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Jun 03

[ARCHIVED] Summer 2019!

The original item was published from June 3, 2019 2:45 PM to June 3, 2019 2:54 PM


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Movies &? Moonbeams

  • May 3 Coco and The Three Amigos
    7pm at LSUS
    Part of the Taco Wars Event sponsored by: The Prize Foundation
  • June 1 The Incredibles 2
    7pm in the Red River District
    Part of the Paint Your Heart Out After Party sponsored by City of Shreveport Community Development
  • June 20 Ralph Breaks the Internet
    6pm at Bilberry Park
    Occurring after the Summer Fun Run
  • July 5 Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse
    6pm at AB Palmer Park
  • August 10 Inside Out
    6pm at AC Steere Park
    In conjunction with Brentwood and the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association

Red River Road Runners 5K Fun Runs

Register online at:  

runsignup.com/Race/LA/Shreveport/SummerFunRunSeriesShreveport

  • June 6 Skateboard Park on Stoner Ave-5K 
  • June 13 Ford Park-3.5 mi. 
  • June 20 Bilberry Park-5K
  • June 27 Hamels Memorial Park-5K 
    *Mamie Hicks Park if Hamels is flooded 
  • July 11 Querbes Park-5K
  • July 18 Southern Hills Park-5K
  • July 25 A.C. Steere Park-5K
  • Aug 1 Betty Virginia Park (picnic)-5K

Tennis at Southern Hills and Bill Cockrell
  • Tennis Camp
    May 28 - 31, 2019
    8:30am  - 12:00noon
    Southern Hills Tennis Center
    Cost: $125
  • Summer Tennis Classes
    Session 1 June 3 - June 28
    Session 2 July 8 - August 2
    Mornings or Evenings – Monday thru Thursday
    Southern Hills Tennis Center and Bill Cockrell Tennis Center
  • Level 6 Tournaments (Novice)
    May 4, July 13, September 28 and October 26
    Cost: $25/event
    Southern Hills Tennis Center

Recreation: Youth Programs
  • June 3-Aug 2 Summer Playground Camp
    8am-6pm Monday-Friday at all SPAR Community Centers
    Summer Playground Camp is for youth ages 6-11 and teens ages 12 -17 years.
    This camp is free to the public, however, registration is required.
    The camp offers arts and crafts, cultural enrichment field trips, swimming and athletic/wellness activities.
    NOTE: All community center sites are currently full to capacity for this camp! If you would like to be put on a waiting list, please call the community center directly or 673-7727(SPAR).


City-Wide Special Events & Festivals

  • May 11 Paint Your Heart Out After Party 5:30p – 8:30p in the Red River District
  • May 24-26 Mudbug Madness Festival 11a - 11p all 3 days at Festival Plaza
  • June 1 Farmer’s Market 8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • June 8 Farmer’s Market  8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • June 8 Independence Bowl Youth Football Camp  8a – 11:30a at Independence Stadium
  • June 15 Tre’Davious White Youth Football Camp Independence Stadium
  • June 15 Farmer’s Market 8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • June 18 Caddo District Attorney Football Camp 8:30a at Independence Stadium
  • June 21-23 Let the Good Times Roll Festival Festival Plaza
  • June 22 Morris Claiborne Foundation Football Camp Independence Stadium
  • June 29 Roosevelt Collins Hometown Celebrity Football Camp 7:30a – 4p at Independence Stadium
  • June 29 Farmer’s Market 8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • July 4 KTBS Independence Day RiverView Park
  • July 6 Farmer’s Market 8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • July 13 Farmer’s Market 8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • July 20 Farmer’s Market 8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • July 27 Farmer’s Market  8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • August 3 Farmer’s Market  8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • August 10 Farmer’s Market 8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • August 17 Farmer’s Market 8a - 12n at Festival Plaza
  • August 24 Farmer’s Market 8a - 12n at Festival Plaza

Huntington Golf Course

  • May 20 Eagle Creek Golf Tournament 12:30pm shotgun start
  • May 30 SWGA Play Day 9am shotgun start
  • July 13 -14 SEGA (Shreveport Ebony Golf Association)
  • July 30-31 Front 9 Tour Junior Golf Event (The Hayden Hough Junior Memorial)

Querbes Golf Course 

  • Jun-Aug Querbes Summer Junior Golf Camps
    Monday - Thursday, 9am - 12noon
  • April 27-28 2019 Shreveport Medal Play & Senior Championship
  • June 14-16 2019 City Amateur Golf Championship

