Storytelling

In his book Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen, Larry McMurtry ponders the state of storytelling. If you've been pondering the state of storytelling (and its cousin -- story listening) in SB Land, this last week of Harry Potter fun proves all is well.
Watching the young folks dress up to see the latest Harry Potter movie has been heart warming. The future of the world is good!

Cosplay continues this week with the arrival of the last book in the series Friday at midnight. Even that old community story spinner, The Times, got in on the act with a contest. Barnes and Noble will host a magical party Friday night.

Curse of Frankenstein

Wheat paste Frankie just won't go away. RRBJ first spotted him in June, now he's popping up everywhere.

The latest sightings? Brookshire's parking lot on Kings Highway and across from the Hancock's Fabric Store on East Kings Hwy.

One of the best Frankenstein movies can be found on Netflix.com. Click here for Young Frankenstein. Click here for the Young Frankenstein drinking game.

Picture of the Day

The best housing bargains in SB Land are still found in the historic Highland neighborhood. Here's a sweet deal on a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath place for $139,000. For only $54,499 you can get a 2 bedroom 1 bath.

After all, if the neighborhood's good enough for Centenary College, doesn't that seal the deal?

Thank you Joseph M. Catanese at yahcatphotos' for the use of your eye catching photo of the pink house in Highland.

Shreveport Words

SB Land fills the current edition of Louisiana Cultural Vistas, the quarterly publication of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. The front cover is a 1940 painting of the Texas Street bridge. Inside there are photos from Burch and Bill Grabill and excerpts from Joshua Clark's Louisiana in Words.

Pictured above is Tara Schemer de la Fuente's vignette of 2:30 PM on Fannin Street from page 75 of Louisiana Cultural Vistas Summer 2007.

Do New York City Cops and NBC News Crew Want Folks to Remain Hungry in Louisiana?

Here's a strange story that involves the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana in Shreveport, New York City Cops, a news crew from NBC and an iPhone. Gothamist posted the story today.

Happy 4th!

We wish The Shreveport Times website was easier to navigate. There's a really cool photo gallery of The American Flag but no way to link to it directly. Go here and scroll down until you see Community Galleries. Scroll down that and click on The American Flag. In case you can't find it we give you this cool shot of the flags on temporary display at the Caddo Parish Courthouse.

Thank you to Katee Fontane for the use of her shot of the flags around the courthouse. Taken on the Texas Street side.

Play

It's time for a dog park in SB Land. If it's good enough for Baton Rouge, Houston, Fort Smith and Austin, than we ought to have a couple.

RRBJ thinks a little one could go where the old volleyball net used to be set up in Columbia Park. There's always Betty Virginia but it's so over used as it is now. The duck pond on East Kings Highway might work. Click here for other major and neighborhood parks to consider.

Thank you to Karen LeCroy for use of her lovely shot of Calli at the Fountain.