The blues/rock award-winning entertainer returns to his roots for a north Louisianastyle tribute to his career as a guitarist. The ceremony will take place in the Red River Entertainment District under the Texas Street Bridge beginning at 2 p.m. Shepherd will be the 32nd inductee to receive a star since the Walk started in 1997.

Event organizer Nikki Pepper insists, “I’m not an event planner.” Still, she decided to do something to remember Barry Eakin Jr. after he died suddenly of a heart attack in October 2018. “He was a very great guy,” Pepper said, “always supportive of other musicians.

On Thursday, Feb. 27, the AHA and its Go Red for Women campaign will take homefield advantage at the Shreveport Convention Center for an evening of fun, food and education for the entire family called Tailgate in Red. And they might just help you save someone’s life.

Apparently, Isabella was not insane. Two years ago, when she was around 10, she studied at the Michael Turney Agency here in Shreveport. She won an acting showcase here, eventually going to California to compete in a showcase there. She did so well, she was signed by an agent and a manager.

What’s different about these getaway adventures is they are – well – slightly nuts. “My idea of a vacation is going to the beach and watching the ocean, maybe drinking a beer and reading a book. Alicia’s is going into the ocean, wrestling great whites and scuba diving the great depths of the ocean.

Greg Atoms is the live event coordinator for Townsquare Media and the guy responsible for pulling off these three days of comics, characters and costumes. “This is our biggest year ever. It’s our fifth anniversary, so we really want to do something big for number five.

Presented by Louisiana Feed Your Soul, the event features two days of entertainment wrapped around the U.S. Regional Hot Air Balloon Championship. About 30 balloon pilots are expected to compete in the skies over Shreveport and Bossier City.

Zanelotti used to be a member of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s personal protection detail. He is a U. S. Army veteran who saw combat action in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is a sergeant on the Shreveport Police Department’s airport detail.