Pools & Swim Lessons

All pools are scheduled to open on Tuesday, June 4, 2019.
The season ends Sunday, July 28, 2019 for all pools except Southern Hills, which ends on Labor Day.
  • AIRPORT PARK?
  • Public Swim Hours
    Monday - CLOSED
    T-F 1pm - 6pm
    Saturday  1pm - 5pm
    Sunday 2pm - 6pm
  • Cost:  $2.50/per person all ages to swim
  • BILL COCKRELL
  • Public Swim Hours
    Monday - CLOSED
    T-F 1pm - 6pm
    Saturday  1pm - 5pm
    Sunday 2pm - 6pm
  • Cost:  $2.50/per person all ages to swim
  • Swim Lessons
    M-T-W from 8 am – 8:50AM or 9am – 9:50AM
    or M-T-W 6pm – 6:50PM
    (2 Week Sessions - 6 Lessons Cost: $65/session)
  • DAVID RAINES
  • Public Swim Hours
    Monday - CLOSED
    T-F  1pm - 6pm
    Saturday  1pm - 5pm
    Sunday 2pm - 6pm
  • Cost:  $2.50/per person all ages to swim and slide
  • QUERBES
  • Public Swim Hours
    Monday - CLOSED
    T-F  1pm - 6pm
    Saturday  1pm - 5pm
    Sunday 2pm - 6pm
  • Cost:  $2.50/per person all ages to swim
  • Swim Lessons
    M-TH from 8am – 8:50AM or 9am – 9:50AM
    or M-TH 6pm – 6:50PM
    (2 Week Sessions - 8 Lessons Cost: $85/session)
  • SOUTHERN HILLS
  • Public Swim Hours
    Monday - CLOSED
    T-F 3pm - 7pm
    Saturday  1pm - 5pm
    Sunday 2pm - 6pm
  • Cost:  $2.50/per person all ages to swim - $3.50 to swim and slide
  • Swim Lessons
    M-T-W-TH from 8am – 8:50AM or 9am – 9:50AM
    or M-T-W-TH 7pm - 7:50PM
    (2 Week Sessions - 8 Lessons Cost: $85/session)
  • Water Aerobics (Adults & Seniors)
    M-F 7am - 8am
  • Cost: $20/month
**In August, Only Open on the weekends**
***Only pool open on July 4 (Open from 1:00-5pm)***

