Public Calendar

Saturday, October 21, 2023 OPEN 10 AM. LAST ENTRY 4 PM. CLOSED 6 PM. It’s the most SPOOKTACULAR event of the year! Enjoy the sights, sounds, and interactive family fun at Cenla’s “wildest” family-friendly Halloween extravaganza. See all of your favorite zoo animals while you explore the treat trail, enjoy kid-friendly activities, spooktacular displays, entertainment […]

Home2 Suites will be partnering with Pineville Animal Control and Howling Wolf Society for a pet adoption day. Please come fall in love with your new fur baby at our Halloween themed event!

The Broom Tree is hosting their third annual Run & Fun Day, known this year as Touchdown 5k, on October 21, 2023. The family-friendly Touchdown 5k is open to participants of all fitness levels. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or prefer a casual jog, you are welcome to join. The event will feature various forms

Join us as we light the night during Art Walk!  Those wishing to volunteer to help please email Cindy Blair at cindy@themuseum.org

Let your creativity run wild and dive into Wayback’s magical world of pumpkin painting! On October 20th, prepare to be spellbound by this exciting challenge and let your imagination transform these gourds into bewitching masterpieces. $17+tax for admission and contest entrance Regular $13+tax admission if not entering contest. Deadline to enter for contest is October

The Arts Council of Central Louisiana proudly presents its annual Fall ArtWalk! The streets of Downtown Alexandria come alive as local artists demonstrate and sell their works of art! This family-friendly event will be held Friday, October 20th from 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM in the Downtown Cultural Arts District, at 3rd St. & Murray.

The 3rd Annual Steam Up and Fall Festival will be held in October: Friday the 20th from 5 PM until 9 PM and Saturday the 21st from 9 AM until 7 PM. Visit the largest original sawmill town in the South. There will be family activities for everyone.  Take a train ride, see 8 museums,

Join us for Thursday Sunset Club on the Spirits patio with live music with Deaf Jam, covering 60’s through today’s hits! Soak up the patio, sip on some new summer cocktails, and let Sunset Club take you away…..patio pups welcome!

Join us for some Halloween Fun! We will be making Halloween themed crafts and experiments! Registration available for ages 4-12.  

We’ve been popping tags, so you don’t have to! Gather your fellow ghouls, ghasts, and goblins for an eerie thrift-shop ghosts and monsters fall-o-ween edition painting and posing experience! Join us on October 18th, 2023, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Fighting Hand Brewing Company in their party room (down the hallway past the

The Arts Council presents the 2nd film in the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers-The Only Doctor. Screening will be Monday, October 16th at 7:00 PM in the Kress Theatre on the Hearn Stage. Tickets at the door! The Only Doctor tells a contemporary story of rural healthcare in the United States as it centers

Using the outdoors as your art studio isn’t always ideal, but there’s no reason it can’t be the place where you explore approaches of seeing and of applying paint. John’s hope is that you’ll enjoy playing and maybe even discover something new about yourself. Space is limited and registration is required. https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=UKhNke