan of Shreveport-Bossier. This annual promotion encourages locals and visitors alike to get out and discover new things to…
Looking for a unique way to celebrate Black History Month 2018 in Shreveport? Southern University Museum of Art at Shreveport (SUMAS) will host the Art and Soul of Shreveport Experience Tour at 10:30 a.m. on…
The “Night at the Museum” dinner that Chef Monique Armand of Sassi Cafè will serve at Southern University Museum of Art on Wednesday, March 15 may be the most ambitious of any 318 Restaurant Week event…
Photography Note: Photos for this post were provided by R.W. Norton Art Gallery, thanks to Emily Young Feazel. For a new exhibit entitled Down the Rabbit Hole, the R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport has…
Featured image: Concept art from the Moonbot Studios short film Taking Flight. Image provided by Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Two exhibits opening simultaneously at artspace in downtown Shreveport will explore the work of Academy Award-winning…
Editor’s Note: The Women in Travel Summit (WITS), the first and only travel blogging summit for women, recently announced that Shreveport-Bossier is a finalist to host their annual event in 2017. The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and…
Editor’s Note: Whenever possible, 20×49.com likes to feature the unique perspective of locals. We invited local art lover Molly McCombs, who has previously blogged for 20×49.com about the fabulousness of local estate sales, to share…
Now through Jan. 31, 2014, visitors to the campus of Southern University at Shreveport can explore one of the most unique history lessons I’ve ever seen, an exhibit of photographs entitled “Have Faith…Yours Truly: Celebrating…
The R. W. Norton Art Gallery hosts the world’s largest publicly exhibited collection of Felix Kelly paintings. 23 works. Who is Felix Kelly? Some say he could have been a Picasso, but that his commissions…
Although I am a lifelong resident of Shreveport-Bossier, I had no idea of the rich railroad history in this area. Little did I know that The Shreveport Railroad Museum was located inside the Shreveport Waterworks…
