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Frances Tompkins attended the 2024 memorial ceremony on Thursday [05/16] Morning for local fallen officers at the Police and Firefighters Memorial in Barnwell Gardens. It is located along the Clyde Fant Parkway in downtown Shreveport. Her husband, Thomas Glen Tompkins, died in the line of duty while serving as a Shreveport Police Patrolman on October 20, 1978.
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The ceremony took place at the Police and Firefighters Memorial in Barnwell Gardens, located on Clyde Fant Parkway in downtown Shreveport.
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  • On this Visions and Ventures, hosts Shannon Johnston and Marci Howard welcome Ansley Rimmer, the new owner of New Covenant Realty, and Janice Melancon, outgoing proprietor of New Covenant Realty. Learn more about Real Estate and the ownership transition of a brokerage.
  • Thu., May 9, 2024 at 6 p.m. On this episode of Health Matters, Dr. Randall Brewer talks about a newer field in healthcare, regenerative medicine, with Dr. Thomas Buchheit, Chief of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Director of Regenerative Pain Therapies at Duke Health; and Dr. Shane Barton, Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at LSU Health Shreveport. We learn about some of the latest treatments available for pain management utilizing stem cells and blood-based therapies such as platelet rich plasma and how these therapies can harness the body’s natural ability to heal.
  • Sun., May 5, 2024, at 1 p.m. On this episode of Illuminations, host Ranae Moran is joined by Janet Singer Applefield, a child survivor of the Holocaust, author, clinical social worker and speaker, to talk about some of her experiences and those of her family while enduring the holocaust in Poland.
  • Join Cliff this week as he profiles the Indigo Bunting. He's eager to take your calls at 1-800-552-8502!
  • Monday, April 15, 2024, at 6 p.m. On this Visions and Ventures, Shannon Johnston and Marci Howard sit down with local author Randy Grigsby and discuss his transition out of the corporate world to a new venture, becoming a published author.
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Red River Radio's Kermit Poling speaks with Michael Butterman, music director of the SSO, and guest pianist Alessio Bax, about their upcoming performance this weekend.
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  • Come party with Slive & Manifest @ ArtSpace (3rd Floor), on Tuesday, May 21, 2024!

    From 7 PM - 9:30 PM, Manifest, a Shreveport-based artist collective, will host one of its signature open jams and art breakouts.

    Slive will take the stage from 9:30 PM - 10 PM, performing tracks from his latest album, “Underdog,” an original soundtrack for Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Topdog/Underdog.”

    To kick off the evening he will also present an original short play, “Couch Potato,” which tells the story of a man who travels back in time to find himself.

    Slive’s performance is one in a series of Manifest Spotlight Sets highlighting prominent active members of Manifest Art Collective.

    THIS EVENT IS FREE, ALL AGES, & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

    Stream "Underdog" by Slive on all platforms: https://set.page/slive/
  • Vacations, camps and summer get-togethers are on the horizon, and Walmart wants to help make your health a priority for them all. Join Walmart for Wellness Day on Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Customers can receive free health screenings for things like glucose, cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure, as well as affordable immunizations against COVID-19, shingles, tetanus, measles and others at pharmacies nationwide. Customers will also find a broad assortment of product offerings ranging from allergy relief options to vitamins and more.

    Walmart Wellness Day encourages families to check in on their health by providing tools and resources to seek care, improve healthy lifestyles and maintain successful habits. Nearly 4,600 Walmart pharmacies across the country will host Walmart Wellness Day events from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time on Saturday, May 18. Select stores will feature vision screenings, in-store giveaways and demos of wellness products to make it even easier for customers to access the specialized services they need.

    Walmart Wellness Day events feature the following health resources, administered by qualified pharmacy and Vision Center teams:

    - Free health screenings, including glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index and vision screenings (select locations).
    - Affordable immunizations, including COVID, measles, mumps, pneumonia, tetanus, HPV, rubella (MMR), varicella (chicken pox/shingles), whooping cough (TDAP), Hepatitis A & B and more.
    - Wellness resources and the opportunity to talk with pharmacists.

    Since 2014, Walmart pharmacies have hosted Walmart Wellness Days, contributing more than 5 million free health screenings for customers. More than 4,000 Walmart stores are in medical professional shortage areas, which means Walmart is often the first stop for health care in these communities.

  • Star on the Door
    by Jack Sharkey and Leo W. Sears

    May 30 – June 9: Presented by City Park Players. Cinema legend Doreen Lewis, nervously about to make her Broadway debut opposite her ardent admirer Paul Burnside, intercepts a phone call for her dresser who is secretly wed to Doreen’s son confirming that “Mrs. Lewis” is pregnant. A loony resolution caps this evening of non-stop guffaws. Tickets available at cpptheatre.com or at the door 30 minutes before showtime.
  • The opening concert for the 47th season of the Shreveport Summer Music Festival. Free event. Features music of Mozart and Haydn. Featured soloist is John-Henry Crawford, cello. Conducted by Kermit Poling.
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