News Radio 710 KEEL » Downtown Shreveport http://710keel.com Depend On It! Mon, 20 May 2013 17:39:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Details Announced For 2013 DigiFest South in Shreveport-Bossier http://710keel.com/details-announced-for-2013-digifest-south-in-shreveport-bossier/ http://710keel.com/details-announced-for-2013-digifest-south-in-shreveport-bossier/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 13:45:45 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=160641 2013 DigiFest South features several new events.

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]]> http://710keel.com/details-announced-for-2013-digifest-south-in-shreveport-bossier/feed/ 0 Amanda Currier Open House Will Showcase Improvements Made In Downtown Shreveport http://710keel.com/a-lot-of-improvements-are-being-made-in-downtown-shreveport/ http://710keel.com/a-lot-of-improvements-are-being-made-in-downtown-shreveport/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:37:27 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=148501 A huge Open House is going on tomorrow, so residents can see all the improvements being made in downtown Shreveport.

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]]> http://710keel.com/a-lot-of-improvements-are-being-made-in-downtown-shreveport/feed/ 0 Amanda Currier/TSM The First and Only Unsinkable Pup Walk is Coming to Sci-Port http://710keel.com/the-first-and-only-unsinkable-pup-walk-is-coming-to-sci-port/ http://710keel.com/the-first-and-only-unsinkable-pup-walk-is-coming-to-sci-port/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:42:50 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=130747 Dogs and their human owners will converge on downtown Shreveport this weekend for the first and only Unsinkable Pup Walk.

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]]> http://710keel.com/the-first-and-only-unsinkable-pup-walk-is-coming-to-sci-port/feed/ 0 Shreveport is a "Model" City: Check Out Downtown http://710keel.com/shreveport-is-a-model-city-check-out-downtown/ http://710keel.com/shreveport-is-a-model-city-check-out-downtown/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:48:06 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=88865 Russian model maker Ilia Shvetsov has never been to downtown Shreveport, but you wouldn't know it. The 27-year-old, who lives in a small town outside St. Petersburg, Russia, has just completed a 1-2,000 scale model of Shreveport's downtown.

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]]> http://710keel.com/shreveport-is-a-model-city-check-out-downtown/feed/ 0 Downtown Shreveport photo by panoramio.com Shreveport Farmer's Market Open Tomorrow http://710keel.com/shreveport-farmers-market-open-tomorrow/ http://710keel.com/shreveport-farmers-market-open-tomorrow/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:31:13 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=85698 It's time to get healthy.  And what better way than to get fresh veggies. What better place than Shreveport's Farmer's Market?

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]]> http://710keel.com/shreveport-farmers-market-open-tomorrow/feed/ 0 Shreveport Farmer's Market photo from farmer's market's website UPDATE: Fire Reported At SciPort Exhibit http://710keel.com/breaking-news-fire-reported-at-sciport-exhibit/ http://710keel.com/breaking-news-fire-reported-at-sciport-exhibit/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:38:08 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=79131 Shreveport firefighters are working to clear smoke out of Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center...after a second-floor exhibit caught fire. There were about 1,000 school kids inside at the time, but all of them -- and all staff members -- got out safely

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]]> http://710keel.com/breaking-news-fire-reported-at-sciport-exhibit/feed/ 0 BlackBerry photo by John Lee Texas Avenue Makers Fair Coming Soon http://710keel.com/texas-avenue-makers-fair-coming-soon/ http://710keel.com/texas-avenue-makers-fair-coming-soon/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:57:04 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=65704 The Texas Avenue Makers Fair returns...next month! The Texas Avenue Community Association is hosting the Spring 2012 edition of the fair Saturday, April 14th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event, described by organizers as "not your momma's craft fair," spans the 800 block of Texas Avenue in downtown Shreveport, and admission is free

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]]> http://710keel.com/texas-avenue-makers-fair-coming-soon/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Maker's Fair website Detectives Arrest Suspect in Reported Robbery http://710keel.com/detectives-arrest-suspect-in-reported-robbery/ http://710keel.com/detectives-arrest-suspect-in-reported-robbery/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:59:21 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=62284 Police have arrested a local man for a March 13th robbery near downtown Shreveport. Just after 8:15 last night, officers were called to the 900 block of Texas Street to an assault and battery report

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]]> http://710keel.com/detectives-arrest-suspect-in-reported-robbery/feed/ 0 Tamus Hunter Downtown Shreveport in Spotlight http://710keel.com/downtown-shreveport-in-spotlight/ http://710keel.com/downtown-shreveport-in-spotlight/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:46:51 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=56679 Downtown Shreveport will be then center of attention tomorrow when the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation meets here. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/downtown-shreveport-in-spotlight/feed/ 0 Ribbon-Cutting for The Novena Is Set http://710keel.com/ribbon-cutting-for-the-novena-is-set/ http://710keel.com/ribbon-cutting-for-the-novena-is-set/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:39:10 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=54827 Downtown Shreveport's new 12-unit condominium project is entering the contstruction homestretch! On Fat Tuesday, the ribbon will be cut, signaling the official opening of the new $2-million project, called The Novena

