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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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Local ornithologist, Cliff Shackelford takes your calls about your favorite birds at 1-800-552-8502! He will be highlighting the famous House Wren.
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Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, at 6 p.m. On this episode of Health Matters; Mental Health Edition, host Jenny Gregorio will be joined by Dr. Peridot Gilbert-Reed, LPC-S, to talk about spiritual bypass, a term which you may not have heard before. What can happen when you use spirituality to evade your emotions or situation? Can you be on the receiving end of spiritual bypass? We will delve deeply into this topic with Dr. Gilbert-Reed, who recently finished her dissertation on the subject. Dr. Gilbert Reed is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S), EMDR Provider, EMDR Specialist for Children and Adolescents, EMDR-Sandtray Specialist and a Religious and Spiritual Trauma/Abuse Specialist in Shreveport. Questions will be taken during the show at 1-800-552-8502.
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In honor of Black History Month, host Dr. Tracey Burrell will feature the Shreveport Chapter of Links Incorporated (Linked in Friendship, Connected in Service), an organization that has been teaching children, reaching families, and inspiring our community since 1973.
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Shannon Johnston and Dr. Marcie Howard speak with Pat Booras, an agent in Advertising, Music, Sports, Business, Networking and Politics.
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Thursday, Feb. 15, at 6 p.m. Dr. Anand Bhat, physician with Highland Clinic Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, joins Health Matters host Dr. Patrick Lavo for this conversation on insect allergies, treatments, and disparities in care. Questions will be taken during the show at 1-800-552-8502.
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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.
Local Events
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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!
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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.
News Feed
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When the U.S. imposes tariffs on specific foreign-made goods, what is the effect on American consumers and on the regions and industries the tariffs were supposed to protect? It's complicated.
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Ohio's Republican attorney general ordered state universities to end scholarships that use race-based criteria, saying they're unconstitutional after 2023's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
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World champion golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested and booked into jail in Louisville, Kentucky, Friday morning for not following police commands after a traffic fatality near a golf course.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Boris Kachka about the dynamics of Broadway today. Kachka has a look behind the curtain in his piece for Vulture, headlined "We've Hit Peak Theater."
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Roger Fortson's funeral was Friday in Atlanta. Fortson, a U.S. airman, was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy earlier this month, which his family contends was unjustified.
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President Biden will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday. Students there have mixed opinions about welcoming the president.
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Signaling a new tactic by anti-abortion groups, a Texas man has taken legal action against his ex-girlfriend over her alleged out-of-state abortion. Texas has a strict abortion ban.
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Singer-songwriter Brittany Howard makes her voice acting debut in Thelma the Unicorn, a mini pony who longs to be a star, and her dream comes true when she disguises herself as a unicorn.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is linking southern border crossings to crime in the state's 9 Indian reservations. The issue plays well politically as she faces criticism over her botched book launch.
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Houston is reeling after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds knocked out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses and causing widespread damage. Four people were killed.
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