Gayle's Blog

Those of us who live in the Monroe area are sometimes guilty of going to another city to find "something to do." If you take the time to look, you'll find that there's plenty of good entertainment right here in your own back yard!

Gayle Causey, 318-614-5615
Relocation Specialist

Keller Williams Realty
1390 Hudson Lane, Monroe, LA USA
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Options on tap
Sept. 12, 2009, The News Star 

By the time Clay Couturiaux raises his hands at the Monroe Civic Center to start the Monroe Symphony Orchestra's 2009-10 season, the ULM Warhawks will be playing the second quarter against Texas Southern at Malone Stadium, the home opener for the football team.

As halftime nears at Malone, country music singer and songwriter Linda Davis will begin presenting "An Evening with Linda Davis" at the Dixie Center for the Arts in Ruston, concluding two days of local events surrounding that talented Texan, who appeared last in Ruston three years ago.

None of this helps you choose where you want to be Saturday night. You may want to be at all three events. No can do, folks.

The symphony is spectacular, a hometown treasure for those who hold great music close to their hearts. The Warhawks, well, we're talking about the home team, where hope springs eternal every autumn. And Linda Davis is not only lovely but gracious and a first-rate performer.  

What the surfeit of entertainment happenings does do is remind us that the answer to, "What's going on in northeastern Louisiana?" can be wrapped up in a single word: Plenty. Or, more expansively, more than we can handle on a given night.

Those three superior - different, sure, but superior - entertainment choices are offered at reasonable and family friendly prices. Presenters make that happen. Where you won't want to be come Saturday night is home, where you would miss them all.

Where you choose to land Saturday night is up to you. But it's a nice problem to have: plenty of good entertainment options. Right at home.