Shreveport, Louisiana Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Arts and culture== Shreveport is home to many theatres, museums, and performing arts groups, including: [[File:Shreveport Symphony Orchestra.jpg|thumb|Shreveport Symphony Orchestra in 2010]] {{div col}} * Academy of Children's Theatre<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academyofchildrenstheatrela.com/|title=act-louisiana|website=act-louisiana|access-date=May 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530195414/https://www.academyofchildrenstheatrela.com/|archive-date=May 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * Artspace Shreveport * Barnwell Memorial Garden and Art Center * Hayride Diner/Soundstage 516 * J.O.S.H. Lounge β Jazz, Old School and Heritage <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joshloungeshreveport.com/about-us/ |title=J.O.S.H. β J.O.S.H. Lounge }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Swaine |first1=Liz |title=5 things to do in downtown Shreveport for the holidays |url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/entertainment/2021/12/23/5-things-do-downtown-shreveport-december-23/8976578002/ |agency=USA Today |publisher=Shreveport Times |date=2022-12-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Downtown Business Listing |url=https://downtownshreveport.com/business/josh-lounge-3/ |website=Downtown Shreveport |publisher=Shreveport Downtown Development Authority}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Things to do in Shreveport-Bossier |url=https://www.shreveport-bossier.org/listing/j-o-s-h-lounge/2246/ |website=Shreveport-Bossier Louisiana's Other Side |publisher=Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau}}</ref> * Louisiana Dance Theatre * Louisiana State Exhibit Museum * Marjorie Lyons Playhouse on the Centenary College Campus * Meadows Museum of Art β [[Centenary College of Louisiana|Centenary College]] * [[Multicultural Center of the South]] * ''[[Once in a Millennium Moon]]'' mural by Meg Saligman<ref name="Millennium">{{cite web |last1=Turner-Neal |first1=Chris |title=Once in a Millennium Moon |url=https://64parishes.org/once-in-a-millennium-moon |website=64 Parishes |access-date=2 August 2022 |language=en |date=27 February 2021}}</ref> * Power and Grace School of Performing Arts * R. W. Norton Art Gallery * River City Repertory Theatre, the professional theatre for Shreveport-Bossier * RiverView Theatre * Robinson Film Center * Shreveport House Concerts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporthouseconcerts.org/|title=Shreveport House Concert Series - We're here to share great live music with our friends|website=Shreveporthouseconcerts.org|access-date=June 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402114254/http://www.shreveporthouseconcerts.org/|archive-date=April 2, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> * Shreveport Little Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveportlittletheatre.com/|title=Welcome to The Shreveport Little Theatre|website=Shreveportlittletheatre.com|access-date=June 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615134825/http://www.shreveportlittletheatre.com/|archive-date=June 15, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet]] * Shreveport Municipal Auditorium * [[Shreveport Opera]] * [[Shreveport Symphony Orchestra]] * Southern University Museum of Art * Spring Street Museum * StageCenter Performing Arts * [[Strand Theatre (Shreveport)|The Strand Theatre]] * Theatre of the Performing Arts of Shreveport {{div col end}} === Events === [[File:Shreveport September 2015 017 (Louisiana State Fair Grounds).jpg|thumb|right|Louisiana State Fair Grounds in 2015]] {{div col}} * ArtBreak Festival, largest annual student arts festival in the South since 1984 * [[Barksdale Air Force Base]] Air Show, held annually since 1933 * Cinco De Mayo Fiesta, held annually since 1998 * [[Highland Jazz & Blues Festival]], held annually the second Saturday of November since 2003 * [[Holiday in Dixie]], annual springtime festival, began 1949 * [[Independence Bowl]], held annually close to New Year's since 1976 * Independence Day Festival, held annually on the 4th of July since 2009 * Let the Good Times Roll Festival, annual [[Juneteenth]] festival since 1986 * [[Louisiana Film Prize]], short film competition and film festival * [[Mardi Gras]] parades * Mudbug Madness, annual celebration of [[Procambarus clarkii|crawfish]], held each May since 1984 * Red River Balloon Rally, annual summer festival since 2016 * [[Red River Revel]], annual autumn arts festival which began in 1976; the largest outdoor festival in northern Louisiana * The State Fair of Louisiana, held annually each autumn since 1906 {{div col end}} ====Mardi Gras==== [[Mardi Gras]] celebrations in Shreveport date to the midβ19th century when [[krewe]]s and parades were organized along the lines of those of New Orleans. Mardi Gras in Shreveport did not survive the cancellations caused by [[World War I]]. Attempts to revive it in the 1920s were unsuccessful, and the last Carnival celebrations in Shreveport for decades were held in 1927. Mardi Gras in Shreveport was revived beginning in 1984 with the organization of the Krewe of Apollo. The Krewes of Gemini, Centaur, Aesclepius, Highland, Sobek, Harambee, and others, followed during the next decade and a half. The first krewe{{clarify|date=January 2017}} to revive parading was Gemini in 1989. Today, Mardi Gras is again an important part of the cultural life of the Shreveport-Bossier metropolitan area.<ref>Brock, Eric J.: "Mardi Gras Grows, But Fizzled Earlier," ''The Times''. 1996-02-17</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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