Recreation: Senior Programs

  • City-Wide Health & Wellness Checks for Seniors
    Monday - Friday / May - August
    10-11am at A.B. Palmer, Airport Park, Andrew Currie, Bill Cockrell, David Raines, Hattie Perry, Mamie Hicks, Southern Hills, Lakeside, Bilberry and Valencia
  • Senior Computer Program
    (Beginner & Advanced classes)
    Southern Hills: 11am – 12:30pm Tuesdays / May 7 - August 27
    Lakeside: 11am – 12:30pm Wednesdays / May 8 – August 28, 2019
    Bill Cockrell: 11am – 12:30am Thursdays / May 9 – August 29
  • Senior Aerobics Program
    Airport Park: Mondays / Jan 14 – Dec 16 (year-round)  9:30am – 10:15am
    Mamie Hicks: Thursdays / Jan 10 – Dec 12 (year-round)  9am – 10am
    Southern Hills: Tuesday / Jan 5 – Dec 16 (year-round)  9am – 10am
    Bill Cockrell: Tuesdays / Jan 15 – Dec 17 (year-round)  10:45am – 11:45am
    David Raines: Tuesdays /Jan 15 – Dec 17 (year-round)  9am – 10am
    A.B. Palmer: Wednesdays / Jan 16 – Dec 18 (year-round)  11am – 12pm
    Hattie Perry: Thursdays / Jan 17 – Dec 19 (year-round)  9am – 10am
    Lakeside: Wednesdays / Jan 16 – Dec 18 (year-round)  9am – 10am
    Valencia: Thursdays / Jan 17 – Dec 19, 2019 (year-round)  10:15am – 11:15pm
  • Piano
    (Beginner and Advanced classes)
    Billberry: Mondays / May 6 - August 26  9:30am – 10:30am
    Hattie Perry: Wednesdays / May 8 - August 28  9:30am – 10:30am
    Chris Hays: Thursdays / May 9 - August 29  9:30am – 10:30am
  • Art & Crafts
    (Beginner and Advanced classes)
    Chris Hays: Mondays / May 6 - August 26  9am – 10am
    Bilberry: Tuesdays / May 7 - August 27  9:30am – 10:30am
    Southern Hills: Wednesdays / May 8, 2019 – August 28  9am – 10am
  • Sewing
    (Beginner and Advance classes)
    David Raines: Mondays / May 6 – August 26 / 9am – 11am
    Bilberry: Wednesdays / May 8 – August 28 / 9am – 11am
  • Weightlifting
    (Beginner and Advance classes)
    LSU-Shreveport:Tuesdays (year-round) 9am – 11am 
  • Line Dancing
    Bill Cockrell: Thursdays / May 2 - August 29 / 10am – 11am
    Valencia: Thursdays / Jan 24, - June 20, 2019 (year-round)
    5:30am – 6:30am
  • Senior Olympics Bocce Ball
    Friday, May 3, 8am-2:30pm
    Randle T. Moore
  • Senior Family & Friends Day
    Friday, May 24, 9:30am -1pm
    Bill Cockrell Community Center
  • Annual Senior Educational Field Trip
    May 17, 8am- 2pm
    Earl B Williamson State Park, Oil City
  • Arts & Crafts Exhibition/Workshop
    Friday, August 16, 9am -1pm
    Hattie Perry Community Center
  • Walk with Ease (WWE), Active Living Every Day (ALED) and Fit & Strong- Arthritis Intervention Classes
    Airport Park: Mon, Wed, Fri / March 18 - August 20 10:30am -11:30am
    Mamie Hicks: Tuesdays and Wednesdays / March 18, - August 20 10:30am -11:30am
    Lakeside: Mondays, / March 18 - August 20 9:30am -10:30am
    AB Palmer: Tuesdays / March 18 - August 20 9am -10am
    Valencia: Thursdays / March 18 - August 20 9:15am -10:15am
    Hattie Perry: Tuesdays / March 18 - August 20 10am -11am

Athletics: Youth Programs

Athletics (Youth, Adult , Special Events and Outdoors)

SPAR Athletics (318) 673-7748 / www.myspar.org

  • May 9 MLB Pitch, Hit & Run 6pm, Cargill Sports Complex
  • Apr18-May10 “Girls Only” Youth Basketball Registration Begins, 8am - 5pm, Wildwood Park
  • Apr18-May10 Safe Summer Basketball Registration Begins, 8am - 5pm, Wildwood Park
  • Jun 4-Aug 1 YOUth FIT Running Program Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 6:30pm. Off July 4th Betty Virginia Park (3901 Fairfield Ave.)
  • July 24 USA Football-Youth Football League Organization Meeting 6pm, Wildwood Park 
  • Year-Round USA Olympic Weightlifting Program Mondays-Thursdays and Saturdays, 3-7pm on Weekdays, 10am-Noon on Saturdays at LSUS

Athletics: Adult Programs

  • Apr18-May10: Safe Summer Basketball League (Young Adults) Registration Begins 8am - 5pm, Wildwood Park 
  • May29-Jul 5: Adult Summer Basketball Registration Begins 8am - 5pm, Wildwood Park
  • May29-Jul 5: Adult Coed / Open Softball Registration Begins 8am - 5pm, Wildwood Park

Athletics: Special Events & Outdoor Programs

  • May 18 Chains 4 Vets Disc Golf Tournament 8am - 6pm, Veterans Park 
  • May 19 SPAR Athletics, “Moving for a Cause”  9am, Sunset Acres Community Center
  • May 27 SPAR /Athletics Memorial Day 3 on 3 Basketball Tournaments   9am (games will start), Valencia Park Community Center
  • Jun 4 SPAR Athletics “Community Day at Valencia” 5pm, Valencia Park Community Center 
  • Jun 9 Moving for a Cause 9am, Airport Park Community Center
  • Jun 10 USA Olympic Weightlifting Demonstration 11:30am, LSUS 
  • Jun 14 SPAR Athletics “Community Day at Hattie Perry Park” 4pm, Hattie Perry Community Center
  • Jul 15-17 Fellowship of Christian Athletes / SPAR Basketball Camp 9am, SPAR Community Centers / Caddo Parish gym locations throughout Shreveport.
  • Jul 20 SPAR /Athletics RBI Baseball “Come Out and Try It, Fun Day”  10am, Valencia Park Ballfields
  • May 5 “Communit?y Kickball Day” 5pm, Bill Cockrell Community Center
  • Jun 2 “Community Kickball Day” 5pm, Airport Park Community Center
  • Jun 16 “Community Softball Day” 2pm, Southern Hills
  • Jul 7 “Community Kickball Day” 5pm, David Raines Community Center
  • Aug 4 “Community Kickball Day” 5pm, Cargill Sports Complex

