The event raises money to recruit and retain faculty and to provide up-to-date equipment and training for these future health-care providers. From funds raised in previous years, the hospital’s medical school was able to obtain the area’s only dual-console surgical robot.

Jacques Rodrigue, one of the late George Rodrigue’s sons, will be in attendance at the Frierson event. “The setting of oak trees at Frierson Plantation feels very similar to locations of where the original dinners were held,” Jacques explained. “The oak trees and landscape were always so essential to that history.

Best in Sheaux: Robinson’s Rescue hosted their annual fundraiser March 12, Best in Sheaux, at RiverView Hall in downtown Shreveport. Guests enjoyed signature Pink Poodle martinis, first-class cuisine from Southern Fork Catering, and a Westminster-style dog show, which is the only competitive runway dog show in Northwest Louisiana. There was also a large selection of great silent auction gifts and four custom-built dog houses were sold during a live auction.

My criteria for Best in Show was focused on which artist, based on his or her chosen submission, had the most potential to produce a compelling, expansive solo exhibition this summer at artspace. Perhaps, because of the ascendancy of street art and immersive installations, large statement pieces are popular.

Producers: The Strand Theatre in downtown Shreveport hosted the Broadway show “The Producers” on Jan. 17. The show was nearly sold out. The next show at The Strand, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” is March 11.