EVENT ALERTS: Biz Camp MarketPlace, MaryThon & Purple Rain Poetry

If you read my previous post, you learned all about the amazing program called BIZ CAMP. If you haven't read it yet, GO HERE.


Today at NOON, the future entrepeneurs of the SBC will be showcasing their merchandise at the Biz Camp Marketplace at the Louisiana Boardwalk.


Make sure you stop by and see what the kids are selling (and drop a dollar or five). Your purchase will inspire a young SBC'ers dream of becoming a business owner!!!







NBA player, and Shreveport native Stromile Swift will making an appearance at the Biz Camp Marketplace in the afternoon, but later in the evening he'll be at the Southern Hill Metro Center for the kickoff of his Celebrity Weekend.

At 6 pm, the park will the site for the MARYTHON ... a 5K Run/Walk in honor of his mother Mary Swift, who passed earlier this year after a long battle with Kidney Disease. Proceeds will support the Louisiana foundation for the disease.

There are events all weekend long, hosted by Stromile and the Swift Foundation. Go HERE to see the complete list.

Also tonight, POETIC X (of S.P.E.A.K. Entertainment) is hosting his monthly poetry slam called the PURPLE RAIN POETRY EVENT.

The event will be held at the H&H Peforming Arts Center located at 717 Hope St. It begins at 7:30 pm and is FREE.

Tonight's event will feature MOODY BLACK of Spartanburg, SC. (He's pretty darn good).

And of course the mic will be open to other singers and poets in the SBC. Sign-up begins at 6:30 pm.





And STAY TUNED ... in the next 24 hours you'll get your WEEKEND HAPZ report (all there is to do this weekend in the SBC) ...