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10/04/2025

10/04/2025

Take your private event to the next level at Capri! Congratulations to the Blackwells, we are so happy to be a part of your big day!

10/03/2025

The Misfits are back on stage tonight at 8:00 PM 🎶

While you’re here, try our revamped menu, enjoy the new patio, and see what our new chef is serving up.

Good things are happening at Noble Savage — come be part of it!

10/03/2025

10/02/2025

Just added to the calendar - this upcoming Monday!
Arts Grant Writing Workshop

10/02/2025

✨ Eye Ball 2025 Costume Contest = $4,000 up for grabs! ✨🕸️
That’s right—we’ve got FOUR chances to win $1,000 each! 👻

Here are the categories:
👩 Best Female – From spooky chic to glam ghouls, show us your fiercest look!
🧛‍♂️ Best Man – Suave vampires, or anything that turns heads—we want to see it.
💀 Best Couple – Grab your partner (or your bestie!) and go all out—dynamic duos, iconic pairs, or spooky soulmates.
🎭 Best Mardi Gras Krewe – Round up your krewe (4 people per team) and bring the carnival spirit to Halloween with costumes that wow the crowd!

✨ Winners will walk away with $1,000 from each category—but only if you bring your A-game. Costumes will be judged during our Fright Night Face Off, so start planning your look now!

🎟️ Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/LABEyeBall25

10/01/2025

Valuing History
Not everything that is old has worth
by Dr. Gary Joiner

Is something old historic? Sometimes someone will ask me about an item they believe to have value. Many items brought to me have some historic value, whether they are letters, journals or artifacts a person brought back from a war. Occasionally, these items will be priceless, if not to history, to the family. And then there are other things.

A gentleman from the northern part of Caddo Parish brought me an object he suspected was valuable. He transported it in the back of his pickup and delivered it in a wheelbarrow. It was several shades of tan and almost three feet wide. He was clearly proud of this discovery.

“Do you think this thing is old?” he asked.

“Absolutely,” I replied. He responded, “How old do you think it is?” Thinking back to ... Read more at https://npaper-wehaa.com/forum-news #2025/10/01/?article=4342218 and Like and Share!

10/01/2025

We’ll Drink To That!
This year’s Brew beer-tasting festival has an Oktoberfest connection
by Kerry M. Kirspel

The arrival of October means cooler weather, colorful autumn leaves, and the coming of Brew, Shreveport’s annual beer-tasting festival, on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 2-7 p.m. at downtown’s Festival Plaza.

Open to visitors 18 years old and older, the festival, sponsored by Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana, will feature live music, games and competitions, food vendors and over 100 beers for tasting, including pales, pilsners, ales, stouts, seltzers, imports and craft beers from local breweries. In addition, the Tasting Tent will host the popular Home Brewers category with ... Read more at https://npaper-wehaa.com/forum-news #2025/10/01/?article=4342205 and Like and Share!
Live Casino & Hotel Louisiana , BREW (Shreveport's Beer Festival)

10/01/2025

Same Waddell’s, New Look
Art gallery retains its attention to detail
by June Rose Dowis

When you mention the name Waddell’s to locals, they immediately think of professional framing and excellent customer service, which is why the company has been a mainstay in the area for more than half a century. When the business was sold and reopened in a new location with new owners, the same attention to detail and respect for the Waddell legacy were carried over. Waddell’s Gallery of Distinction held its re-grand opening in May of 2024, showcasing a sweeping light-filled space framed with art and the art of framing.

Walking into the gallery space at 1200 Marshall St., Shreveport, you are enveloped by clean, crisp, welcoming décor, where art and framing share the ... Read more at https://npaper-wehaa.com/forum-news #2025/10/01/?article=4342179 and Like and Share!