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]]> http://710keel.com/ribbon-cutting-for-the-novena-is-set/feed/ 0 The Novena in downtown Shreveport Movie Filming to Close Downtown Streets http://710keel.com/movie-filming-to-close-downtown-streets/ http://710keel.com/movie-filming-to-close-downtown-streets/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:24:02 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=48332 Movie filming in and around downtown Shreveport will lead to a number of street closings tomorrow. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/movie-filming-to-close-downtown-streets/feed/ 0 Why Is Downtown Shreveport Cool? http://710keel.com/why-is-downtown-shreveport-cool/ http://710keel.com/why-is-downtown-shreveport-cool/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:45:16 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=43202 ...that's the question proposed by the Downtown Development Authority, which has released a list of the top nine reasons.  And YOU get to choose the number one thing!  Here are the top nine: 2) the Unwind Downtown Pub and Culture Crawl  3) the James Burton Foundation  4) the McNeill Street Pumping Station Waterworks Museum and its associated music festival  5)  painted advertisements on the sides of older buildings  6) Shreve Memorial Library  7) the recent Zombie Walk  through downtown  8) the Robinson Film Center  9) CoHabitat

DDA Executive Director Liz Swaine says the suggestions for that number one slot have already started pouring in

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]]> http://710keel.com/why-is-downtown-shreveport-cool/feed/ 0 McNeill Street Pumping Station Waterworks Museum (courtesy of Downtown Shreveport website) Performers Can Hit the Streets Downtown – Starting Today! http://710keel.com/performers-can-hit-the-streets-downtown-starting-today/ http://710keel.com/performers-can-hit-the-streets-downtown-starting-today/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:00:39 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=34809 It's now legal for singers, magicians, musicians and other performance artists to set up on the downtown Shreveport streets.  An ordinance authored by District B City Councilman Jeff Everson and recently approved by the council made it possible

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]]> http://710keel.com/performers-can-hit-the-streets-downtown-starting-today/feed/ 0 Photo by: James & Vilija/Flickr (Performers like this one will soon grace the downtown Shreveport streets) So Many Things…All in One Place! http://710keel.com/so-many-things-all-in-one-place/ http://710keel.com/so-many-things-all-in-one-place/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:30:41 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=27821 If you were looking to do a little early Christmas shopping, here's the place to do it! Saturday is the Texas Avenue Makers Fair, which I have really been looking forward to. Over 100 "makers" of original and handmade goods will be onhand, along with street performers and many added surprises

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]]> http://710keel.com/so-many-things-all-in-one-place/feed/ 0 TNT Express is "Takin' It To The Streets" This Week http://710keel.com/tnt-express-is-takin-it-to-the-streets-this-week/ http://710keel.com/tnt-express-is-takin-it-to-the-streets-this-week/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:41:24 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=24537 Most people in town know by now that the TNT Express runs every third Thursday night of the month -- and that would be this Thursday. But this week, artspace is "Takin' It to the Street," with a free sidewalk art and unique vendor fair, downtown art gallery walk and music by the Prevailing Winds Orchestral Band

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]]> http://710keel.com/tnt-express-is-takin-it-to-the-streets-this-week/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of artspace website This Weekend, Zombies Rule Downtown Shreveport http://710keel.com/this-weekend-zombies-rule-downtown-shreveport/ http://710keel.com/this-weekend-zombies-rule-downtown-shreveport/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:52:59 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=21137 No, it's not the Zombie Apocolypse...but the zombies WILL be roaming downtown Shreveport Saturday afternoon. Local "Zombie Queen" Michelle McCrary says the Shreveport Zombie Walk is to benefit the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana. It's normal

]]> http://710keel.com/this-weekend-zombies-rule-downtown-shreveport/feed/ 0 Photo from Zombie Walk 2009, courtesy of Shreveport Zombie Walk Facebook page It's Almost Revel Time Again! http://710keel.com/its-almost-revel-time-again/ http://710keel.com/its-almost-revel-time-again/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:07:00 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=20227 The 36th Annual Red River Revel Arts Festival kicks off Saturday in downtown Shreveport's Festival Plaza. So...what's new this year? Revel Director Kip Holloway says one thing involves the musical entertainment

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]]> http://710keel.com/its-almost-revel-time-again/feed/ 0 Red River Revel runs from October 1st-8th in Festival Plaza Two Young Men Shot; Suspect Not Charged http://710keel.com/two-young-men-shot-suspect-not-charged/ http://710keel.com/two-young-men-shot-suspect-not-charged/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:35:03 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=9469 A 20-year-old and a teenager are fighting for their lives -- after a shooting at a local casino. Just before 12:45 this morning, patrol officers were called to the third level of the Eldorado Casino parking garage

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]]> http://710keel.com/two-young-men-shot-suspect-not-charged/feed/ 0 Another Big Weekend of Activities for Downtown Shreveport http://710keel.com/another-big-weekend-of-activities-for-shreveport-bossier/ http://710keel.com/another-big-weekend-of-activities-for-shreveport-bossier/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 16:21:57 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=6114 It's another big Rendezvous on the Red weekend! Here are some of the activities going on, starting today! Visit the Rendezvous website for a more complete list.

THURSDAY

The Unwind Downtown Pub and Culture Crawl

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]]> http://710keel.com/another-big-weekend-of-activities-for-shreveport-bossier/feed/ 0 Friday's the Big Kick-Off…No Foolin'! http://710keel.com/fridays-the-big-kick-off-no-foolin/ http://710keel.com/fridays-the-big-kick-off-no-foolin/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:27:46 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=4020 April 1st is the kick-off event for Rendezvous on the Red. It's a special initiative created by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, Downtown Development Authority, and the cities of Shreveport and Bossier City, to generate awareness about all of the events going on along the riverfronts this spring

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