Sci-Port: Louisiana’s Science Center received the Louisiana Travel & Promotion Association’s 2012 Louey Award for the Attraction of the Year Thursday in Lake Charles. Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne presented the award to Sci-Port’s President/CEO Ann Fumarolo.

“It is truly an honor for Sci-Port to receive this award,” said Fumarolo. “We are so appreciative of the support from the state and our local tourist bureau for helping bring more visitors to see Sci-Port and what we offer the community.”

The Shreveport Symphony Orchestra (SSO) will launch its new Noel Foundation, Inc. Chamber Music Series at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, in Anderson Auditorium at Centenary College’s Hurley School of Music. Guest pianist Jon Nakamatsu will perform with SSO musicians in an intimate setting.

The monthly blood pressure screening at the Chris Hays Community Center, 4300 Illinois St., will begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 24. Ms. Karen Barnes, RN, MSN, CCRN of the Shreveport Black Nurses’ Association will perform the screenings.