General

LSUA will be holding its second annual gumbo cookoff on Thursday, February 22 from 11:30 to 1:00 on the LSUA Quad. This event is part of the Homecoming activities at LSUA going on throughout much of the week. Local companies are invited to participate by coming to campus and cooking enough for 100 samples to be given to students, faculty, staff and others who attend. There will be a trophy awarded at the end for the best gumbo as judged by participants. If you are interested in participating, please contact Shere' Thaxton with the LSUA Foundation.

The 2018 Mardi Gras season marks the Hixson Classic Car & College Cheerleader Parades 11th consecutive year running through downtown Alexandria. This is a great FREE parade for anyone wishing to participate with their classic vehicle. The parade is an amazing time for family and people of all ages and backgrounds to come out and experience the excitement. The Hixson Parade lines up in the parking lot beneath interstate 49 at the corner of MLK (10th St.) and Murray St. starting at 2pm on Friday February 9th.

By popular demand It’s the return of the Monster Truck Winter Nationals

The legendary monster truck show returns to Rapides Parish Coliseum for two record breaking days Feb. 23-24 .

This year’s performances in 3 RINGS with Breathtaking Special Effects! Featuring Motorcycle Daredevils in the Sky! ELEPHANTS! The Crazy Cossack Horse Riders! Garden Motorsports attempts six riders in the Globe of Death! Chinese Acrobats, Death Defying Trapeze, World Famous Human Pyramid, Tumblers, Contortionists, Funniest Clowns, Aerial Artists, Jugglers as seen on America’s Got Talent, not enough room to list any more!!!

SHOW TIMES
1:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.

Teen Tech is usually celebrated for just one week in March - The Rapides Parish Library is using the entire month to celebrate and ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of technologies, especially those that are offered through libraries such as DVDs, databases, audiobooks, and videogames. To encourage teens to use libraries' non-print resources for education and recreation, and recognize that librarians are qualified, professionals in the field of information technology.

The 7th annual “Creative Con” gathers fans of books and all varieties of pop culture together in one place. Activities include a variety of Fandom panel discussions and come dressed as your favorite book, comic, or movie character and compete for best costume. It was a book before it was a movie, game, or TV show. Open to children of all ages, teens, and adults.

Kick off the New Year with the 4th Annual Adult BINGO Reading Challenge! Challenge yourself to read more, to read more widely and to have fun doing it all! Multiple ways to play, traditional or get creative and cheeky and find as many combinations you can! When you’ve completed your card, fill in the back information and turn it in for a final drawing!