Arts & Culture

Big band jazz concert and clinic set

Big band jazz concert and clinic set

The American Federation of Musicians, Local 116, and the Band House Music Store are presenting a big band jazz concert and clinic on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Parkway High School.

Admission is free to students and $5.00 for adults. The band will be comprised of local musicians along with a number of regionally and nationally known clinicians and performers.

Big band jazz concert and clinic set

Big band jazz concert and clinic set

The American Federation of Musicians, Local 116, and the Band House Music Store are presenting a big band jazz concert and clinic on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Parkway High School.

Admission is free to students and $5.00 for adults. The band will be comprised of local musicians along with a number of regionally and nationally known clinicians and performers.

Louisiana State Exhibit Museum presents annual greening

Louisiana State Exhibit Museum presents annual greening

The 25th annual Greening of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Nov. 29. This year's theme is "Celebrating 200 Years of Louisiana."

Big band jazz concert and clinic set

Big band jazz concert and clinic set

The American Federation of Musicians, Local 116, and the Band House Music Store are presenting a big band jazz concert and clinic on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Parkway High School.

Admission is free to students and $5.00 for adults. The band will be comprised of local musicians along with a number of regionally and nationally known clinicians and performers.

Toy drive set for dependents of deployed military service members

Toy drive set for dependents of deployed military service members

Because a number of dependents of military service members don't get to share the holiday season with their mothers or fathers, a Bossier Chamber of Commerce member is working to change that with a toy drive.

Victoria Wigley, an independent educational consultant for Bossier Chamber member Discovery Toys, is hosting a toy drive to give children a Christmas basket. The basket is a gift to show that the community supports deployed military service members and their families.

Tree lighting begins the holiday season in Shreveport/Bossier

Tree lighting begins the holiday season in Shreveport/Bossier

A 40-foot tall Christmas tree sitting on the banks of the Red River will come to life at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 15 at the Louisiana Boardwalk's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.

The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourism Bureau says the Christmas tree is the largest one in north Louisiana.

BPAR youth hoops registration underway for 2013

BPAR youth hoops registration underway for 2013

Registration is underway for the 2013 Bossier Parks and Recreation Youth Basketball season, which is scheduled to begin on January 12.

The deadline to register is November 10, 2012.