Athletics: Baseball/Softball Tournaments 

Cargill Sports Complex

  • May 4-5 USSSA Baseball Tournament 8am 
  • May 18-19 USSSA Baseball Tournament 8am 
  • May 25-26 FASA Softball Tournament 8am 
  • Jun 8-9 FASA Softball Tournament 8am 
  • July 12-14 Annual Sickle Cell Softball Tournament  8am 

Athletics: Caddo Bossier Soccer Association (Cabosa)

Cargill Sports Complex

For additional information, go to www.CABOSA.org

  • June/July CABOSA/SU Summer League 6pm-8pm, June / Mondays and Wednesdays 
  • 2019-2020 CABOSA/Shreveport United Competitive Soccer
    August - December 2019 & January – June, 2020
    Monday – Thursday, 4pm-9pm
    Saturdays, 9am-6pm  /  Sundays, 11am-8pm 
  • Aug 23-25 CABOSA Cup 
  • Sep-Nov CABOSA Recreational Season
    Saturdays 9am-6pm & Sundays 1:30pm-8pm

Recreation: Therapeutic Programs

Programs geared toward individuals with mental and physical disabilities. All are located at Princess Park Community Center at 931 Baker St. except where noted.
  • Apr-May Therapeutic Challengers Softball League
    April 20 - May 18, Practice on Tuesdays at 4pm
    Games on Saturdays from 10am - 12pm 
  • May 4 14th Annual Fit for Life “Field Day”
    9am, Lee Hedges Stadium (6115 E Kings Hwy.)
  • May 7 Tennis Triple Play 9am 
  • June 11-13 SPAR Therapeutic & Special Olympics Camp Shriver 9am - 3pm
  • June 14 10th Annual Kickball Jamboree 9:30am
  • June 18 Shriners Spinability Camp 6pm
  • June 22 Unified Basketball Tournament  9am
  • July 2-30 Inclusion Wheelchair Basketball League
    Games played on Tuesdays
    Championship game on July 30th at 6pm
  • July 18 7th Annual Summer Recital 6pm
  • July 26 11th Annual Therapeutic Inclusion Carnival 10am - 1pm
  • Year-Round SPAR Therapeutic Powerlifting Team Practice
    Mondays & Wednesdays, 4pm at LSUS

Loc?ations:
  • A.B. Palmer 547 East 79th St • 673-5336
  • Airport Park  6500 Kennedy Dr • 673-7803
  • Andrew Currie  1600 Norma St • 673-7805
  • Bilberry Park (Re-Opens June  2019) 1902 Alabama Ave • 673-5345
  • Bill Cockrell  4109 Pines Road • 629-4185
  • Cargill Sports Complex 2800 Cargill Rd • 673-7727
  • Chris Hays 4363 Illinois St • 673-7814
  • David Raines  2920 Round Grove • 673-5342 
  • Hattie Perry 4300 Ledbetter St • 673-7810
  • Hollywood Heights 4815 McDaniel Dr • 673-7811
  • Huntington Park Golf Course 8300 Pines Rd • 673-7765 
  • Lakeside Park 2200 Milam St • 673-7812
  • Mamie Hicks  200 MayFair Dr • 673-6416
  • Princess Park 931 Baker St • 673-7815
  • Querbes Park & Community Center 3500 Beverley Pl • 673-7816 (Tennis center closed for renovations)
  • Querbes Golf Course  3500 Beverly Pl • 673-7773
  • Randle T. Moore 3101 Fairfield Ave • 673-7822
  • Sunset Acres (Re-Opens July 2019) 6700 Quilen Rd • 673-7825
  • Southern Hills  1002 Bert Kouns • 673-7818
  • Valencia 1800 Viking Dr • 673-6433
  • Veterans Park Clyde Fant Parkway 
  • Wildwood Park 7401 Jewella Ave • 673-7727