Northwestern State University’s Department of Fine + Graphic Art will again offer the popular Art Fundamentals Summer Camp, a three-week event for youngsters ages 5-11. Three sessions with three different themes will be offered. All sessions run from 1-5 p.m. Monday- Friday and will take place in Room 205 of the Fine Arts Annex. Campers can be dropped off as early as 12:30 p.m. and picked up as late as 5:30 p.m. Parents may coordinate with organizers for children who participate in the morning Fun with Music Camp to transition to the Art Fundamentals Camp in the afternoon.
Category winners of the River City Fest Pageant have been announced as follows: Baby Miss: Queen, Amzie Kennington; 1st Princess, Raylee Erwin; Prettiest Hair, Italy Collier; Prettiest Eyes, Rebel Mars; Prettiest Smile, Raylee Erwin; Most Photogenic, Italy Collier; Best Fashion, Amzie Kennington; Ticket Queens, Italy Collier and Allie Roberts.
A multi-church community wide Revival has been set for May 19th-22nd. Each night will be held at a different church and will feature a different pastor. Schedule will be as follows: Sunday, May 19th - 6:00 will be held at Hunter Magnolia Baptist Church located on Hwy 191 with Bro. Eugene Cox.
The DeSoto Council onAging, located at 404 Polk Street– St. A in Mansfield, will offer toall DeSoto Parish residents 60years and older, free legalservices during the month ofMay. Various topics and relatedinformation will be presented onselect days. Each session willtake place at 10:00 AM.
Heads up Logansport residents,as the residential access to Hwy 84has changed once again. Unofficialword is that the 7th Street access isnow closed at the railroad tracksgoing north and 3rd Street is onceagain open. The 3rd Street railroad crossingis not a smooth one, so use cautionwhen entering Hwy 84 at thislocation.
The Annual ART ROCKS Student Art Show, co-sponsored by the DeSoto Arts Council and The DeSoto Parish Tourist Bureau was a huge success, drawing almost double the entries over last year.
Folks who enjoy boating on Toledo Bend Reservoir and the Sabine River will soon be able to anchor their boats to a new floating dock thanks in part to the DeSoto Parish Police Jury.
Plans are underway for the 32nd Annual River City Fest in Logansport, with this year’s theme selected as “It’s a Southern Thang”. Festival Chairman Karla Smith stated that this year’s theme came to her, and she just went with it. Dates for the 2015 Fest will run May 15, 16 and 17. A fireworks show presented by Durr Pyromania will begin at “dark-thirty” Friday night.
Art for everyone! This is the goal of the Co-Sponsors of Art Rocks 2015, which is sponsored by the Historic Grand Cane Association, DeSoto Arts Council (DAC) and DeSoto Parish Tourist Bureau. This year’s Art Festival is sure to be a full range of art experiences on Saturday, May 2, 2015 from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm in Historic Grand Cane.
On May 8, 9 and 10, DeSoto Parish residents as well as the surrounding area will have the opportunity to be a part of something historic as a hot air balloon show entitled, “Balloons Over DeSoto” will be held. The event will be filled with family fun for an entire weekend, and is sponsored by the DeSoto Parish Police Jury and DeSoto Parish Tourism Board.
