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April 3, 1948. (1948-04-03) –. August 27, 1960. (1960-08-27) Louisiana Hayride was a radio and later television country music show broadcast from the Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, that during its heyday from 1948 to 1960 helped to launch the careers of some of the greatest names in American country and ...
Official website. The Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts is a theater located in Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was named after gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, who was born in New Orleans. [2] The theater reopened in January 2009, after being closed since the landfall of Hurricane Katrina (August 29, 2005).
The theatre opened on September 1, 1928, the same year that Hammond Junior College became Southeastern Louisiana College. Originally designed for the presentation of motion pictures, vaudeville acts, and local theatrical productions, the Columbia was the largest theater in Hammond. It featured the first theatre organ and the first talking pictures.
Designated CP. August 28, 1986. The Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum is a museum of local history and culture housed in the former Claiborne Hotel at 519 South Main Street in Homer in Claiborne Parish in North Louisiana. The Homer Chamber of Commerce is headquartered inside the two-story museum, which is located across the historic town square ...
The Saenger Theatre opened on February 4, 1927. The 4,000-seat theatre [ 4 ] took three years to build and cost $2.5 million. [ 5 ] Its opening prompted thousands to parade along Canal Street. The top ticket price was 65 cents, and the bill for each performance included a silent movie and stage play (produced by the Paramount-Publix Corporation ...
Homer is a town in and the parish seat of Claiborne Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. [2] Named for the Greek poet Homer, the town was laid out around the Courthouse Square in 1850 by Frank Vaughn. The present-day brick courthouse, built in the Greek Revival style of architecture, is one of only four pre- Civil War courthouses in ...
The Homer Historic District, a 13 acres (5.3 ha) historic district in Homer in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [ 1 ] The district includes 56 buildings, mainly commercial buildings, of which 39 are contributing buildings , set around a courthouse square and along an adjacent railroad ...
The Jefferson Performing Arts Center is a 1,041-seat live event venue located in Jefferson Parish in Metairie, Louisiana. [ 1] The venue was designed to host grand operas, musicals, symphonies, choral concerts, ballet and private or corporate events. [ 1] The venue is currently managed by the Jefferson Performing Arts Society.