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46th ANNUAL RED RIVER REVEL ARTS FESTIVAL RETURNS OCTOBER 1 – 9

The countdown is on with only a few more days until it’s time to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Red River Revel Arts Festival. Mark your calendar for Oct. 1 – 9, 2022 to experience the largest outdoor festival in North Louisiana and “Celebrate the Arts” together along Shreveport’s riverfront. With …

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2022 Fall Happenings in Shreveport-Bossier

Entering a new season may signify colder weather, shorter nights and the falling of leaves, but that doesn’t mean we are slowing down. Our calendar is in full swing offering events for the music lover, service heart and wholesome family. With events every week this fall, you won’t want to …

A photo of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum

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Fantasy Mask Exhibit Opens Sunday at State Exhibit Museum

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 a full-time job (granted, it’s a fun job) – but he’s also overseeing the completion …

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Be a Fan: SUSLA Museum Offers One of Shreveport’s Best Guided Tours

***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 weeks? I have, and it was right here in Shreveport-Bossier – at the Southern University …

A photo of a Mardi Gras Indian suit created by Big Chief Howard Miller

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See the Colorful, Unbelievable “Suits” of Mardi Gras Indians at Artspace

The new exhibit at Artspace, Art of the Mardi Gras Indians, is one of the most eye-poppingly colorful and awe-inspiring exhibits I’ve ever seen in Artspace’s mainspace gallery. The exhibit features 10 massive, ornately beaded-and-feathered costumes handmade by Big Chief Howard Miller of the Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians …

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R.W. Norton Art Gallery’s “Down the Rabbit Hole” Exhibit Showcases Rare Salvador Dalí Prints

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 built a fun, educational showcase of materials documenting the cultural phenomenon that is Lewis Carroll’s …

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Visiting Shreveport-Bossier for Nick Cave’s “As Is”?

Featured Photo: An image of artist Nick Cave’s “soundsuits” provided by Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Celebrated artist Nick Cave, who contemporary art lovers will recognize for his iconic “soundsuit” creations as well as genre-defying installations and performances in some of the world’s top museums, will premiere a new multimedia performance …

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Nick Cave’s Twenty-First Century Quilting Bee

Featured photo: A beaded blanket created for use in Nick Cave’s upcoming AS IS performance. Photo used courtesy of Kathryn Usher. About This Post: 20×49.com asked local art lover Molly McCombs to contribute a series of guest blog posts documenting and exploring Nick Cave’s AS IS, a community-wide art project …

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A Sneak Peek at The Agora Borealis in Downtown Shreveport

The Agora Borealis, a local artist’s marketplace located at 421 Lake Street, will celebrate its Grand Opening – along with several other businesses that are opening nearby – during a public event called Cirque du Lake on Thursday, July 17. Following the Grand Opening, The Agora Borealis will be open …

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Wayne White 101: Why the New Art Exhibit at Artspace May be the Best of 2014

Photo Note: The featured photo is a promotional still from the documentary film about Wayne White, Beauty is Embarrassing. The first time I saw the full schedule of Unscene Shreveport events in the works for 2014, my jaw dropped. Well, honestly, I can’t remember if it dropped. That was six …

A photo of Panderina Soumas and Karen La Beau

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“Gumbo Pot Meets Paint Brush” at April 19 Event

Painter Karen La Beau and chef and culinary entrepreneur Panderina Soumas have a lot in common. Both grew up in New Orleans but reside in Shreveport-Bossier, and both are artists who employ the bold colors, flavors and traditions of New Orleans in their work. It makes perfect sense that these …

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6 Things We’re Looking Forward to Experiencing in 2014, Part 1

Pop-Up Lunches from Ki’ Mexico (Early 2014) I’ve sung the praises of Ki’ Mexico on 20×49.com before, but this time around, I’m excited about more than the delicious “Mexican soul food” that this popular food vendor sells. When CoHab relocated to the Red River Entertainment District in downtown Shreveport, a …

A photo of an actor rehearsing for Cirque du Soleil's "Varekai"

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Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai Readying for a Historic Night in Bossier City

By the time Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai is performed at Bossier City’s CenturyLink Center on Friday, Dec. 13, the production will have visited 72 cities in 20 countries around the world, playing to audiences totaling more than 8 million. However, none of those 8 million people will have seen the show …

A museum patron looks at works by Felix Kelly

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Felix Kelly’s Candy-Striped Ghost World

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 from England’s’ aristocratic families ruined his bid for posterity. He became a master house portraitist, …

A photo of Buck Winn's WPA-era mural in Shreveport's CNB building.

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Art for All, and All for Art

I hold this truth to be self-evident: there is no such thing as bad public art. On the history of a certain public art genre — murals — Lincoln Kirstein wrote in 1932, “The decoration of walls by means of mural painting is as old as the stupendous bison in …

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Lots of Great Live Theatre Happenings for July

If you love live theatre, Shreveport-Bossier’s performing arts scene has an unusually busy stretch of interesting offerings planned for July 2013. Shreveport Little Theatre‘s got “Company,” a musical comedy from Stephen Sondheim about a serial bachelor and his circle of friends in New York City. “Company” runs, several days per …

A photo of a drum circle taking place at the Texas Avenue Makers Fair

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Texas Avenue Makers Fair Returns with 168 Vendors, Food Trucks and More

Of the many fun, unique events that take place annually in Shreveport-Bossier, the Spring edition of the biannual Texas Avenue Makers Fair may be the most difficult to categorize. I say this as someone who stood, a Mexico City-style street taco from Ki Mexico in hand, and watched as a …

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Get your wine, art and music fix in one place

Ok, you survived hump day, so how about easing into the end of the week with a glass of wine, soft music and beautiful art? Bossier Arts Council and Boomtown Hotel & Casino have the perfect solution with Wine Art Music Thursday. The quarterly wine-tasting event is back again 5-7 …

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Come absorb the forgotten Railroad history of Shreveport

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 Museum and there a wealth of history opened up that I didn’t know existed. From …

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Enjoy some Color with your St. Patrick’s Day

Haven’t found a way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day yet? You might want to consider the Shamrock 2013 brought to you by Painting with a Twist on Saturday, March 16, 2 p.m., as a perfect way to ring in the spring season with fun, family and friends. The dual event …

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