The Multicultural Center of the South will present its major fund-raiser, the 11th annual “A Taste of Culture,” and Executive Director Janice Gatlin said this year’s event will spotlight the Cane River Creoles among 26 different cultures also represented.

Shreveport-Bossier City may be just minutes from the Texas state line but make no mistake! This is Louisiana, where people like to celebrate with all the senses. Visitors can experience those sights, sounds, tastes, smells and even touch a live crawfish this Memorial Day weekend at Mudbug Madness.

“Southern University Shreveport is a very unique institution as it’s a comprehensive community college, but also a historically black college and university. It’s grounded in so much history that not only impacted the neighborhood in which it is located, but Shreveport and this great nation.