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Celebrate Highland 2011: A Holiday Home Tour is just 10 short days away and Shreveport is  taking notice! The Shreveport Times’ Maggie Martin recently featured an article about the tour and a photo gallery of one of the beautiful homes on the tour; click on the above links to view them. Highlander Noma Fowler-Sandlin also wrote an article about the tour in the Forum; click here to read her story. Want more information on all of the homes on tour? Visit the “Celebrate Highland 2011: A Holiday Home Tour” link under the Welcome! menu to see the homes and to order your tickets online. See you at the tour!
 The 61st Annual Shreveport Symphony Nena Wideman International Piano Competition will take place Friday, December 2, through Sunday, December 4, in the Anderson Auditorium of the Hurley School of Music, located on the Centenary College campus. The event is free and open to the public with donations accepted at the door. Forty-three contestants, ranging in age from 18 to 28, will travel from across the globe to compete. The competition will be judged by nationally and internationally known conductors and pianists. Preliminary rounds begin Friday at 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., and 2:30 to 6:00 p.m. Saturday’s competition begins at 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. and again from 2:30 until 6:15 p.m. Every contestant will play for 15 minutes in each of the preliminary rounds. On Sunday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m., each finalist will perform a complete concerto. The top three finalists will perform with the Shreveport Symphony on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be made available through www.shreveportsymphony.com. For more information, call the Hurley School of Music at 318-869-5235 or visit www.widemanpiano.com.
30 artists representing a cross section of talent that creates, shows and sells art in the  historic Highland neighborhood of Shreveport will be part of the official kickoff of the state of Louisiana’s newest Cultural District. Tuesday, November 29 at 11 am, Gaye Hamilton, the Manager at the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, and Mayor Cedric B. Glover will hold a press conference to announce the new Cultural District and what it means to both residents and artists. The press conference will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 900 Jordan St. (Park behind the church, go into the door marked “North Entrance.”) After the press conference, artists who will be participating in the Cultural District will kick off the Art from the Heart of Highland Art Show that is open to the public and will run until 7 pm that night. Mixed media, pottery, paintings, jewelry, fabrics and more will be available for sale.
The best  local and national musicians will converge on Columbia Park on Saturday, November 19th from 12pm to 5pm for Shreveport’s “party in the park”, the Highland Jazz and Blues Festival. The famous Preservation Hall Jazz Band is the headliner this year, along with Buddy Flett, Jazziana, David Egan, Fannin Street Players with Danny Wilder, Stiff Necked Fools, Soul Fish, Jimmy Wooten Trio, and Wes Jeans. In addition to 5 hours of free music on 2 stages, the festival features an Artist’s Alley filled with one-of-a-kind jewelry, paintings, home decor, jams and jellies and more. You’ll also find delicious food offerings such as fresh ground coffees, Cajun jambalaya, Caribbean jerk chicken, funnel cakes and all sorts of other tempting treats.
Now that the weather has cooled down it’s time for another HRA neighborhood cleanup! Our next cleanup will be held  Saturday, November 5th from 8am to 11am. We will meet at the Columbia Park parking lot, which is located at 600 Columbia St. We’ll provide gloves, trash bags, and trash grabbers for volunteers to use during the cleanup. In addition to the cleanup, Shreveport Green is having a hazardous material disposal on Saturday from 9am to 11am; drop off well be held at 3825 Mansfield Rd.
 The HRA Holiday Tour of Homes is just a few short weeks away! This year’s tour will be held Saturday, December 10th from 5:00pm to 9:00pm and Sunday, December 11th from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. The Saturday night candlelight tour will begin at the Meadows Museum (2911 Centenary Blvd), where tickets will be sold and there will be complimentary wine and transportation to the homes by mini-buses. Sunday afternoon’s tour will begin at C & C Electric Company (2430 Line Ave), where tickets will be sold and there will be complimentary coffee, cookies, live music, and transportation to the homes by trolley. Tickets are $20 per day and there are discounts to HRA members and two-day package deals available. Click here to download a copy of the 2011 HRA Holiday Tour of Homes rack card. For more information about the tour go to Celebrate Highland 2011 under the Welcome! menu.
Community Renewal International will be holding a Highland Neighborhood Block Party at their  Highland Friendship House (402 Prospect St) on Thursday, October 20 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Join them for a community-building event sponsored by O’Brien Energy and Bear Creek Services. Neighborhoods are safer when residents know each other and a block party is a great place to make new friends. For more information, contact Jimmy at [email protected].
 Robinson’s Rescue recently announced the generous donation of land and buildings at 2515 Line Ave from the doctors of the Shreveport Eye Clinic. “We are looking forward to opening our doors in this new location,” said Candy Peavy, Board President. “We will have an abundance of parking for our clients and plenty of room to grow the organization. We will continue to make a positive impact on the community by saving lives through prevention.” In addition to the surgical facilities, the site will include a small dog park at the corner of Line Av and Robinson St. The building renovation is scheduled to be complete by the end of the year. In the meantime, Robinson’s Rescue is still operating in its current location at 504 E. Kings Highway in Shreveport. To donate to the capital campaign, or to volunteer for painting, cleaning or moving, please contact Freda Powell at 318-861-0101 or [email protected].
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taking notice! The Shreveport Times’ Maggie Martin recently featured an article about the tour and a photo gallery of one of the beautiful homes on the tour; click on the above links to view them. Highlander Noma Fowler-Sandlin also wrote an article about the tour in the Forum; click here to read her story. Want more information on all of the homes on tour? Visit the “Celebrate Highland 2011: A Holiday Home Tour” link under the Welcome! menu to see the homes and to order your tickets online. See you at the tour!
