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Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Making music using a Güiro at ArtBreak 2025
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The Shreveport Regional Arts Council's (SRAC) ArtBreak Festival opens to the public Friday, May 2, at 4 p.m., offering interactive exhibits, live performances, and a glimpse into the creative work happening in local classrooms. SRAC Executive Director Rebecca Bonnevier says one of the weekend highlights is KTAL's 'ArtBreak's Got Talent' show on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. 'It's going to be fabulous,' said Bonnevier. 'All sorts of young performers will be taking the stage—and we'll see who wins!' This year's festival also featured a crowd favorite: The Uncle Devin Show. A Washington, D.C.–based musician and educator, Uncle Devin brought rhythm and excitement to ArtBreak with a hands-on experience that introduced students to unique percussion instruments like the güiro and congas. 'We just have fun,' said Uncle Devin. 'We bring the beat, and we let kids explore how these instruments are actually played. We did 21 shows in four days—it's been amazing.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Free Wicked Sing-Along: themed drinks, meet-and-greet
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — All of Oz, get ready for Shreveport's free WICKED sing-along at Caddo Common Park this Friday night. Warm up your vocal cords for a magical evening out with family and friends featuring WICKED-themed cocktails and mocktails by Fatty Arbuckles, and snow cones from Snow Stoppers and Filipino Food from Roadrunner Foods. The Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC) details that at 7:30 p.m., shimmering stunners will have the chance to meet and take photos with the Good Witch and Green Witch from 'Never Ending Story' (local children's party entertainers). Poetic X: upcoming Speak Poetry Festival, documentary Seating at Caddo Common Park, 869 Texas Avenue, begins at 7 p.m. The movie is scheduled for 8 p.m. According to SRAC, WICKED is scheduled for 8 p.m. However, in the event of rain, the movie will be shown in the Engine Room of Shreveport Regional Arts Council, 801 Crockett Street. Their website says the 'space comfortably fits 60 – 120 guests.' (DISCLAIMER: KTAL NBC 6 sponsors the Shreveport Regional Arts Council.) Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Shreveport's downtown plant swap: Free event for green thumbs
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—Gardeners and plant parents, mark your calendars and prepare your cuttings for Shreveport's Downtown Plant Swap. The Downtown Plant Swap is free to attend or vend and open to all who love plants of any type, indoor, outdoor, vegetable, succulent, you name it, says Shreveport's DDA. 'Bring plants to trade, give away, or sell. Bring yard art, windchimes, plant stakes, rabbit compost, any sort of thing that gardeners want or need. Bring garden stuff you no longer want for the FREE STUFF table!' The plant swap will occur at Caddo Common Park (880 Texas Ave., Shreveport) on Saturday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The hosts, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, encourage attendees to bring a plant or two or garden items to swap or give away. App let's you buy restaurant food for cheap You are not limited to the quantity of items you bring, but all plants must be pest-free. Admission is free; however, attendees must register so they can prepare the appropriate number of tables. 'If you want to bring plants or gardening-related items to sell, you can, but we ask that you also bring some things to swap or give away. We welcome windchimes, compost, garden art, indoor, outdoor, vegetable plants, and free stuff. We will have a table for you to leave your unneeded pots, tools, even broken garden things. Someone may be able to use it and we love going through these 'treasures,'' says Downtown Shreveport. SRAC encourages plant traders and sellers to include tags with information regarding the NAME of each plant, cutting, or seed and, if desired, information on how to plant/care for them. People will need to know the names of what they are getting. They note attendees may use the free on-street parking on Texas Avenue and Crockett, a small lot across from the Asian Garden at Milam and Common, the lot adjacent to the Municipal Auditorium on Texas Avenue, the vacant lot at the corner of Crockett and Common. For those interested in volunteering, SRAC says to contact Liz at lizswaine@ 'Even if it's just for a couple of hours during set up.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
